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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-11

The property owners met on We'd
nesday night and resolved by common
consent to protest before the Board of
Review against the recent increase
made in the valuation Of their proper
ties. and if they fail in obtaining the
Justice looked for from that body, to
carry their clainSto the courts.
The suspiciously paternal advice OF
the sociologic fupctionary who pr+ten.
ded that the property OWNERS should
make for him a new assessment, did
not even merit the notice of the as
sembly.
The property owners do no wish to
become assessors, now that the office
has fallen so low since the recent &C :
ton of the treasury, and because they
know that they have nothing to gain
after spending money and taking
upon themselves labor for which there
are functionaries who receive COM
pensstion from the State.
Therefore they have decided to put
their money to better use, since the
end of the matter is almost certain to
be in the courts. and the sums that
would have to be employed in the
work of making assessments, can be
more profitably expended in law suits
which are undoubtedly going to res
ound in the mother country.
Truly wonderful is the unheard of
case of the property owners of coun-
try having to unite in order to defend
themselves from the constant assaults
of the state treasury and resolve to
carry their most just complaints tothe
courts.
Sociology has been of no service to
Mr.. Willoushby. 1t has not even
served to warn him of the inevitable
movement of natural defence which
would have to be adopted by all of
one of an important and numerous
class of tke people on hearing the 81
mister bell announcing the of6cia! auc-
ition, authorized by the caprice and
caused by the extravaganza of the
bureaucracy.
MIR. Willoughby, whe in matters of
social science is not precisely as emf
nent, as he is veritable calamity as
an auctioneer, hence it is that the
announcement of his debut has caused
|the protest which the imitator of Pan
chon did not expect. sustained by the
report of the three Professional natives
who were treacherously deceived and
placed in a position to bear the brunt
of the criticisms of the property
owners.
But the trick has been discovered.
One of the victims of the perhdy-cer-
tainly mohrebino-of the treasury,
spoke last night in the assembly, and
spoke very clearly.
They did not give the details
on which the treasurer based the
assessment which was the cause of the
protest. They had been treacherc- :
usly and perfdiously surprised. The
tariff which they gave to the treasury
was one used by the municipality for
the purpose of indemnifyjng property
owners when the corporation needs
to utilize certain private property,
or when the owners of properties, in
order to acquire greater frontage,
solicjts from the Ayuntamiento the
sale of some land. or to bring forward
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-11

Una cuantiOsa indemniZaci0n

Nueva York. viernes.-Tambien ex1]en los
ianoneses Ia cesion del ferrocarril russo hasta Ell
Imperio chino.
Ademas mantienen la den1anda de la GUAM
tiosa indemnizacion pecuniaria pedlda en- un
principle.
No obstante 10 exa1eradas que resultan las
condolences impuestas por los japoneses, los re-
presentantes rusos no Sc han retirado como Sc
esperaba.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-11
I'm pR.otectorado s0bre
Ia Manchuria v C0rea
Destruction de los fuertes
de VladivOstOk

Nueva York, viernes.-El Mikado exige la
Immediate evacuation de la Manchuria por los
rusos la destruction de las fortihcaciones de
Vladivostok.
Tambien quiere que Sc lie reconozca e! de-
recho de I'm protectorado sobre la Manchuria y
sobre la peninsula de Corea.
A estas condolences creese que no Sc opon-
dram los ruSOs.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-11
a In r,1emoria de M0nsei10Rs
Ia ChapeIle
En- todas las iglesias del Continente

Nueva York, viernes.-En todas las iglesias
catolicas de Nueva Orleans y demas cludade es
del continente, sc han celebrado solemnes exc
quias por ell alma de Monsenor La Chapene.
Por haber fallecido de epidemia no ha sido
possible rendir otros honores postumos al cada.
yer del arzobispo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-11

