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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-24

Han ingresado en- ell Presidio para
cumplir prisj6n los indiv1duos Capis-
trano Marquee. Antonio Andino y Ra-
mon Santiago. condenados por el de
Ito de hurto de mayor cusntia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-24

Esta tarde hs salido para los puertos
de Jamaica, Panama y Costa Rica, e1
vapor ingles 'Coroni" habiendo reco-'
gido correspondence hasta las disz y
media de esta mafiana. ~. t.>.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-24

La policia de Barros capture est&
maf1ana en- el barrio "Culebras," al
individuo pr6fugo Pedro Colon (a)
Nalo. \
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-24

PRENSAS DE COpIAR.-Los mo-
de los mas perfectrs y baratos. De
venta en- el BOLETIN
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-24

Ha visitado G ternador esta ma
fana los sefIores F nllc, Annexy. Wi
lloughby, Hamill Faikner, y Gregory.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-24

Sc compra TN juego de muebles es-
tilo Luis XVI de laurel, hecho en- el
pals.
Informes, BOLETIN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-24

steps con gran acierto. Dicha orque
ia anlenizara las proximas festas.
Relative al mercado c. fetero indica
,el iltlmo n1mero del Economist, ="
'semanar;o de Madrid, qae no ha ha-
bido vsriaci6n en- los precjoS de cafe
tn Barcelona.
En- Santander ante las noticias me-
nos favorables de los mercadosr regu-
ladores. han al jado I'm POGO los pre-
clos, pero venGiendose bien, como
siempre, las prt cedencias de Puerto
Rico, en- especial Las de superior cali.
dad, preferldas siempre para el con-
sumo.
Los precios para diversas classes son
lJs siguientes: Moka, dc 60 81 pesos
quir tai; caracoliilo ex.ranjero, de 81
"a, extranjero SUI erl r, de 81 81; co.
1riente. de 80 q 81: f'u=rto Rico supe-
rior, de 50 "a; Ya'co s. Santos. de
% 2o.
ES NECESARIO FXIGIR que ca
da no <tlo ing y 10 IL nombre
DIGESTIVE NOlARRIETA, pero
up solo estucht r T. mejor efecto
que una docena ,1telaS de aqua
mineral 6 de cus;q,?r "tro Temedio.
Adena~ de Ser (: ::.;lco curative ra-
dical del est6mag. del intestine Ell
DIGESTIVE MOI NKIETA purifca
los alimeutos V O >""e asimlla bleS.
El legitimo Digestiv" Meiarrleta cura
en- un dia las indy loves, en- TN mes
las dispepsias 6 g2> rtlgias, y en- tres
meses las mas gives fermedades
cronicas del est6ma.o y drl inteStino.'
E5ta univcrealincn;> 'nfrmado, en-
5nrma sin igual, c'e H. ehcacia del
DIGESTIVE MoJAkkGETA es verdade-
ramente radical superior 4 la de
todos los otros reniciioS. De venta
en- las principales 70 cias de Europa
y America.
MafIana Sc VEGA n'e el jurado de
la Corte de Di,trito de San Juan, la
causa contra Florentino Rodriguez,
por escalamiento
En- tren eSpeci"l lie n eSta ma
fiana para Yauco via Agu 'dilla y Ma
yagiiez los hermrno> sefiores Fran .
ceschi, conduciendo II cadaver de su
sefiora ma1re. la di;ing1ida dana do
fla Angela Antongi fgi viuda de Fran
ceschi.
A las 4 de esta tarde llegaran &
aquella poblacion d1nde Sc verifcara
el entierro de Ia fnaA.
Asistira en- representation de la
Correspondence. nuestro companero
seffor Pujals.
Reiteramos nuestro p6same al esti-
mado Director d. Il Correspondent
cia," los hermanos Frapceschi y a su
estimable familia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-24

En- la libreria del BOLETIN Sc halla
de ventauna nueva edici6n del C6digo
Civil, completada con "a appendices, cue
contienen las leyes que han modifca-
do derogado dicho cuerpo legal.
~ En- la miSina librerla sigue de
venta el Codigo de Enjuiciamiento Ci-
vii, con 81 APPENDICES conteniendo otras
tantas leyes 6 disposiciones del orden
procesal civil.
Clasidcados por tipo los IS casos de
muerte ocurridos en- San Juan durante
la semana que expire el IL de No
viembre, resultan por Intermediates
generates 7: del sistema uervioso ?,
del respiratorio 2. del digestive T. del
genito urinario 3. Clasifcados por
edad de menos de 1 aflo. 1; de uno 4
4 inclusive, 4; de 5 4 50. 9; y de O. en-
adelante a. Fran vsrones blancos 5 y
de.color 5 y hembras blancas y de
color s.
Sc VENDE la casa n1mero 8S. de
la Gale de SAN SEBASTIAN. Irforma
ran calle del Sol, p1mero u, altos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-24
EDICTO
En- la Corte Municipal
del Distrito Judicial Municipal
de Bayamon.

