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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-12-23
)ORGE OHNET

presos para la entrega de la partitura promeida ban
termnar.
Ell coronel Bartisson .recordaba al flustre maestro
que los "dilettants de Nueva York de toda America
esperaban gozosa impscienca la obra
ciada .ls-
No sc tratsba de los frances estpuados para
el de mpimento del contrato pues e afecto
del sehor Derstal por famia, tan altamente
considerable en- los Estados Unidos s6lida ga
rana lie que compositor habra de honrarse cumpen-
do 10 ofrecido.
Esta carta que le recordaba compromise adquiri-
do momento de dssfalecimento artisico. que
mas de OCCASION habfs ntentado romper, hacien
do los mas grandes sacthcos, ell tempo que
lbre tuvo ell don de exciar eraordnariamene la
viosidad de Derstal.
AL olvidar la obra. la habia desterrado de magi-
nac6n Ell rme prop6sito de acordarse mas ella
Cuando pensaba arte, siempre LA Veneciana
la que ocupaba pensamiento.
Solo lie interesaba la noble 6gura de la herofna Gu
vas huelas haba seguido Lido sobre ell Gran Canal
Ia Piazzetta en- la obscurdad de San Marcos
Pero ell ponzohoso personaje del ibreto itaano, Gu
yos cuadernos de roo pape dorfan ocutos e fondo
de un ca6n solo nspraba dsgusto por la insignia
canca irrtante de sentirientcs de actos La
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-12-23
THE PECK STEAMSHIP Co.
Ell VAPOR
Julia Luckenback

tW Saldra del puerto de San Juan para New York Ell
a % de los coientes admendo carga para Estados
Unidos.
Para mas informes dirigrse los Sres Sucesores de
L. Villamil Ca, Marina SAN JuAN,sP. R.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-12-23
Hotel Paris
GALE MENDEZ V!GO, N: "a
AYAGUE1

Situado este establecllniento en- al centre do
la calle Mendez Vigo, con 1n jardin al frent,s,
es 81 que reuae mayores ventajas comodlds-
des para los se1lores visjeros, y 81 que cuenta
con mejoras habitau:one frescAs, venxiladas,
magni6cos baf1os ducAas.
n@ Comidas 4 todaA heras. "G1a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16
RUSSIA IN THE NORTH.

We must admire without stint the pluck with
which Russia strives to extend her commerce.
For years she has been seeking an outlet upon
an iceless sea. In this quest she has turned to
the SOUTH to the west and to the east, and in
each quarter has been h0pelessly-aS it seems
rebufed The Mediterranean. the Arabian and
the China seas and the Atlantic Ocean are all
barred from her by powers which will not yield
and which she cannot force. There is left, then,
only the icebound Arctic, and to it she turns
again, with what We may trust is patience and
not despair.
1t has just been announced that she has re-
opened Yeniseisk as a free port. That impOr-
tant place is in the very heart Of Siberia, more
than n thousand miles up the YeniSei River. 1t
developed Il port years ago by an Eng
Iishman, the indomitabIe Captain Joseph Wig
gins, who, by the way died only few weeks
ago. Following the example of those earlier
Englishmen who made Archangel a great port,
he strove through many years to extend Rus
sian commerce from Archangel by way Of the
White Sea and the Kara Seattle Black Sea Of
the north-to the great Siberian rivers. Per
haps it would have been too much to hope to
round Cape Chelyuskin and navigate the inhos-
pitabIe Lena, but at least he reckoned the Obi
and the YenIsei to be practicable and profitable
routes of trade, and he proved his faith with his
works until 1899 In that year the exceptional
cold made the Kara Sea unnaVlgaDle, ana tnaC
fact enabled the jealous merchants Of Moscow
and Mini Novgorod, the promoters Of the 81
beran Railroad and the advocates of an exclu-
sively Russian policy in Siberia. to secure by
their joint efforts a repeal of the concessions
under which Captain Virgins had worked and
the closing of the port of Yeniseisk.
Now, by virtue of the harsh lessons of war,
Russia has learned TO be wiser The water
route can never supersede the railroad. Yet
water route extending from European Russia
to within few hundred miles Of Lake Baikal
is not to be ignored Indeed, it may be made to
extend directly to Lake Baikal, for that lake is
drained by the Angara River. a tributary Of the
Yenisei, and the Angara may be made navi-
gable. 1t is true the route is reasonably free
from ice for only two months in the year. How
much longer ice breakers can force a passage
is yet to be determined. But such q route as
that is worth improving, for even so short
time It is q most suspicious indication for
RusSia's future that such improvement of it is
TO be made. 1t shows the possession of a spirit
that regards obstacles as merely things to be
overcome, and that is the spirit that wins sue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16
MORE CENSUS FIGURES.

