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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-09-23
Juan ha practicad en- estos dias, un

Juan ha PRACTICABLE en- estos dias, I'm
analisis de las aguas del acueducto.
La prensa mayaguezana, alaba
Ia buena conducta del active y celoso
sargento CUM, de la policfa, qnien
esta actualmente hacienda una perse-
cucion provechosa a los cacos.
Son muchos los pedidos que de
toda la Isla hacen de la famosa GER
VEGA <Pabs de Milwaukee, q la casa de
los senores M. r. Calder6n y ca, quie-
mes son los 1nicos agentes en- esta
Isla. TetuanSno IL. San Juan P. r.
En- Mayaguez, algunos indivi-
duos republicanos que iguran como
candidates para puestos p1blicos, fue-
ron tambi6n nombrados como compro-
misarios de csc partido en- la Conven-
cion celebrada ultimamente.
Ell proximo domingo la banda
que dirije ell senior Miranda e~strenara
una composition musical sobre mott
vos de la opera xNorma.1
Ell que una vez use para la ane-
mia las ~Pfldoras Rosadas del doctor
Paniagua1 NO volvera q uzar otro pre-.
paraci6n pues sus resultados son rapi-
dos y seguros.
-Esta noche habra retreta en- la
plaza de Baldorioty por la banda I'll
zol.
Ell vapor &Caracas1 ha salido
para la Guayra en- la tarde hoy.
BESIDE yer Sc halla en- esta ca
pital ell distinguido amigo de Comerfo
don Francisco Carmona.
Don Luis A. Castro, ha sido de-
signado para representa- & Puerto
Rico CO la secci6n de Aries en- Ia Ex-
posici6n de San Luis.
La distinguida senorita Belen
Aldea Nazario, ha sido nombrada
profesora graduada de Aguas Bue-
mas, para donde ha salido en- ell .dfa
de hoy.
Ell doctor Barbosa ha recibido
cartas de Boston, en- que lie explican
la enfermedad de su senorita hija
Carmen Belen. Las noticias son sa-
tisfactorias.
Han sido separado h~onrosa-
mente del cuerpo de Ia policfa Vicente
s. Bermudez, Jose Sosa, Pablo Avi-
les, Felix Aguirre, Cruz M. Rivera y
Manuel A. Martinez.
Manuel Andino, por hurto de
mayor, pasa & la Corte de Distrito.
Adolfo Perez, por hurto menor,
cumplira seis meses de arresto.
Maria Astoce, por aggression, Ie
han sido impyestos cuarenta y cinco
dias de arresto..
Antonio Martinez, POI hurto me-
nor, seis meses de carcel.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-09-23
IOque de dispersion

Sc asegura en- Ia cihdad del Sur,
que Sc han retirado de In polftica, re.
t~rayendose en- absolute, los republica-
nos de Specification, senores don Lui:
Casals, don Francisco PARA Cap6, e.
doctor Aguerrevere, don Antonio rias
y don Manuel v. D%pmenech.
FL toque de dispersion Sc anuncia.
La probabilidad del retraimiento de-
partido republican, de Ponce, sera al
fin una realidad, aunque bastante do
lorosa para muchos ~aspirantes q la
cunbTe.
P~aciencia y tia, senores republi-
canOB.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-09-23