Estados Unidos de America. }
Ell Presidente SIS.
de los EstadOs Unidos.
Sebastian Bauza Iarroig.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-24

Mafiana Sc VEGA 3n'e el jurado de
la Corte de Di'trito de San Juan. la
causa contra Florentino Rodriguez,
por escalamiento,
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20
Kings Generally Like Best Those Dscourses from the
Pulpit Which Are Shortest

King Ernest of Hanover. They were wont when
in church TO keep up a running series of loud
comments upon the pulpit discourse interrupt
ing it with such remarks as, for instance "By
C., that's so!" by c. that's ID
lie." or else with peremptory intmation that
the sermon had lasted long enough. Both George
l and George III record as having en-
deavored to dispei the ennui of lengthy sermons
delivered in a language with which they were
not altogether familiar, by entering freely into
conversation. in German or French, with the
dignitaries behind them. among whom was
usually the prelate holding the office of Clerk of
the Closet and who in the reign OF the first two
kings of the House of Hanover usually Sc
lected on account of his knowledge of either
French or German.
In pre- Reformation times the Clerk of the
Closet was the confessor of the sovereign. and
afterward he retained to resolve any doubts
that might arise in the royal mind concerning
spiritual matters during divine service, which
account he usually stood the right hand of
the sovereign during the sermon. Charles II
was but little troubled by such doubts. For we
know from Burnett that he was wont to sleep
conscientiously throughout the sermon. and the
only thing that the Clerk of the Closet had to do
was to wake him at the end thereof.
For some reason or other English rulers have
always considered it part and parcel Of their
duty to support the sermon. Every student OF
history recalls the memorable dispute of Henry
VIII of England with Francis I of France, on
the Field of the Cloth of Gold, concerning the
relative merits of the liturgy and the sermon.
King Francis pronounced himself in favor of
the former. basing his argument on the fact
that the Founder of our religion has assured US
that it is not sermons nor ethical discourses
that most acceptable in the sight Of the
Divinity but prayer
Bluff King Hal, the other hand, championed
the cause of the sermon. and curiousy enough.
Edward VII. the most typically English and
since his day, seems 70 share the views of the
first Defender of the Faith. in the matter. For.
while he makes point of always putting in an
appearance at church every Sunday morning,
matter whether at home or abroad, he invariably
/ manages to reach the sacred edif1ce at the
clusion Of the mathis. that is to say, of the
liturgy, and Just in time for the sermon. He.
however, likes the sermons to be short and
pithy, and among his favorite pulpit orators
have been DR.. Magee, who died as Archbishop of
York. one Of the most witty Irishmen who ever
and Bishop Samuel Wilberforce, of Winchester
equally gifted in this respect, who wont to
explain his nickname Of "Soapy Sam" accorded
to him because of his extraordinary suavity, by
declaring that he owed it to the fact that he had
always kept his hands Clean and who died the
death of an English country gentleman by
breaking his neck while out riding l am sorry
to say. Sunday His sermons and those Of
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20
When folks are far away
The burglars make hay.

