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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-12-22
Viaje de Mr.. Roosevelt d Europa
Hambre en- e| ejercito de Manchuria
Riga en- p0der de la reVohci6n
Las companies de Seguros. MAS escanda|os

New York. Diciembre 22.-En los circulos oGciaes de
Washington Sc ha pubcado la notca de que Presdente
Roosevelt hara vae Europa tan pronto como termne
su perodo presidential 1909 Esta resouci6n comni
cada varos gobernos encuenra acogda mas entusias
a Los representatives de las nacones en- e Congreso de
la paz oreceran la Haya gran banquete Mr. Roo
seve en- reconOcmentO de altos servcos dcho cuer
la idea que representa- Sc cree que e vaie sc pro-
ongara hasta Egpto dando quza Ia ueta por Pac6co
y tocando en- Flhpnas Hawaii
Dcen de Toxic que segdn noticias de Manchuria ell
eercte russo de aque pals encuentra stuac6n
dhcsma por tata de where's Los sodados carecen has
de 10 mas necesao rehusan odo acto de obedienca
sus ohcales FL general Lnewtch reaza esfuerzos para
obtener posclones pero tropeza la dfcuad de que
solo hay buen camino practicable que es errocar
translberano. desde Russia legan sufcentes convo
yes para abastecer las tropas Los nformes aponeses
decaran que los funcnaros de nac6n los de China
ayudan en- todo possible al general Lnewtch en- la crisis
que atravlesa ejercto.
Comunlcan de Hong Kong que tres jefes de los mott
mes de Lenchow que asesn6 yaros misoneros anne
rcanos surran dentro de pocos das pena de mlertc
mpuesta por los rbunales del pals Sc espera que este
eempo restabecera la conanza entire las colonias euro
peas ALI residentes.
Gables de Moscow dcen que la ciudad de Riga esta en-
poder de los revouconaros rsos La poblacon campes
ma 10 invade odo quemando edifcos matando sus due
nos con ferocdad increble. El grto de los mouks es
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-12-22

<Abao los nobeS.> ha empezado va la degolacion de
famlas enteras casos del interior Funciona un
Come de ejecutores de Sa ustca popuarS este comte
lama senencas de muere la Convention ancesa en-
1873 Sc proyecta contitulr repubca en- las provn.
clas del Baltco, independents sOberaua procamandose
como base del Estado socialismo en- vrtud del
cua las terras serian reparda que corresponds ma
die la propedad sno e usuructo mientras cutve Ell 90
berno de San Petersburgo ha orecdo esas regones
goblerno propo de la mas ampia Creese que los
no aceptaran
Han ocurrldO nuevas cOmplcaciones en- ell examen Que
practca sobre las Companies de Seguos de esta cudad
de Nueva York Mr. Scott presdente de la Pyovdeuf Sa.
tneS Lite association acusado de haber dspueso de
Glen dollars. El acusador es Mr. Huynes ante Ia mega
va de Scott estan pubcando documenos que acrecen
escandao demuestran que haba mucho que acarar en-
e mane1o de las grandes compaas Tie Ne1v York /ou
nal lnsnua que ESQ mlsmo pasar e da que Sc nves
que la constitution e unconamsno de los Trust que
monopoHan la carne e per6eo e acero e azcar otros
productos Aade que debe formarse con senadores de
ambos partdos de toda honorabidad un tribunal espe
cal para estos fines.
Mr. William r. Hearts, candidatoa la alcaldia de New
York en- las dtmas eecciones mega que haya desisdo
de toda accon para acupar puesto que lie corresponds
que usurpa Mr. Mac Celan Sostene que retro .u So
ctud de que abrcsen certas urnas ante e Tribunal
Supremo pero utzar otros recursos mas eca
ces presentar otras pruebas concluyentes.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-12-22
En- FL lYUNTAM|ENTQ
Proposition del pintor se-
nor 0Iler al Concejo mu-
nicipal de esta ciudad.
ES ACEPTADA
Galeria de retratOs de seis
alcaIdes de Ia ciudad
Dc San Juan.

