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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-22

Don Ramon Beanchamp, ha sido
nombrado Presidente de la Junta es.
collar de Las Marias.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-22

Ha renunciado su puesto de macs
tro graduado de Mayagiiez, ell sefior
Buenaventura Baez, segtln indica en-
una carta que jnserta en- La Voz de
la Patria.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-22

Sc encuentra enferlo el 20 Jefe de
Obras P1blicas Ingeniero Sr. Fernan-
do Montilla.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
TILE rRLRuNE,S HEADERS.

Tho Tribune is fortunate in having HrSe
number of readers who take deep persoil"i III
terest in everything pertaining 10 inns news
uaper. They send to us, ana we receive WIN
great pleasure, comments on the maheup heau
lines and general appearance OF the paper' we
GOT suggestions compliments, CRITICISMS anu
occasional rebukes. which are interesting, put
not discouraging. Fer instance, one Soinah
writes from Passaic to say that she uoesn
think it fair Ito print advertisements on lle
nooo devoted to Woman and Her Views" And
yet women insist on being told what the sloreS
have for sale Mere men, not knowing any
better +rv 70 nut such advertising in the hand-
est place for those who are most interested III
it. They are to be pitied, not blamed
Another woman sends from Rutherford an
indignant protest because the editorial and
woman's pages are not printed on the same
sheet She writes: Il have for years been
sending my Womans Page to a friend out
West and now miss the editorial page whch
"was enjoyed by the men of the family. mat
does seem sad, consequently and the worst OF
it is that though confidentially, we must con-
fess inability to understand the grievance, we
cannot hold out any promise of RELIEF or rel
ormation.
Even the slightest changes in The Tribune are
noticed by its lynX-eyed readers, and We are
glad that II Is so. furtHerlnoIe' neatly an ole
changes are applauded, or at least condoned'
by an overwhelming majority of our CORE
spOndentS. Even where they don't, at first
thought, quite agree with a new way of doing
or arranging things, they are all apparently
satisfied that we don't make variations or novel
ties out of pure cussedness," but have some
pretty good reason for whatever is done.
At all events. we mean to keep on trying to
make Clean live newspaper for self-respecting
people, and the opinions of our readers are al
ways welcome.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
OUR TRADE WITH GERuAyY

1t Is probable that the United States will
soon be called on TO readjust its commercial
relauonS with the German Empire The Ger
man government has just concluded series
OF reciprocity treaties with European powers
Which mark a radical departure in IFS goo
monte policy. The countries with which com
mercfal agreements have been made are ITALY
Belgium, Rumania, Switzerland Seryia Ans
a-Hungary and Russia. BY these conven
IONS the sale OF German manufactures on IA
Nored terms is guaranteed throughout practi-
caliy the whole of Central and Eastern Eu-
rope, and in return Germany comedies 10 those
neighboring nations a minimum tariff ratio on
specified classes of imports Against all other
countries the government at Berlin intends to
enforce uniform maximum tariff The now
treaties and the new minimum maximum scbed
ules drawn 10 give them effect, will not he
come operative until next year But If Ger
many then denounces the agreements now regr1-
lating its commerce with the United Kingdom
France Spain. the United States and other
excluded nations, it will become virtually the
head of a Central European zolIverein. main
tanning against the rest of the world n care
fully closed door"
Our commercial relations with Germany
Would, or course, be seriously affected by this
programme of exclusion. We have at present
the most favored nation" and we have also
q special reciprocity agreement, negotiated nm
der the terms of the Dingley Tariff act, which.
III return for moderate concessions, admits to
our markets German argols, still wines, YER
mouth. paintings drawings and statuary at
lowered rates. But in accordance with its con
tracts under the new reciprocity agreements
Germany will doubtless be compelled to cancel
cur favored nation" rights, and with them
abolished we should find ourselves seriously
handicapped in maintaining present COM
handing position Il competitor in the Ger
man market Our sales to Germany now eX-
coed those of any other nation In 1903 they
reached a total of 5000 414 000-against total
Of $199,362,O00 for Russia and $172 339 GOO for
Austria Hungary Under the open door policy
our export trade TO Germany has risen from
S0l,55l 900 in 1890 TO 5000, Al 900 In 1909; and
under the open door policy its expansion would
doubtless continue unimpeded We are Ger
manyS third best customer, buying in 1908
products valued at Sill. 62G.0O0 against prod
ucts valued at $50, $4,000 In 1890 But it Is
evident that both our sales and our purchases
VIII be checked If we are 10 be hampered by
determinations in classifcations and rates
framed for the especial protection Of rival pro-
ducers like Russia and Austria Hungary.
fortunately large part OF our present trade
cannot be affected by the new sliding scale
duties. A bulletin just issued by the Bureau
OF Statistics Of the Department of Commerce
ana Labor shows that OF our exports of S222-
4l4Oo0 in 1863 over half entered Germany free
or duty, and will continue free under the modi-
ned tariff. Our raw cotton exports alone We're
valued at slC9,oC000o and Of other materials
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10