petit poes, con los alimentos habituales:
y cuando Sc digieren con difcultad
estas l~egumbres deberan acompanarse
de n oblea del Digestive Mojarrieta.
@OFICINA de asuntos admins
trativos y iudiciales Y agencia de ne
gocios de Jose G. del Vale, Allen %,
altos. Gesti6n en- los departamentos
del Gobierno Insular, Ayuntamientos
y Tribunales de Justicia. Para 10
judicial: abogados Acuna, Diaz Ma
varrO y Texidor. Buen traductor Y
maquina de escribir.
WxTHE HELvETIA.s-27 Gale
de la Cruz. Gran casa de huespedes.
liable d. hotels Aposentos para ia
milias y personals sofas. Comidas q
J ~cincuenta centavos cubierto. Banos.
Telefono, 1872. Apartado correo. 295.
Propietarfo, Pedro Schira. Nota:
Este hotel esta q cargo de una senori-
Ia caguena.
HOTEL FLORIDA.-Calle de Te-
uan. Uno de los meiores estableci-
mientos de su clase. Aposentos para
familias y personals sofas. I'm hos
pedaje complete por un dia S1.00 por
IN mes, $4,000, y IN cubierto, SO cen
tavos. Banos magnffcos y telefono.
Servicio rapido y esmerado. Propie-
tario. = Santos Saacbidrdn, Tetuan 20.
UPARA curar IN resfriado en-
IN dia tome las PASTILLAS LAxAN-
TIES DE BROMO QUININA. Ell boticariO
lie devolvera ell dinero 81 no Sc cura.
La frma de E. w. GROVE Sc halla
en- cada c~aiita.
aLAS INDIGESTIONES Sc ali
Wan inmediatamente, con tomar dos
sellos, y radicalmente Sc curan con I'm
solo estuche del Digestive Mojarrieta;
sin privarse de alimentos. Las Dis
pepsias y Gastralgicas, sc curan con
tomar 3 6 4 estuches. Para curar ra-
dicalmente las mas graves enfermeda-
des cr6nicas, observation-disclosures, Sc
debe tomar durante 3 6 4 meses ell
Digestive Mojarrieta: que es Ell dnico
verdadero remedio gastro-intestinal
complete y radical, univers almente
contirmadO superior a todos los otros
para Z las Intermediates del est6-
mayo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-09-23

poniendo Ell page de las obligacionss
de aquel Gobierno en- esta Isla, tales
como sueldos de todas classes, haberes
pasivos, fianzas y depositos, devolu-
clones de ingresos indebidos, autop-
siasy demas creditos pendientes de
pago.
Esta oicina, ademas de las dill.
gencias necesarias aqui, Sc halla en-
combination 0 uno de los mas into
ligentes y activos agentes en- Madrid,
para llevar q cabo la complete ges-
ton de cualquier reclamation que Sc
refiera d los creditos citados.
Los interesados que deseen utili-
Ear los servicios de esta ofcina, pue-
den, sin perdida de tempo, dirigirse
al irmante y lie dare las instructed
mes n~ecesarias.
San Juan Agosto s de 1904.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-09-23
PoIicIas imnsuIarcs

Los siguientes indivfduos han sido
nombrados pClicfas insulares, por ell
t6rmino de dos amos:
Felipe Benicio Rivera, Enrique
Lecaurt, Z luardo G. Torres, Manuel
Maldonado v Liberato Irizarry.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-09-23
Information local

-Bajo Ia direction del professor
don Tomas G. Vera, Y con la cooptra-
ci6l de un mae 'tro PRACTICE en- t-le-
grtfia, abrira ca Mayaguez Ell .dia 10
de Ocsubre, una ~escuela te6rico-practi-
CD d. TELEGRAPH. Las classes seran noe
turnas.
FL L~aboratorio qufmico de San
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-09-23
%Ejemplares de la Demo-
cracia" Sc italian de venta,

En- los kioskos de la plaza de
"Baldorioty."
En- el cafe LA Margarita."
Y en- Ia imprenta, Gale de San
Francisco, So.
En- estos sitios Sc encontraran tam
hi6n n1merOs atrasadOs.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-09-23
F. r u 7 O S
Preci0s cOrrienteS

AzGcar para ell consumo:
Moscabado claro de 800 q 81.
De miel claro de $40 q So. go.
Centrifugal claro de $500 q 94.25.
Almid6n q So
Cafe corriente S104.
Cueros dulces as818.
Cocos de 81 q ID millar.
Ron Is grades Cartier de - centa-
vos gallon.
Maiz & 5 1.50
Sebo & sat q.q.
Tabaco, nominal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-16
EnqIish Sport.

How much more of real sport row ing is in English universities than in American is shown by the torpid and Lent races that have just been held at Oxford and at Cambridge" remarked a lover of sport. 'They are queer races, for nature has been chary of wide rivers to Britain, and on Isis and Cam only one eight-oar boat can pull at a time, so the boats are strung out in a line, fifty yards or so apart and the object of each is to bump the boat ahead, in which ease it goes up one place in the line. In the leisurely English fashion the racing is spread over a whole week. three races a day.
 This year at Oxford thirty-one eights took part; that is to say, 2S men pulled oars; at Cambridge the number of boats was fifty and of rowers 400. This does no include the university crews which were already in training at Henley. Prac- tically. the number of undergraduates to be drawn upon for these crews Is the same at each English university as at Harvard or at Yale. What would an American coach give to have a battalion of oarsmen like these to draw from in place of the squads that now train for the university crews?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-16
Ex-sENAToR CANNON AND SHOOT