The state census bulletins issued last week
chow some curious Irregularities in growth il
various New-York cities and counties Com
plete figures for two counties, AlIegany and
Broome, have now been made public In
Broome, the larger county, a slight falling Off
IN the ratio Of increase is noticeable The popu-
la4ion rose from 69,l49 IN 1900 10 70 286 in 1905.
a gain Of 3.137. More than tyyo-thirds of this
gain, 393-was made in the city of Bingham
ton The percentage of increase for the half
decade was 4.3. Between 1890 and 1900 the
percentage OF gain was 90. In Auegany County.
however much more satisfactory condition IS
disclosed Between 1890 and 1900 AIIegany act
ualiy lost population, the total falling from
1870 TO 41,501- This loss has been fully made
up since 1900. The county has now AZ 25a in
hahdtants, 10 more than in 1890 It's percent-
age OF gain in the last five years has been 90
indicating for the full decade a gain of S1S-aI-
most equal 10 BroOme's
Three cities reported from the Mohawk Valley
section show even wider variations in progress
Amsterdam has made a gain in FIVE years ne
BOA or Il per cent. For the full decade +hiO
would be IS per cent, against a gain of 90 nor
cent between 1880 and 1900 Gloyersvilla bao
gained in five years 323 inhabitants narcant,
age OF II. But its increase between 1890 and
1900 was 31.9 per cent. Johpstowr from 1soo
to 1900 nnade gain OF 1882 inhabitants or 2o
per cent But In the last i've years an actnsI
decrease in popula don-2S5- occurred.
Plattsburg, on Lake Champlain, is growing
rapidly. Its increase from 1890 TO 1900 was 20
per cent; but since 1900 its population has ex-
banded 100 per cent indicating a growth for
the full decade of 1875 per cent Out at the far
western end of the state Lockport reports a
gain OF per cent in FIVE years, against a gain
Of only per cent in the decade preceding
Niagara Fails has passed the $4,000 mark, its
population rising from 1887 TO 26,559 The
city was not Incorporated in 1890, so no com
parsons OF ratio are practicable. Tonawands
and North Tonawanda, in rhe same section, are
not forging ahead so rapidly. Tonawanda has
gained 4S3, or 6.5 per cent, against Il 8 per cent
gain between 1890 and 1900 North Tonawanda'e
population almost doubled between 1890 and
1900 Since 1900 there has been an increase OF
looS, or IL per cent. AS previous bulletins
haSe suggested. ths conditions which govern the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16

remarked that even the most humans lnen -
made keepers in prisons or asy luins' WIZ IL
time become hardened and will treat thoSe Goi,,'
united to their control with harshness. wen
these French and Belgian agents IN me CoheO
have arbitrary power over people WHO uiiite -
themselves the exasperating quahtles oI potn
criminals and lunatics; besides WHICH 'nere 10
the additional motive of sordid cupidity TO I'M
pei the taskmasterS to severity.
The charge has been made that IN the fhiiip-
pines we are running into danger OF the same
sort of thing 1t is not well founded. severity
in war is radically different from oppression ana
massacre in peace AS we were lneXoraDie III
the suppression Of rebellion, so now IN peace
we are moving for the largest possible degree
of autonomy We shall not deny that II Ameri-
cans were to try to govern a subject race as
the African tribes are governed, some OF them
might practise some gross abuses But the tact
is that we are not governing any people III that
way, and have no thought of doing So Be
tween the system we have adopted in the Philip
pines and that in the French, Belgian and Ger
man colonies in Africa there is difference as
wide as the space between the poles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

