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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-03

Las escaleras de Ia Mansion Eiecu-
tiva han sido adornadas con gran pro-
fusion de banderas. alfombras y ties =
tos con arbolillos, con motive de la
reception que ha de efectuarse esta
noche como despedida de los esposos
Winthrop sus amigos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-03

Sc ha trasladado provisionalmente
al frente del local que ocupaba actual
mente, la acreditada Casa de Presta-
mos de Jose Bazan, Allen 2S.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-03

Seg1n la lista suscrita por el ms
pector Mr.. Mellowes en- la memoria
que acaba de publican la junta escolar
de Mayagiiez, funcionan en- aquella
municipalidad tres maestros principal
les, ID graduates, veinte rurales, uno
de m1sica, uno de dibujo, 9 especia-
les, para la alta escuela y graduada
en- iogles, seis especiales para la es-
|cuela industrial y nocturno, sea en-
total S maestros. habiendose matri-
|culadc para el ano economico actual
CO 1925 1906. 3.o5S alumuos en- to-
das las escuelas de la municipa1idad
referlda.
De los S profesores nombra direc-
tamente el departamento a IS profeso-
res, clasifcados como maestrcs espe--
ciales. que son los que obtienen 'mejo-
res sueldos
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-03

En:re otros libros de amena lectura
Sc han recibido en- ell BoLETIN los
"Ripios geografcos." nueva obra de
Valbuena; la preciosa narraci6n de
Guy Maupassant, titulada "Rollo de
manteca los interesantes bocetos ja-
poneses de Reynoso, reunidos bajo ell
titulo de En- la Corte del Mikado,"
memorials la familia', de Tomas
Lucefo y "Genealogia de los sfmbo-
os por Diego Ruiz.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-03

Sc desea un encuadernador. Infor-
mes en- el BOLETIN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-03

|de 1875 1906. 3.o5S alumuos en- to-
das las escuelas de la municipalidad
referlda.
De los S profesores nombra direc-
tamente el departamento q Is profeso-
res, clasi6cados como maeStrcs espe--
ciales. que son los que obtienen 'mejo-
res sueldos
Ell precio de cada linea de edictos;
judiciales publicados tres veces en- ell
BOLETIN, vale solamente cenravos.
|Ot.as publicaciones cobran IoyI5.
Ell dia 81 del pasado existfan en- Ell
Preside y carceles departamentaleS de
la isla 1872 individuos. de los que ST.
frian prision 1923 varones VT hem
bras, Y en- sumario I62 hombreS y q
mujeres.
Del total estaban en- las enferme-
rfas 164.
Seg1n anuncio, Sc ha puesto a la
venta Ell la libreria del BoLETIN la
Ley Municipal con 81 APPENDICES, al
preCio de $l.5o el ejemplar.
---@O---
Ha visitado al seflor Gobernador en-
la maflsna de hoy los sef1ores de We
dia, Consul de Espafia en- Puerto Rico;
don Carlos M g: Soler, don Juan Her
nandez Lopez, don Enrique Lloreda
Casab6 y don Juan R. Baiz.
Interesa los comerciantes la ad---
quisici6n de la ley de quiebras que
rige actualmente en- la isla. De venta
en- ell BOLETIN.
Por ell vapor "Filadelfa" ha regre-
|sado de su excursion a los EstadoS
Unidos. en- uso de licencia, ell Official
/ Q, jefe de las oficinas de la Secreta-
RIA de Puerto Rico, Mr.. Preston, to-
mando possession hoy de su cargo que
hs desempefado, sustituyendole Mr..
Christensen.
PRENSAS DE COPIAR.-Los mo-
delos mas perfectos y baratos. De
venta en- Ell BoLETIN.
Las escaleras de Ia Mansion Eiecu-
tiva han sido adorpadas con gran pro-
fusion de banderas, alfombras ties
tos con arbolillos, con motive de la
reception que ha de efectuarse esta
noche como despedida de los esposos
Winthrop a sus amigos.
Sc ha trasladado provisionalmente
al frente del local que ocupaba actual
mente, la acreditada Casa de Presta-
mos de Jose Bazan, Allen 28.
El Lcdo don Mariana Riera Palmer,
Presidente de Ia Junta escolar de Ma
yagiiez y estimado amigo nuestro nos
ha remitido un ejemplar de la Me-
moria sobre los trabajos efectuados por
la referida Junta escolar, durante ell
afio economico tiltimo. asunto de que
nos ocuparemos oportunamente. lie
enviamos las gracias por su atenci6n.
El Consejo Executive veriic6 session
aver tarde para tratar varios asuntoS
Algunos seflores esperaban que Sc
aprobasen aver por aquel alto cuerpo
los nombramienfoss judiciales heehos
por Ell gobernador.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-11-03

Ell Consejo Executive verifc6 session
aver tarde para tratar varios asuntos
munjcipales.
Algunos sefiores esperaban que Sc
aprobasen aver por aquel alto cuerpo
los nombramientos judiciales heehos
por el gobernador.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-18
No Response.