En- las ofcinas de Benefcencia, In
terror, Tesoreria, Instruction Ptblica
Secretaria de Puerto Rico, no Sc ha
dado information esta mafiana a la
Prensa, por no haber asuntos de in
teres.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-11
En- eD Ssss. del
irnperio del Fez
Otra revoluci6n

Nueva York, viernes-Las noticias que Sc
reciben de Tanger dicen que Sc ha desarrollado
otra vez la revolucion al Sur del Imperio, 81 bien
no tiene ahora ell movimiento ning1n caudillo
de prestigio, 10 que hace esperar al Sultan que
dure pocos dias la revuelta.
Las noticias extraofciales no son, sin en-
barge, tan optimistas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-11
HeclOS Dc fScplt0rIO.
DR VRNTA RN 81 ? OLETIN.
MANUEL PAZ URDHZ
sNOEWs'&0

Rssistrader Dc la propiedad sustitute. que
fuS "A ai1os On Areeibo, Ofrece sus servi9ps,
sdmero Is, calle de- Ia Cus, 90 haee eargs
ds presentar para gu inscription On el Regis
tro do Ia propiedad del Disxito J fenitir 4
los fespsctiyos intesesados. los doeumentss
sas CON tai objsto sc 10 enyfah.
A1aelBO. PUERTe RICO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-11

Contra ell individuo Antonio Marti,
de Caguas, Sc ha presentado denuncia
jurada ante el Juzgado municipal por
acometimiento y aggression con arma
mortffera.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-11
NOticias diVersas

Tambien ha sido aprobado por Ell
Consejo Executive una ordenanza de
la Junta de Sanidad sobre la matsnza
de cerdos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-11

A las de la tarde de aver tom6
puerto, segda Sc anunci6, el vapor
americana "Filadel6a" proceden:e de
New York y Sc repartio la correspon ?
dencia antes de las dieZ de la noche
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-11

A poder Gel Tesorsro han llegado
tres denuncias contra individuos de
Humacao que infringieron las leyes
de Rentas Internas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-08-11

Aver tarde Sc hrrn6 la orden gene
raj n Q. ~, ascendiendo a primer te-
niente al segundo idem don Jose u.
Iturrondo, y al guardia lnocencio D1az
cabo INFERNO.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-17
The Stay at Home Vacation.

tbInSOT A>cWSt
From time to time this paper has urged
annual summer vacation in the secluSion
of ones own home. AT best the mforts
Of a cottage by the lake or the Seashore
are married by the absence of many
things to which one is accustomed. As
soon as one goes away to his cottage or
to hotel, he is sought out by friends
and acquaintance, who wish to extend
returned in kind, thus making the time
set apart for rest very busy and often
tedious. No matter where one may CO. he
is beset by those who have known MIN.
and who fancy they are doing him a ia
vor by taking him to lunches and bene-
fit performances and socials. The way
the modern summer resort is conducted.
sesses the social instinct. In the end. one
is more weary at the close of his holiday
than he was when he started out.
So why net close up the front of the
city home and draw the blinds. and erJOy
Il real secluded and restful vacation in
the kitchen? There is no need of lying to
accomplish the desired result. The mar
ketman and grocer will not reveal tn"
family secret, if requested to observe 81
lence By going forth early in the morn
ing and late in the evening, one can
transact all the business that is absolute
" necdfui The home is quiet and cool
with the screens on and the shutters
closed. The question of fine raiment need
not be considered at all. as no company
of any kind is received, though the caller
may ring the door bell until he is weary
And there is the entire day for rest and
recreation No company, no style, no
fuss or feathers! If one cannot rest Tor
overwrought nerves in such place, he is
past help.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-17

