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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-20
EI arbitrsje Y la prensa
Question importante

Nuewa York, martes-La prensa de Paris
Sc scupa muy principalmente de la importan-
cia de Ia comison que ha de reunirse maflana
en- dicha ciudad aplaude la idea del arbitraje.
Los senores que componen la comision ar
bitradora estan siendo objeto de mutiples aten-
clones.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-20

Nueva York, martes.-En los cfrculos de
Washington, ha hecho excelente impression la
neticia de la frma del tratado entire Espana y
los Estados Unidos.
Tambien ell goberno de Madrid, segun los
datos aqui conocidos desea estrechar las rela-
clones entire las dos naciones.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-20
Entire Espana v
los Estados Unid0s
Un gobierno de arbitration

Nueva Yor, martes -Telegrafan de Was
hngt5n que ell ministTo de Espana senor Ojeda,
frmara mafana ell tratado de arbitration entire
Espana V los Estados Unidos
Los gobiernos de ambos paises han. puesto
gran empeno en- que Sc frme cuanto antes ell
proyecto de arbitration.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-20
Una UniwerSidad
hispanoamericana
Ell proyecto EN- Madrid

Nueva York, martes.-Desde Madrid CO.
munican que Ell Rey ha tirmado el decreto au-
torizando el establecimiento dicha Capital
de una Universidad americana, cuyo proyecto
ha sido muy calurosamente sostenido por el
Rey Don Alfonso.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-20
Una conspiraci6r,
Los delincuentes presOs

Nueva York, martes-En ell palacio de los
reyes de Servla ha sido descubierta una cons
piraci6n para asesinar al rey sus hijos
Los Culpables estan presos y el soberano
anuncia que no tendra piedad de ninguno de
los delincuentes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-20
Buscar1do la paz
Como la persiguen

Nueva York, martes.-Dicen de Madrid que
lse busca entire las potencias de Europa la ma
nera de inducir al imperio ruso y japones a
lllegar a un acuerdo amistoso, sin que la que
rra sc prolongue mas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-20
Una victoria dudosa
La escuadra de Port Arthur

ofcialmente la destruction de la escuadra rusa
de Port Arthur.
De Paris sc han recibdo algunas noticias
desmintiendo la estupenda victoria del Mikado.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
MAKING THE MAILS.
BY c. M. STANLEY.

twill hold open for possible war news" The telegraph instrument in the office of BIrmingham's big morning daily clicked off the message shortly before o'clock in the morning and the whole night force was on the qui vive.
 The regular run of news was nearly all in type and every moments delay now increased the danger of missing the early morning mail trains which left at o'clock for the different sections of the state
 "Something big coming the little in- strument clicked out and messenger were sent to every department to warn all hands to be ready to make close connec- tions.
 "Flash-Five battleships were sunk in terrific naval battle today" The little in- strument seemed to tremble in it's own excitement.
 Everything must now be done with rush. It was after o'clock and the news must be printed and the mails must De caught.
 But the sounder stopped. The particu- lars did not come, and every minute counted then. Five minutes passed, ten minutes, twelve minutes.
 Then the little dots and dashes began to tell the biggest story of the year. Let ter by letter, word by word and sentence bv sentence the thrilling engagement Is told. But it is 4:23 and the mails must be caught at 5.
 Sentence by sentence it goes to the com posing room and to the linotypes, from which the type is quickly ready to go into the form. The headlines are writ
 i,,fA ha hily- gest and blackest in the office.
 At ASA the form Is ready. The light iron table containing it spins across the floor to the elevator. Down 1t speeds to the stereotyping room where the plate must be made. It Is exactly 435 when 1t comes in sight of the great pot of molten metal. In few seconds it Is under the steam table. In three minutes and fif- teen seconds the molten metal is being poured over the matrix made from the form At the saw and trimming table thirty seconds are consumed, and the plate is delivered to the pressman exactly four minutes after the form is received. It is 4:39 and the o'clock mails must be made.
 Thirty second later with the Look out" of the pressman the big press starts with the squeaking of the paper and the hum of the cogs and as speed Is worked up the papers with the pig war news are shooting up the dummies to the mail loom at the rate of two hundred a minute The busy mail clerks have just twenty minutes to stamp on the names, wrap the papers, distribute them to the dozens of different sacks, send them down the alley chutes to the mail wagons and get them to the trains
 The mail room is bee hive of indus try Scores of busy hands and fingers are all working to the same end-to catch ,. the o'clock mails. Papers fly in every direction Sacks are rushed to the chutes The rapid click of the stamping machines mngles with the sharp cracking of the papers as the wrappers are adjusted
 At 457 the last sack shoots down into the wagons. The horses jump into gal op at the drivers signal. for they too seem to know the mails must be made so the state can read about the big battle of battleships.
 The chatter of hoofs on the pavement seems unusually loud in the stiffness of the early morning. In just two minutes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