The Hennepin delegation's response
to the demand of this community for
pure water was absolute and insolent
silence It heard but it did not re.
spond; it listened, but it had no mind
on the subject; it was pleaded with, but
it could not be raised out Of the loaves
and fishes department. to consider a mat
ter Of life or death to the people. Had
the delegation voted the bonds and had
they proved unpopular it would be in no
worse situation than it is, a band of
statesmen with not an opinion fit to
express. Its utter silence on the whole
subject can be attributed either to cow
ardice, stupidity or Indifference. The
members will probably say that neither
of thesereasons prevailed with them, but
that they were divided on the subject of
the bonds, just as the community is di.
vided on the subject. It. is the prov.
ince Of the people to be divided, but it
is the duty of the representatives to get
together and achieve results. If the
members Of the house delegation had
BEEN as anxious to break new ground on
the water question as they were on the
elections Of officials in this city, they
would have passed the bond bill as they
passed the elections bill. .:...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-18
Railways That Make History.

An interesting publication from the
press of Rand, McNally & Co., Chi
cage, is pamphlet entitled "Yesterday
and Today history of the Chicago
& North Western railway system.
The history Of the Chicago North
western railway is in large sense the
history Of the northwest commercially.
The charter Of the original piece of road
lin the Chicago N orth-W estern system
was granted by the legislature Of
Illinois in 1886. In 1885 there was not
mile Of railroad built nor a corpora
ton chartered to build a mile Of rail
road in northern Illinois. On Jan.
10, 1886, the Galena & Chicago Union
railroad was authorized to build rail
road out into the prairie country and on
towards, if not into, the Mississippi
river near the lead mines at Galena, Ill,
and Dubuque, Iowa.
The charter provided for a railroad
.4st1 from Galena in 10 Daviess county to
the Town of Chicago, and fixed the
capital stock at 100000. 1t also pro-
vided that if at any time after the pas
sage Of the act it should be deemed ad.
visible by the directors to build good
aud permanent turnpike road upon any
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-18
y u. 1ll---F -
A PROPHECY FULFILLED

The Insurance Press IN. -
Some time ago the Insurance Press
published portrait Of the newly appoint
ed insurance commissioner of the state Of
Minnesota, Thomas D. O'Brien, with
the statement that great things were ex-
pected Of that gentleman, in view Of the
excellent record he had made in his pro-
fessional career in the city Of st. Paul.
We hardly expected that within SO short a
time our confidence in him would be- Justi-
fled by an act which places him at once
in the foremost ranks Of the insurance
commissioners of this country. 1t would
have been an easy matter for Mr.. O'Brien
to have rushed into court to apply for a
receiver for the Northwestern National
Life Insurance company. Such an appli-
cation would have been accompanied by A
great burst Of fireworks and the newly
appointed commissioner would have come
prominently before the public. Instead
Of taking that action, he adopted a course
which will save the company for the pol
icyholders; while it may bring less glory
to him, he will have the satisfaction of
knowing that he has performed his duty
in a commendable manner. For COM
missioner who has been in office less than
three months, we think his action in con-
nection with this matter is worthy OF
public notice and congratulation. 1t all
other insurance commissioners manifested
the same regard for the dignity Of their
office and the interests of the. policyhold-
ers committed to their care. there would
be, less desire upon the part of companies
for national supervision. ;.---
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-18
A SQUARE DEAL TO RAILROADS
Kansas City Star.