While discussing the subject of
tainted money recently. Historian
Shepardson pointed out that Peter
Faneuil, who built Boston's famous
Faneuil hall, made his fortune in the
liquor traffic, and now another histo-
rian comes to the front to point out
that the liquor traffic in which the late
Mr.. Faneuil was engaged was that OF
smuggling liquor into this country in
defiance of the laws, and that along
with the liquor trade he was also en-
gagged in the slave trade. Surely fror,
the modern point of view the fortune
which Mr.. Faneuil accumulated was
pretty thoroughly tainted. and yet the
structure, which has immortalized his
name in Boston. has been Of immeas-
urable use i'll the cause Of humanity
and the faint of its origin has left 10
stain upon the good work accOmplisll.d
within its historic walls.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-17

gains that she has nothing left to pay
for what she needs.
The difference between a skin and
complexion is that you can get the
latter at a drug store.
In a good many homes the family
skeleton sits at the foot of the table
and does the carving. Sbr
About tie only library which domes-
tic felicity really requires consists of a
check book and cook book.
Women write most of the short
stories that get into print these days.
but as they also read them, the men
should not complain.
Men do not fully realize their unim-
portance in commerce Women do the
buying-men merely the paying. Ask
any advertiser.
Men wear clothes for comfort: wo-
inen for adornment. Men adjust their
clothes to their figures; women adjust
their figures to their clothes.-Ex-
change.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-17
A Jail Reform.

(Biddeford Record)
The county commissioners OF ArooS-
took have issued orders to the jailer not
to permit any food to be brought TO the
prisoners confined in Jail. This was n
matter discussed at the recent meeting OF
the Maine county commissioners at Houl-
ton and the general sentiment was that
only in few cases would it prove a hard
ship for prisoners to be denied extras
furnished by friends, as it was not in
tended that jails should afford the luxu-
ries of home. 1t is understood that other
Maine jails will follow the example of
AroOStook.
It all depends on what the bill Of fare
furnished by the jails is. If enough plain
wholesome food is provided for prisoners
the only hardship could result to invalid
patients and humane jailerS would see
that sick prisoners suffered no hardshlps
for lack of what was necessary.
If the idea of excluding all extras from
the jails is that all prisoners mly fare
alike, that is enc thing and there is little
chance for any criticism. but if the pur-
pose is to make 4 demand for the extras
which are offered for sale through the
grub hole that is another proposition.
II the regular Jail food is sufficient, there
is no excuse for the grub hole. If a pris-
oner is debarred from receiving extras
from friends he should be debarred
from spending his money for extras
through the grub hole Jail sentence
should mean the same to the man who
has money as it does to the man who is
Between friends on the outside and abili-
ty to patroniZc the grub hole certain
prisoners have found a term in Jail quite
an easy and pleasant vacation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-17

Some correspondent who probably
entertained personal luminosity
against Senator Lodge started the silly
yarn that President Roosevelt was
angry with the Massachusetts senator
and had cut him from the list Of his
personal friends. The story was glce-
fully commented upon by the Democra-
tic editors, but now Senator Lodge is
back again from Europe and finds
awaiting him an Invitation from Presi-
dent Roosevelt to spend the night as
his guest at oyster Bay. AS regards
the story Of the estranGemcnt, the
President tells an interviewer that he
has never heard Of it and Senator
Lodge charl Il arizes it as the silliest
yarn have ever heard
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-17
Maine at the OREGON Exposition.