of the Wisconsin haved gained for them- selves and their ship an enviable name'
 Vivid Description of Manila.
 After this practice forty-eight hours of well-earned liberty was given to the ships company. Here was the chance for some fine writing in "rhe Badger.
 We are now in Manila, the city of poverty and wealth; the diabolical para disc; the city of modern antiquities: happy blend of military and civil life, the cosmopolitan metropolis where bare ships and flying shirt tails are harmon iously contrasted with silk and decollete and groomed coachman on the Luneta after o'clock each evening when the birds sing their evening melodies to the harmonic accompaniment of buzzing mosquitoes incubated in the moat
 Tt is a peculiar city. II could furnish material for large sentimental volume and yet it is a pity that slll Nye should have died before he visited Manila
 American customs are slowly taking the place of Spanish degeneracies. It yet remains difficult, however to pro- cure labor The natives must Hay off'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

60-inch Bleached Table Damask, Large assortment of patterns, at, ward .25c 68-inch all pure German Linen, worth 65c yard. Special, at, yard 4sc THESE GOODS ARE EXCELLENT
 WEARERS.
 72-inch extra neayy German Linen, beautiful patterns; worth 75c yard, at, yard .... .... .... ':.' .'.'.' Napkins to match the above line and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

5O-INCH BATISTE CLAIRE, the most perfect texture, close weave, light and gauzy. Special price per yard.... .... .... .... .... ..49c
 4S-INCH PERSIAN LAWN, soft, pretty goods, fine sheer quality. Spe- cial price per yard. .... ..... .39c
 SILK GAUZE, made of silk and linen. Sells regularly at 45c. Special price per yard. ... .... .... ..... .25c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

ridges containing the powder charge Two men are stationed at the sights to train the gun, and most busy scene of uniform movements follows the com mand, Loadl'
 'One man opens the breech another places loading tray to admit of the entrance of a projectile weighing a hun dred pounds which Is thrown with suf- ficient force so that the rotating band fits firmly into the rifllng Of the gun. Following, a man places the powder charge behind the shell, and the breech being closed the gun is ready to fire.
 "The gun is fired; the breech is open and a man stands by with heavily pad ded gloves to receive the discharged cartridge which is heated to almost a red heat Then in disregard of the dense volume of smoke which rolls from the treech, the operation Is quickly repeat ed.
 "The heavy gun may thus be fired eight or ten times in a minute.'
 'The discharged cartridge at almost a red heat"
 "In disregard of the dense volume of smoke which rolls from the breach."
 Thus is graphically told the feversh haste with which gun practice Is con ducted. And says "The Badger:''
 "Ten shots and nine hits in $40 seconds with a 13-inch gun may sound easy wher you say 1t right quick, but when those who do not know. realize that in that short space of time nearly six tons of steel in the form of projectiles pass through a single gun, fired by nearly two tons of powder in ten different charges all of which is brought from magazines forty-five feet below the guns they can clearly understand how the for ward turret and the handling room crews
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

on all American, Spanish, Chinese and Filipino holidays. while at regular inter- vals or about two weeks every man has a death In his family which keeps him drinking "bino' and fighting cocks for two days at least when he will return wearing a ring of black crape around his arm which might be in memory of either his deceased fighting cock or his wife"
 Without envy but still regretfuly, "The Badger bids au revoir to Fight ing Bob" Evans flagship, the Kentucky aboard which all was as merry as a mar riage bell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
Here This Week, 35c a Pair,
 } Pairs for $1.00

Our Caheen Special Brand of Fine Cotton Stockings for ordinary wear gauge, medium and heavy weights, with black or unbleached soles. Are the best wearing stockings in Amer ica for the price-per pair, 25c, 35c, 5oc
 1000 pairs women's extremely fine sheer elastic gauge Lisle Thread Stockings (made of two threads of No. 100 Sea Island ThreadD. They ap- pear too gauzy to wear, but they do give excellent service and are vastly comfortable ..... 5oc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
WHY PRICE OF FOOD HAS RISEN.
An Analysis Which Carries 1t Back to
 Trust Exactons.

