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Manuel will be glad" observed FL Rubio
then. with an evil laugh. And for a long
time nobody said a word
1t Is clear that these ruffians stood In
awe of his blade. In their cowardly hearts
they did not think it quite safe Obeing only
two to one) to- try and disarm that old
man. They backed away a step or two
and leveling their pieces, suddenly ordered
him to get up and walk before He threw
at them an obscene word. He thought to
himself. .'Bueno, They will blow my head of
if his blood had already ceased to run in
his veins They remained all three in a
state of suspended animation, but at last
Ell Rubio hissedi through his teeth with
vexation and grunted.s
Attention, Jose. Take aim We will
| break his legs and take away the sting OF
this old scorpton.si
Castro's blood felt chilly in his limbs, but
| Instead OF planting ms knife in his breast
he spoke up to ask them where, supposins
he consented, they wished to conduct him
ITO Manuel-our captain. He would like
to embrace youebefore you de- said FL
to his shoulder. fGet up! March,
And Castro found himself on his feet
| looking straight ilintos the black holes OF
the barrels.
"Walkp' they exclaimed together STEM
ping upon him.
The time had come to die
"Ha! Canallap he said.
| They made a menacing clamor, Walk
viejo, traitor; walk
'ssenorita-I walked" The heartrendine
| effort of the voice, the trembling of this
| gray head, the sohs under the words, op-
pressed our breast with disrnay and dread
! The footsteps of his captors sounded be.
| hind him, and he tried to edge toward the
! ravlne. When nearly above the opening OF
the cavern he would, he thought, swerve
| inland, and dash off as fast as he was able
Then they would have to fire at him; we
would be sure to hear the shots, the warn
| ing would be clear and suddenly
looking up, he saw that a small band OF
Lugarenos. having just ascended the brow
| of the upland, were coming to meet him
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Now was the time to get shot; he turned
sharply, and began to run over that great
plain toward a distant clump of trees.
Those ahead had already spread them
selves out over the plain. yelling to each
other, and were converging upon him.
That was the time to- stop. and with one
blow fall dead at their feet. He doubled
round in front Of Manuel. who stood wav-
Ing his arms and screeching orders. and
ran back toward the ravine. The plain rang
with furious shouts. They rushed at him
from every side. He would throw himself
won it.
l suppose he found 1t not so easy to die,
to part with the warmth of sunshine, the
taste of food; to break that material servi-
tude to life, contemplate as vice, that
binds us about like chain on the limbs
of hopeless slaves. He showered blows
upon his chest; sitting before us. he batter
ed with his fist at the side of his head till
l caught his arm We could always sell
our lives dearly, I said. He would have
to defend the entrance with me. We two
could hold it till it was blocked with their
corpses-
He jumped up with derisive shrek: a
cloud Of ashes flew from under his stumble.
and he vanished in the darkness with mad
gesticulations.
Their corpses-their corpses-their
Ha! ha! hav'
The snarling sound died away; and l I'M
derstood, then, what meant this illusion
of ghostly murmurs that once or twice had
seemed to tremble In the narrow region
of gray light around the arch. The SUM-
shine of the earth, and the voices of men,
expired on the threshold of the eternal OBJ
prisoned, as IL in grave with inexorable
death standing between us and the free
spaces of the world.
CTo be continued.)
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| Seeing me lay hold Of Seraphina, he yelled:
| s'Senor mfndf It's death II you staegef