This ominous bit of parody is especially ap-
proprate for New Workers at this time Of the
year. when so many citizens have locked up
their houses or apartments TO spend while
10 the country. II is in the vacation months
that the burglar seeks the city. The country
then has become too dangerous. The nights are
80 short that he can hardly get TO work on a
fob in the hours when folk sleep soundest be-
fore tn light begins TO break. In warm
weather, too, people leave their windows open;
and should ne have to use a bit of dynamite
in overcoming a particularly stubborn lock- the
explosion, breaking the deep stiffness of the
country. would be sure of arousing the neighbor-
hood for miles around. In the city. however,
the thief can work more safely. He can hide
from the early approach Of day in the deep
Shadows Of tail walls. and he can drown the
click OF his jack or the report Of his safe
cracking blast in the roar Of passing trains or
cars
In certain parts Of the city just now the un-
usual activity Of thieves has caused a veritabe
panic. In East NeW-YOrk, for example, there
have been 50 many burglars and sneak thieves
abroad that men and women sit up nights with
al manner Of firearms handy 10 repel attacks
Five thefts in The region founded by Bradford
and Fulton sts,. Arlington and Miller aves.,
We're reported recently IN a single night. In the
eastern section Of Harlem thirty burs!aries
nave occurred in the last ten days.
N spite Of strongest safes. more cunning
s'seaie alarm systems and complete
methods Of Identifying criminals, the burglar
'1sNs 10 be feared nowadays much more than
e used 10 be. An evidence Of this is the tre-
-"enaous growth the burglar insurance busi-
"ess N this untry ia recent times A little
D'fe than ten Years ago practically all attempts
insure people against theft proved futile.
oohpsnies were organized for this purpose. but
per ro0ny vicssirDdes they ended in
-'"afe Since that sime nearly dozen cor
.N'scoDs have come into existence, and so large
me business they DO that in the last year
,iey paid over SSH in burglary losses. IN
eHe same time they collected Si.3S66 610
IN premiums
ms increasing dread of ihe burglar IS due
: Uie iaet than be never was more formidable
more active than AT the present time In
-s1f Gays ~ greater wealth rr1ose temptations
s9 ailurns 10 tho thief have been
''''ii' led Consequently there are more dia-
--0Au robberies and crimes II similar character
~" lhan IN the past The discovery Of more effec-
''ois and more powerful explosives has also
80 me robber and although hc does not at
@'pl as often he did to blow I'D the big
ny banks because Of their alarm systems and
peiai patrols. his raragcs IN country dist -icts
So grown to an alarming extent. At the present
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20
HOW THIEVES FIND VICTIMS.

For various reasons the security OF a home
differs 10 such an extent from the hotel. where
ii practically is uninsurable. to the private
house, where burglares comparatively rare
IN the hotel or boarding house life is irregular
and the thief finds easy access. Guests are
coming and going. Servants are constantly
changing The sneak thief therefore, may come
in the guise of a guest servant. AS
boarder he may worm himself into the conf
dence of the other tenants. and thus learn If
they have jewelry or other valuables which may
be easily taken AS a servant he may learn the
plan of the house the contents of the rooms and
the habits of their occupants. Opportunities for
theft are frequent. and detection is difficult
In a hotel the danger from sneak thieves Is
even greater There is more wealth 10 he had
and the prizes fay the successful robber are
vastly greater, Here life is still more irregular
than in a boarding house for, while in the latter
most of the inmates know each other. in the
hotel the great majority are utter strangers one
to another. Guests cone and go by day and by
night
The big stakes to be won at the fashionable
hotels of this city accordingly draw to them the
most cunning criminals of the sneak type
Most are known 10 veteran hotel detectives
without disguise, but slilfully can they
masG their identity that they usually manage to
escape notice. As Inspector Byrnes has said
most of them work with the simplest nstru-
ments
About the only tools which the average hotel
thief uses are a small pair of nippers. piece OF
bent wire and some silk thread. II the rohher
intends to enter room in which a traveller
Is sleeping nine times out of ten he will find
that the kew has been left in the door. Ac-
cordingly. he inserts the nippers In the keyhoie
catches the end Of the key, and. with twist
shoots back the lock bolt. This done. he turns
the key around until he can push il out on To
the Icsr lss!ds Il ths ro!se o. IS drop Is lad
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20

his little sermons i'm the cloisters all the more
for being permitted to smoke while they were
in progress. and perhaps some day or another
we may come back to the customs which pre-
vailed at the time of Dean Swift.
1t may be questioned. also. whether sermons
would not gain in impressiveness il delivered
from the altar steps rather than from puIpits
Such discouIses should. indeed. have no place
in Christian churches. they are of MahOn-
etan origin, the earliest examples recorded be-
ing the tubs fastened upon tops of poles. form
ing a sort of crows nest. from which tn
Ulema were wont to address the followers OF
and OF Cairo every Friday. Curiously enough
they have now been abandoned by the MosIems.
except in few isolated cases and are only 70
be found in Christian churches. The Japanese
and Chinese priests. whose sermons I have
heard. likewise dispensc with pulpits preaching
from behind table. holding the rolls of sacred
books, and seated in those high. backbrea king
armchairs that adorn every Buddhist temple
Although Charles III won't to snors
throughout the sermons yet il is TO him that
England is indebted for those laws prohibiting
Sunday trading which exist to this day unre-
pealed. and which are still enforced with con-
siderable amount of severity. 1t was his sign
manual. too. that figured these statutes I'M
posing fine and Imprisonment upon the people
absenting themselves from church Sunday.
These measures continued in existence until
well into the reign of Queen Victoria In 1917.
Continued N second page
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20
Le Bou1ilMRr Brothers
West Twenty-thrd Street.