David Graham Phillips In Success
 Take any commodity you please-a loaf of bread-and trace it back The baker got his flour from an agent of flour trust. The flour trust got its wheat from a grain elevator trust and it's bar rel from cooperage trust, which got it's lumber from a lumber trust and it's nails from nail trust. The machinery, by means of which the wheat was ground and the barrel was cut out and put to- gether and the nails were stamped, came from various machinery trusts. These machinery trusts were in turn supplied by sundry iron and steel combines" and they, again, depended upon certain mining monopolies. At every stage rail- ways were used-and railway competition has been worse than abolished, what with the pooling and secret rebate arrange ments.
 Now, upon each Of these many, many trusts that united to make that loaf of bread possible you will find saddled enormous fixed charges. In most cases the greater part of their fixed charges Is dividends and interest upon stocks and bonds that represent not dollar n- vested in the industry.
 Follow back each and every article in 
 state of affairs When you go to your butcher and he tells you that meat is 5 cents a pound higher than it was last week, you are able to understand why. Last weeks price was the proper price under proper conditions plus the taxes and tolls of all the various Intermediary combines, trusts, consultations, monop- olies and what-nots. This weeks in- creased price means that those tolls have been raised. Why have they been raised? :? Perhaps it is just because some fellow in control needed the money" Perhaps his workmen had forced him to raise wages or perhaps he had a bad week in the wheat pit or at Wall streets green tables. In the town from which I come. a small manufacturer many years ago went abroad to study church archisec- ture, with a view to helping his church house itself properly. On his return he cut the wages of his employees to pay the expenses of the trip and his subscrip- ton to the new temple. Doubtless he would have raised prices if he could, but those were the days when there was still some faint competition worthy of the name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

the horses dash up to the station. Busy hands get the sacks quickly on trucks. They speed across the enclosure as the conductors begin to cry "All aboard" Like lightning the men work dumping the tightly stuffed sacks into the mail cars. The bells begin to ring, the sound of es- caping steam is heard and the trains one by one move from the shed as the last sacks are thrown through the doors.
 The weary men stop to catch their breath and to still their excited pulse and then slowly walk back to the office The men at the office are weary from the ex- tra exertion and yet they are all satisfied and happy for they have made the mails and the whole state will soon be reading the big news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

Rice Voile Suitings, all the new shades, at.... .... .... -. ....Ioc
 Silk Warp Crepe de Chene, new col brings, at.. =. .... .... .... .... .soc
 Suiting Tweeds in Novelty effects, priced at. ... .. ...... ...... ..9ec
 50-inch heavy Sicilian Mohair and Brililantines, at. .... ........ .1.oo Black Silk Warp Crepe de Chene and French VoiIes at 85c
 $1.50 English Broadcloth, 11a yards wide, at. =. .... .... .........Isc
 All wool Albatros, sepcial. ..... .3Io
 89c Plaids, for. .... .......osc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

Extra large .-leached Fringed Cot ton Towels, deep red border, size 22x45-inch; worth 1Sc; now. .12Eac
 Extra heavy Bleached Quaker Linen Huck Towels. 19x42-inch; regular 15c
 Pure Linen Bleach Damask Towels, blue and red borders. extra size-22x46 inch. Special. .... ..22c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
Active Men Behind Guns.