DOMESTIC-A drug clerk killed two Italians
and wounded third in a pistol battle at Paw
pew Ind An attempt near Greenwich,
conn. 10 wreck an express on the New-York,
Ney-Haven and Hartford Railroad, was rus
trated in the nick of time by a tower operator
- It was said at Middletown. N Y, that
Mrs Ingerich had nearly recovered from her IN
juries, and was able to talk nationally; the sus-
pected murderer had not been found -
Charges Of big graft in State timber were mace
In connection with the arrest OF a game p pro
1eotor at Utica Senator FUlford,. Of on
tario died at Newton, Mass, as the result OF in
4uries recently received in an automobile &C
C56ent - The Gloucester fishermen sent rep
Tesenta1ives to Washington to consult Secretary
Root, as to their fishing rights on the coast OF
Newfoundland. under the treaty OF 1913
EOREIGN-Red flag demonstrations drew
crowds TO the Nevsky Prospect IN ST Peters
burg but CosSacks and gendarmes drove the
demonstrators away and band crossed the
river and began an open air meeting IN 'front.'
OF the university, which was charged on by po-
lice and two were wounded - A panic
was caused in Moscow by a revolver shot as the
body of Prince Troubetsky being taken
70 the railroad station and the gendarrneS
charged and dispersed the crowd - Baron
Hayashi, who arrived in Toxic, said that the
Corean uprising was not serious, as 1t prac-
ucaly leaderless; he declared the peninsula was
for all practical purposes a dependency Of Japan
- It was reported from Toxic that it was be
heved that an order had been sent to begin the
evacuation OF japanese troops to-day.
CITY-William N WINS issued letter chal-
longing Mcclellan and Hearst to debate -
Ex-ConGoller Coler denounced Mayor McClel-
Ian, and told Of a plot with McCarren to deliver
the city TO the lobby which is active at Albany.
- 1t was learned that Italian lahorers
around the Sodon reservoir are polluting its
waters and making trouble for the farmers
around. - The steamship Caledonia reached
port after bad voyage. in which she was at
one time almost covered by great wave. 80
1t was announced that Sir Purdon Clarke had
made many purchases for the Metropolitan Mu-
scum OF Art which were on their way here.
- w. G. McAdoo. arrested on Saturday on
charge of speeding his automobile was dis
charged - Captain Newton formerly of the
British army, was arraigned charge Of non
support brought by his wife.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Partly cloudy The temperature yesterday:
Highest. 70 degrees: lowest, Sc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16
AN ABANDONED CRUSADE.

Mr.. Coler recalls some interesting history ID
his statement of reasons for becoming a candi
date for Borough President of Brooklyn
against McCarren's man, the unsavory Ridg-
way. 1t was only a few months ago that Mr..
Coler was in close relations with Mr.. Mcclellan,
and when the Mayor carried the Murphy war
on AIcCarren to the point of removing McCar-
ren's man, McCooey, he made Mr.. Coler presi-
dent of the Civil Service Commission. The
Mayor has since changed his tactics and adopted
McCarren as a dear friend, but Mr.. Coler can
not forget the high moral lessons which Mr.
Mcclellan taught him. He says:
The people of Greater New-Yor must realize
that the power Of granting franchises has been
placed with the Board of Estimate. and Nc
Carren is endeavoring to place his man on guard,
so that the franchises will be properly handled
for his friends
Every one knows that McCarren is at the head
OF the insurance lobby in the legislature ana
the ring of politicians which got so much money
from those corporations.
1 went into the fight against McCarren at the
request of Mayor Mcclellan and his leader, Mr..
Murphy. They said they were opposed TO NC
Carren's methods and wanted to put him out OF
business Only short time ago the Mayor him.
self made a personal settlement with McCarren
as the head of that lobby and placed himself
among its adherents.
What has Mayor Mcclellan to say about this?
Did he start fight on McCarren in the name
of honest politics, only to surrender in hopes of
8 reelection and or help toward the OoNeFLoI-
ship? Mr.. Coler's statement is positive. Mr..
Coler is a man of reputation, who has been tho
Democratic candidate for Governor. He con-
scented to take an office which some may have
thought beneath his dignity to help Mayor Nc
CleIlan, but it was not long before he was forced
out and peace made by Tammany with McCar-
rem. Mr.. Coler says that peace means putting
McCaren, the gas, oil and insurance lobbyist,
in practical control of the Board of Estimate.
If that is not the case, it is time for Mr.. Nc
Clellan to tel the voters what it does mean.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16
CONGO CRUELTIES