n;crotiou law includes paupers and those WHO
ore afflicted with insanity or contagious us
eases tuberculosis is included among con-
tagjous diseases so that the immigration nspec-
tors deport consumptlve immigrants. What is
70 nrevent some person of American birth, but
with foreign features and accent returning from
n visit abroad and being held as diseased
olien? OF course he protests that he is citl-
zen Perhaps the inspector does not belleve him.
finds his proofs unsatisfactory ana orders MS
denortation The whole case turns on the issue
of fact concerning his citizenship, and the SUI
nreme Court saws he has no right TO a judicial
determination of that fact, but is at the mercy
If the immigration official. His family may
have been here for two hundred years, but he
con be turned away from home at the word OF
an immigration inspector If he happens TO re-
turn in hard luck by steerage and his nativity is
doubted OF course one of our native stock, or
n not1lraliZed Irishman or German, or even
Russian Jew is not so likely TO have claim of
previously established citizenship disputed as
an almond eyed Celestial, for he is more certain
to show American characteristics than the I'M
assimilating American of Chinese extraction.
But the principle is just the same, and Justice
Brewer speaks for the privileges of every Amer
lean when he says in his dissenting opinion:
cannot believe that Congress intended to
provide that a citizen, simply because he belongs
TO an obnoxious race can be deprived of all the
liberty and protection which the Constitution
guarantees and If il did so intend. l do not be-
lieve that it had the power to do so.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
4 TORNADO IN KANSAS.

Several tornado storms have been reported
from the West and Southwest in the last few
weeks That which nearly annihilated the little
town of Marquette, Kan, Monday night may
not have been the most severe but it was the
most destructive of the season, no less than
twenty-six deaths having been caused thereby.
The State census of 1895 credited Marquette
with a population of 433. Subsequent growth
could hardly have brought it up beyond 700.
One inhabtant out of every thirty therefore.
was killed with appalling suddenness.
1t is not pleasant TO consider what would have
happened if the storm had smitten any of the
large cities of Kansas. Almost without eXcep-
ton, these are situated in the extreme eastern
part of the State, whereas Marquette is in the
centre. Eight of the nine places whose populae
ton exceeded 10000 in 1900 are near the Mis-
souri, boundary. Wichita, which at that time
had $4,000 inhabitants, lies to the southwark of
Marquette and is fully sixty or seventy miles
away. 1t would hardly be safe to assume that
damage elsewhere would bear the same ratio to
the number of residents that done in Mar
quette. A tornado cuts swath rarely exceed
ing hundred yards in width, and such track
would be relatively narrower in big city than
in a small town. Yet, if any of the more densely
settled regions of Kansas or any other State had
been struck, the consequences would doubtless
have been several times more unfortunate than
lIlOSe IcCoIued III ytSleTudy dispatches.
Local storms, OF which the tornado is the most
violent representative, usually occur in hot
weather, but are connected in some manner
with sharp changes in temperature like the one
which the country has experienced this week.
In at least a dozen States excessive warmth,
comparable with that felt in the metropolis on
Sunday last, prevailed a few days ago. and YES
terday there were froStS in Michigan and snow
in North Dakota and Nevada Alterations of
heat and cold within periods as short as week
are to be expected at all seasons in the larger
part of the United States but reaction as ex-
IRENE as that which is now eliminating on the
Atlantic seabOard is infrequent.
The conditions under which tornadoes, thun-
der showers. squalls and hailstorms are gener-
ated can be recognized by those who are trained
to the use of the government weather maps
Nevertheless, it has hitherto proved impossible
TO say precisely where a disturbance will an
pear until it actually develops A thunderstorm
has a lifetime Of several hours, although only
a small area is affected by it at one time
1t is often feasible to give notice of its ap.
proach, therefore, when it has formed. The
tornado has briefer career, and little warning
OF its nearness can be afforded especially if II
comes in the night. In Kansas and other West
ern States Cyclone caves have been con-
structed by people living in rural communities
lor purposes OF refuge, but at best only few
minutes are available in which to take advon-
tage of such safeguards
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
GETTING AT THE FACTS.