The Wisconsin held the record of the United States Navy-which is to say, the worlds record, for fast and accurate shooting with great guns, until new re- cords were established recently by the ships of the North Atlantic Squadron. So with natural pride "The Badger" publishes on It's first page fine photo graph of the Wisconsins forward turret crew, who from the two 1S-inch guns in the turret, fired 36 shots. making 32 hits, in p minutes and 40 seconds.
 The photograph shows eighteen sturdy officers and men, To the left of the picture is Lieut.. c. T. Vogelgesang in charge of the turret to the right Is Ira M. Gaunt, coxswain, who fired 10 shots making g hits in minutes and 40 sec onds. In the centre with barred head and face in profile is c. H. Neubert, gun ner's mate, who for 51 consecutive shots trained the forward turret.
 The picture was taken immediately af- ter the string was fired.
 New Mark for World.
 "The Badger" says editorlally and with self-restraint:
 Our practice on the range. concluded recently, resulted in quite favorable re- ports of the work. Individual records were broken in every class of gun. while
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

In recent buying expedition our dress goods expert secured some extra ordinary concessions on seasonable fabrics. The fabrics are most seas enable; the colorings desirable; the pricings lower than you could possibly expect.
 Included are colored all wool Nov city Tweeds, colored all wool Knob Suitings, colored all wool Nuns Serge, colored all wool Voiles, black shep- herd check Mohairs, black all wool Knob Examines, black all wool Voiles, black Briliantines and Sicilians, 75c and 85c values, at. ... .... .... .48c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

BENCH BATISTE DEL OPERA, an inexpensive wash fabric which classes amongst the most desirable thin tex lures. Special price per yard d...... 'oS
 50-INCH SILK SWISS-This beautl- full texture is specially adapted to graduation suits, soft and silky Price per yard. ... .... -. .... ..''
 40-INCH WHITE CHIFFON, beau tiful quality Special per yard. .2oe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
Table Linens and DamaSk.

2lx22, extra heavy, beautiful patterns. at, dozen, SIPS and. .... ...... 1.4s
 72-inch Bleached Linen Damask; this is an exceptional value at 69c. but as a leader we run it, at yard .4sc
 Large assortment of patterns, Nap kins to match, at, dozen, 1.25 and 1.as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
His Little Postscript.

From the Atlanta Constitution
 The absent minded correspondent of the Georgia Citizen in Texas closed a re- cent communication as follows:
 P. S.-I almost forgot to tell you that your house was burned to the ground one day last week, your brother hayin let the insurance lapse two weeks before. So you won't get nothln' out of It reckon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
Towels! Towels! Towels!

Extra heavy Bleached Quaker Linen Huck Towels, 18x36-inch; regular 12hc kind. Special for this sale.
 Extra heavy Linen Huck Towels, red borders, size 19x40-inch; our 200 Tow
 ell; an excellent Towel for boarding houses. for.... .... .... ..... ...1se
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
Dress Goods New as the Morning Are
 Here for Your Spring Wants.

All wool Sanglier, reduced to. .53c All wool 46-inch Sponged Fabrics 75c
 46-inch Crepe Venoil for. ...... ..75o Double width Serge Suitings. .... SC All wool Chiffon Voile. .37c All wool 44-inch Serge.... ..... 53c Good Mohair, now .45c 36-inch Granite, now. 17Iac s2.00 Broadcloths, yours for .97c 48-inch Suiting, $1.50 value, for. .98c 39c Plaids, special for. ........ .23c 46-inch Ghorconia, all wool, $1 value, or .79c 42-inch Serge, now. ....... 19c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
Caheen's Special Hosiery

Bewildering as- sortment = moder- ate prices. Learn to know the Ca heen Special Brand of Hosiery; you will profit by the acquaintance. For this week these extra specials:
 2,000 pairs wo- m e n S splendid quality all over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
Muslin Drawers

We call attention to the line at 25c, 3ec and 4sc-unequaled by any Bir- mingham store. We sell the EAGLE BRAND"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
COrsets COrsetS

You know when you come to Ca heens you can buy them Tor iess, na "Thomson's" Glove-Fitting-Ihe Sl,oy kind at 72c. ROYAL WORCESTER
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
"BADGER" RELATES BAT TTLESH|P NEWS Fierce Target Practice on Board
 the Missouri GUNS DISCHARGED RAPIDLY Man Stands By and Receives Dis charged Cartridge, Which is AL
 most Red Hot-A Vivid
 Picture of Manila.
GUNS DISCHARGED RAPIDLY

From the New York World.
 The World with great pleasure ac- knCwledges the receipt Of a copy of it's esteemed contemporary, ''The Badger, - a newspaper which has the largest cir cuation on board that fine fighting ma chine, the United States battleship Wis consin. In fact, "The Badger" so we'll named is the ships paper, and like ev- cry good newspaper, 1t entirely fills the field 1t has chosen.
 The number at hand was published at Cavite, P. l., and contains this business like announcements:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

ace Lisle Thread Stockings. (These will compare favorably with those you have paid 75c for.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
Window Shades

Extra heavy Linen Shades, mounted on first-cass rollers, feet long feet wide, all colors. at. each. ....... .2oc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
THE BADGER.

