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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-10-31
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"LA EANO NEGRA" RN KEE YORK

La Sociedad denominada LA Ma
no Negra" !, .ha volado en- aquella ca
pital una casa propiedad del rico
banquero Ignacio Digivanni. Ell edi-
fcio sc hundio ca 81 del todo.
Noventa y seis de las personas que
10 habitaban escaparonse asiendose
a las parties de Ia casa donde no ha-
b1an alcanzado los efectos de Ia ex-
plosion.
La po1icfa, sabiendo que Digivan-
nj habfa sido amenazado por la
Mano Negra" interrog6le, pero tan
aterrado estaba, que juro no haber
recibjdo carta terrorista alguna".
La gran a6cion la suplantaci6n dc
nombres y falsifcaciones, en- los Es-
tados Unidos, llama notablemente
la atencion; pero, el l1egar apro-
piarse el nombre de la cuadrilla an
daluza para 11evar q bo una saliva
jada que q aquellos desalmados re
pugnarfa, es Ell colmo.
La partida denominada La Mano
Negra" de luctuoso recuerdo en- Es-
pafIa, los hombres que la forma ban,
crefan mas razona bic y l6gico, para
Sertar DreCedenteS de hOmbrcS de IN
diseutible valor, el exponer sus rudas
personalidades q las ba1as de los
mausers de la Guardia Civil y dispu-
tarse. tiro tiro Ell desf1adero de
cualquier atajo. fin de librarse del
modo mas rapido possible, de su peli-
grosa persecution; pero nunca, el
acurrucarse cobardemente en- la SOM
bra, para coneter el mas repugnante
de los crfmenes, arrojando una bonn
ba en- la planta de un edihcio, en- Ell
cual Sc ignora, cuantos inocentes van
4 sucumbir.
Las dos ''cuadrillas' nos resultan
repugnantes y fatfdicas; pero, hemos
de confesar sencilla y llanamente
que. antes que La Mano Negra' de
la bomba, preferimos La Mano Ne
gran' del trabuco."
M paSER
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-12
Discovery of the Telescope.

The discovery of the telescope was
brought about by the children of a
Dutch spectacle-maker named Upper
skey. playing with their fathers glass
before the door. While shifting and
changing the spectacles the children
were surprised to see the spire of a
distant church brought, as 1t were,
close to their eyes. They called their
father to witness the strange sight,
and he, with his knowledge of optics,
at once recognized the opportunity the
chance had given him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-12
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on
Tuesday, the eleventh day of Decem-
Der, in the year one thousand, nine
hundred and six, at'the hour of half
past ten O'Clock in the forenoon of
that day, or as soon thereafter as the
court a attend to the same, / will
apply to the Circuit Court of the
County OF Middfesex, at the Court
House in the City oflNew Brunswick,
for the appointment OF three COM
missiohers, freeholders and residents
of the City of Perth Amboy, to esti-
mate and assess the benefits to lands
in the vicinity OF the new sewer laid
in Paterson street, to connect with
the sewer in Madison avenue, in the
City of Perth Amboy, In the County
of Middlesex and State of New Jer-
sey.
Dated November 80. 1906.
CHARLES G. H0MMMANN.
Attorney Nor City Of Perth Amboy
54R5=12-1-10t\
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-12
Cape Cod Folk.

Some curiously appropriate names
+ to be found among the citizens of
a small village on Cape Ced. The
local lumber dealer is named Lum-
bert, the milkman is Mr.. Waterman.
the fish merchant is Mr.. Phinney, the
minister is Mr.. Paradise and the pro-
vision dealer is Mr.. Bacon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-12
Too Particular

The Waiter-"How do you wish
your bacon cooked, sir?" The Farmer
Does it make amy difference in the
price, The Waiter-"Why, no. sir"
The Farmer-"Then, by gosh, I'll have
it cooked with three igs.'vCleveland
Leader.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-12
Mytholoalcal Addenda.

Achilles was sulking in his tent,
mo of this camping out for
me he said. 1T took us all day to
get the tent pitched according to di-
isections." 'lmplacable, he went on
sulking. as advertiseds-The Sunday
Magazine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-12

DO you BUY CLOTHES FOR
MORE THAN ONE? Ii you do, the
store ads. nowadays should be
nj fITF INTERESTING" reading
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-12
Farmer as Bait.