Seeing me lay hold of Seraphina, ne yelieo.
''Senor, mindl It's death II you stassef
back ,u
lifted her up and put her over IKE
child; and. no sooner In myself. t . rms
strength leave all my limbs as water runs
out Of an overturned vessel couio No.
have lifted up q child's doll then. DirecaiS'
with wild little laugh. she SAID 10 me-
"Juan-I shall never dare come out
Rugged her silently to my breast.
1t was an abode of darkness, enormous,
without sorority. In one place, only, the
light of fire lit by Castro iiiumina ,l
small part of the rugged wall Every
where else pressing upon the renectlon OF
the flames. the blind darkness of the vault
might have extended away for miles ana
miles.
Castro thought 1t probable. He made me
observe the incline of the moor. II sio ,iss
down deep and far. For miles, no doubt.
Nobody could tell: no one had seen the eno
of 1t. This cavern had been known OF oid
This brushwood, these dead leaves, ina.
would make couch for her excellency' mao
been stored for years-perhaps py men VIM
had died long ago.
The warmth of the fire had pene-
trated our chilled bodies with Ieel.
ing of comfort and repose. Wliilams
flask was empty; and this was a ne%
Castro. meIlowed, discoursive, almost genlal.
1t was obvious to me that, had II not
been for him, we two, lost ana WanoeI
ing in the storm. should nave oled lroni
exposure and exhaustion-from some accl-
dent perhaps On the other hand, nau
individuality saved his life, and he had al
ready thanked me in high-fown Language.
very grave. but exaggerat1ng the norrois VI
his danger, as a woman might have done
for the better expression of gratitude. He
had been greatly shocked. Spaniards, as
race have never, for all their conquests,
been on intimate terms with the sea.
Castro, lifting up his right arm. pro-
tested that I had given proof OF very
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PORTO RICO IN 1904
A Chat With the Resident
Commissioner.
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
SOMETHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE
AS AMERICAN CITIZENS.
Money in Sugar-Plantation and
Their neutrality-suspicious.
for Capital
Copyright, 1904, by Frank G. Carpenter

Copyright 1904, by Frank G. Carpenter)
Written for The Evening Star.
1t was in his home on street near Dupont
circle that 1 chatted the other day with
Federico Dagetau,' resident commissioner
from Porto Rico, on the present conditions
in our West Indian island. Mr.. Degetau is
the first Porto Rican who has ever held a
seat in the United States Congress He
has the title Of resident commissioner and
the powers of a territorial delegate, repre-
senting more people than any delegate Of
the past He stands for about one million
Of our West Indian cousins and also for
some Of the biggest questions now before
the American people.
1 think Mr.. Degetau is we'll fitted for lis
ish families resident In Porto Rico and he
is a type of the best people of that island
Tall, straight and we'll formed, he has a
high intellectual forehead, fair rosy COM
pleXion, beautiful brown eyes, and luxur-
liant silky brown beard sprinkled with gray
He is the handsomeSt man in Congress and
one of the most cultured and best educated
Born at Ponce he was sent to Spain TO
school and graduated there as a bachelor
of arts at the College of Barcelona and In
the law at the University of Madrid. He
has been one of the professors of moral and
political science in the Madrid Academy
of Anthropological Science, and as a nov
elist he is noted in all the Spanish speak
ing countries
Mr.. Degetau had made a reputation as q
statesman long before our war with Spain.
Some years ago Porto Rico demanded self
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German Women In the Professions.

From the Pilgrim.
Back twenty or thirty years ago few
women began to call the attention OF their
sisters to all the evil and dependence the
lack of education meant for them In IA
country where knowledge is accounted
the highest good Quiet, steady work fol-
lowed, undismayed by legislative action
and by public abuse and ridicule, until now
almost all the German universities are
open in measure to women, allow them
degrees in various branches, and high
schools and preparatory schools and courses
exist in various cities. With the right to
study the professions at home has come
the right to practice them, and there are
a number of women physicians and few
women lawyers In Germany today. some
thing that would have been considered inn
possible thirty years ago. Prominent ment
have been enlisted in the service Of higher
education for women, and the daughter OF
a minister of education was one of the
first pupils of the high school courses OPEN
ed in Berlin ten years ago. Prominent In
this work have been such educators of note
as Helene Lange in Berlin. Elizabeth
Cnauck-Kuhne in Leipsic, and those vet
Grams of the movement, now passed away,
Louise Otto-Peters of Leipsio and Matilda
Weber of Tubingen.
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arm waving to the left, and / bore accord
in2ly on the tiller. In a moment saw him
again. erect forward. with the arm point
ing to the right, and l obeyed the signal.
The clouds, straining with water and fire.
were. indeed, lighting us on our way.
wave swelled astern, chasing us in; rocking
frightfully, we glanced past a stationary
mass of foam-a sandbar-breakers.
1t was terrible. Suddenly, the mo-
ton of the boat changed, and the fickers
of lightning fell into a small, land-locked
basin. The wind tore deep burrows in It.
bowling and scuffing behind the dunes.
Spray flew from the whole surface, the en-
tire pool of a bay seemed to heave bodily
upward and l saw Castro agaein. with his
face to me this time. 1t was impossible to
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CHAPTER VIII