Most OF US who have 2een references
to the Maine building at the Lewis and
Clark exposition at Po. tand, Ore. have
wondered who built the structure and
what it is like. Everybody has been
aware that no money for the purpose
was appropriated by the last Legisla-
ture, although, to be sure, bill was
passed authorizing the appointment OF
a commission by the Governor to erect
and care for such a building. The COM
mission was duly appointed. with
Arthur c. Jackson of Oamariscotta rs
its president, and the building mas peeu
erected. 1t is not. rs some papers nave
stated a reproduction of the famous
Lonefellow house in Portland, the ola
brick house on Congress street which
i, visited annually by many thousands
~ ,.;s;tors from all parts of the coun-
try, but reproduction of the BIRTH
Mace of the great poet, a plain frame
bouue which stands in the lower part
Of the city, in section now much less
attractive and fashionable than it was
a century ago.
President jackson writes the Journal
that this building, which has been built
and opened TO the public for several
weeks. is regarded as one of the most
and attractive places on the
exposition grounds. One evidence of
this is the fact that more than 500 peo-
pie register .heir names there every
DAY. and Of course only portion of the
visitors TO the building leave their
names upon the register. The building
is three-StOry frame structure,
painted white and without porch. pill
lars or other ornamental features. 1t
IS attractive!y arranged inside. how
ever, and contains many pictures and
exhibits representative of Maine and
interesting to all who call. The build
ing is, of course, also the headquarters
OF all Maine people ana FORMER Name
people who visit the exposition
grounds. and Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson are
there to give all such cordial well
come. The other members of the COM
mission, besides Mr.. jackson. are
Henry z. Cox, of Portland; Hiram H
FogS. of Bangor; w. Z. Vinal of
Thomaston, and w. e. Woodbury. of
Dover.
This commission serves without pay
and has no allowance from the State
for expenses. The building itself is in
Il large part unpaid for, and the COM
mission has started movement to
secure the necessary funds on the basis
of one cent per capita contribution. 1t
is probable that the same structure will
be cree ted as the Maine building at the
jamestown exposition in 1907, as the
commission is appointed to serve Tor
both eXPositiOns. All those who desire
to help in the work are requested 70
send their contributions to the treas
urer. w. Z. Ninal of Thon!aston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-17
Personal Notes.

DIR. r. b. Leach of St. Paul. who has
served in yellow fever epidemics as
ships surgeon in Cuban and Mexican
waters. claims to have a yellow fever
preventive. the main principle of which
is the use Ct arsenic.
Mrs. Alice Rollins. Of San Francisco.
is one of the few successful women
|goldseekers of the Klondike. She
made gold seeking study before
starting, and the claim she chose was
a rich one. with the result that she is
now a millionaire.
Nessner, the noted German sculptor.
has completed for the city of Nurem-
berg the statue intended as a memorial
to Peter Henlein. who 400 years ago
substituted springs for weights in
clocks and thus also made watches a
possibility.
+ Prof. DR.. Uhlenhuth. an eminent
army doctor at Berlin. definitely
claims to have discovered the missing
link" by loEg series of Investigations,
having established the similarity in
every respect of the blood of the higher
apes and human beings.
Prof. ]. Herschberger, head of the
department of Ophthalmology at the
University of Berlin. one Of the highest
authorities in the world on diseases of
the eye, and the author of many of the
standard text books on the human eye,
is now visiting in this country.
Prebendary Webb-Pebloe, a we'll
known English churchman. is attend
ing the conference at Northfield, Mass.
where he is attracting considera BILE at
tention. Although a man of II years.
he makes it practice to speak at
least once a day in some part of Eng
land. His congregation at St. Paul's
London, is one of the largest
in the English metropolis. numbering
over 5000 people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-17
Expeditions That Were Folly,

