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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-09
FRANK BOYER.

Frank Boyer, the young man who killed himself Sunday was buried in Oak Grove cemetery in West Haven yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The funeral was for the amily and was held at the undertaking rooms Sisk Broth CTS
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-09
DEATH OF HENRY FUTILE, OF
 MT CARMEL,

The death of Henry Futile occurred yesterday afternoon at Mt. Carmel He was in his eighty sixth year and is sur vived by a wife and one son. The fu- neral services will probably take place Thursday
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-09

The light fall of snow yesterday aft. ernoon gave the boys and girls renewed hope that there is to be some winter yet. and more snow is predicted for to- day.
The Washington times., 1906-09-09
A CITY of NOnprOducers.

Take away from this noble city the
government budget. and its inhab!-
tants would soon be obliged 10 a5an-
don Its ruins completely. Even the
fai-., well % do shop keeper would be
Obliged 20 go. for they. Ike the rest,
arc dependent upon the government
and The government job for the sale
Of their goods Santo Domingo. a city
OF uouproducers. a city without gar
dens. without looms or factories, or
anything 10 make Il self-suppo-ting,
Is ike the air plant which lives on
nothing Those who are lucky enough
10 have a government Job have money
10 buy German beer. Holland cheese.
and Nova Scotia oodhsh as long as
they are paid. while those who have
not the government Jobs are con-
spirlng for a revolution 20 give them
one. Nor 90 those who have the Jobs
scarcely ever pretend 20 give anything
FOR the money which they are sup
posed TO receive. Books and accounu
ara badly kept or not at all. jatlS are
mostly for the confinement Of OppOs-
inc politicians. and such police as
there is run I'm only those against
whom they have some personal griev-
ance. The streets where unpaved, re-
main unpaved. and are washed out BY
the rains. IN some places yard hs-
low Che sidewalks. The people pay
no taxes: there are no public improve
ments. and so the old city languishes
on. sometimes dreaming OF its de-
parted elorIes as the Cradle OF Amer
lea, and sometimes wondering how Il
could best.r itself into a state Of mod
ern activity and progress.
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Mrcre BnnhdnIa Rules.