: So well-informed a financial newspaper
as the Wall Street Journal warns the rail-
roads that they may make up their minds
that government rate regulation law
will be enacted at the next session of con-
gress. Moreover, it points. ont that the
president has promised in the event of the
enactment OF such a statute to appoint a
commission which for ability, courage, in
tegrity and freedom from sinister influ-
ences shall be the best to be obtained in
the country a@s &'.a..r
On the strength Of this promise and of
its knowledge Of Mr.. Roosevelt's charac-
ter, the Wall Street Journal believes that
investors may be assured that their rights
will be respected, while the public will be
protected against discrimination and other
abuses. -
This confidence in the presidents fair
ness felt by a leading commercial news
paper is undoubtedly shared by a ma
jority of conservative investors. But per-
haps they have not yet fully appreciated
the gain to them and to the country aris-
ing from the fact that so radical a ster
as that contemplated in rate regulation
Is to be taken under the guidance Of g
man who is committed to the square deal
It might be possible, perhaps, to stave
off action by congress along this line fol
two r@three years more. But it Is bound
to come finally-and it might come under
! a president in whom Wall street would
feel far less confidence than it reposes in
Mr.. Roosevelt. -y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-18

THE UNEASY CHAIR
HARD HARDING DA-

b e
w GENEROUS RICHARD HARDING DA-
vlls.--Pe People are fond OF quoting exag-
gerated and often malicious stories about
Richard Harding Davis said Arthur
Henry Vesey, whose novel, .The Clock
and the Key d. Appleton & co. have
recently published; "but my one meeting
with him left the impression Of big
hearted chap; delighted to show kind
ness to one Of his craft. I had been to
see him on trivial matter of business,
and had been kept waiting in the hall.
The prejudice which I confess felt
against him was not lessened by that long
wait He appeared at last, slapping his
white gloves in his opera-hat, and wear
Ing an extremely English suit of evening
clothes. He transacted the business that
had brought me there, magnlfcently con-
descending, muttering something about
people keeping to business hours. He fol-
lowed me out into the street, and I no
ticed that my card was twisted about his
finger. Il s.g4f
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-18
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
The Average Woman,
Editor of The Journal.

To the Editor of The Journal. "a.
The ''rnake-up'' of the average woman
is, to say the least, interesting. From OBJ
.servation it would be hard to decide just
why clothing Is worn. When the first
garment was designed of fig leaves, it was
thru a sense of modesty. And in many
climates clothing may be needed for pro-
lection against the elements, but it is at
once evident that neither of these are the
primary consideration in the average toilet
of today. ..-s- . - 49,
It is an Unborn desire to be attractive, to
be admired, that leads a woman to adopt
1.-The many extremes introduced each year
by Dame Fashion. Woman 'loves to be
loved" She likes to be considered pretty,
and above all, she likes to be admired by
those of the opposite sex-and this is just
as it should be. 1t was 50 ordered from
the beginning, but the mistake is made in
the way she sets about making herself at
tractive. The average man has more good
sense than the average woman credits him
with. The "hour- glass figure and the
exaggerated dip front are neither beau
tiful nor conducive to good health, and the
average. man knows this Enormous
sleeves and trailing skirts may be stylish,
but they:are neither neat nor sensible, and
the latter is positively slovenish for street
or office wear, when they roll the dust and
filth up on to the endorsements and
body. If they must be worn, let them, for
decency sake, be confined to the drawing
room or boudoir.
Few men could define what they con-
slider a. pretty woman or an attractive tot
let, but their mental vision would be sure
to reflect something simple and dainty.
Bright eyes,, clear skin, pink cheeks. a
healthy, well-developed body and clothes
to correspond. sss.es, = m II. II:
The whole male race has an indescrib-
able repugnance to face powder, frizzled
hair, corsets, bustles, hip pads and ex-
IRENE unnatural shapes in body or cloth
Fling, and a most puzzling part Of the mat
ter is that the woman who employs these
mediums abhors them fully as much as the
sterner sex Yet the average woman is
no. less "made up or disguised from her
true self than her sister back Of the foot
lights. 4ss5.5
But the dear woman is so afraid of be-
ing considered slack, or accused Of not
having style or good TASTE that she will
go hampered and suffering from childhood
to old age rather than face the criticism
Of other: women. Margaret Ireland,
GAINESVILLE, Mimi, April g..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-18
JOHN HAYS HYMN

J Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott, pastor of Ply
mouth Congregational church, Brooklyn,
on Sunday recited the following hymn by
Secretary of State John Hay, which Hay
once gave him for the Plymouth hymn
book:
Not in dumb resignation, we lift our hands
on high;
Not like the nerveless fatalist, content to do
and die.
Our faith springs like the eagles, who scars
to meet the sun,
And cries exulting unto thee. 80, Lord, thy
will be done.
When tyrant feet are trampling upon the COM
mon veal,
Thou dost not bid us bend and writhe beneath
the iron heel.
In Thy name we assert our right by sword or
tongue or pen, 9
And even the headsman's axe may lash thy
message unto men.
Thy will; It bids the weak be strong:..t bids
the strong be just;
No lips to fawn, no hand to beg, no brow to
seek the dust.
Whenever man Expresses men beneath the liberal
O. Lord be- there; thine arm made bare, thy
righteous will be done.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-18
AT THE THEATERs
Metropolitan - Florence Robertson
"Marta of~the Lowlands."

