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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-18
PrecauciOnes contra
la fiebre amarillo
CIRCULAR DEL SUPERINTENDENT
De SANlDAD

"Agosto 6, 1906.
A los sefiores Oficiales de Sandal
~ Medicos en ell ejercicio de la profe.
sion.
Senores
Confirmadas las noticias sobre casos
de fiebre amarillo en- la Ciudad de
Nuevs Orleans, ha llegado el momento
de apelara todas las medidas ordinarias
ly extraordinarias de que ell Poder Eje-
cutivo pueda disponer, con ell fin de
evitar que por cualquier accidente
pueda desarrollarse tai enfermedad en-
esta Isla, adn pesar de la vigils ncia
extrema que activamente ejerce ell De.
partamento de Sanidad Martina en-
10 referente las procedencias del ex-
terror.
Dada la ,suma importancia que re-
viste este asunto, y de acuerdo con el
Honorable Gobernador de Puerto Rico
cuyas ideas Sc hallan en- perfecta con-
sonancia con las nuestras acerca de
tan vital question, he dispuesto aeon
sejar q los O6ciales de Sandal. asf
como las autoridades todas directa-
mente relacionadas con este Departa-
mento la observancia extricta de las
siguientes recomendaciones, teniendo
en- cuenta que ha de ser excessive ell
cello que todos empleen en- la lauda BILE
obra de velar por la salud pdblica de
esta ISla.
1o En- primer luga- Sc ordenara a
por los OficialeS de Sanidad Ell cum
plimiento del apartado del Regla-
mento TX referente la Inspection
domiciliaria en- Ciudades y Pueblos en-
viando los oportunos informes a este
Centre en- los modelos en- blanco pre-
parados al efecto.
ao -Todas y cada una de las dis.
posiciones del Reglamento acerca de
las enferm edades contagiosas infec.
ciosas deben ser mantenidas con ex-
tricto rigor.
Siempre que Sc presente algdn case
sospechoso, 6 que por alguno de los
sfntomas pueda considerarse como tai
a1n cuando Ell exacto diognostico nc
resulte perfectamente claro, deben dar
cuenta los O6ciales de Sanidad al Su.
perintendente de todo 10 concernients
dicho case.
SO -Debe tambien MERCER espe.
cial atencion todo 10 ordenado por el
Reglamento XIV que trata de la in
tervencion sanitaria en- el trafico de
pasaJeros y carga pues son de impor-
tancia capital las disposiciones de-
mismo.
La rigurosa observancia de las pres
cripciones del Reglamento XIII debe
ser funcion que, cumplida con verda.
dero cello por los O6ciales de Sanidad
sus agentes, contribuira evitar
males sin cuento, quitando la OCCASION
al desarrollo y propagation de morti-
feras Intermediates.
No olviden los funcionarios quie-
mes Sc refere esta circular. que debeu
hacer uso del TELEGRAPH, y falta de
este. de la via mas breve de que pue-
dan disponer para deruncar cualquier
caso de enfermedad sospechosa a este
Centro Superior.
Los ofciales de Sanidad y Medicos
particulares quedan encargados de
dar las instrucciones necesarias sobre
hygiene privada, hacienda comprender
al p1blico en- general la Importance
de estas medidas, no olvidando que
siendo ell mosquito seg1n las nuevas
teorias uno de los principales trasmi
sores de las 6ebre, debe ser destrufdo
dando instrucciones acerca de la for
ma de hacerlo y de evitar los criade
ros en- las casas. '3'' et' "
| ftr--. ....-5@..t sI.-.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-18

"Agosto 6, 1906.
A los sefiores Ofciales de Sanidad
y Medicos en- ell ejercicio de la profe.
sion.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-18
ri
NOta, del dfa