La eomisi6n designada para in.
formar el escrito presentado por don
Francisco Oller, aolicltando 70 forme
una gslerfa de retratos de todos los
AlcAidss que han venido suesdiendoss
des Ia invasion americana { ID fe-
chs, cuyos retratos esta conforms On
haesr con marcos dorados 8 do eecoji-
das madsras, & raz6n do cinsusnts
dollars cada uno, sxpone que no debe
eomprsnderse en- ella 4 todos los AL.
ca des dc 10 nusva domination sino
loa que, tanto on estA como on h an
terror prastaron On aqusl puesto en-
otros valiosos servieios ( 10 ciudad
de San Juan, y % han hecho acresdo-
res por clio & tai distinction, y que do.
be soncretarse el ndmero do retratos
cinco, en- Ia siguiente forms:
Don Jose Ramon Bscerra, funds.
dador del Asilo de Aneianos J do Ia
Biblioseea Municipal, como tambien
restaurador del teatro do esta ciu.
dad
Don Juan Jose Potous, inisiador
del Acusducto y alcantarillado de la
eiudad, y fundador de Ia Escuela CO.
rreceional y Hospital de variolosos.
Don Ricardo Alfonso, sfndico Ad.
ministrat!vo, que realiz6 las obraa del
Acueducto y alcantarillado de Ia ciu.
dad, y cortribuy6 en- gran parts q as
reformas de la Avenida Dabau y Oar.
soma del Mus!ls dc ssts Capital.
Don Manuel Egozcue C.ntr6n, que
injci6 y rsaliz6 el empreatlto de Ia
ciudsd;y
Don Roberto H. Todd, actual al
calds de esta Ciudad, que tsrmin6 ell
Adoquinado en- las princi pales eslles
dc Ia ciudad y GALES transversales;
fund6 el hospital de mujsres y 10
Farmacia Municipal, restaur6 el edi-
ncio municipal orgauizando sus SER
viclns y embslleci6 Ia ciudad.
i'll Conceio acspta el informe de
10 Comisi6n, acordando por unanimi.
dad se lleve a cabo la instalaci6n de
10 Galerfa de retratos de las .personas
designadas por dicha Comisi6n, por
Comtin,ta en- la pdsina 4e)
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-12-22
Il LCDo, TRAV|ESO
Notable informe de este ccm-
patricia ante ell TribL-
nal Supreme.
UNA APELACIUN
Sentsncia de pena de muerte
contra Demstrio Disz,
alias Lena Verde.

Es.a mansna 20 vic en- sl Tribunal
Supreme, sl recurso de spslaci6n do
Dsmstrio Diaz alias Lena Verde, On
saesinato On primer grado.
Inform6 el jovsn letrrado don Mar.
tin Travieso. Su oraci6n persuasive
J vsrdadsransnte notable produjo nu'
cho sfecto en- Of pdblico, que sscssha.
ba sl INTEL igente letrado.
Manifesto que Sc proponfa defender
el dsrecho mas sagrado dol hombre,
~ vida.
su prop6sito no era precisamsnts
discutir 10 pena de muer's, pcr ser
ests discussion mas propia de los par
lamsntos que do los tribunales do JUS
sicis que Sc rigen por principles y lsyss
inconcusas. Acataba y aceptsba la
pena dc muerte, simplemente por ser
una dc las leyes de nuestro C6digo
Penal.
Diio que ~ mission era avsriQuar
81 81 iurado fue convenisntsmsnts ins'
srufdo On sl iuicio; 81 este juicio fuS
impartial; 81 las prusbas deduccio.
mes fueron claras y ex plfcitAs para lle-
var 81 Amino do un jurado dictar un
veredicto por sl cual psligraba 10 vida
de un eiudadano.
Yo vengo aquf 4 psdir no clemen
ca sino justicia para el desgrac!ado
Demstrio Dfzaz TO- Lena Verde.
Exanin6 primsrs mente 81 10 Cor
to de Distrito do Humacao procedi6
G, nforme { derecho al negar sl plazo
dc diez dias para presentar una prue-
ba secundaria. A su juiclo el juez
debfa de haber concedido squslla pro-
rrogs, por la cual 90 sportaba un da-
to al proceso On favor del acusado.
La enmienda 6a de 10 Constituei6n
americana dice que todo acusado dc
delito grave tendra derecho un de-
fensor. En- el record del iuez dc Huma
Gao no % dice NADIA acsrca do esto.
No 20 nombr6 un defsnsor que repre-
sentsse & Lena Verde, esto, que ss
un principle fundamental de derecho,
no fue respectable. Cree que este hecho
es mas que sufciente para pedir Ia re.
yocaccitn de 10 aentencia.
(Contsnda en- Ia pdgina Ga)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
WatkinsviIIe's Horrer.