The announcement that IS members
OF the Fiala Artic expedition had been
rescued after two years Imprisonment
in the frozen zone was the first that
a great many newspaper readers had
ever heard of such an expedition. Like
the Zeigler expedition and the Baldwin
expedition, 1t was we'll backed finan-
cialiy, but it was not conceived in the
proper spirit or led by the right kind
OIL men, If the money which was wasted
by Americans upon these expeditions
mad been put into Commander Peary's
hands it would have made him much
moro certain of success and enabled
him to plan his work on a larger and
peter scale. Peary is the only living
American who is fitted to lead an Arc
TIC expedition. and il is little short of
miraculous that those other ill-starred
expeditions into the frozen north did
not result in a greater loss of life
ihelr failure was no surprise, but it
was surprise that the members of the
expedition, led as they were, are back
safe and alive. In discussing these ex-
petitions the New York Post makes
these sensible comments:
Just why 1t is that Arctic cxplora-
tion Should be deemed field for any
chahce conner Is riddle. We have
seen expeditions led by a balloonist.
Mr.. Baldwin, and a photographer. Mr..
flala; by cavalry officers direct from
the plains. LieutS. Greedy and CARING
ton; by newspaper men, Mr.. Glider and
Mr. Wellman; by naval officers galore
py merchant scamen, by practical and
Impractical scientists, by artists, and
even by royal prince. Peary himself
represents the naval officer of scicnti-
nc engineering training, endowed with
rare executive force-an unusually
favorable combination. The Duke of
the Aoruzzl was either gifted with ex-
cellent abilities, or was we'll advised.
But one reason for the failure of so
many of the expeditions which have
sought the Arctic is the belief that, no
matter what a mans previous history,
If he has some ambition to go he is lust
the one for. the undertaking. Some
times these made-to-order explorers
have taken the advice of men accus-
toned to the Arctic conditions; some
times they have deemed themselves
above 1t. But the height of absurdity
was reached when a cavalry officer.
totally ignorant of the sea. was given
command of the first Greedy relief ex-
petition, with the result that it failed
OF its purpose. OF late years. in Eu-
rope. the tendency has been to put
scientists like Drygalski. or Borche-
srevink at the head, and it has been
attended with much greater success"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-17

1t is a matter of general congratulate
ton that the party of southern COVER
noIs, who are to visit New England in
September, has included Maine in its
itinerary. Governor Glenn of North
Carolina. and probably some Of the
other southern executives in the party
will be at Watcrville during the Gen.
trail Maine fair and will deli,rr an ad-
dress there. These southern governors
will also attend the fair at Concord, y.
H., and the one at st. Johnsbury, VT.
Their visi. will undoubtedly be made
pleasant to them, and we hope they
will be able to tell us things about the
South, and on their return tell the peo-
pie of the South things about the
North which will benefit both sections
and bring our people closer together.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-17

land appointed minister. but for various
reasons ne has never gone to his post
Ihere Is no British Minister in Bolivia
representing his nation at the present
time.
In the case of some small states Britain
as 1t We're, kills" her social duties by ap-
pointing one Minister for four. Thus
Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and
Salvador each rejoices in one-quarter of
a Minister resident
OF all great Powers in recent years
Great Britain has fallen out, diplomat
cally. most with the United States. Old
time United States Presidents had way
of dismissing an Ambassador with little
ceremony. The President in 1856 promptly
sacked Mr.. Champion. the British Min
lister. to show his disapproval of the Brit
ish habit of recruiting in the United
State soldiers to fight in the foreign leg
ion against Russia.
Thirtytwo years later. in 1885, President
Cleveland "cut" England dead in the
same fashion by dismissing Lord Sack
vile. the British Ambassador, for having
written letter commenting on politica,
question.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-17

Count Witte admits to an interviewer
that he cannot underst and the Japa-
nose. This has been the trouble with
his government and his countrymen
from the first. They either left the
Japanese out of their calculations alto
gether or else undercstimated them,
and they now realize what a fatal mis-
take they made in not learning to I'M
ing to war. There would be fewer wars
il nations understood each other.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-17
A Charitable Explanation.

tClVIC League KecOrd.l
TIE MachiaS Union calls to account the
Watcrville Morning Sentinel for its wild
Misrepresentation of ArOOstoOk and
Washington counties rs needing the
work of the Enforcement Commission as
much as Androscoggin. The Sentinel is
making a desperate effort to show that
the Enforcement Commission is playing
politics. 1t would be pitiful. indeed if
people were obliged to believe that the
Sentinel is as ignorant of actual facts as
appears in the effort to establish this con
tention. 1t is NOR" reasonable to conclud"
that out of its deep longings the Sentinel
draws its supposed facts which if they
were facts would doubtless prove Just
what the Sentinel desires to be true. This
is the most charitable explanation we can
give of the fragrant misrepresentation of
counties which everybody knows have
genuine enforcement