II was this city where ruled the In
famous BoabIiila. who sent Columbus
back ro Spain i'm chains. OvandO.- the
energetic. succeeded him. but even he
had mo- use for the great navigator,
who appearing before the city after
his restoration 60 favor. was refused
entrance ID the port. columbus. warn
ing uvaudo OF "a comius storm, sailed
farther along the coast where he
found refuge for his ships In the
Bay Of ocua. when the pruguosticated
storm broke and not only wiped out
The embryo capital. but destroyed the
feet which OVauiI had sent ont loaded
with spoil and plumber. for Spain. re-
g8rdless of The warning given by CO.
lumbus. so sooner had the storm sub
sided however. than the energetic
Ovando began the building 1f the city
which exists iu @ moro or less ruined
state 70 the present day. It's streets
were carefully le55 ont" says the his
rarIan Ovi-Il. "Wf-l compass and
string. which in those days was an
achievement nl extraordinary novelty.
Forts were huIf. and he wall with It's
bastiCus a-d towers. was erected for
its defense on tle land side. and tho
A-Nal spanish tal.tl N.la'-f. lll.Nll1eflEE les
and converts found their places within
an Immense cathedral was planned,
agd thus the city began 90 rise mid
scenes OF great activity and prosperity.
on its streets walked such men as
Cortez. the future couqueror OF Mex
leo. then glad to- accept position as
notary clerk. Pedro Alvarad0. the
cCuquC,Ior Of Guatemala. DE Soto. the
explorer and d.Scoyerer Of the AIissis-
sippi. and many others OF those old,
historical types, who with sword and
bucllleT penetrated new worlds. and,
conquerlug nations. laid them ar the
feet Of old spain
After Ovando came Don Diego. the
son OF Columbus. who had been taken
by orders OF the Queen and educated
at her court, and married to the
daughter of Spanish noble. He was
sent out 10 govern as yiCerov, which
ne tried 70 60 with all the glitter and
Elamor which he had been accustomed
TO in the Old World His young and
beautiful wife was accompanied by a
numerous train Of ladies in waiting
and the houses which were assigned
Tor their accommodation are SriU
pointed our ON the street which bears
the name given IL I'm their honor. Las
Damas. Don DieS0 built for himself
a palace high above the river. and
overlooking g. in which was born 20
him a son. the first Duke OF Veragua-
The prosperity OF Santo Domingo
Was short lived Cortez had gone with
Nasql ez to Cuba. and from thence he
had run away with the ships being
h-ted out for Mexico. and then came
The reports of his finding another
countr, resmins with people and gold.
lGe stories OF his discovery and con-
quest were too much for the restless
!riJs who had crossed the great
ocean IN search Of adventure and
wealth. and The fertile island Of rs
lluOla no longer presented attractive
delds for them. The capital city Was
unfinished, bat the island had been cx-
l.ored. ana its aboriginal inhabitants
nearby tNterumated. and an the gold
within easy reach obtained. A few of
Tie colnis,s had taken mp extensive
Er3nJs Of land. and with tie imp0rra-
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oI the art as eNpounded by numerous
authors. I'm fact her reading" dealt
almost exclusively with the supposed
character Of the subject as indicated
by the lines IN the hand II was soon
found that this was the line followed
by most palmists. and that the gypsies
were the only palmists who trans
lated the Hand into definite predic-
tors, Ignoring the geueralzations Of
character reading.
Palmistry, history amrms, is 1000
years old, ard was first found in
Egypt Then it was taken up by the
Greeks and later 10y the Romans.
For several hundred years IL lay un-
used and then a learned French
Jesuit disentombed the art and spread
IT throughout Europe.
with the Egyptian origin Of palmistry
in mind. the seeker for a fortune"
decided 10 go 70 the mountain head Of
chtromancy. an Egyptian se.r-ss."
II there is one being IN the world who
mere than another describes the title
of sorceross % IS the gypsy. She IS
prophecies. though she does not be-
lieve On PROPHECY. she is "a physician.
though she viii not take her OWN
philters. she is "a singer OF obscene
songs. though she VIII not suffer- any
obscene hands 20 touch ncr. and
though she IS not tenacious or the lit
lie she possesses. she Is a cut-purse
and n shoplifter when opportunity
offers. Sir Walter Scott made Hay
radIin, the Bohemian. say that the
eypsics believed in palmistry rs a TX
ed law. In reality the syPsy believes
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instead Of April This bit Of forgetful
inaccuraCy did not se--l 70 interfere
with the system in the least
That is al.' said the professor,
and the seeker for knowledge Of the
future started 10 leave the room.
You do me f3vor2' asked the for
tune teller. Write your name i'm the
book2'
The request was compiled with. as
evidently had been several previous
similar ones. for in scrawIing chiro-
graphy supplementng the printed
names were such names as GRITTY
Kelly" and "Snooks. which seemed
20 Indicate that some Of the nsystic's s
callers had not taken his efforts seri-
ously.
From the home OF the Russian
pro0het the reporter went TO palm
ist who does a thriving business In
Ninth street. A prosperous looking
man was Just leaving and middle
aged German woman was waiting. In
a small. dimlv lighted rear room. pro-
vided with a large reading glass and
a lead pencil. with which she Indicated
the lines in the hand as she read them,
the palmist did her work. The fet
was again 50 cents. The palm reader
was an educated woman of middle
age who made no claim that she had
gifts other than her ability 20 trans
late the lines In the hand and TO cast
a horoscope II the visitor wanted his
fortune from the planets. Palmistry
was chosen. Without attempting 10
reproduce the chiromancy of the
reading" the concrete Information
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obtained by the subject could be sim
mered down TO this.
He was (oT should be) before the
public in some way. probably as "A
speaker or a writer. and would con-
tinue 10 follow the same line Of work
more or less through life. although a
short line breaking into the lifeline
indicated that there was 20 be a ven
ture made along other lines. Natur-
ally this venture was 10 be successful
financially. The subject was not 10
acquire any money. however. without
hard effort Two marriages showed I'm
the hand. although the chIromant de-
CliEed 10 say whether they were paet.
present or future. There seemed 10 be
some danger from fire. as the palmist
advised that insurance should never
he allowed 10 exolre on property own
ed by him. Important changes should
take place about this time-ln fact
We're nearly year overdue. Tie sub
Ject would have made good Judge
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in nothing. although the wcmer come
nearer making one believe in their
prophetic powers than any other class
Of fortune teIlers.
After crossing the palm" Of the
gypsy with a quarter and declining TO
donate half a dollar. The subject was
treated 20 ten minutes OF prophecy.
For some reason probably because
only quarter had been paid-the lady
in the Kaleidoscope costume could see
only trouble and a quick finish ahead
for the visitor. fall the fortune-teI-
ers visited this gypsy was the only
one who introduced the brunette
lady" as a trouble maker. This
brunette according TO the gypsy. was
to DE extremely busy I'm kicking up
domestic mUsses. but the gypsy knew
way of supnressing her and 10 learn
this way would cost only a quarter.
The subjects life was intended to
have been long. but owing 10 fndiscre-
tions In which the brunette lady cut q
vague figure lie was 10 lie cut of IN
his prime Before this hurried leave
taking OF things terrestill. however.
large amount OF money was To he made
through venture I'm the West. This
prospective money success was tie
only bright spot In a dark and trasic
career; and the subject departed, feel
ing that for another quarter he could
have secured a much brighter future
aud a longer life
The experience with the gypsy suz-
gested the thought thar perhaps ths
CONTINUED on Page II. This Section.)
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the great government palace Of the
Spaniards. which contained their Of
fees and archives. now vacant. but
showing the vestlges or Jne various
attempts Of several succeeding gov
srnments Of the present republic 20
put into habitable shape. A negro
feeds his pet chicken in one Of the
rooms where formerly a Spanish gem
eral slept The present government
palace IS a much smaller edifce fac
ing the plaza at right angles with the
cathedral
In the very heart OF the city aFe
heaps Of massive walls which once
formed the great convent of San Fran
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Memories Of the Past.