The practice of lynching reached it's limit at Watkinsville, small town in Georgia not far from Athens, the edu- cational center of that state. A mob went to the jail intending to lynch every man in it regardless of the color line, nature of their crimes, and all decency. One prisoner was over looked, and one escaped by feigning death, and eight were butchered in the most heartless and cowardly man ner. One had been convicted and had been sentenced. One had stolen a rifle-that was all.
 In all the history of lawlessness there is nothing that equals the Wat kinsville tragedy. It was a thirst for blood that the civilized world will ex- ecrate unless Georgia takes steps to punish that mob. Will she do it?
 The offering of rewards is a scream ing farce that all hoot at. Nothing short of keen detective work will meet the ends of justice and the cause of law and order. If the solicitor and sheriff finch in the execution of their task, the attorney general and the gov ernor of the state should take it up and carry it out. It out-Russianizes Russia, and 1t should not go unavenged by an outraged state.
 The entire south will suffer from this disgraceful continuation of lynch ing Watkinsville shows what lynch ing is capable of-what it naturally and almost inevitably leads on to.
 Only one of the lynched prisoners was charged with nameless crime only one. That fact alone shows what modern lynching is, and Georgia should rise up in her might to make Watkins vile a lesson and warning to all afflicted hereafter with bloodthirsti- ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
Imaginative Correspondents.

Lawrence county feels aggrieved, not to say wronged The previous news paper correspondents had said far and wide that the good people of that coun- ty had contemplated lynching the mur- derer of C. NJ. Wright, merchant of Leighton. They contemplated nothing of the sort, and they feel injured by the correspondents who are quick to see lynchings where none were even dreamed of.
 The newspaper correspondents should proceed to bring themselves up to the present period in the history of the state of Alabama. Their predic' tions are ancient history now, and the citizens of Lawrence stand ready to give them a plain talk. They have sent out libels on the good people of Law renee, and The Age Herald's Courtland advices are that they consider the un- just and unwarranted predictions as insults ito each and every citizen of this and the Leighton neighborhood." ]"
 The correspondents who see lynch ings in the air should tame their inn aginations down to present conditions The lynching habit is back number in Alabama. Not single one has oc- cured in this state this year, and it is reasonable to assume in the light of Decatur that another one will not dis grace this state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
BALLOON WAS BURNING.
Aeronaut Stuck to It Until He Could
 Drop Safely.


 Special dispatch to the Cincinnati En- quirer.
 New York.-''Don't go up in a burning balloon" said Joe Bush, the aeronaut, to- day T did it Sunday. and had one chance In a thousand of living to tell about it." Bush appeared on Sunday at Hillside Park, Belleville N. J., in d bal loon ascension, with a parachute drop. The balloon was expected to float several thousand feet i'll the air before Bush cut loose his parachute. The big cotton bag was inflated with hot air and made the start all right.
 Bush then saw that flames from the lire had been carried through the chute and had involved one side of the balloon. He made this discovery when 15o feet from the ground, and realized that the fall would be too short to insure the opening of the parachute, so he hung on and watched the flames slowly consuming the side of the big bag overhead until the balloon had reaehed an altitude of 'oO feet.
 There was danger of the top of the parachute being burned, and Bush disen- gagged it and dropped. It opened within 200 feet of the earth and he alighted gent ly. The balloon instantly inverted, and the outrush of hot air extinguished the flames The balloon was recovered. badly damaged, across the Passaic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
The Presidents Democracy.

'I have been interested" said a prom inent university man yesterday at the Morris, 'in the democratic spirit mani fested by President Roosevelt during his visit to Harvard University. He insisted, the reports say in appearing in his per- sonal rather than in his official capacity.
 Il am not quite sure that this precedent is perfectly in keeping with a nice sense of the fitness of things. When the Brit ish ambassador died a year or two ago in Washington, President Roosevelt at tended the funeral service held in St. Johns church, and when he entered the church the whole congregation rose and remained standing till the presidential party was seated. Many persons did not approve of that incident, for the reason that they thought that in a house dedi- cated to the worship of God all were on level. and no notice should have been taken of official rank.
 If, however, the official character of MT. Roosevelt was recognized on such an occasion, it would seem that the Pres ident should not attempt to divest himself of his official dignity at a university an niversary."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
DeaIIno With inc Chinese.