On an examination paper in zoology
the question was asked; OF what
use to the farmer + the earthworm
and the slilgg'-
The reply fof one promising pupil
read:
The earthworm( is of use to the
farmer because We eats the insects
and minute animals that are de,
structive to CROPS; he is also useful
because he canGuse him as bait when
the farmer goJs fishipg."-Judge.
@
"A good 4 word Always finds it,
man" And{a good want ad. will find
the way To market for youi
Fergus County argus., 1906-05-15
Good News for the Workers.

Eight hours for all men in mine
and smelterS was the voluntary an
nouncement made by the Amalgamat-
ed officials to the union yesterday.
This certainly is an announcement that
will be hailed with pleasure not only
by the working men of Butte, Ana
cOnda and Great Falls, who are direct
ly affected, but by us of the COW coun
ties as we'll. The new order of things
affects 5000 miners and many hun
dreds of men in the smelters and
means that their work will be cut an
hour shorter each day, and they will
receive the same pay. To the resi-
dents of the state in general this is
certainly most gratifying news, as ii
is the best evidence of the complete
accord which exists between this big
company and it's employees. Since the
coalition of the big Butte properties
rumors have been rife of projected
cut in wages in that city, but the new
order seems to be cheering indica
ton that they have been without foun
dation and offers evidence of the com.
panys good will and it is to be hoped
that their future policy will be along
the same generous line.-Dillon Exam
iner.
Fergus County argus., 1906-05-15
and secured interests that would have
been unDurchaaahlo t0dav

and secured interests that would have
been unpurchasable today.
To-day men make a speciality Of
manufacturing new jokes. Fifty years
ago we gathered our fund Of comic
stories. songs and jokes from the peo
pie we were born and brought up with
In Vermont. years ago the rural char
acter was just as original as any man
you could meet, and it was merely a
case of studying him little bit closer
or with keener eyes than the other fel.
low to be able to find something that
would appeal to the risibilities of the
people you sought to entertain"
=, In the Kitchen.
Wife-Well, John, 1 don't see how |
can suit you. You don't like my cook.
ing, and you have complained of ev.
cry cook have hired. can't get one
to suit.
Husband (stubbornly)-You could ii
you went after the right one.
Wife-That's all you know about it.
telegraphed your mother yesterday,
Offering her SO week, and she de-
clined to come.-The Bohemian.
Fergus County argus., 1906-05-15
| AMONG THE MINERS
Il LATEST NEWS FROM THE TIMING CAMPS Of
Il FERGUS COUNTY AND elsewhere.

ally pr0hibitive. Efforts to find sub
stitute for copper in electrical work
have met with little success. owing to
its remarkable conductivity, aluminium
being the only similar medium thus
far discovered, and it's price and out.
put threaten no competition with cop
per. 1t is extremely doubtful wheth.
er this nation would have made such
phenomenal strides in electrical devel
opment, particularly as to the network
of trolley lines, had it not possessed
the richest deposits of copper in the
world. Nor is there any evidence that
consumption will decrease; on the
contrary, many of the leading steam
railroads are arranging for the cleo
trification of suburban divisions, which
will add another element of consump
tion that cannot be measured. but is
obviously Of vast importance"
Fergus County argus., 1906-05-15

Largely because of its value in
electrical transmission, copper has ris-
en- to position of great prominence
in the industrial world, and it Is not
surprising that the price recently at
tanned the highest position since the
Secretan corner in 1888. while there
is not much occasion to fear another
collapse such as followed that advance,
partly because the latest rise was less
speculative, and also on account of
the unprecedented demand. In fact.
recent statistical statements of pro-
duction and consumption of copper
indicate that the requirements of brass
foundries and wire mills, and for all
forms of electrical supplies, preclude
any immediate probability of accum-
ulated stocks, despite quotations that
would formerly have proved practic-
Fergus County argus., 1906-05-15