vara su informe anual al gobier-
no de la Metr6poli, ell goberna-
dor Winthrop.
Ell publico espera avidamente
la apariciou del documento of :
cial, que ha movido a especta-
cion indescriptible, la opinion
en- la isla.
Veremos que es 10 que dice
MI. Winthrop Las circunstan-
cias han cambiado de tai suerte
que ell informe de este gober-
nador no puede ser, en- modo al
guno, como ell de los anteriores
ocupantes del Palacio de Santa
Catalina.
Ha de ser, muy distinto, por
fuerza'
Ha de rehejar ell descentento
del pals, llegado a limites en-
que no Sc contiene, nj puede
permanecer oculto'
En- ese documento, que no
puede ser una vulgar exposi-
cion de cuadros nunericos y CO.
lumnas de cifras, que no debe
ser una mera resef1a de 10 que
sc ha hecho aQui por los ameri-
canos, sin relatar al mismo
tempo 10 que han destruido; en-
ese documento, decimos, confia
la opinion que ha de revelarse.
por vez primera, desde hace al
gun tempo. la verdad Official.
No puede ser que actos tan
elocuentes como 10 que han rea-
lizado nuestras corporaciones
municipales, nuestras classes
educadoras. los propietarios y
los obrer0s. pasen en- silencio,
en- Ell infornae annual de Mr.. Win
throp, sin el comentario que re-
quieren V demandan tan EXPIRE
sivas manifestaciones del dis
gusto ambientes
Para encalmarlo NO ha servi-
de la rectihcaci0n hecha, por Ell
propio gobernante, las infor-
maciones de an Coiega local So
bre la delnici6n proxima del
status politico de la isla.
Las promesas, los anuncios del
reconocimiento de la ciudada-
dania americana para los puer-
tOrriquefOs. 40 han pOdido ate.
nuar siquiera el desafecto que
aumenta cada dia, que sube y
sube a medida que la contuma-
cia toma aspectos entronizado-
res y tiene desbordamientos
agresivos como los del tesorero
en- su postrer aZafleria.
Digamoslo parodiando una
expression de los redentoristas:
La oportunidad no fue aprove-
chada. En- su tempo, el reco.
nocimiento de la ciudadania, tai
y como era ell deber de la nueva
metropoli, puesto que habia
quitado a los nativos su antigua
ciudadania, hubiese rati6cado
Ell buen concepto que sc tenia
aqui, aventurado y erroneo, de
la naciente colonization ameri-
cana.
va No. Aquellos regateos in
verosimiles y ofensivos. dieror
tempo a nuestro pueblo para
meditar en- 10 que mas convenia
a sus intereses, y lie ensenaron
verdades muy amargas, mos
trandole el verdadero ideal del
expansionismo.
Ahi estaba ell Hawaii, como
ejemplo de 10 que cuesta la ciu-
dadania americana. Ali esta
en- ruinas, para testi6car en- to-
do tempo como es adverse la
colonization americana a los in
tereses de los pueblos someti-
dos. Y Ell nuestro comprendi0
que su salvacion estaba en- una
prudente separation de intere-
ses, va que en- la mezcla. con
ser impossible. habian de perecer
los propios, los nuestros.
Asf 10 ha entendido Ell pals en-
masa, ratifcandO constante v
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-18