smoke throughout his entire sermon Of a Sun
of port, while Bishop Duncan, of Dundee is de-
scribed as having been avaricious that he
made practice of coming to church without his
tobacco pouch, and then. after ascending the
pulpit. of inquiring who among the congrega-
tiOn would be willing to accommodate him with
his
1t is from those days. too that date those de-
lightful old fashioned pews in the English coun-
try churches. fitted up with curtains. cushions
freplaces, pokers and tongs. where the squires
slept and smoked away the entire length of the
sermon In the Orient the practice of smoking
during the religious discourses remains in force.
had the opportunity of hearing years ago in the
great Buddhist temples of Shiba in Toxic and
at NiSko. in Japan. the preacher and the cOngre-
cation were repeatedly refreshed with cups of
tea. while everybody, men. women children and
priest. smoked till the air was thick with to-
bacco fumes. This, Of course. tended to keep
the congregation In amabie frame of mind
and as such much more ready to take to heart
the doctrines and recommendations OF the
preacher.
1t is impossible to deny that tobacco is con-
ducive to calm reflection and good temper. and
the present Dean of Westminster appreciated
this when he urged that the hundreds of men
engaged recently in repair work at the Abbey
should smoke during the brief religious dis
courses which he organized for their benefit
during the time of their midday rest. when they
had finished eating. The men seemed to. like
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20
CIT STEEL LIKE CHEESE.

I,unrassed with facts like these the govern
ment officials at Washington decided 10 lhsIal
an electric burglar alarm system IN the treasury
Department in addition to the old time strong
vaults" AS Mr.. Taylor the Assistant SECRETARY
of. the Treasury. said at the urne'
we have come to the conclusion that 'he
strongest vault built can be opened or cut by
on avner+ safecracker With the improved
safecraclser appliances abroad they can cut
through five inches of chrome steel as easily as
Won or go through a piece of cheese with
case hnife"
The modern burglar is also more wantohy
destructive than his predecessors HIS use oi
dope or nitroglycerine often causes greater
damage to a building than the loss maze Dy trle
theft itself Even when he fails OF getting loot
he leaves a scene Of wreckage beh1nd. VI the
81 80 600 in losses incurred by banks OF Whlch
mention has already been made more thah
100000 represented destruction OF property
In robberies of dwelling houses and apartment
houses the damage averages about one-tehth OF
the total loss.
IT may be seen, therefore, that If thieves are
able to break into armorclad repositories with
such ease they are far more certain of success
in robbing private apartments. There are va
rious sorts OF criminals engaged in this kind OF
robbery In winter months the sneak thief and
house burglar those chiefly employed In this
vocation and in summer their ranks are swollen
by the hobo" burglars. who return from loot
ing country banks and postofces.
Most people live i'm such an insecure way that
they almost invite thieves to visit them. AS In
spector Byrnes said long ago as 1856, in his
hook professional Criminals of America"
There are few dwellings in this city or country
that are proof against the assaults of the bur
eIsr and the sneak thief. Some people believe
that their homes secure when they has fas-
tened the doors or windows. The average sneak
thief laughs at the aimsy barriers and can
undo every one Of them with few simple in
etrtnoanfs which he carries in his vest pocket
when the massive bank vaults offer no serious
obstacles that the trained and experienced burg
,a. cannot overcome, how II be expected
that the ordinary contrivances should be effect
ual2 While the operations OF the former class
are co,nparatively few and infrequent, because
Of lie manifold risks and difficulties to be en-
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20
THE ART OF FIXING" A ROOM.