R. D. Jones, Editor.
 R. E. Hardy, Printer. Published on board the U. S. battle ship Wisconsin on the 2d and 4th We'd nesday of each month. Price per copy. cents, U. S. Per Quarter. ........... Sixty cents U. S Subscriptions payable in advance. Sent to any ship in the U. S. Asiatic
 Fleet Devoted to the interests of YOU, HIM and ME.
 Entered at the Scuttle- Butt as "Spe- cial First Class mail matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08
Special Sale of Sheer White Goods, Especially for Grad=
 uating Classes and Reception Dresses.

SWISS DOTS, scrolls, flowers and fiourdelis, wonderful range of pat terms. Price from 200 yard to. ..... .75c
 Special sale of fancy white lawns, satin and lace stripes and bars; reg ular price 25c to BOG. All will be put in one lot at, per yard. d............19 .19c -~r~r~r~~~rs~~~~~>->-~->-~ and MARINERS" $1.00 Corsets at 6sc. We are agents for this city for the celebrated "REDFERN CORSETS"- whalebone and handmade Price $500 and up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

scurrying about in various parts of town. A distant rumble betokens a delivery wa gon getting an early start and at inter vals laborer comes hastening down the street, bent on taking advantage of every hour of daylight
 The fruit dealers and all-night restau- ranteurs begin to stir about, while nod ding hackmen who have waited patiently all through the night, prick up their ears and cast their eyes around for an early morning fare. In the east appear the first streaks of gray that herald the coming dawn and the furnace fires shine more faintly against the heavens.
 Traffic on the streets increases. News boys are now crying their papers with shrill voices and the policemen rouse themselves from their reverie to drink morning cup of coffee
 When the hour of Is near at hand vehicles begin to chatter about the streets. Trolley cars are heard booming along in various parts of town, their lights shining in the gray dawn. In the east the sky is beginning to brighten and from end to eIM of the great Birmingham district tollers are stirring.
 At o'clock the whistles are more vo- ciferous than ever, calling thousands of human beings to another day of toll. At Ensley the huge steel plants throb with life and groups of toilers are hurrying to their daily tasks. In the mines, in the furnaces and In the steel plants all is hum and hustle. The trains begin their clan gor of arrival and departure. trolley cars whisk about, the streets are enlivened with pedestrians and shops are thrown open for custom. When the whistles cease to blow for clock busy Birmlng- ham is again at work. Everywhere Is heard the hum of the wheels of indus try, while dense black smoke pours from chimney and furnace stack in such vol ume as to obscure the newly risen sun Jones Valley resounds with the din as Birmingham awakes for another day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

Worlds Fair-St. Louis.
 Tickets at low rates now on sale. For particulars apply to any Mobile and Ohio railroad agent. 4-30-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-08

Whether household necessities the May
 It
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-12
Mrs. Furnish Entertains.

A delightful time was spent on the
evening of the election at the home
of Mrs. W. j, Furnish, when she I'M
vited in few friends to hear the
election returns and play 900. 1t
was strictly a Roosevelt evening, and
the prizes which were awarded were
in keeping with the occasion. "Stren-
uous Epigrams," by Theodore Roose-
welt, was the first prize, and won by
Miss Moorhouse. The consolation
prize, a republican campaign watch
fob, was won by Mrs. Thomas c.
Warner. After the game a chatting
dish lunch was served. The ladies
present were Mesdames Frank Moule,
Thomas Thompson, Lee Held, W. l..
Thompson, Ernest Skiles, Edwin
Switzler, j. A. Borie, Thomas C.
Warner, C. E. Roosevelt, w. E, Stark
weather; Misses Stella Alexander, Ida
Thompson and Miss Moorhouse. Mrs
Harry Rees of Spokane. and Mrs. Dr.
Keylor, of Walla Walla, We're the out
of-town guests.