perennemente SUI descubrimien-
to con el torpe proceder de los
funcionarios exoticos, que han
dado lamentables ejemplos de
un egoismo solo comparable con
SUI torpe divorcio del medic en-
que disfrutan la vida placida de
la burocracia. w
Ell pueblo Sc decide por la
autonomia politica y 81 es pre-
ciso, 81 no Sc efectua la reforma
del arancel para que nuestro ca
fe quede protegido, la autonomia
economical que complete la ne
cesaria y atil separation de in
tereses, hecha a tempo y antes
de que sea tarde para la colo
MIA.
NADIA perderia consignando
este ell mensaje que ha de ele-
var, al Presidente Roosevelt,
nuestra primera autoridad ci-
vii. NADIA perdera ese documen-
to con ser expression franca y
sincera de la verdad, recogiendo
este irremediable aspecto del
sentir, del amino, del espiritu
collective en- la colonia para lie
varlo a las regiones ofciales, en-
donde puede decidirse de nues-
ira suerte.
Al contrario, ganaria muchoss
Porque TN informe asi concebi-
do lienaria los fines y los propo-
sitos de la naturaleza propia de
TN documento, que debe servir
de aviso a las autoridades supe-
riores de la metropoli, indican-
doles sus yerros. avisandoles
que Sc equivocan, advirtiendo.
les que hacen NAL, con sus en-
vios de gente in1til, cuando no
perversa, que viene a la Isla pa
ra hacer mas hondo el agravio,
mas penoso 6 insufrible e. ultra
je de la coloniZacion
Esa gente son como las espa
das de los hlos, que cortan por
los dos lados; da1lan a la metro.
poll al rajar a la colonia. Gepte
incivil, gente selvatica. ruda,
torpe, fatalmente agresiva, des-
tructora de 10 nuestro y natu-
ralmente lnfecunda, ha sem bra
do tantos recelos, ha provocado
tantos enojos, ha sido causa de
tantas injusticias que puede de-
cirse, sin tenor a futuras recti
fcaciones, que constituyen la
verdadera impedimenta enerva-
dora del expansionismo.
Esta leCci0n no le vendria
NAL a Mr.. Roosevelt. Y al dar.
sele probarfa nuestro goberna
dor que no pertenece al grupo
de los congregantes que traman
en- misterioscs conciliabulos,
conspiraciones egoistas y burdas
patranas en- desprestigio nues-
tro, sino que vive en- Ell mismo
amblente de sanidad vigorosa y
de verdad honrada, que esa prem
sa tan patriotica y dlgna, que da
mas fe las protestas de la CO.
lonia que a los conspiradores
engaflos de los redentoristas.
81 el pals, cansado de disimu
los y falto de paciencia, habla
duro y sin reparos. menos debe
tenerlos quien no haria mas que
rehejar TN estado de opinion tan
dehuida y resuelta, que seria
mas inutil tratar de ocultarla
que, aplicar al alberto crater de
un volcan, una manga de apagar
incendios, con Ell risible empeflo
de extinguir Ell fuego que arde
en- las entraflas de la terra.
Inspirado en- las ideas que de-
] a mos expuestas, reflejando
exactamente el estado de OPT
MON que prevalece aqui, ell in
forme que prepara ell goberna
dor Winthrop, sera muy dife-
rente deesos menguados folletos
faltos de verdad y sobrados de
perfdia en- que han pretendido
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-18
Viernes IS de Agosto de Ioo5


posen los seiores oficiales de Sanidad
y las autoridades municipales, con-
fla que coutribuyendo todos con eli
esfuerzo maximo que en- este caso
pueda enPlearse, Puerto Rico podrz
librarse de los estragos de la mortf-
fera enfermedad que actualmente hace
estragos en- Ia ciudad de Nueva
Orleans.
Anticipandoles las gracias por toda
la ensrgia que desarrollen en- ell cum
plimiento extricto de las 6rdenes con-
tenidas en- esta circular, quedo de US
tedes.
Respetuosamente,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
BLOWN TO PIECES
Limbs of Five Miners Scattered
Abroad.
Lightning Causes Explosion of
25 Pounds of Dynamite.

Des Moines, Iowa, July 19.-F'ive min
ers were literally blown to pieces by the
explosion of 25 pounds of dynamite in
a storage powder house at the West
River Side coal mine two miles west of
here early today.
The dead are:
CHARLES BROWN, engineer.
DUKE MILLER, sinker.
HARRY BELKNAP, sinker.
DELL VANCE, sinker
GEORGE ARROWOOD, pumpman.
Brown, Vance and Arrowood leave
families.
Heads. arms and limbs were scat
tered for a distance of 500 feet The
explosion was not known of until the
day shift appeared to go to work.
The victims were engaged in sinking
a new shaft. and during the early
morning hour a severe rainstorm came
up, which compelled the men to stop
work. They sought shelter in the
powder house. Lightning struck a
tree nearby and ignited the dynamite
as well as two kegs of powder The
building was blown into fragments.
Some of the bodies were so badly dis
figured that Identification is impos-
sible. The nearest house was 500 feet
away, and the inmates knew nothing
of the accident, attributing the noise
to the bolt of lightning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19

case of serious epidemic. For the or
binary conditions the expenditure is
figured at S5,125, and in case of serious
spread of epidemic an additional
amount of $4,S65 is added, making a
total of $9,999.
The police department shows a con-
siderable increase in its estimate. The
estimate returned shows the probable
expen diture as $4,000, $4,000 in ex-
cess of last year. The matter of mis-
cellaneous expense is considerably
higher.
Altogether, however, the returned
estimates show up well for an at
tempt upon the city administration to
keep down the expense of running the
city. The introduction of an up-to-
date municipal system OF bookkeeping
which will be established before long
and the close scrutiny with which all
bills rendered against the city are ex-
amined by the claims and accounts
committee, serve to carry out the idea
that the expenditures will be within
the estimates and that the city will
manage to save upwards of $4,000
upon the record made last year.
There is small chance that the city
officials will have their salaries raised,
though this is a matter which will be
considered at the meeting of the ways
and means committee Friday night.
UNLESS some very good reason can
be given,'' said Mr.. Howe, sin favor of
the plan of making any increases. 1t
is a fact though that municipal en-
pIoyes are underpaid. But unless
some very plausible reason is pre-
sented which has not been so far, I
am against any increase"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
HASKELL IN TOWN.
New Penitentiary Warden Pays Visit
to Governor HOch-