The first thing / noted on onenInq NV
eyes was that Castro had gone already. I
was annoyed. He might have called me-
However, We had arranged everything the
evening before. But what was that hat
doing there? Castro's hat 1t asserted its
existence more than it ever did on the head
of Its master; black and rusty like a hat
tered cone OF iron, reposing on a wide
hange near the ashes. Then he was not
gone. He would not start to walk three
leagues bareheaded. He would appear pres
emily; and l waited. vexed at the loss of
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Resident Commissioner from Porto Rico to The
United States.
government. and representation in the
Spanish congress at Madrid. Mr.. Degetau
was one of the commissioners sent to Spain
for this purpose, and later on he repre-
sented the island In the Spanish cortez.
After the war was over he joined with the
Americans in reorganization of affairs
there and he is now at the front, pushing
everything that will benefit Porto Rico.
Porto Rico in 1904.
I asked Mr.. Degetau some questions as to
the business situation in our West Indies.
He replied:
1.-THE conditions vary in different branches
of industry. In some our people are better
off than ever and in others they are worse
off than they were before the war"
How about your sugar plaptations?" /
asked.
'They are doing very well. Porto Rico
has some of the best sugar soil Of the
world. We can grow more to the acre
than any other cane-growing country ex-
cepting Java and the Sandwich Islands
We can grow more cheaply than they can;
and as a result the business Is profitable"
Where are your best sugar lands?'
ION the coastal plains which border the
island and on the rich river bottoms. The
most of the island is high and mountainous
and the sugar lands must be limited As
it is, we have now about 81, 600 acres In Gull
tivation. and we produce more than 2lO.-
100000 pounds of sugar per year. In other
words, we raise enough sugar to give every
man, woman and child in the Union three
pounds every year. In addition to these
sugar lands there are some devoted to
pasturage which might be used for sugar
Altogether we have about 1000 planta-
TONS
what are sugar lands worth Mr.. De-
getau?'
'"They are very valuable" replied the
Porto Rican cnnmiSSi Onar 'aud ha hocf
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-25
LECTURE
By Rev. MT. Kopfstein of New York
 Last Evening.

By Rev. MT. Kopfstein of New York Last Evening.
 At the synagogue of the Congrega- tion Bnai Scholom on Olive street, the Rev. MT. Meyer Kopfstein of New York spoke last evening. He gave 8 most powerful lecture on What Constitutes a Jew,'
 First, he discussed whether the Jews were of that class as a result of race. politics or religion. MT. Kopfstein as serted that it was not by race nor poll tiles, as these characteristics were long ago lost by contact with the Gentiles. It is surely a result of the spirit of their belief in one God. which has been handed down from the prophets, all though greater nations have fallen about them.
 Referring to this spirit Mir Kopfstein regretted the fact that the Jews were falling away from the ideals and the commands of God. He then asserted that it was the duty of every Jew to keep his spirit until all the world should accept the belief in one God.
 Rev MT. Kopfsteill will preach at 9:30 this morning on the "Jewis Me phisto.' His sermon will be in Ger man.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-25

Thomaston, will oficiate both morning and evening.
 Ralph and Seth Langley, of St. Louis and Louisville, respectively, are visit ing their parents. MT. and Mrs. Seth Langley. of 229 Blatchley avenue.
 An excellent entertainment was giv- en in the Sunday school room of the East Pearl Street M. E. church Thurs day evening under the auspices of the Epworth league Miss Emma Jeannette Futile, 8 pupil of Professor Wetzel, of Yale. gave several recitations, being es- pecially at home in the selection "A Summer Romance" which was most generously applauded. Mrs. E. E. Oke- son, accompanied by Miss Belle Slater on the piano, sang several well selected soprano solos, which were well receiv- ed. The sketch Christmas Chimes, given by Misses Sadie Cooper and Lula Johnston and Wentworth Floyd and Harry Atwater, was bright and inter esting. A male quartette composed of Yale students furnished some excellent numbers and these, together with half hour" with the stereopticon con- ducted by Rev. E. c. Tullar, completed one of the best entertainments yet giv- en by the local chapter.
 At a recent meeting of the Fair Ha- ven Union Cemetery association the following officers were elected for the coming year:
 President-C D. Parmelee.
 Vice-president-Frank J. Mansfield.
 Secretary-John S. Sanford, 2d.
 Treasurer-Daniel M. Smith.
 Directors for three years-L. P. Dem ing, F. J. Mansfield and Charles E. Bray.
 All are re-elections with the exception of President l.. P. Den1ing, who declin- ed to serve on account of his absence from the city. Charles E. Bray suc- ceeds c. W. Hemingway, deceased.
 At the Grand Avenue Baptist church tomorrow the pastor, Rev E.W. Stone will speak in the morning on "The Gos- pei Hope" and in the evening on Clean Lips" in the series of sermons |on Practical Talks for young and old.
 The circle of Kings Daughters of the Grand Avenue Baptist church will hold cake, bread, pie and ice cream sale in the church parlors to-day from 3 to 10 p. m.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-25
THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY
Of the Holy Name Society of St.
 Joseph Church.

