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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-07-13
Desoe Washington
IS de Junio.

No esta claro cual sera la suerte
del proyecto de ley Dillingham; sobre
immigration, votado por q Senado y
que la Camara de Representatives. CO
menzara discutir en- esta semana.
Hay oposici6n 4 dos de las clausu-
las de csc bill: Ia que recarga el i'm
puesto de entrada que pagan los in
migrantes y Ia que exige 4 estos que
sepan leer en- ingles s algdn otro
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-07-13

dRIcSlOuES contra I'll uGIGCUO y
la justicia, ese reglamento. no
obstante que sc sabe todo esto'
y sc proclama Y sc censura.
continua inalterable. intocado.
como ST fuera la obra perfecta,
la obra magma hasta la cual no
llegaran nunca los golpes ami
quiladores de la critica cuando
es honrada, Y Sc inspira en- los
altos ejemplos de la razon Y del
deber.
FL reglamento permanece CO.
mo una petri6cacion, como una
esfinge, en- su rigidez hieratica
y deforme. Siendo como una re
mora de la actividad, como Tin
fantasma que evocara vetustos
res petos imposibles v .proyec-
tara restablecer impunidades
odiosas y consagradas.
Siempre que I'm aire sano de
renovation, 8 una voz amiga de
Iconsejo prudente penetra en- ell
llamado temple de las leyes.
tropieza con ell obstaculo enc
migo. con ell imperturbable re-
glamento.
Ell resultado del regimen
parlamentario, esta comproba :
do de sobra. Los recientes pc
riodos de la legislature no han
tenido otra mission mas urgente
que rectificar los errores de los
anteriores. y aun han cometido
muchos mas.
De todo clio sc culpa al re
glamento.
De las precipitaciones postri-
meras, ocasionadas por la mac
tividad desesperante de los
primeros dias, en-, todos los pc
riodos legislativos. Sc acuSa al
1reglamento.
De la festinaci0n con que es
precise yer Y aprobar. en- las
1ltimas horas, leyes diversas Y
que resultan naturalmente sos
pechosas { inquietadoras, sc
hace responsible al reglamento
tambien.
Y sin embargo. a ese regla-
mento sc falta constantemente.
Sc altera q Cada momento Sc
prescinde de el cuando sc luzga
oportuno, sin que por ESQ cesen
las protestas de respeto Y los
testimonies de acatamiento Y
fdelidad.
No es solo, pues, ell reglamen-
to de la Camara. que Sc SAGA .
relucir con tanto frecuencia. 10
que hay de arcaico Y perjudi-
cial en- nuestro Sistema parla-
mentario; de OtroS vicioS ad0le-
&c al mismo tempo, Y para dis
culparlOs y atenuarlos Sc echa
manO frecuentemente d falta dc
razones justiicadoras, de ese
desmedrado fantasma del regla-
mento que va no inspira ell me
nor respeto d los que han podi.
do verle de cerca.
| B1squense en- sftioS mas re-
c0nditos las causas del NAL
existente; 10 mismo que noso-
tros podrian hallarlas aquellos
que cooperan a que Sc propague
y extienda, sin pensar EN- que
hay contagios peligrosfsimos
contra los cuales es precise
Iprevenirse con la debida opor
tunidad.
astoria ell reglamento?
Que Sc modifque, que Sc
corrija.
tEs algo mas Inferno y mas
hondo 10 que dana Y perJudica
Pues sea 10 que fuere, aun-
Ique haya que extraer, aunque
haya que amputar, debe hacer
Sc la cura-
En- este trance dificil, solo una
gran d0sis de energia puede
lsalvarnos.
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-07-13
Nota del dia