w. H. Haskell, the newly appointed
warden of the state penitentiary, came
to Topeka today from his home in
Smith county to talk over his appoint
ment with Governor Hoch.
"I don't know just when will take
charge down at Lansing" said Mr..
Haskell. ''I am in no great hurry. L
return to my home today, and will go
to Lansing later on. Under this new
law, strictly construed, I suppose that
1 will have no appointments to make:
Even the position of assistant and chief
clerk must be filed under civil service
rules, and no changes made for pol1t-
ical reasons. suppose if make any
change in positions, will have to state
the cause of the change in writing
Asked what he thinks of the new
civil service rules which have been
adopted by the penitentiary board in
compliance with the state law passed
at the last session of the legislature
Senator Haskell said:
''I don't know how it will work out.
We don't require much of an examlna-
ton from the guards. We require that
they fill out an application in their own
handwriting. But we have found that
a man may be a very fine guard and
not much of an artist in rhetoric and
composition"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
MRS. FASSLER Low.
Wife of Well known Capitalist Lying
at Deaths Door.

Mrs. Arrnin Fassler. wife of Armin
Fassler, proprietor of the Inter-Ocean
mills, is so i'll at her home at Ninth
and Tyler street, that her life has been
despaired of, and death is expected at
any time.
Mrs. Fassler's illness is dropsical
with some other complications. hSe
has been sick for over three months,
and from the first her condition was
serious.
A statement was given out at the
home this afternoon as follows:
while there is life there is of course
hope, but we do not expect Mrs. Fas-
sler to survive. She is very low ano
may pass away at any time. She is
i'll from a complication of diseases
Mrs. Florence Burnett and Mr.
Robert Foos, relatives, are here from
Springfield, Ohio, Mrs. Fassler's for
mer home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
COLEMAN'S DECISION.
Holds That iCty Can Refund Warrants
Illegally Issued.

Attorney General Coleman this morn
ing gave an opinion in which he holds
valid an issue of S46,OOO worth ofrefund-
ing bonds which was sent up by the
city of lola to be registered. The state
auditor declined to register the bonds
without authority from the attorney
general, and Mr.. Coleman prepared
quite an extensive opinion
lola wanted to build some extensions
to its waterworks. So instead of pro-
ceeding in the regular way, holding an
election and voting bonds for extensions.
the lola councilmen decided they would
simply issue city warrants to paw for
the improvements, regardless of the fact
that they had no funds to pay the war
rants. After getting the improvements
made and the warrants floated. thew
went ahead with their refunding bond
proposition to take up all the floating
warrants.
Attorney General Coleman's opinion
is to the effect that while the citv
council had no right to issue the war
rants as it did, that having done so
the city is liable for the cost of the i'm
provements which it has had made. and
that therefore the issue of refunding
bonds is valid.
Under this decision any city can sc
ahead and issue its warrants for as
much as it pleases, just so it spends tbs
money and can afterwards take up the
warrants with refunding bond drae
net
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
BUCHAN IN RACE.
VIII Be Candidate for Congress IN the
Second District.