Of the Holy Name Society of St.
 Joseph Church.
 The members Of the Holy Name so- ciety of St Joseph church will celebrate it's second anniversary Sunday, June 26, at 7:30 p. m. The ceremonies will con- sist of the singing of hymns used by the Holy Name societies; the profession of all the new members admitted during the year; an eloquent sermon by the Rev. Father Murray, curate of St. Joseph's church; concluding with ves- pers and benediction of the blessed sacraments.
 An invitation has been extended to the officers of all the local Holy Name societies to participate in this celebra- ton. The following named are the com- nittee in charge of the arrangements: Garrett J. Fitzgerald, chairman; Mau- rice P. Lynch, secretary; Captain Will liam O'Keefe, Thomas Holohan and Frank E. Kinstrey.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-25
CONN RAILWAY 6 LIGHTING co.
Matters of Interest to Holders of the
 Bonds of This Company.

Matters of Interest to Holders of the
 Bonds of This Company.
 J. & W. Selig1nan & O., of New York city, advise the holders of the Connect icut Railway and Lighting company's first and refunding 4 1-2 per cent. fifty year gold bonds, that an agreement and supplemental mortgage dated June 23. 1904, has been executed between the United States Gas Improvement com pany. the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company and the Colonial Trust company, by which the first named agrees to guarantee by endorse ment the interest on the bonds of the Railway and Lighting company, of which s15.OoO.O 1000 have been authorized and s1O,269, 900 are outstanding.
 The Connecticut Railway and Light ing company agrees to establish for the benefit of the bonds so guaranteed, a sinking fund of one-half of one per cent. per annun on the total amount of outstanding first and refunding bonds, in consideration of an option to the United Gas Improvement company to. purchase and an option to the Connect icut Railway and Lighting company to call the bonds so guaranteed on any coupon date at 105 and interest.
 Holders of first and refunding bonds desiring to secure the benefits of the above agreement and supplemental mortgage, by giving to the United Gas Improvement company the option to purchase, and to the Connecticut Rail- way and Lighting company the option to call bonds so guaranteed, at any cou- pon date at 105 and interest, are re- quested to present their bonds on or be- fore August 15, 1904. to the Colonial Trust company, New York, to be stamped as subject thereto and for the endorsement thereon of the above guar anty and stipulation.
 Copies of the agreement and supple mental agreement can be obtained at the offices of L. & w. Seligrnan & O.. or that of the Colonial Trust Co, New York.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-25
STEAMER RICHARD PECK FOR
 THE VARSITY RACES.

The splendid steel steamer Richard Peck will this year make trip to New London on account of the Yale Harvard boat race on Thursday, June 30; the varsity race is scheduled to be rowed at 12:30 D. m. The Peck will leave Belle dock, New Haven, at S:3O in the morning, returning as soon as pos sible after the race.
 A fine band of music will be on board for the entertainment of passengers. Fare for the round trip, $1.75; children, 90 cents.
 Tickets are now on sale at the office of Bishop & Co.,, 7O3-5 Chapel street; also at the office of the company on Belle dock.
 The sale of tickets will positively be limi:ed, and should be purchased in ad- vance in order to avoid possible disap- pointment on the day of the race.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-25
VARIOUS ITEMS.