The President directs that our Chinese-exclusion statute-not treaty. for we have none-be hereafter eX- ecuted with justice and humanity in- stead of prejudice and barbarism. So far. so good; but the Presidents order will not remove all the friction in China Practically speaking, the Pres ident says the exclusion act shall be applied to coolies or laborers only. So long. however, as a discrimination is made by this country between the Mongolians of helpless China and the Mongolians of powerful, straight-shoot- ing Japan just that long will some fr1c- ton be felt in China. The Chinese coolie does not and never will con- slider himself unfit to live and work alongside negroes, newly-arrived Flu ropeans and Japanese.
 It is settled that Chinese merchants, students and travellers are free to come to this country provided they secure proper consular certificates before they leave home. This action should be capped with treaty satisfactory to both countries, and if the administra- tion desires to save the Chinese mar kets to our products, especially to our cotton mills, it will push Minister Rockhill in that direction. The treaty recently prepared in this country is not satisfactory to China, but no doubt Minister Rockhill can negotiate a treaty that both countries can afford to accept. An effort to do this should at any rate be made. Otherwise we will lose an important market, and the penalties of the angered Chinese will be visited on our cotton mills.
 The truth is, all discriminations on our part against the Chinese should be based on the consent of China her self. That is where our offense comes in. We have proceeded without con sulting China at all Impelled by Pa cific coast prejudices, Congress has passed a law that is very offensive 10 all Chinamen. Out of all fairness and justice, that law should be repealed, and in it's place should arise treaty that both nations will cordially en- dorse. Anything less than that will not meet the notions of the most pop ulous trading nation in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
HYMN OF THE CITY.

By William Cullen Bryant. Not in the solitude Alone may man commune with Heaven,
 or see,
 Only in savage wood And sunny vale, the present Deity; Or only hear his voice Where the winds whisper and the waves
 rejoice.
 Even here do I behold Thy steps. Almightyl-here amidst the
 crowd
 Through the great city rolled, With everlasting murmur deep and loud Choking the ways of that wind .Mongst the proud piles, the work of
 human kind.
 Thy golden sunshine comes From the round Heaven, and on their
 dwellings lies
 And lights their inner homes; For them Thou fill'st the air with the un-
 bounded skies,
 And givest them the stores Of ocean. and the harvests of its shores. Thy spirit is around, Quickening the restless mass that sweeps
 along;
 And this eternal sound Voices the foofalls of the numberless
 throng-
 Like the resounding sea, Or like the rainy tempest, speaks of
 Thee.
 And when the hour of rest Comes, like calm upon the mid-sea brine Flushing it's bilowy breast The quiet of that moment too is Thine It breathes of Him who keeps The vast and helpless city while tt
 sleeps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30

Jersey on his vacation. During his ab- senee Charles Roberts. formerly of the Roberts Printing company, will have charge of the mana agement of the Advance company.
 Thomas s. Curry of clanton. Ala'' is in the city.
 J. c. Rawls of Columbus. Ga, was here yesterday.
 E. H. Daniel of Columbus, Ga, is at the Morris.
 ]. W. Dodd of Hanvoo, Ala, was in the city yesterday.
 William T. East of West Point, Miss, is registered at the Morris.
 Nat Fairbanks of Augusta, Ga. was here yesterday.
 B. K clapp of Montgomery is register ed at the Morris.
 J. o. Jones of Florence, is in the city. H. V. Smith of Montgomery, arrived here last night.
 Ed Reynolds of Blocton, was in Bir- mingham yesterday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30