thinks, without doubt, that he is the
only person living who fired a gun in
the war Of 1912. He explains the part
he tO0k in that war in this way: His
father was a Cherokee Indian and his
mother q Creek. His father was on
Jackson's staff. and Dan. then a lad
of seven years, remained at home
with his mother in New Orleans. The
excitement of the war called him. and
he ran away from his mother and
sought his fathers regiment. At sight
of the boy the father was enraged,
and was on the point of administering
punishment upon him when General
Jackson came upon the scene. The
general interec1ed in behalf of the
lad. Just then a charge was about
to be made upon the enemy, and, at
JacksOn's suggestion, the little Indian
boy was given loaded gun. The boy
and his father were protected behind
breastworks of cotton, and Dan says
he distinctly remembers resting the
gun against the bales of cotton and
firing it in the direction of the enemy.
Turner's reco1lections at parting
from the home nest are anything but
happy "reminiscences. AS a last token
his mother threw a tomahawk at him.
Just grazing his ear, it stuck fast in
a tree. He secured it and used it in
the manufacture of arrows. He came
to California in an early day and trap
ped beaver on the Sacramento river
before Fremont made his expedition.
When he first visited Sacramento the
pueblo consisted Of only a little bunch
OF adobe houses. From Sacramento
he went into the north and met FIRE.
mont at Jacksonville, Ore.
One Of his exciting experiences in
pioneer life in the Pacific states was
in the Snake river country of Idaho.
When with a band of hunters, they
were showed in and were forced to eat
their 16 head Of horses before aid
could be secured from the Indians.
Fergus County argus., 1906-05-15
FOUGHT WITH JACKSON.
Californian Who Handled Musket at
New Orleans,

San Francisco Chrnicle: Beneath
his own vine and fig tree, within sight
and sound of the boundless billows
at Santa Monica, CAL, lives perhaps
the only survivor OF the army thai
fired a shot into the English during
the battle of New Orleans in 1872
Uncle" Dan Turner, a quarter-cas
Cherokee Indian, is the historic char
acter, and SO far as his knowledge run!
he will live an even century.
Turner was born somewhere in Geor
gia in 1905. has a good command O
the English language and is a pen
sioner of Uncle Sam, having enlisted il
cavalry regiment at Stockton. Cal.
the year before President Lincoln wa.
assassinated. This connecting linl
between the history of two centurie.
Fergus County argus., 1906-05-15
Unavoidable Delay.

"The enemy is in great confusion,
and this is the instant to attack, sir"
the dusty and breathless aide reported
81 can't help it, the great general
replied. 81 have just received mes
sage from the reporters and moving
picture men. stating that they had been
DELAYED and wouldn't arrive for two
hours yet."-May Smart Set.
Fergus County argus., 1906-05-15
LATEST SPORTING
NEWS

home of it's owner, B. B. Deputy, on
his farm, just east of Milford, Del
The horse Charlie" has worked reg
ularly for the past nineteen years on
this farm. When a track horse he
made the phenomenal record of 2:18
at Salisbury, Md, when six years old.
John l.. Sullivan and Jack McAuliffe
were sluggers of the prize ring, but
neither man was of much use in the
ordinary bar room fight. A little fire.
man in a theater gave John L. fear
full lacing behind the scenes because
the champion refused to stop smok-
ing. Jack McAuliffe won one street
fight in New York, but lost a dozen
elsewhere.
George Dixon, the featherweight
champion, has made arrangements to
start for England again next week,
as he figures he can do better in that
country than he can here. Boston
sporting men gave him farewell tes-
timonial last week.
The action of the congress of the
National Trotting association in pass.
ing rule prohibiting the use of the
wind or dirt shield in future record
making attempts has aroused consider
able discussion and difference of opin-
ion among horsemen. Followers of
the light harness racing are also great
ly puzzled as to what to do with the
present wind and dirt shield records
in which are included Dan Patch's
worlds pacing mark of 1:55A and OF
Lou Dillon's worlds trotting mark OF
1:5Sh.
M. w. Savage, the owner of Dan
Patch and Cresceus, has come out with
a statement in which he deplores the
new ruling, because he fears the pub
lie will infer that the owners of Dar
Patch and Lou Dillon want to build g
fence around the dirt shield record.
of the present championship and pre-
vent by legislation the beating of these
marks by future championship aspir
ants. Except in the official trottine
and pacing records, which the genera
public never delves into, no attemp1
is ever made to distinguish between
the different kinds of records. Da1
Patch is always credited with mark
of 1:55A, when the fastest time the
son of ole Patchen ever made without
dirt shield is 1:58A. So the record
of Lou Dillon is generally known as
1:5Sh, whereas the fastest time the
mare ever made unassisted is 2:O1
The wind shield records possess Ger
tain amount of interest, but little OF
no value.
Fergus County argus., 1906-05-15

For Job work In any line, neatly
executed. call on .he Argus Job office.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12
SUCCESSFUL SCULPIRESS.
Miss Evelyn LOneman of Chicago
Awarded Fifteen Thousand
Dollar Prize.
To Carve Bronze Doors at Annapolis
Naval Aoademy-fias Attained Fame
Through her Figure OF "victory"
st ST. Louis Fair.