w. ]. Buchan, of Kansas City, Kas.,
has decided to go after the Repub-
lican nomination for congress in the
Second district against H. ]. Allen and
Charles Scott.
Buchan says he hopes to be COM
promise candidate, and he thinks that
he will be allowed to name his dele
cation from Wyandotte county. This
will give him valuable property for
trading purposes, and apparently that
is about all the Wyandotte delegation
is used for.
Buchan has served notice that he
will make a hard fight for the place
providing Wyandotte county will line
up for him early. Most of the county
it is said they are almost unanimous
for Buchan. They are not only will
ing to let him have the county early,
but also willing to name a delegation
of his making.
Sentiment among the committee
men I have talked to-" said state
Grain Inspector Radford, tis prac-
tically unanimous for Buchan. This
means that he can have the delega-
ton. In the fight in the district he
There is little talk of Henry MeGrew
getting in again, but 1t comes mostly
from Henry Aliens supporters. In
my judgment McGrew will not enter
the race"
Buchan's friends caafn1 that he will
go into the congressional convention
with as many delegates as either Allen
or Scott, perhaps more; also that
Allen or Scott would rather make him
congressman than to make the other.
Buchan has always been strong in
Douglas and Linn. These with Wyan-
dotte would only necessitate him get
ting one more county. Johnson coun-
ty would be the fighting ground
Allen expects to carry Franklin, An
derson and Bourbon. Miami, outside
of the pie. biting contingent at the
asylum, is friendly to Scott With the
bitter feeling existing between the
crowd behind Allen and the crowd be-
hind Scott there isn't any possibility
of them getting together. And Bu-
chan hopes to turn this condition into
| a victory for himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
! GENERAL ORDER NO. /.
Issued by New Commander-in-Ch Chief of
G. A. II.

Washington, July 19.-Captain John
R. King today issued his first general
order, assuming command of the G. A.
R. The order pays a tribute to the re-
Gently deceased commander, Wilmon M
Blackmar, and directs that the colors be
draped for ten days at every headquar-
ters and every post of the G. A R. A
committee is appointed to draft a suit
able resolution for the action of the Or
ganization at the next encampment at
Denver The committee consists of the
adjutant general, inspector general. the
judge advocate general and E. B. Still
ings of Boston.
The order announces that because of
his urgent request Commander Shoo-
maker is relieved as chief of staff, and
Comrade McCardy. past department
commander of the department of Minne-
sofa, is appointed to that office. An
nouncement is made that the adiutant
general is to continue in his duties un-
til his successor is chosen at the en-
campment- All other officers of the
staff are requested to remain on dutv
Ia acoordancs with their appointments,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
ARE THEY, OR ARE THEY?
More Complaints About Joints That
Were Ordered Closed.

Mayor W. H. Davis this noon gave
additional instructions to close the
joint at 10 West Sixth avenue. a
second petition demonstrating against
the joint and asking for it's fumigation
has been presented to the city clerk,
and the mayor had his attention called
to it this morning. He said:
81 gave instructions to VoileS to
have the place closed. We will have it
closed if it takes the necessity of board
up the doors. I presume that because
Chief Goodwin was not here in the
it I'D failed in some manner"
Then turning to telephone the
mayor called UP Chief Goodwin and
said: Il want you to go down to that
place at 110 West SIXTH avenue and
have it closed up and cleaned out. We
have got to have that fixed up
| H. G. Larimer who signed the petit
| ton asking that it be closed said: 1.-The
joint is still running or was this
morning Men have been. going down
there, beer has been hauled in and
ice delivered. The conditions are no
worse but they are not any better
either. We hope that this petition will
reach the council, the other one seems
not to have got past the mayor"
Rev. Chas. M. Sheldon says that the
joint which he asked the mayor to
close in Tennesseetowp is still running
according to his information. The
1
King streets. He also says that new
Joint has opened within the past few
days two blocks south of the kinder
garten building which was founded by
Mr.. Sheldon. The joint is located in a
! private house.
ut is doing HARM" said he, ''to our
work among the people. There is no
question of it. I expect to do some
thing about it and 1 have been watch
ing the places. 1 have people who are
willing to testify against the character
of those places"
why doesn't DR.. Sheldon come up
here with his evidence?" said the
mayor this morning, ''instead of jump
ing on me about them and asking
me to close them UP. If he had the
evidence, we would make the arrests
But 1 told him that we could not
make an arrest unless we had some
sort of evidence to back us up It
would take less trouble to procure the
evidence than it would be for him to
run up here and tell me about it. I
saw Abe Henderson, the patrolman
who has that beat out there, and he
has told me repeatedly that the place
was closed up and not running That's
the trouble about great many people,
they simply take hearsay evidence. Dr..
Sheldon should go down there and
find out for himself instead of listen
| ing to others"
Petition No. which has been sent
to the city clerk with reference to
closing up the joint at 10 West Sixth
avenue, is signed by Harry Wright, D.
A Mulvane and H. G. Larimer, the
signers of the original petition. They
ask that the joint be closed up, and
again ask the permission of the coun-
ell in aiding the fumigation of the
place. They claim that the stencil
still exists and that the patronage still
continues.