the Standard oil in the towns and dis tricts of the south, the former being led by the Gulf Refining company, which is a branch of the J. M. Guffy Petroleum company of Pittsburg. In the course of the contest the Gulf con- pany finds that railroad rates run heavily in favor of the Standard com pany, even up to the prohibitive point, and it is asking the interstate com merce commission to take steps 10 render northbound oil rates as low as southbound rates. Unless this be done the Standard will have a monopoly In the south, and southern oil must be exported or used as fuel. It can not be refined and marketed at profit even in the south.
 There is no just reason why the rate on oil from Louisville to New Orleans should be as low again as the rate from New Orleans to Louisville, the former being IS cents per 100 pounds, and the latter 35 cents. Either the one is too high or the other too low. They should be equalized. The dis crimination against the Texas product is a discrimination against southern oil producers. This need not and should not be maintained, and the wonder is that the Texas producers had not as- sailed such discriminations long ago. oil from southern soil should be per mitted to go on equal terms to all points, and especially to all southern towns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
LETTERS TO EDITOR.
Card From MT. Engstfeld.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald: Referring to the charges in the report
 of the special examiners on the condition
 of affairs in the office of city treasurer, l wish to make the following statement:
 Messrs. Rosson and McNutt began the ex-
 animation of city books in my office on
 the morning of May S. checking my cash
 the first thing, and it was found to be $50 and some cents over, caused by my having placed therein on the previous
 day my salary for the preceding month, which I had not drawn until too late to deposit In bank and on the morning they
 came in, l failed to take this amount
 out before they checked me up.
 On May MT. Eustis came to the office to take charge, and we worked until late that night. In the cash were several checks as to the value of which we dif- fered, and on his refusal to accept them
 I offered him my personal check, saying 1 would cover it in the morning, but he refused this, saying that the cash must be handed him, and the next morning ! obtained the money on these checks, and
 placed it in the cash drawer. When MT.
 Eustis came in he had the examiners gs
 over my cash again, and it was found
 correct.
 | As to the worthless checks in my cash, they were mostly given for licenses and street tax, and the collector had been trying faithfully to collect them, and had collected a number of others which had been refused at the bank, but had so far failed on these, although we had not given
 up on the majority of them. In this con-
 nection 1 wish to say that when I took | the office of treasurer it was required | of me that I receive all collections from l the various officers daily, and in the
 first deposit handed me by the license
 collector and the real and personal tax
 collector, were several worthless checks,
 which the board afterward refunded me.
 In the $7OOOOO of licenses collected, it
 would be remarkable if the city did not lose a few from some leaving town, or
 going out of business after giving their
 checks.
 | In the matter of collections for street l Improvements, where it is stated that the
 collections were not correctly credited, if
 it is remembered that there were about | 15,0O0 assessments on the books, and about l 15O ordinances under which they were col- lected, it will be seen that such mistake
 might occur, and as the books were
 checked monthly by the city auditor and
 annually by special examiners, I thought
 they were correct, and sincerely trust that
 there are only few such errors. Respect fully, G. c. ENGSTFELD. Birmingham June 29, 1905.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
Action of Ohio Democrats.

John M. Patterson, the nominee for governor of the Ohio democrats, is a Cincinnati business man, living at Mel ford, a suburb of that city. He is widely known in his state, and is re- spected wherever he is known. He should and doubtless will poll the full vote of his party in his state.
 The platform upon which he stands demands the regulation of the rail roads rather than governmental own ership. It does, however, advocate To- cal rule in all respects, each city, town and village to be left to decide for itself what 1t will own and what it will regulate. The platform calls aloud for the revision of the Dingley tariff to the end that the people may enjoy the right of purchasing supplies without paying tribute to monopolies-the same right that the government exercises when it purchases Panama supplies. The platform denounces graft, urges the selection of United States senators by the direct vote of the people, and favors the initiative and referendum. The platform was adopted without amendment in the convention, and it no doubt voices the sentiments of the Ohio democracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
Mississippi Cotton.

"It seems to me from my limited knowl- edge of cotton that this rain is playing havoc in Mississippi with the cotton, eaid M M. Richey, assistant general superintendent of the Southern. "fhe rain has fallen heavily and with persis- tant regularity in that state for some time past and the farmers have been un- able to work in the fields.
 "The weeds are pretty high in the cot ton fields in many parts of the state, and if the rain does not take a rest it will be too late for the farmers to check the growth and get a good crop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
Odessa's Red FIaq.

Odessa, the great grain port on the Black sea, is the fourth city in Russia in the respect of population, being out ranked by St. Petersburg, Moscow and Warsaw only. In 1892 it contained 332,690 inhabitants, and its present population no doubt exceeds 400. .00O. It Is not fortified except of course at the Dardanelles. The city is modern. It is well built, lying chiefly on a sue cession of cliffs about two hundred feet high. Its spacious double harbor will hold three hundred and fifty ships. but 1t has no forts. It is simply large