On your left are the towering ruins
OF the palace Don Diego built, now roof
less walls with shauties for the poor
huut against them on one side, and
h0yel on the other where an old Span
lard tries 90 raise vegetables among
the debris which was once the gar
den OF Doua Maria. Don DIego-s wife.
There along the parapct bordering IN
once paced the Spanish soldier whose
midnight challenge would be taken up
by the sentry next 70 him and re-
peated by the next until passed
around the entire wall incIosing the
city. As you look at these fortifca-
lions and the remains of the palace.
you wonder why all this effort OF hu-
man toll was ever allowed 10 sink into
such a state OF absolute decay.
Back OF you quite near the plaza. Is
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i-~----t-~ ~-~'rgs Of fresh meat hang
ing tn the butcher s.al4s. and there ars
the market women g5ssiDiug behind
their stands. with heaps OF red beans.
a few handfuls of rice and other coun-
try products IN front of them But
fruit IN this country where its pro-
ductiveness. variety and dehciOusness
should be proverbial, IS usually repre-
sented by a few green plautains. sick
Iy half grown pinea ~0les, some or
arges. lemons. maugoes IN season.
but they are generally either under
ripe. overripe. or decayed. To obtain
her daily supply the housewife must
visit this market early; let her 20 late
ard iu all probability she will find
the market woman sold out. or should
she 60 eav'- and purchase a dozen
more eggs than she IS accustomed 20,
there IS at once a small sized egg
famine in town.
This IS not the situation however.
IN respect 20 tile numerous shops
ana stores. IT. them YOU viii find a
general assortment Of almost every
thing from abroad You VIII find
hams. bacon and lard from Chicago
although hogs run all over the Island;
gen, hour from Minnesota, goldfish
from Nova Scotia. cheese from HOl-
land and Switzerland, and beer rom
Germany Nearly all the stores sell
Irg groceries are stocked with Ger
man beer although there IS a big
brewery 1ust outside the city walls.
II took thousands Of good American
dollars 20 build this brewery. and Z
turned out very good beer. but thero
were not people with enough money
5n Santo Domingo 90 buy beer, and
then a free beer garden was started
and the beer was given away, but this
did not produce money. and so there
stands the beer factory. a monument
OF just what happens 10 nearly every
enterprise IN Santo Domingo. Try 10
raise eggs and chickens for the mar
ket. or fruits and vegetables, or any
thing else. and YOU viii soon find that
YOU have quilted the market and that
there are not enough people 70 con-
sumo your output.
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COnlGn't - the system.