When the new bronze entrance doors
OF the Annapolis Naval Academy are
completed and hung in place there viii
exist another monument 20 the skill
OF American women Colonel Robert
NJ. Thompson. who presented these
doors TO the academy as a memorial
OF the class q IS. stipulated IN making
the offer that the design selected for
the doors should be awarded by compe-
titioa. the winner 20 receive n prize OF
$4,000. There were thiTty-three CON-
petitors for this prize. al unusually
large number. and the designs submit
ted are said % have been 81 a high
degree OF excellence. The votes OF all
five jurors were cast for the model pre-
scented By Miss Evelyn 3. Longman. OF
Chicago.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12
THE SURGERY OF THE ~.
CLIENTS.

What is known to modern dentists
as bridge work was familiar 90 The
Etruscans. as eNtant specimen attest.
according 90 an lntcrestiag art Gle iu
the British Medical Journal Plaster
ears. noses and lips were common
among the Indians whera sac cutting
on 20 these features aas punishment
much in $780, and Greek and Roman
v-.vrans who had lost leg or an arm
la war tried 90 make good the de-
fciency by artificial substitgtes IL is
stated further.
What is said 90 De the oldest artih-
cial leg in existence isl now ln the mu-
scum OF the Royal College OF Surgeons
OF England IL was found in a tomb
at Capua- Pliny speaks o. s. Roman
warrior who. a century and a half be-
fore the birth of Christ wore an arti
manipulate a sword In the Middle
Ages artificial limbs sometimes re-
paired the disablemeuts ~ war The
iron hand OF Goctz Won Berlchineeu
was an ingenious piece of mechanism
made for that famous knight IN 1904
I A century later an artificial hand was
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12

In the already hardened shell that sur
rounds the inner mass That shell
must give way al sCme point Aside
from the contractions Of the earth 5
surface. another cause Is given that
might AFFECT the changing Of the sur
face q a given part OF the world. This
cause is the accumulation OF a vast
weight Of sedimentary deposit brought
down by rivers FOR example. the Ms
sissippi River Is entirely made up 81
the deposits OF the streams Washing
down from higher lands. The weight
% that deposit would BE- tiGcult 20
calculate. and resting upon a portion
81 the earth's she'll. might occasion rs
sinking This theory is held BY some
scientists liz connection With the Cali
fornia disaster. Tor the Sacramento
River Is the depositor Of vast weights
OF sediment in the Pacific waters near
san Francisco.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12
Greatest Natural Disasters Of
History.

Pompen and Herculaneum de-
stroyed by eruption % Mount Nesuvius
A p. %. more than 10000 lives lost
Earthquake In Constantinople. thou
sands killed. year $50
Catania. Sicily l5.oeo persons killed
by earthquake. year 1857
syria. 10000 killed by earthquake.
year ll9S.
Ciicia. 10000 killed by earthquake.
year 1908.
Palermo. earthquake. 5000 lost. year
l726.
Canton. China. 100000 lost oy
earthquake. November 81. 1881.
kuchan. North Persia 10000 lost ;
earthquake. year 1855.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12
seuIptress Is Already Famous.

The best known work az Miss Long
man is the bronze figure Of Victory.
which was carved Tor the Festival Hall
az the 81. Louis Worlds Fair For
this she was awarded a silver medal
At the close OF the fair the original
was brought 20 the Chicago Art lnsti-
tute. 4 bronze reproduction has been
purchased BY the Union League Club
and viii adOrn the entrance 10 the club
rooms
Another one OF Miss Longman 5
works which has won commentator Is
a bronze figure OF Death" which she
recently completed. and which Is 70
be placed on the Story monument il
the cemetery at Lowell. Mass.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12

worn by Christian. Duke OF Brunswick
Ambrose Pare devised artificial limbs
with movable joints. whic1a were made
for him BY srtifcers. OF whom Lor-
raine. q lOcksmith. was the most
famous Pare degotes q special chap
ter 20 the means Of repairing or sup
plying natural or accidental defects
in the human body. He describes ar
tihcsal eyes and noses an artificial
tongue and an artificial palate. At a
later period Father Sebastian. Car
melite monk. made movable arms and
hands. In the earlier part Of the sew
enteenth century Peter Lowe, in his
'DiSccurses on the Whole Art al
Chirurgery' gives representations Of
artificial legs About the middle Of
the same century Falcineili, a Floren
tine surgeon. mentions the use OF AT
tifcial eyes Of silver. gold and erysta
! painted IN various col0rs-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12