. . .F
There is human appeal in marta Of
the Lowlands'' in SO far as It symbolizes
a warning against aristocracy's preying
on humble innocence. That, perhaps. is
what makes for melodrama, which
no heed to dramatic contrast: it Is sob
in three acts. The first sob Is Of despair.
of terror, for Marta OF the Lowlands is
about to be linked to Manelich of the
mountain herds that Sebastian may the
better mask his intrigue with her, while
he himself gains by a higher marriage.
Close heels upon their wedding Manelich
suspects half his masters design, and
shepherd-like mounts guard against sthe
Wolff
| The second act is Marta's sob Of de-
spair, born of contempt and horror, for
she thinks her husband knows and has
known her shame. Sobbing, she courts
death, even implores 1t. thinking thus to
sunder bonds that bind to a creature she
believes so vile. Both wake to ken of
/ love just as Sebastian comes to claim his
chattel, and Manelioh in frenzy assails
his overload, only to be wrenched away
and cast forth, an outlaw. 4s+ - -. .
Grief's sobs mark the third act, for
Manelich, her Manelich, is gone, and
Marta is left to battle alone against q
serfdom now unspeakable. Sebastian re-
| turns as she thinks a way to escape Is
open. Seeking to teach the lesson OF
! master and chattel. he learns pure love
has stricken from the girl the shackles
| of lifetime. Now, as Sebastian would
| claim his mastery, Manelich bursts IN,
strikes dead the wolf and gathers to his
embrace his Marta, sobbing the JOY OF
new found, honest, equal love.
| This drama from the Spantsh-lts
| scenes are in Catalonia-is the third In a
sort Of trilogy Of wronged womanhood
| which Florence Roberts has chosen to
portray. In that she proves effective, con
sistent untheatrical, Miss Roberts ADDS
to the enyiable record she has scored IN
<"Tess" and "zaza:" She earns sympa''
thy even wins respect, tho she Is Marta
chattel of wrong. The second act, with
It's range from loathing to love- is chiefly
Ehers... But the play is Manelich OF the
highlands more than 1t is Marta OF the
Lowlands, and to Melbourne -MacDoWel
as Manelich are given excellent opportu:
mites to demonstrate thu" finished actor
His Manelich bears all to; be desired OF
simplicity, vigor, pathos, while to AL; this
he adds a. reading too unusual to the stage
of today. @.
| Jucius Henderson Is Sebastian-and he
realizes more thoroly the characterlzatlol
THAN in his roles in 'Tess' and Aaza-
I YVVilIlan Yerance is as acceptable as. ever
j in a character role, that Of an old peas
/ ant. Indeed, he is an invaluable adjunc'
to Miss Roberts productions. Little Ollie
I Cooper, contributes pleasing piece O.
work as Nuri, without the self-consclous
i ness that sometimes narred in las
weeks plays. The cast includes ten othel
roles and each is acceptably assumed.
| H." - Harry B, Wakefield.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-18
Lv,,c:ie.iuIm--"Darkest I!Russla."