Assuru himself that the name We
sought was not IN the book the pro-
fessor suggested that the given name
n the visitors mother be chosen. The
slip for April opposite this name was
torn of and the professor recalled.
You did not tear II all on, ne said
examining tie slip. Tear of the one
under f."
With a magnifying glass he exam
ine1 the second slip Then starting a
feeble electric battery on the glass
cabinet, he ordered that the slip and
one Of the electrodes be held In the
right hand, while he grasped the other
electrode and the subjects left hand.
thus completing the circuit Thirty
seconds of faint current and the pro
fessor said. Oracularly.
The name YOU chose was Anna.
Is u riEht2"
II was although not until later did
It occur 10 the reporter that the birth
month chosen should have been March
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Only One MarLet Left

MID the massive churches, ruins OF
converts an6 stately abodes. there are
many well built and neatly kept
houses. but one IS inclined 20 wonder
upon what does the city live. There
are supposed % be three public mar
ketz from which the people draw their
daily supplies. but one of them is nrac-
rically abandoned. and the other down
0u the river front IS supplied with
few bundles Of grass and the omni-
present sugar cane upon which the
Dominican soldier thrives, ard a few
yams and coc0aButs brought down the
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die was rocked which gave
America its birth. This city
once Spain's entire port to
the New World. Is now but a crumb-
ling monument OF her past greatness
and enterprise Here her proud ships
once lay on and or 20 make the haven
offered by the river which IN the course
OF centuries has cut its way deep down
through the CalCarous rock formation
rising Ike a great honeycombed sea
wall along the entire southern coast
81 the island now known as Santo Do
mingo. The city was founded by the
great navigator Columbus himself
who gave fl its name IN honor OF his
father. whose Christian name was Do
mingo.
santo Domingo IS the capital OF the
DOMINICAN Republic. but # has given
its name 90 the island which Columbus
named Espanola the Spanish beauty.
II is picturesquely situated on the
houeyCombed sea wall overlooking the
deep blue Caribbean sea. which dash
es its f0aming waves untirinEly at its
feet on the eastern side the waters
of the OzamB river flow silently by.
and on the north and west the Crum-
bling walls with basuoneu towers and
battlrments four centuries old look
out upon a wild landscape all around.
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LIhe a IN oil lie Dead.

Llar Nltf RA tlt DtuUs
You journey on through more miles
OF bush and abandoned fields. and
then you are checred by the sight OF
a rude ferry over a deeply fowis; riv-
er. and the ferryman tells you that
YOU are near the capital, but you
leave the ferry and plunge into bit
OF tropical forest as dense. as though
il were I'm the heart of Africa. From
this bit OF forest YOU emerge upon a
plain which was once a productive sug-
ar plantation. but now, vvergrown with
grass and weeds, is abandoned 10
few cattle. Suddenly you find yourself
traversing streets. but the houses are
burned down and only ashes and Gin
ders and charred posts remain. Look
ing up you suddenly see rising be-
fore you the batuemented walls Of
Santo Domingo city. on your left
stands out the church of San Carlos
riddled with shot and shell. IL COM
mands the city. and the city walls are
shot riddled, too. their crumbling tar
Tets standing out against the sky.
Passing beneath the fortified gateway
you leave the everlasting green OF the
tropical island behind TO look upon
mottled gray walls some OF which
We're the pretentous abodes Of Span
ish Erandees. but now furnish shell
ter for the very poor. or are abandon
ed to the bats and bees.
TTaversing the city you look cut
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They We're There All Right.

The reading OF CHARACTERISTICS was
In the main wrong, uncss what the
palmist said the subject should bee
could be taken for what he was.
Music and art for instance. the Chi
romant said, were prominent. and
when told that this bit of informa-
ton would surprise any Of the sub
ject's aCquaintances. she said they
may not have been developed. but
that they were there all right This
palmist followed the established rules
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upon the Ozama. which flows silent
" on where once the gaileons Of Spain
and the craft Of the goIdseeker came
and went ON the opposite bank you
see only green foliage a wilderness
OF trees and hush. with the exception
OF a few little houses p--ping out
from the green. and an incongruous
sugar mill with tan smoke STACKS ris-
ing high marking one Of the has-beeus.
Look up the river as far as YOU can
see. and only dense tropical green
without a sign OF cultivation anywhere
meets your view. Down ,he river and
YOU only have water, "a dark muddy
stream staining t'e blue Caribbean
far out at sen. Looking about you
what else do you see2
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Continued from Page One.