From the Washington Post.
 Senator Dubois, who Is one of the main- springs of the investigation of Senator Reed Shoot. is ably assisted by former Senator Frank J. Cannon of Utah, Can non is a Mormon. the son of one of the very prominent members of the Mormon church, but. he opposes Shoot on the general principle that the curch dictated his selection as senator, and did so be- cause was an apostle of the church. Frank Cannon came to Washington when Utah was a territory as a delegate, and he was chosen senator when the state was admitted No one thought of mak ing fight upon him, because he was of the Mormon faith. In fact, his religion never seemed to figure in any discussion of Utah affairs.
 Cannon and Dubois became very warm friends. both while the former was delegate and afterward when they were in the senate together. They both walked out of the republican national convention in SC on account of the gold plank, and since that time they have been bitter opponents of the republican party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-16
Selecting Delegates.

Signs multiply that the business of selecting delegates to represent the democrats of Alabama at St. Louis will not be overlooked or minimized in the rush and hurry of the seekers of offices that have good salaries attached. No salaries are paid to delegates, but no good citizen will decline to serve the people upon occasion and demand.
 The democratic voters of this state should be alert against still hunts in this important matter. Several still hunts are in progress. There is Par ker still hunt, and also a Cleveland still hunt, and while the two are an- tagonistic yet no doub. an effort will be made to have the one serve the other when the time for fusion comes.
 We have neither seen nor heard any signs of other still hunts. There are friends in this state of Messrs. Cor man, Mcclellan, Olney, Gray and oth- CTS, but no machine has been organ ized in the interest of eny one of them, so fer as The Age-herald has observed or heard Still hunts are out of place in this state in this campaign. We need a general get-together campaign with out particular reference to any aspir- ant, because no one can at present pick a winner in November.
 What we need is a,. u1.instructed, un- pledged, unbiased delegation that stands ready to listen to delegates from the contested ana pivotal states, and to act upon all the information that can be gathered up to the selection of the nominee. We need twenty-two delegates who will go to St. Louis con- trolled by one deslre-a desire to de- feat Theodore Roosevelt's aspirations to a second term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-16

ehases by an individual of stocks is sued by two parallel and competing lines. He otherwise dissented from the logic of Justice Harlan, who has long been the tribune of the people in the court of last resort. Justice Brew CTS vote. however, crushed James J. Hif's merger, for it turned the scale against the merger.
 The decision is far-reaching in many respects. and coming as it does in days of Wall street dullness and depression, it VIII doubtless put an end to the formation of new trusts or mergers. What effect it will have on those al reaoy formed which lessen freedom of commerce or trade remains to be seen. If the decision is to be applied in the spirit of Justice Har1ans opinion it will be very sweeping, but the chances are, as Attorney General Knox says, that the administration does not pro- pose to run amuck. There will be no more holding companies, but otherwise things will go on very much as they did before the decision was rendered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-16
stronn Cast.

T have been very much surprised at the small demand for seats to Amelia Bingham" said Manager Douglas of the Jefferson theatre last night. People in Birmingham are usually very quick to catch on when a new play of unusual merit Is booked to appear in the city, but they don't seem to have appreciated the strength of the organization to be here Wednesday night.
 The New York production, including the cast, will appear here. When such people as Creston Clarke, who was star in several successful plays, takes a second part In a play it should be as- surance to the public that it is an all star cast, or as near one as is ever seen in the south.
 MT. Clarke Is well known in Birming- ham, having starred here in plays with Adelaide Thurston. who is one of the most popular little actresses who has ever been to this city. Amelia Bingham is even bet ter known, and the company will have a crowded house if it gets what it de- serves.
 Miss Bingham is one of the very few women on the American stage who have made successes as theatrical managers. feature of all her productions is their sumptuous stage settings. It is one of this talented woman's rules to always surround herself with competent play CTS, a fact which largely accounts for her success.
 We all remember when Miss Bingham made her debut as a manager in "rhe Climbers She scored hit from the start and the press of New York was en- thusiastic in praise of her sound busi- ness judgment and her enterprise. Wom- en, as rule. are not considered especial ly qualified for business of any kind, and few have dared attempt such an under taking as staging a metropolitan produe- ton from the minutest detail to acting the leading part, but Miss Bingham was courageous enough to make the effort and has won deserved success"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-16
Merqers Then and Now.