Trust Investigations which now in prog
met with some unexpected incidents. Reports
from Chicago indicate that Canada has of late
proved to be a fascinating place of residence for
a considerable number of people who previously
found this Republic sufficiently attractive. More
over, 1t is generally expected that the men who
have passed over the border will not return
to their earlier resorts in this country Like
the operators who were concerned In the Sa-
vannah contracts, many years ago, and who
have succeeded in remaining north OF the border
while their American pursuers have brought the
matter before the highest legal authorities OF
the British government, their representatives
want delay They are not ready for fair de-
cision on right principles.
Captain Carter has served his sentence for the
frauds ut Savannah. There could be no doubt
of his guilt and the two contractors who have
for so many seasons avoided an accounting for
their participation in his operations have never
boldly and openly met the accusations of wrong
doing. Yet the British government is extremely
careful to shield nothing wrong, and these con
tractors will probably be compelled to face the
charges against them ut some not distant future
date. They have had plenty of money and they
have used ii most literally in order TO stay out
Of prison, but the day of judgment seems 70 ha
swiftly approaching for them, and il looms I'm
ominousy for some other fugitives. even for
some identified with gigantic trusts"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
THE ENGINE CRAZE INCREASING.

One of the most unpleasant and ominous
features of the automobile abuse is that it
seems to be steadily increasing. We yentured
TO hope year ago that time would cure the
evil, that people would get over their craze
for reckless speed, and that the safe and sane
drivers of such vehicles would succeed in in
f1uencing the mad minority to mend their ways.
That hope has not been fulfilled. The number
of offenders against the law and against pub
lie safety and decency and common sense
seems actually to be increasing, and their Of
fences seem to be growing more fragrant and
impudent. For a long time we have been ac
custOmed to regard Sunday as a day of road
law breaking and to look for large marshal
ling of arrested ''scorchers in the police courts
Monday. But now the offence is prevailing
all through the week. We are not sure but that
this week Monday beat Sunday as day of
lawbreaking, judging from the number and
character of the news items on the subject in
yesterdays papers.
The character of some of these deserves at
tention In one case an automobile driver in
solently refused 10 observe the ordinary rules
for the direction of traffic and went where he
had no business TO go. as we'll as faster than
he had right to go. He deliberately broke
the law, and continued to break it still more
in an effort to escape arrest When finally he
was caught the passenger in his cab was in
dignant at the police, and probably would have
lied about the matter and tried TO dscredlt the
faithful policeman had not a couple of public
spirited citizens supported the latter with
their testimony. Another "ScOrcher," running
through the streets at express train speed, re-
fused to submit to arrest, insolently saying
that he was employed by certain millionaire,
and therefore would not stop for any one and
yielded only when threatened with shooting.
On being arraigned he testified that the ma
chine he was running was so geared that 1t
could not be run at a slower pace than twenty
necessarily a lawbreaker, and could not be
used except at an illegal and unsafe speed!
There were numerous other cases Of similar
character.
These things seem, as we have said, to be
increasing in number Time is not remedying
the evil. The law-abiding automobists are not