are never caused by volcanoes. but BY
faClting plains. This Is particularly
true OF both seaboards OF the United
States. Mr.. Walcott and other scien-
fists OF the Geological and Geodetic
Surveys agree that scientifically the
recent disturbances were caused BY
conditions identical with those pertain
ing during the earthquake which de-
mOlished Charleston. s g. on August
81. 1856. Volcanoes occasionally cause
shaking OF the earth's crust bit the
disturbances occasiOned BY pent-up
gases seeking 10 escape are felt only
locally.
The cause generally attributed 10
earthquakes is the gradual cooling OF
the earth. which is known TO stiu be a
molten mass inside. When any object
coois Il contracts. and so viii the earth
as Il grows colder. This contraction
would unavoidably cause a disturbance
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12
LAYING CORNERSTONE.
Impressive Ceremony Incident 20
Construction Of New Capt.
toll Buildings.
President Roosevelt and Speaker
Cannon, Both MasOns. Are Prin1i-
pal Aeto~s-sIO.OOo. 900 for SEN
ate and House.

When President Roosevelt on April
l4th. laid the cornerstone q the new
once building for the House % Repre-
sentativea. 10 marked the beginning ~
Improvements on Capitol Hiu which
viii make that section % Washington
com parable with the ancient hills q
Rome and Greece crowned with nag
nificent buildings in which met the
sclous 81 ages past
This new building occupies a square
and is about a hundred yards distan;
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12

from the eject % the Czpltoi itself-
The exterior design fOr The buildings
visioa q parrs The Cartc Meubie &c he
payiiions are modelled on these q the
Cclornade &c Louvre Architcctarzlly
the front - divided into Two parts. the
lover spontinE 90 the a-st story
81 the b1ldirg constituting q -rustf-
cate" base. on Which. extending
tArouEh the second and laird stories.
Ia the coicnrade surmcuuted BY -
Cntahlarurc and hainstrate 70 is b.
heved that the eject q The NO nank-
ing buildings VIII BE @ give u1ity 20
the whole scheme and 20 emphasize
INTELLECTUALLY the great beauty % The
Capitol. al q the lines leading up 20
and centering In rs dome.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12
WOMAN CIVIL ENGINEER.
Granddaughter OF Mrs Stanton Has
Offer TO Go to China

Miss Nora Stanton Blatch. grand
daughter OF Mrs. Elizabeth Cady stan
ton. is now a member OF the American
Society OF Civil Engineers She is the
first woman admitted 20 membership.
and. IL is said. there vas not a dissent
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12

China OF place IN one OF the corps Of
engineers organized BY that country
for the development OF It's railroad
system The 0ffer came. too. from a
young Chinaman who was taking a
graduate course at Cornell while she
was there The graduate student was
sent here. II is said. not only TO In
crease his technical knowledge Of en-
cheering. but 20 obtain for his coun-
Try the best engineers TO be had. He
watched Miss Blatchs work closely
and offered her a place.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12

Although the diEginE % the trenches
Tor the House once building ~as BE-
gun less than year ago. The structure
IS now up 20 the arst foor line. To
hasten the work Eiliott Woods. super
intendent % the Capitol. directed thai
construction begin before al the speci-
dcations and contracts were complete
This vas done through letting cut the
stone contract frsf BY authority % The
House Building Commission IL - cal
cu'ated that both buildings VII -
ready Tor the Sixtieth Congress
IN accordance With Masonic tradi-
tions the ceremony VAS conducted Ia
the opeu air. Ia simple. unostentA-
fious MANNER. In every cefan if CORE
sponded as nearly as practicable with
the historic ceremony iu which Prcsl-
dent Washington participates. The
articles placed In the cornerstone were
largely identical in character With
those deposited in the original Capt.
toll stone by Federal Lodge and az
both President Roosevelt and Speaker
Cannon are members 81 the Masonic
order the occasion in every way har.
mouired win The spirit 90 the cers-
monv directed by the Virginia iuristic
J zion in laying the cornerstone % ths
/ Capitol
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12

ing opinion offered when she was pro
posed for membership.
Miss Blatch was the first woman 10
get a degree OF Bachelor OF Science in
civil engineering al Cornell University
She took a four years course. hnish-
Ing among the first i've OF the class.
Since her graduation she has been
draughtsman in big bridge concern.
She Is now considering an oner from
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12

Al ostrich egg weighs about three
and a half pounds IL is less delicate
In favor than a hens egg. although
perfectly eatabie IL Is a curious fact
that ostrich eggs viii keep fresh for
TWO or three months TIE flesh OF the
ostrich itself Is e1ihle. being ros pplike
veal in flavor.