paTlamcnl0, term1nara prOD
blemente mafiana.
Enmendados los erroreS mas
salientes que en- la legislature
pasada Sc cometieron. sc han
conjurado los mas graves { in
minentes conf1ictos que pare
clan pr6ximos a estallar.
Esta session extraordinaria ha
sido como TN cruel Y expressive
comentario puesto a la labor de
las Camaras en- Ell anterior pe-
rfodo legislative No Sc ha he
cho ahora otra CoSa que subsa-
mar errores V aplazar conflictos,
no Sc ha dado otro ejemplo que
el de la torpeza contrita al en-
trar en- la senda de las reCtifi-
caciones.
Todos los vicios lamentables
de que ad0lece Ell siStema parla-
mentario Sc han puesto de re-
lieve, en- los breves dias de esta
Ultima session parlamentaria.
Toda La impreyisi0n de nues-
tros poltticos. ha quedado en-
descubierto.
La session extraordinaria, no
Sc ha reunido, a pesar de la con-
vocatoria, para dar soluCi0n q
nuevos asuntos importanteS
surgidos de pronto, sino que ha
tenido Que ocuparse con prefe-
rencia. en- reCtificar imperdona-
bles torpezas admitidas moons
cientemente en- las postrime-
rias de Ia pasada session legis-
lativa.
Varias. veces ha censurado la
prensa Ia festinacion con que
en- las Gltfmas horas de un pc
riodo legislative Sc pasan leyes
Y leyes, sin que tengan tempo
material los representatives, pa
ra fiiarse Ell los monstruosos
defectos que medic ocultan y
casi exhiben esos desaguisados
legislatiVos, la mayor parte de
los cuales proceden del miSmo
seno de la congregation
No en- una nj Glen, Ell incon-
tables ocasiones. Sc ha dicho V
Sc ha comprobado, que muchas
de las leyes vigentes han sido
apTobadas en- el parlamento, lei.
das solamente por el titulo, sin
discussion. sin analisis previos.
En- 81 ultimo dia de IN perio-
do parlamcntariO. en- esaS NOR
tales horas interminables, en-
las que e. reloj Sc para Y el
tempo sc detiene q voluntad de
nuestros licurgos. pasan rapida-
mente. vertiginosamente leyes
perjudlciales Y anarquicas
creadoras de c0nfiictos muy Sc
rios y desastres muy dolorosos
Es en- el vertigo de las ilti-
mas horas, que pasan por sor.
presa, muchas leyes perturba-
doras Y enemigas.
Y hemoS 1nqulrido muchas
veces Ipor que esos apresura-
mientos hnales? lpor que esa
calma desesperante al princi-
pio2 lpor que esa placidez tran.
quila de siesta de ohcina que sc
respira en- la Camara en- los pr
meros dias. en- las primeras Sc
manas, en- los primeros meses
de IN periodic parlamentario2
iAh, el reglamentoi No es
possible contravenir el reglamen-
to. es indispensable seguirlo al
pie de la letra; la Camara no
puede tfabajar de otra suerte,
la observancia del regIamento,
su cumpllmiento escrupuloso
es el primer deber de los repre-
sentantes.
Y han pasado varias, han pa
sado muchas legislatures va, y
esa n6nia de reglamento que
tiene Ia culpa de muchos erro-
res, que es el responsible de
muchos desacie1tos, que esta
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
HILL BUILDING
CANADIAN LINE
Five Hundred Miles of New
Railroad Is Already in
Process of Construction
GREAT NORTHERN TWIN
Rails Are to Be Laid
Across the Dominion From
Winnipeg to Vancouver

ST. PAUL, April 2.-The Pioneer Press
tomorrow will say:
James j. Hill is to have twin trans
continental road, operations now being
under way for the construction of an east
and west line between Winnipeg and Van
couver. Five hundred miles Of the new
line is already in process of construction
and The plans call for total OF 1SoO
miles
An exciting rail laying contest soon
will be started between the Great North
ern, the Canadian Northern and the
Grand Trunk Pacific.
THE biggest stretch of line on which
construction is now under way is be-
tween Vancouver and Princeton. The
route follows the Frazer River, and, IN
clining northerly, strikes just north Of
the Tulamen River. The line proceeds
along the Similkameen Valley in north
erly direction to Midway, B. c., from
which point line already has been built
to Nelson, Grand Forks and Bonners Fer
ry, where connection is made by Kuskoo-
nok. From there a line Is to be built to
Fernie, where there are extensive coal de-
posits From Fernie the line will strike
across to Winnipeg. Surveyors already
are in the field on this section or the pro-
posed road and construction presumably
will commence in a month or more
"A number of feeders for the Canadian
transcontinental line are being built from
points in the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
GOOD SHOWING MADE
BY PANAMA RAILWAY
Taft Says Time Has Come to
Pass on Type OF
Canal.

NEW YORK, April 2-The annual
meetings of the stockholders and d.
rectors of the Panama Railroad Com
pany were held today in this city. Sec
retary Taft was present at both meet
ings. At the stockholders meeting the
following directors were elected: I. p.
Shonts, Charles E. Magoon, Mordecai
T. Endicott, Peter Chains, ]. D. Deo-
baldia, John F. Stevens, Roger L. Sar-
niam, S. A. Drake Clarence r. Ed
wards, william Nelson Cromwell, Os-
wald H. Ernst, B. NJ Harrod and w.
Leon Pepperman. w. Leon Pepperman,
the only new member. is an official at
the canal
T. P. Shonts was reelected president
and John F. Stevens was elected vice
president and general manager. Thu
report for the ten months of the year
1905 up to October 81 was submitted,
showing that the total earnings of the
road for the transportation of all kinds
of traffic, exceed by 1902. 304., or 1877
per cent, those of ten months of the
previous year. Secretary Taft after
the meeting said:
The report of the Panama Railroad for the
year past shows that 1t has made great prog
reSs It's earnings have greatly increased and
in fact the road is quite unable to cope with
the business which is being rushed over the
line. The road is being double-tracked for a
distance of about thirty-five miles. This will
greatly facilitate the operations of the COM
pany
We have got to point where Ii is very nec-
essary that some plan be adopted for the con-
struction of the canal. When some definite
plan OF construction is adopted then the work
can go ahead with new vigor. We ali hope
that some plan will be passed upon very soon
by the Government
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
LANDSLIDE UNCOVERS
PETRIFIED OYSTER
Biyalye Twenty-Seyen Inches
i'm Circumference Found
Near Ukiah.