There : are q, few bright spots even in
Darkest Russia" presented by the Fer
ris Stock company at the Lyceum this
week. There is some good comedy work
done by Leila Shaw and Leslie Morosco.
There are some noble expressions OF vir-
tuous love and then there is the happy
ending with right triumphant and villainy
COMPOUNDED. u.s. s-a. III ts...
The action proceeds in well-worn melo-
dramatic grooves. Local color Is furnished
bv Russian uniforms, nihilist sentiments.
slav nameskis, Siberian cruelties, a few
references to Japan and a bomb. Loves,
hates ambitions and immortal fires are
tossed pell nell together" into the plot
that thickens, thrills and disentangles IN
the approved routine.
The scion of a noble branch Of the bu-
reaucracy falls In love with a poor Jew
ish GIRL He is disowned. Both are SEN
fenced to ten years in Siberia by the VII
lain, whose daughter marries the Jew
| ish girls brother, a nihilist. These, latter
are sentenced to Siberia by Count Nazlm-
off. father of the hero, who supersedes the
villain as minister Of police in st. Peters,
| burg. The scene shifts to Siberia. The
| hero is subjected to cruelty, but after
heroic rescue of the heroine from the
| wolves is recognized, forgiven and par
doned by his father. The good people are
ali hardened and united to- "live happily
| ever afterward," while the bad ones are
discovered and doomed to die. IT,. -.
Eva Taylor. as the heroine, Lawrence
Grattan, as the hero, and nearly all OF the
other members Of the cast do commen-
dable work, despite the fact that they
have to interpret a play that IS supernclai
forced and unsatisfactory. Why this real
w -capable company should waste its time
in "Darkest Russia" is hard to explain.
The sine Italian hand" Of George
Berry, the new stage manager, is in evi'
dence. The setting and movement OF the
performance is excellent. The costunnine
is fairly good, altho why the servant tt
a Russian minister OF police should wear
a. southern .confederacy uniform is MOI
1 Known. Merton e. Harrison.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-18

portion Of the route Of the railroad, the
said directors are authorized to do so
and to erect as many toll gates as shall
be deemed necessary thereon. The
prices which might be charged as toll
were stated and their collection pro-
vided for. From this it appears that
the theory Of government regulation OF
rates was promulgated about as early
as the authority to build railroads was
conferred in Illinois. :st s,,f.,Fy
Nothing, however, was done under.
this charters. two years later It was
amended and authority was given to in
crease the capital stock to a million
dollars. A preliminary survey was made
a short distance west from Chicago,
but a financial panic beginning in the
summer Of 1887, put stop to this and
many other railroad projects all over
the country. The charter was kept
alive, but nothing was done toward con-
struction until ,1s47. Some large ideas
were retained by this time, for q pros
pectus issued Aug, 10, 1s47, said it was
the desire Of the directors to make this
road ca part Of the great line Of
railroad between the Atlantic and the
Mississippi. ~. 'ts, ,.9as Sc s !. :;
The real survey was Begun ~
Richard P. Morgan, formerly an en-
gineer on the Hudson River railroad,
who as engineer in charge received the
munifcent salary of $3.50 day. The
first seven miles west Of Chicago were
put under contract in the fall Of ,1S47.
The peculiar idea with regard to the
advantages to be derived from railroad
facilities is found in the stipulation by
Warren L. Wheaton, from whom land
was secured for the right of way thru
portion of }Du Page county to the ef-
feet that no depot or station should
ever be built on the property con-
veyed. j This provision cost the man
who made it, and who is still living, q
fortune, as the town which bears his
name was laid out on an adjacent farm
which was sold as town lots. :. 81 ,,;;,.,,
! A history of the construction. Of this
road, originally built with strap iron,
and the original equipment OF which
consisted Of "thirteen double-covered
freight cars and three single ditto,' to-
gether with one locomotive, is interest
ing as view Of the beginning of a sys-
tenn which now comprises 7,412 miles Of
the best-equipped railroad in the, world
The story of railroad. may ~ not
seem at first glance to possess very
fascinating interest to the average read
err, and yet the few incidents herein
mentioned suggest how the story of the
North w estern is interviewer with the
history Of the great northwest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-18
The Session Closed.

The man who makes the motion for
final adjournment usually earns all the
applause that goes with session of the
legislature. The Minnesota Legislature
has adjourned. We do not know who
made the motion, but the fact: that 1t
went thru unanimously entities all hands
to share Of the praise. Yet the recent
session Of the Minnesota legislature was
not SO bad, as the summary printed else.
where will show. It worked hard and
conscientiously. If it was not charac-
terized by great moral power or mental
initiative it. at least was not distin-
guished by. great vices nor splotched
with great crimes.
The legislature worked industriously
and achieved some results. None of
them were, great results, but some of
them may be of practical benefit to- the
people. The chief work OF thessession
was the passing Of the revised code,
This took the time Of the: lawyers Of
both branches during the whole ses.
sion and so far as it prevented the jul:
dietary committees from bringing in
other reports, the code was probably a
blessing in disguise. The code itself is
"a work Of supererogation. Nobody
knows what we need code for and
nobody knows whether we have got a
good one.
No looming political regulations grow
out Of the session. We do not see that
any governors were made. Outside OF
Bowling, P. E., the. members were not
even picturesque. 81 u. ,asGs.:s.gEl ~