Should the hotel be equipped with the most
intricate locks. which cannot be turned by
such devices. the hotel thief. nevertheless finds
a way. He goes TO a hotel as a guest has a
room assigned 30 him. and then at his leisure
quietly fixes the apartment. He removes the
screws from inside spring catches. bores the
holes larger, fills them with putty and then
pushes back the screws. In this way a good,
hard push on the door will tear the lock from it's
fastenings. If there locks which cannot be
fixed" in this way he takes them apart studies
their mechanism. determines what kind of key
will fit them and then puts them in place that
no can they have been tampered with.
After this preliminary work the thief waits his
opportunity. He drops In occasionally TO scan
the hotel register. and when he finds that some
person of wealth has taken fixed room he
hires one near Il, and at a favorable hour
pulls the job off,
In a family apartment hotel the thief finds his
task harder one, and he generally accomplishes
his purpose in the disguise or through the con-
nivance OF a servant. Here he cannot fix
rooms in transient hotel. He seeks. there
fore. first of all TO corrupt the haliboy or door
man. Frequently he succeeds. as was shown
only the other day by the robbery Of several
women family hotel Madison Square.
The easiest way. however. is 10 get work as a
servant The managers of such houses are con-
stantly changing their help. and often they are
compelled To get a batch of men women on a
few moments notice. and therefore have no time
to look uD their references. As the apartments
are cared for generally by house servants. a
thief i'm the role OF porter or chambermad can
get access TO the rooms. learn what keys wi III
the locks and at what hours The inmates rise or
retire and plot successful robbery.
There is less trouble however. in lcotjnS the
average fathouse. where no guard is eTnp,oNel
To watch the front door. the usual way cf d.
ing suth Job" il for the thief 20 hans atOIt
the neighborhood AID study the tenants ps thCt
come and go. IL he perceives woman, for m
stance who is richly gowned. who wears jewery
and who in other ways indicates prosperity he
follows her 10 her home and watches 10 sea
which letter box she opens or which button she
presses to signal to others in her apartments
that she wishes to enter. II she does rot indi
cate ia this say just where she lives IN the
New-York tribune., 1905-08-20
ROBBERS as CATERERS.

In the private dwelling house most robberies
are perpetrated by or through the help of dis
honest servants Housekeepers, therefore. who
are careful to look up the records of those they
employ are fairly secure of not being made the
victims of thieves Yet professional burglars
sometimes gain access TO a house as caterers as
sistants at social functions. or as moving men,
carpet layers in other ways by which they
can learn how the rooms are arranged IL pos
sible. they pocket tie door keys, and. should the
opportunity offer itself they fix the locks
Long John GaTvey. one of the most skiIruI
house burglars. carried ON his profession with as
much system a banker. He read the news
papers carefully and kept a sort OF clipping
bureau. in which ne sorted away and indexed
all the information he could OBTAIN concerning
the wealth OF various people. the costly pur-
chases they had made and their coming and go
ing from the city. He was particularly inter-
ested in young marr.ed coaples. especially those.
who haG been the recipients Of valuable we'd
ding presents. As soon as Garvey learned that
a pair especially well eudov eG had gone TO
housekeeping he hired an attic room near by
and watched thew day and night. When h
found that they we~- away WITH cclv. some
sound sleeping servants ju charge. OF when he
man and VIE 'e-Irned hcr1e a2f sicul tri' ate
or in scrae other wy csave 1ry:lise that their
sIumbers weuld he eGilsraily hcavy tast giShts
GarvcE Ea'd Jise house N-s-t SH1 was % most
invariably SuCCesSttt Ee tpet t's"t Getth
hut not. as ioS, EtTS}1vs,'o. la Q t~' to scape
Wh,ie IluuE re- ..trf.i-.r.i % ,a5r. rs ard fell
thIousa q rcu h.i6i2s into tro TeN ~
Ve,tCus ,it,e7 -if e. s.ro if 42e l.s rS they
suffer lrcm bur~,~rr. AS '' -T HN e p tE las
tstas ,,,ar-ol j., rv-zl4r -,3ers rt. enfupani =,
chicago Is ,he U,cst sissy place to ilre ir New-
Yors comes us%t ti., iH+it'ct 't lHe 70
lice s tAe d eic'U~o - Sica y'cita' E or ac-
or,iips "a ;re r; tls cs acr pi'e,i Hy Cs'N COM
pqnv iRe average tfty pc icrJra0 rlt&es only
cneS rest fer ev@~s 81 taasts. cHi ne HaJority
of flosa 3rf.sfet q - allow -. f-OTn lack OF
evidence Philadelphia Is little SAFER thaa
New-york end Boston serFewhst more secure
thon The Cr,akeT city. OF al the large citiss >,
however. Cleveland Is said 10 be the safest.