1t was remarked in these columns at the time
of the lamented Brazza's death that he had de-
| voted the last days of his life to q noble cause
| in which he had effected much, and that he died
q martyr TO humanity. 1T is a duel to the
death between usr' said to him one of the in
carnate icnds whose deviItries Brazza had dis
covered, exposed and checked. The death has
come for BrazZa, yet it may be that he will be
proved the winner in the duel
For the BrazZa Commission has made an
awful report upon conditions in the French
Congo, and the French government is not one
that viii pigeOnhOe it. Practical slavery in an
aggravated form exists in that country. Men
in the ranks of the native troops shot with
out the formaty Of a drumhead court martial
Civilian natives are logged TO death. Women
are hung by the heels until they die. Tens of
thousands of carriers lives are lost the roads
along which they driven like beasts of bur-
den. Men have been killed by thrusting car
tridges into their bodies and then exploding
them. These are not mere charges. The worst
of them have been proved in court, and BraZza
before he died had the satisfaction Of seeing
sentence passed upon few Of the perpetrators.
We can unhesitatngly intrust the rghting of
these appalling wrongs to the French govern
ment- But there arises the disquieting query,
since these things have been done in the French
Congo, how much truth may there not be in the
/ similar charges against the administration Of
! the Belgian Congo-the Congo Free State? The
latter have been repeatedly, circumstantiaIIy
] and authoritatiyey made. We have hesitated
TO believe their truth. Yet why not, now? Ger
talnly the French are as humane as the Bel
glans, and If il has been possible for their
| agents to do these things we cannot regard it as
Impossible for the Belgians to do the same.
Inc revelations made by the Brazza Commits
siOH VIII al any rate greatly strengthen the de-
oh
the Belgian Congo OF course pobodv bo,ds
the French government accountable for tb.
alrocltes which have been committed nv its
agents so long as it promptly moves for abota-
ment OF them The same is to ba said 81 tha
Belgian administration But there e enforceJ
again the OLD lesson of the difficulty Of ruling
q SUBJECT pe0pis without harshness. It has been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16
THE LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER.


This is the last day of registration in this city
No man whose name is not on the rolls by ~
q m. can vote this year. He VIII be deprived
of the privilege of casting his ballot against
misgoyernment. as typifed in the Murphy-Iam-
many machine.
All ornaments of the system of honest graft
which has its headquarters in 14th-St, can take
pride in the leader whom the Republicans nave
This wear presented TO them for their SURFACES
Mr.. WINS, in his speech at the republican
County Convention, which is to take the place
of letter of acceptance, has stated his posluoh
in no uncertain terms. He has promised 10 pe
Mayor In very truth, and his record shows that
his promise is no vain babbling. Friends OF
honest government should vote for him, but they
cannot if they are not registered. 1t would De
shame to the city if he were defeated thT"0sh
the present indifference of citizens who MAJ NOT
yet have walked up to the situation. but VINO
before Election Day will be anxious to vote ana
vainly regretting their neglect.
To-day is your last chance TO qualify as Il
voter for decent government If you have not
already done So Go it the first thing to-day. See
The Tribune's election advertisement for the
places of registry in New-York County Similar
advertisements for otaer counties are published
in those counties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16
PERSONAL.

A new ecclesiastical province has been created in
Australia, and DR.. Lowther Clarke. Anglican
Bishop Of Melbourne. has been made Archbishop OF
Victoria. A few years ago Archbishop Lowther
Clarke occupied the humble post of vicar of Hud-
dersheld
Dr. George Reicke the Mayor of Berlin, is poet
and dramatist well jurist-
Ian Maclaren is leaving the Liverpool church Of
which he has been minister for a quarter of
century
Frank Rockefeller brother Of John D. Rockefel-
Ter, has a hobby of training wild animals at his
home. Wckline-on-the-Lake, near Cleveland. Ohio.
Queen Wilhelrnina of Holland follows the example
of Queen Victoria and keeps diary. She Illus
trates it with little pen sketches.
Dr. Richard Harlan, Of Lake Forest University,
has announced the name Of the winner Of the
William Bross 5000 prize for the best book upon a
religious subject He is the Rev. DR.. James Orr. OF
Glasgow College The prize is awarded every ten
years.
The late Frank Harvey Ceiey, OF Boston. left
$4,000 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
for the equipment and maintenance of the building
proposed to be erected memorial to the late
president Of the institution, General Walker.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16