ttons as he left the room we're 70 md
your first name and tear of the little
slip bearing the name Of your birth
month. The majority of the names
were those Of men Of the professors's
own nationality and the name Of the
visitor could not be found. The pro-
iessor was called in.
This IS funny" he said 'Ai
names they are there.
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river from somewhere by the negro
Oh" city seems 20 have awakened. The
principal market is near the center OF
tl- business part OF the city. and
there for q few hours every morning
the CITY seems 10 have awaken. The
housewife is there with her servant
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cisco. now an irreparable ruin II
was within these walls uat The lit
tIe captive chief. HenrlqullIo, was ed
ucated by the monks. ana II was he
who later led the remnant of his peo-
pie in war against tre -paulards
with such success that they finally
ceded him a territory with a certain
amount or Independence. The old ruin
OF san Francisco. now vine-clad and
covered with parasites. contains the
tomb of the old monks ana Spaniards
who figured proudly in their own day.
but are now forgotten This ruin is
but one Of the eighteen churches. con-
vents. and monasteTies rouuacd with
"a the city walls Now they are near
ly all abandoned. or turned into hos
pitfalls and asylums. only the church
es remaining intact ana ~ ror service.
The cathedral. which was planned on
a grand scale, was never finished ac-
cording 20 those plans but Il Is cher
ished today as grand monument by
the D1miuiCaus. and above all. be-
cause it contains the remains OF the
immortal navigator. which remains
the Spaniards supposed they had car
rIed on when they reInquished their
possession OF this part OF the Island 10
the French ln I7e5- The remains are
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The Forgotten Patriots.

The various tablets In the cathedral
and other existing churches. with
quantity carved Inscriptions mark
ing the t0mbs of those foremost mon
who came out from Spain in the ca-ly
days OF figured pomn5 ltly in the
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cOuntry's history, are interesting.
Among them are tlte tomos Of arch
bishops priests. frlars, and monks.
governors. generals, and patriots, who
have died 81 the country's cause and
have long since been forgotten. Above
the main altar in the cathedral IN its
original place is the great coat Of
arms Of CASTLE and leon, as a proof
that there was none Of that bitter
ness cnEendered ia Santo Domingo
against the Spaniard and old Spain
as In Mexico and nearly all the other
Spauish-AmeTican colonies. On O slab
in ore OF the chapeIs q the cathedral
IS a Spanish flag painted iu its vivid
red and yellow with an inscription
marking the tomb Of the patriot gen
erai. Juan Sanchez Ramirez. vino.
born iu the little interior town OF
Cotuy. ia iaed the standard OF revolt
against the French. proclaiuNng the
island suU a Spanish colony long
after It had been ceded by the mother
country 20 France. The French gen
eral. meeting this general with his
little band 90 patriots. W8s defeated
0u November s. lN$. al Pal0 Hiucado,
which so mortified MIN that drawing
one OF hls pistols. he shot one Of his
officers and with his other pistol shot
himself
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ERCHED upon the Jagged
cun OF a rockbound coast
lies the city where the era
die was rocked which gave
America its birth. This city,
Arizona republican., 1906-10-13
SANTA FEE TIME TABLE. PHOENIX
 CITY TIAEE Departurs Arrival

Departurs Arr1VNI ''The Diamond Jo," for Hot Springs Junction Castle Hot Springs) wickenburg, Salome, Con- gress, Prescott, Jerome, Ash Fork, Denver, Kansas City, Chicago, Los Angeles. Coronado and San Fran ciseo........................l2 .l2:45 am. 20 am, 'HThe Daylight Express for Wickenburg, Con- gress. Prescott, Ash Fork and dFast.............. s:2Oa.m. S:15 pm. Mesa and Tempe......... 6:40am. s:15 am.
 II :25 am. 1.25 pm
 4:5O pm. 6 :25 pm Florence Kelvin, Winkel- man.......... ........... Il :25 am. ]: :25 p.m
Arizona republican., 1906-10-13

E. A. Spaulding will leave shortly for Los Angeles to take up his perma- nent residence.