In 1896 the supreme court in the Trans-Missouri case declared the Trans-Missouri Freight association an unlawful combination, using these words:
 When, therefore, the body of an act pronounces as illegal every contract or combination In restraint of trade or com merce among the several state, etc, the plain. ordinary meaning of such langu- age is not limited to that kind of contract alone which is in unreasonable restraint of trade but all contracts are included in such language, and no exception or limita- tion can be added without placing in the act that which has been omitted by con- gross.
 The opinlon in the Trans Missouri case was written by Justice Peckham, and Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brown, Justice Harlan and Justice Brewer supported him This was an- other five-by-four decision. Of the four dissenters only Justice White remains on tAe bench. Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Peckham went over to the dis senters In the Northern Securities case. Justice Harlan, Brown and Brewer stood to their decision in the Trans-Missouri case, while Justice White remains a dissenter, and is re- enforced by two democrats and re- publican.
 It is a singular fact that Chief Jus tice Fuller and Justices Peclxham and White were each and all appointed by President Cleveland. They are the only democrats that sit in the supreme court, and their votes were cast in favor of sustaining the Northern Se- curities holding company. Strange things will happen even in high courts, and the action of the democrats in that court is one of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-16
ADLAI E. STEVENSON.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 A well known Illinois democrat who passed through Atlanta day or so ago thinks Adlai E. Stevenson will be the presidential nominee of the party and that he Is the strongest man for the place In the country.
 "It Is conceded on every side" said this gentleman, that the democratic nominee must be a type exactly opposite to Theodore Roosevelt which MT. Steven son is, in every sense of the word. He is a man of age, of mature judgment, conservative, and has the confidence of the people the country over.
 "He is also western man. This Is a point in his favor, think. The repub- licans can afford to lose New York, if they can carry Illinois, which, of course would be impossible with Stevenson al. the head of the democrat ticket I do not believe that they can carry New York under any circumstances.
 You remember the convention of 1S96 when the various prospective candidates brought their booms with them to the convention and deadlock resulted. Not one of them would yield to another one, and the only solution of the difficulty was to unite on some man who had not been previously heralded as a candidate for the nomination. Bryan's great speech drew the convention to him. and the followers of the men who had booms rallied to him, fielding that they were yielding nothing to their original oppo- nents.
 ''It is my opinion that something of this kind will occur at the St. Louis conven- ton. The Hearst, the Parker the Cor man, and the other boomers will find very soon that there is a deadlock. Some outside man will then have to be se- lected. Who will that man naturally be? It seems to me that Adla Stevenson Is the man of all men. He has never bolted the party. He has the friendship of both wings. He has never abused any man for the views he held. He is fitted in every way for the task of reuniting the party and carrying the democratic standard to victory
 There is something of an opinion that Stevenson Is too old a man to undertake a presidential campaign, but as matter of fact, he is just at that period of life when all a mans faculties are ripest. His judgment is clear and mature, and his health is good As far as years are concerned, he is only two years older than Cleveland, four years older than German and five years older than Judge Gray. He is more than a year younger than David B. Hill. and nobody looks upon Hill as a dotard so far as I know"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-16
Mergers That Restrain Trade.

The ways of the judicial mind are past finding out. The three judges of the circuit court that heard on appeal the Northern Securities case unani- mously pronounced the merger illegal, but when the case was carried to the supreme court another fiye-by-four de- cision was handed down, and the ma jority consisted of the democrats of the court, reinforced by MT Roose- velts appointee, Boston man. The democrats stood out over a states rights question, holding that a New Jersey corporation has a right to pick \up securities where 1t may, and to hold them, and that such holdings are not interstate commerce even if they de- stroy competition and restrain trade. Justice Holmes of Boston practically accepted the states rights theory.
 Justice Harlan ana the majority of the court did not, however, even con slider it. They said in substance that con. .otition means freedom of com merce, and that non-competition means restraint of commerce, and it is only essential to show that a combination by its natural and necessary operation will tend to restrain trade. He fitted all this alike to corporations and in dividuals.
 Justice Brewer made the fifth mem Der of the majority of the court that upset the merger, but in a separate opinion, while upholding the judgment of the circuit court, he did not uphold all of Justice Harlan's reasoning, espe- eially tLat portion relating to pur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-16
Dangerous Amusement.