Class of 1898, Scientific, have taken rooms at 054 Chapel street for com mencement week.
 Fire Marshal Gladwin already has seventy-fiye applications for licenses to sell fireworks. While several dealers have large stock on hand there will be no sales till after next Saturday accord ing to the mayors order.
 The state board of examiners of bar bers met here yesterday morning and examined ten barbers as to their quail ifications to work at the trade. A class of candidates from Waterbury is to be examined by the board at its next ses- sion, July 1.
 A new railroad station will probably be erected in NorWalk by the Consoli- dated railroad company within a short time. T. H. Fennell, superintendent of the New York division of the Consoli- dated Railroad, company, has been in Norwalk. and with a committee from the town inspected the old station and discussed plans for a new and up-to- date railroad station.
 Employes Of the New Haven road whose duty 1t is to handle mail pouches have been notified by General Superin- tendent Shepard to accept no pouches unless locked. This includes pouches with locks unlocked and pouches with out locks. When an open pouch is found it must be returned immediately to the oostoffice or railway postoffice with a shortage slip properly filled out.
 About twelve of the local hardware men journeyed to Cox's Surf house yes- terday afternoon at 5 o'clock for the purpose of enjoying a social time as well as a shore dinner
 The White mountain and St. Albans express will begin running over the Springfield. It will leave New York at $40 a. m. and New Haven at 10:3O. It will run until October 8. The south bound express will begin running on Monday continuing until October 10, and will pass through here fer New York at 5:30 p. m. A new mail to the north will be carried on this train for some points.
 The annual reunion of the Twelfth c. V. association will be held at Savin Rock on Monday, July IS. Colonel A. c. Hendrick is president of the associa- tion and James Smith of Hartford is the secretary. The regiment was recruited largely from New Haven and Hartford men.
 The United States civil service conn mission announces an examination on July 20, 1904, for printers assistant, bureau of engraving and printing and skilled laborer, female, for the govern nent printing office. It was first am nounced that this examination would take place in September. The test may be taken in this city and the success ful candidates will be selected to fill vacancies as they may occur in the foregoing positions.
 Wood. wire and metal fathers held their regular meeting in Insurance building last evening. The election of officers will be held at the next meet ing, July 8. A smoker will follow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-25
THE CITY MISSION HOUSE.

The usual Sunday services will be held tomorrow at the City Mission house, POI Orange street, at o'clock a. nl.. 3 o'clock p. m. and at 7:45 in the evening. The auditorium service to- morrow evening will be in charge of the City Mission circle of the Kings Daughters, Mrs D. M. Myrick leader with special musical selections by MT. and Mrs George E. Loveday. All are welcome to all the services of the day and through the week.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-25

Everybody" the topic being Courage" The other six topics, which have excit- ed more than usual interest: are One. "A Good Dispositfon;" two, "Sinceri- ty;" three Enterprises" four, Love-" five, Courtesy" six, Reverence" In the absence of Mrs. Spier, because of sickness. Miss Smith. of Toronto, a sis ter of Benjamin H. Smith, of $50 Elm street, will sing soprano in the quar- tette tomorrow. Miss Smith is sing CT of unusual promise. She will sing as a solo T Will Lay Me Down and Rest" by Dudley Buck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-25
cHIrRcH oF THE REpEEMER.

Dr. Phillips will preach in the morn ing at 10:3O o'clock. He will also speak in the evening at Welcome hall Oak street-subject, Fruitful Trees -Chaff" --and MT. Gesner, of the church choir, will sing. Following is the morning music:
 Prelude -Allegretto in c flat.......
 mathematician. Coleridge-T Taylor .Anthena-Heavenly Father. .Marchelle Choir hymn 357-I Heard the Voice
 of Jesus Say Shepard Response-The Way is Long and
 Dreary .................. Sullivan Offertory- Trust in the Lord (Prod
 igal Son) ....................Su Sullivan Postlude- Gloria, Twelfth Mass.....
 ..................... Mozart
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-25
WONDERFUL TRAINED DOG.

Professor Carter and his wonderful trained for terrier, who are playing at the White City, Savin Rock, has made a big hit with the crowd. The dog dives off a ladder thirty-eight feet high and lands in net. Professor Carter has given his attraction in Dreamland, and the people all spoke well of his great and wonderful dog. Professor Carter is a great lover of dogs and can train any dog to do tricks. Professor Carter has thirty dogs at his home. He is a New Haven boy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-25
LIBERTY COUNCIL ELECTS oFFI-
 GERS.

Goddess of Liberty council, No. 3. held it's regular meeting last evening The semi--annual election of officers re- suited as follows: Councillor, c. F. Robinson; associate councillor, K. V. Evarts; vice councillor, w. H. Rolsten; associate vice councillor, M. l.. Dicker- man; assistant secretary. F. G. Rol- sten; inside guard, J. T. Caspentes; outside guard, H. A. Bistrand; guide, M. F. Carpenter; trustee, H. L. Kelley.
 The installation of officers will he on July 1. An entertainment will follow. Refreshments will be served.