proving themselves to be able to restrain their
lawbreaking fellows. In such circumstances
protests against making the law more stringent
and its penalties more heavy are sngularly
llltimed On the contrary, ii is clearly indi-
Gated that if the safety of the public is to
be regarded, if the highways are to be made
and kept fit for general use, and if the maj
esty of the law is to be yindicated there must
be n more strenuous dealing with these impu-
dent "scorchers." In such cases as those to
which we have called attention Imprisonment
would be fitting penalty than mere
fine; and when a laWbreaking 'scorcher' re-
sists arrest if policeman dealt with him phys
ically as he would with any other defiant ruff
fan he would not in doing so incur popular rep
rotation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FORFTGN-The British government dis
ratch from Paris says, has informally peen anu
ing both France and Japan 10 reacn n d &C. "a
77enf Of the dispute over neutrality; french au-
vices show that thu government has been max
ing efforts 10 conform with its regulations. -
4 disrarcb from Mia Trang said that AdTnlra4
Roiestvensl1y-s feet sailed from Nenfohg bay
yesterday morning. == AdVlces from + eng
ina Sien eighty miles north OF Tie PasS' say
That all is quiet on the front; The Japanese
movements on the east are closely screeheu'
DONESTIC-In his speech in Denver the
President stated that Il was absolutely hecee
sary that the nation assume SUPERVISOR co1 Tt
Of railroad rates. A special dispatch Hrolh me
Tribune Bureau in Washington says that TINS
statement was rude shock TO the railway men
now there who predict that the President VIII
have the fight OF his life" when he attempts 10
secure such control. - Elaborate prepare
lions were made in Chicago to guard the Presl-
dent during his visit there; rlotlng IN the seets
was again frequent. 80 Twenty-six persons
were killed and forty-four injured. some fatally.
by a cyclone that wrecked part OF the town
of Marquette Kan. - 4 Yale senior was
found shot to death in his room at the univer-
eity; the medical examiner believed it was a
case Of accident or suicide - The Halght q
Freese Company was getitioned into reCeivership
proceedings by woman in Boston. =" Inc
reports of the income OF the eight boards Of the
Presbyterian Church received by the Rev. W II.
Hubbard at Auburn, y. Y, showed a total for
the year of S3,263, 80, the largest ever re-
ported. - Representative Frank B. Brande-
gee, at Hartford, was formally elected United
States Senator from Connecticut. - Her.
man Bartels. a prominent brewer Of Syracuse.
was arrested on charge Of attempted arson.
CITY.-Stocls were strong. The Kings
County Democratic General Committee was
ready to pass a resolution censuring the Sen
ators who voted against the SO-cent gas bill,
when Senator McCarren had the chairman de-
clare motion to lay the resolution on the table
carried -- There was fresh talk of a straight
Republican city ticket. account of the at
ntuce Of Tammany Senators on the gas bills at
Albany = Tammany leaders declared that
Charles Y. FoTaes would not be renominated for
President Of the Board of Aldermen -
Briefs were filed in the Lord suit TO prevent
capitalization Of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society. == Police Commissioner McAdoo re-
tired on pensions two inspectors. ten captains
and forty-fge sergeants, the board of surgeons
having reported all unfit for further active
service. = dinner was given at the Lotos
Club to Whteaw Reid by his fellow directors
Of The Associated Press in honor of his APP
poiatlnent Ambassador to the Court of St
James. - Plans announced for a new
municipal lodging house, TO be built in 25th-st
IGf- W Ia 47I11f.--Ihdlcalloh lot To-Day:
Rain. The temperature yesterday: Highest, GJ
degrees; lowest. 3d.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10