When I was boy" said the man with gray hair and a cigar, "a party of young fellows, of which I was a member, en- joyed great sport in riding handcars on the railroad that passed through the town where we lived. In those days rail- way traffic had not reached the propor- tions of today, and as the road was a branch line the schedule was not a very important matter. Trains were few in number and came along about as 1t suit ed the crews to run them.
 Well, there was a toolhouse not far from our town where there was stored 4 Dig handcar used in repair work along the line. It was the custom of the boys to slip out at night, steal this handear and make the trip to neighborng town, where the facilities for having a frolic were greater than at home. With six or eight lusty young fellows to keep the car running we made very good time for the distance of fifteen miles, ana when we struck a hill everyone took a rest while the car made perilous swoop down the incline.
 As was to be expected. we had number of narrow escapes while taking our night rides. Although we timed our selves in order to miss the regular trains. we could never tell when a special or an extra freight would happen along. One night we were flying down grade at a great rate, and the boys were singing noisy song. Suddenly a locomotive head light appeared around the curve at the bottom of the incline and threw its blind ing rays in our eyes. It was an extra freight pulling up the hill, with the throt- tie wide open. Death seemed but a mat ter of few seconds, and there Is no doubt that all of us would have been killed if we had not had presence of mind enough to throw ourselves off the flying handcar. Two boys had broken arms as a result and the handcar smashed the engine fender, but no other serious damage was done. After that we quit taking handcar rides"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-16
ocks in the Warrior.

Captain Hobson, speaking at Tusca- loosa, compared" says The Age-Her- aids excellent report of the meeting, the locks on the Warrior to those on the Monongahela and the Kanawha, and said those were mere creeks and that it was impossible to build wider locks in them. He showed that where these rivers got wider the locks were made wider. He said that by having expended $75,000 more at the begin ming all of the Warrior river locks could have been made wider"
 Captain Hobson is an honest and, on many subjects, well-informed man, but so far as locks in the Warrior Kanawha and Monongahela are con cerned he is sadly misinformed. Lock No. in the Monongahela is located within the city of Pittsburg, and it's chamber is but 56 feet vide and 216 feet long in the clear. There is no larger lock in the Monongahela. Some of the upper locks in the Monongahela are 4r. 50 feet wide and, 160 feet long. The locks in the Kanawha are 50 feet wide, and 286 feet long, and all are of equal size. The locks in the Warrior are 52 feet wide and 2S6 feet long in the clear. The annual report of Cap tain Sibert for 1903 is at hand and all the essential facts in relation to locks in t.-e Monongahela can be gathered from it. The figures of dimensions herein stated cannot le impeached.
 Captain Hobson is also mistaken when he says the Monongahela and the Kanawha are mere creeks. Either Is larger than the Warrior above Tusca- loos;., and the flow per second in either probably exceeds that n the Warrior abovt Demopolis. The Kanawha is big river, but at points it's descent is rapid.
 The gallant captain is also mistaken when he says tha. by an increased ex-. penditure of $75,OOO at the beginning the locks in the Warrior could have been made wider, This is error pure and simple. The locks are of ample width and length, and a material addi- tion to their size would have cost more than $75,000, an any increased sum would have been unwarranted. Five government engineers determined the size of the locks in the Warrior and Tombigbee, ana they dld not make mistake Captain HoDson should study the bject of locks in internal waters, and he should particularly revise his statclents as to the LOCKS in the War rior and Tombigbee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-16
oulvERA--A SONG OF KANSAS.

By Eugene Ware.
 In that half-forgotten era. With the averice of old, Seeking cities he was told Had been paved with yellow gold, In the Kingdom of Quivera. Came the restless Coronado To the open Kansas plain, With his knights from sunny Spain In an effort that, though vain, Thrilled with boldness and bravado. Bnt their expectations eager, Found, instead of fruitful lands, Shallow streams and shifting sands Where the buffalo in bands Roamed OCT deserts dry and meagre. Back to scenes more trite, yet tragic, Marched the knights with armored steeds, Not for them the quiet deeds. Not for them to SOW the seeds From which empires grow by magic. Thus Quivera was forsaken; And the world forgot the place Through the lapse of time and space. Then the blue-eyed Saxon race Came and bade the desert waken Sturdy are the Saxon faces As the move along in line; Bright the rolling cutters shine, Charging up the States incline As an army storms glacis. We have made the State of Kansas. And today she stands complete First in freedom, first in wheat; And her future years will meet Ripened hopes and richer stanzas.