stances exceedingly narrow limits TO his easo
of communication will exist. Ii he cannot per
suade those with whom he wants TO talk 10 loi
low his example he will be worse on than Dc
fore, unless he determines TO use both telephone
systems The latter policy has frequently
proved to be q necessty-at least Tor tiiii0
in a number of cities III winch there ""'
competition; and the result mas soheulne'
been that man who had much use for tele-
phone at all eventually had to pay more than
he did at first In addition, he was obliged TO
trust to his memory or else waste time in con
slIlting directories in order to tell with which
of his instruments to call the person whom ne
wanted to reach These are possibilities Whlch
the subscriber would find it desirable to con-
slider before committing himself to any new
engagement
Quite apart from the question Of economy
that of efficiency of service must also De
weighed Cheapness is not always a recon-
mendation. The company which is now seeking
a franchise from the municipal authorities or the
metropolis promises to perform its duty to It's
patrons in a manner satisfactory as that OF
the New-York Telephone Company. We are
not prepared at present to affirm that 1t will be
unable to do so: yet those who have had much
experience with automatic exchanges are aware
that the latter are not altogether infalnole Be
sides, aside from any embarrassments peculiar
to the apparatus employed for making con-
nections, they are subject to at least one KIND
of drawback which is characteristic or the OLD
system. If five subscribers at the same instant
want to talk TO the same person-say, to the
manager of a steamship company one of whose
vessels has met with an accidental least four
of them must encounter vexatious delay, and
in the emergency may not even receive an ex-
PLANTATION that the line is "busy." Telephone
girls do tell the truth occasionally.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16
4nauSementS.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC-Sl5-The Virg1niaA
AIEANBRA-2-S-N
SNo-S-Du Barry
ssJ0Il-S:l5-Tbe ausic Master. ,,,..
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pearl ana the EuHAN4-A-
fSnl audev1le
SsTlI5yEEION-S: 2o-Eer Great Match
TSAIsYiS-s :lS-The Catch Of the Season
fyIeFsS MIJSEzE-WorA in Wax
srNPIRE-Ss 2O-De LAnoey.
fsARRIC4S-S-John Balls other Island ~;
4SkHssFIsSq,EuNrS VlCIORIA-S:lo--Na uoefllIe
= a F7I FJaF OPERA HOUSE S:l5-Easy ba"S-1
19TsTS AI.D SQUARE-S1o-FTitz in IauTaaly f2aiA
T5TTsTs lE,-S-A Yankee Circus on AAts
INSTRUMENTATION and Supe man
TFSViNSCS PLACE s:20-FTdhlingstutt
Trsz1 10 ElHERt S-S:I5-The Prince chap Co..
fcNIesx -S-Ihe tanning o. the s!ItM
1T1S EFsI IlS'S-s-The Music Master AND II f1NpS'N
in Nordland -, J., leland
rJEFRTY-S:1S-The Rogers Brothers IN AetaUN-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF College
1.YRIC-Ss I5-aappylsnc. -, D.
MADISON SQUARE S:S0-The MAN on IH0 Iva
Ta.FEsST TC-S: l5-Ednund Burke
S.l5-Leah kleschna-
Nova Observation-Disclosures Dolly LolLaFs
INSTRUMENTATION Tree
lsEINCESS-S:15-Zira-
lFoCTS3F. FIFTH AVEIU E-The Bankers
- TAVEeyTY-THIaD STREET - Lillian RuSseA -
Vaudeville
SAN0Y-s:I5-T'he Walls Of jericho.
Wal aACSK' S-S-2o-Rip Van WlnEle
WEST E2SD-S-The SaIabo Girl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16
TELEPHONE FRANCHISES.

Mr. Nichols, OF the Finance Department of
this city thinks that a new telephone company
which wishes to operate here should pay 81, 750-
600 for the privilege His estimate is based on
the probable revenue from tax the gross
receipts from the business for period of TWEEN
ty-five years Whether the proposed assess
ment is eXorbitant or reasonable it is unneces-
sary at present TO consider, but the principle
involved in the proposition is sound. Mr.. Mich
OILS remarks, with great propriety, that the fail
ure of the city TO exact compensation for the
franchise OF the New-York Telephone Company
should not prevent its doing from any new
applicant. In the last twenty thirty years
there has been a growing appreciation by the
public of the folly Of such oversiGhts. The cor
rupt practices OF Jake Sharp in securing a
charter for the old Broadway street railway
did much TO arouse sentiment on this question
but the rule should be applied to other corpora
tons than those engaged in transportation One
which wants to tear up pavements in order to
lay cOnduits underground should also be com
PEELED to enrich the city treasury in some man
ner
The amount of patronage which the new com
pany could secure is. of course a matter OF
euesswork An offer of unlimited" service nj
rate lower than that now demanded. Is GER
tainIy attractive on its face. But there is a
great difference between unlimited services
when two systems are in operation and when
one affords all the available facilities. The use
fulness of n subscribers instrument depends on
the connections which can be made for him II
most Of his business and personal friends rely
OH the wires of another organization than that
TO which he has given the preference, he will be
unable 10 reach them. Under such circuu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16

The National Anti-Duelling League Of Spain
which hopes soon to make the killing of ones
man In an affair of honor just common murder
is going about its work in a way which shows
keen appreciation of the national character
One of its most illustrious converts is Jose
Echegaray, the dramatist, who has written
play in which dueling is held up to ridicule-
The spirit of him who laughed Spain's chiVairy
away must look down with kindly interest
upon the efforts of his successor in a worthy
cause By the way can't some American Ger
vantes grapple with the problem Of football bru-
tally?