The majority Of the Supreme Court would
seem 10 have been more concerned, in the case
OF i'll Toy. with facilitating the enforcement Of
The Chinese Exclusion act than with safeguard
ing the rights and liberties of American citizens
Trey have laid the foundation for an American
Exclusion act. 1t is obvious that a right of ap-
peal from an immigration official to the courts
by a person of Chinese blood, on any pretext
whatever. might enable Cinnamon to delay de-
portaton aud sometimes, by their proficiency
in tricks that are vain, evade the law The pre-
Yains opinion of Mr. Justice Holmes true to
his ideal of assimilating the Constitution TO the
developing aspirations Of the majority at any
time, unquestiOnably promotes the exclusion of
cheap foreign labor" dear 10 the labor. do
hestlc ana foreign, already within our gates
Inc foreigners can now be dismissed summari-
~ aAd, II this results occasionally in denial OF
The rights of American citizens, we snDpose that
Is 10 be regarded only an insignificant sacri-
Zee 81 tie individual 10 dominant Opinion":
hiu wow the citizen who suffers is likely TO
~ al inferior blood so he need not count,
JG 10y CLAIMED TO be native American citj-
zen born IN this country Of Chinese parents In
spite OF being in blood and appearance
Chunk he had just the same rights rs INV
who claim pre-Revolutionary American .ncestr,,.
ior~"al persons born or natural;zed In tho
Ohited States, and subject TO the Jurisdiction
thereoi, are citizens Of the United States" In
Toy went TO visit the land of his ancestors n,
returning he was held up as a Chinaman for
oluueh bF law TO enter this country. His plea of
Citizenship was overruled by the immigra+ior
oIhclals with how good reason we do nor know.
ana ms deportation was ordered. But Ju Toy
demanded the right TO prove his alleged Ameri-
can DiFth before court, and not have the fact
sumnarily and finally decided by a mere adj
illustrative official. That prayer is now do
hied' and The court holds that. even if his story
- true and he is assumed to be n citizen and
deportation would deprive him of the liberty
.! me tIfth Amendment, yet he has
no claim TO a judicial trial 70 maintoin H.
constitutional right but may be deprived Of bis
exiled from his native land and STINT
oul ron the protection Of the Constitution hv
me mere nat Of an executive officer
NAT may seem all right for a Cbinamon ,cbo
just happens 10 be born on the wrong side 10
s.,e raclnc Ocean; but apply it to persons who
ice their line back to the Alayaower Tho ,n,,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
SENATOR RAINES EXPLAINS.
His Bill Was Meant to Save Money Rather
than to Waste 1t.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In The Tribune Of May there Is an Albany
dispatch saving that Assemblyman Apgar secured
the defeat OF a bill amending the Ralnes law by
appointing a number of special deputy commits
sioners in various counties. Westchester among
them The bill created lot of places with good
salaries and the opposition Of Mr. APgar on the
final moving defeated it,"
Permit me 10 say that the blocking Of this
scheme costs the taxpayers OF Westchester
County at least S5C0-ans the State $3.50 more
The liquor tax fees Of the County treasurer OF
Westchester County last year were more tnfn
5000 Had this bill passed, the salary OF deputy
excise commissioner for that county would have
been $500 There would have been saved TO the
State and localities about 5000 had the olll
passed If Mr.. Apgar is entitled to any credit FOR
preventing this result, he should have the Tun
benefit of II. JOHN RAlNES.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10

now free and to remain free we Sent n IN 'n nu
yoo,. these amounts: Copper, S1l'3oo'ooo; Oh
cake 100000; rosin and turpenllne 900 So' 49,
600. nhosphates and fertilizers. $2oooooo' iurs
and skins $1,400OO0. or tobacco on "nlcn
tho dutv remains unchanged, our safes reioneu
81 OOOOO0 1t would not be WISE hoMeNoi' "
undervalue the advantages which WIN "0.. uo
TO European rivals through the CONCESSIONS '1U'
are soon to enjoy in the German iharhe' ""
should be prepared 10 seek sliliiar pil1liesea
o,,rsoIves meeting the German government
bolf way on any proposition made to ADJUST
trade relations on a new and mutually advan-
% reonS basis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

rruou THE TRIBUNE BrREAU.I
1,,h,o+on NAV 9-Mrs John B. Henderson mad
Co. Quests at luncheon to-day Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish and her guest. Mrs. orme Wilson Nine
1Ioor,o,r Mrs Fairbanks. Mrs. Foraker Mrs'
r1L,rs Mrs Scott Mrs. Morton. Miss kean' MIS-
r,1era Van Rensselaer,. Mrs. Lothrop Bradley
Mrs oliver, Nine. Hauge Mrs. Henry May MISS
~ RENSSELAER, Berry. Mrs. Ward Thoron' Mrs'
gillespie Mrs. Benedict. Mrs Hun. Mrs FAIRFAX
Harrison. Ns Mathews. Mrs spencer, MISS
Chez MES Kibbey and Mrs ]. B. Hender-
son. jr. $500 ..o-.o,o, o.. ,,,,c,,
.on to-day some OF the visiting delegates to the
Iotorrational Railway Congress. The guests were
lieutenant Colonel r. Gardiner. Royal Engineers
.ha Rt Hon n siderldes. Minister of the Interior
Caaca. David Cooper. H. =. Burt. A Z. Eihs'
CoIoneI w " Constable. Royal Engineers VIII
lam Melville Dugald Drummond, william a. Drins'
pagat VIVIAN Luke c. l.. r. Palmer. A Doran'
pber+ porter f. T. Robertson and Miss Wads-
worth niece of the hostess. Mr. and Mrs west
,bonse will also hold reception for the Delegates
tomorrow night -.
Mrs w. H. H. Switzerland and her daughters
a. Misses Switzerland will spend the summer at
HaSnolia