UKIAH, April 2.-Track Superinten-
dent Hart OF the California Northwest
ern Railway is the proud possessor Of
q petrifled oyster, which was unearthed
by a landslide on the railroad near
Ridgewood The bivalve is twenty
seven inches in circumference. 1t was
found at an altitude of nineteen feet and
about ninety feet below the surface OF
the mountain. The find tends to con-
firm the belief OF scientists that Men
docino County was once a portion OF
the ocean bed and may lead to import
ant discoveries. The immense oyster.
is on exhibition at the railway station
at Willis and will be sent TO the
Academy of Sciences In San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
AMENDMENTS
TO EXCLUSION
REGULATIONS
= - 80 e. 80 ssFs
Four Chan That Are
Sanctioned by the
President.

CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING,
WASHINGTON, April 2.-Secretary Met
calfe OF the Department of Commerce and
Labor has submitted to the House COM
mittee on foreign affairs certain amend
ments to the Chinese exclusion laws,
which he recommends be adopted. The
amendments are understood to represent
what President Roosevelt wishes to do
toward allaying hostile sentiment In
China, and undoubtedly will be strongly
urged by the adIninistra These
amendments, four in number, are as fol-
lows:
First-If under the treaty it can be
done, to have immigration officers OF the
United States detailed to serve In China,
to examine Chinese desiring to come 70
this country and to wise their, passports.
Second-Conceding to Chinese refused
admission by the Department of Com
merce and Labor. the right to be ad-
rnitted to bail, pending an appeal.
Third-ATl Chinese in the United States
at present must re-register.
Fourth--All restrictions are removed
from Chinese re-entering the United
States who possess certificates showing
that they had heretofore been permitted
to come into the country.
The second and fourth amendments will
be fought by the California Congressional
delegation. In the case of tn efourth, 1t
is claimed that such a change would re-
suit in giving much room for fraud
The sentiment of members of the for
eign affairs committee is opposed to adopt
ing the amendments, but strong pressure
from administration quarters may be ex-
erted to induce their acceptance.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03

o. HONOLULU, April 2-Last week a
teacher in one OF the local schools gave
her class of little girls a list of words with
instructions 10 write stories making use OF
those words The list was a formidable
one. including chemistry. photography,
sorrel. peculiar, apparel, similar popular,
biography, telegraphy, physics. hygiene,
scientific. shrivel and solar. Here is the
way one little girl OF eleven summers got
them all into one short paragraph and
thereby astonished the teacher:
"A strong, MUSCULAR young man
was making experiments IN CHEMISTRY
and PHOTOGRAPHY. He was often.seen
on q S0RREL horse arrayed in PECU-
LIAR APPAREL, something SIMILAR to
that of 9chabod Crane. He was not Pop
ULAR with the fashionable young men Of
the town because of the serious turn Of
his mind. being engaged in writing a
BIOGRAPHY Of Samuel Morse, the in
veator OF TELEGRAPHY. He also gave
lectures 70 the students on PHYSICS and
HYGIENE. He called on a young lady
one evening and made himself so disagree
able talking on SCIENTIFIC subjects
that the young lady's father dealt him
blow on the SOLAR plexus, which caused
HIM TO SHRIVEL and fade away. The
wonderful works OF this energetic young
man are still unfinished to this day"
II any older persons believe they can
beat that with the same list OF words let
them try. The writer Of the foregoing,
Hazel Buclkland, was in San Francisco
last year and was one Of the passengers
on board the Alameda when the Oceanic
liner ran onto Fort Point. On the evening
before leaving San Francisco she visited
q fortune-teller and was warned against
taking sea voyage, or she would have a
narrow escape from very serious acci-
dent.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
SON EMULATES
THE WING SIRE
Accused of Stealing From a
Bank Which His Father
Once Almost Wrecked
ELDER Man SPARED
Loss Of 500, 900 Thirty Years
Ago Made Good by Stock
holders of the Concern
Special Dispatch 70. The CAN.

NEW YORK, April 2.-Inquiry into the
alleged embezzlement Of s34, 600 by Joseph
A. Turney Of the National Bank OF North
America has disclosed that the accused
mans father. Joseph NJ Turney, once
stole $le6,0O0 from the same institution.
The story of this defalcation was told to-
day by a well-known flnancier who was
at one time director of the State Bank
of New York, which was in 1891 absorbed
by the National Bank of North America,
and of which the elder Turney was pay
ing teller.
1t was a short time before the annual
visit CT the State Bank Examiner In
1877 that the elder Turney sought the
president of the bank, Mr.. Dowd, and
confessed that he and another empioye
had. taken from the banks funds; $lo6,-
000 He told Dowd that all the money had
been spent except about $4,000, which he
and his accomplice could pay back. This
confession came as great blow to the
officials of the bank, for in 1877 a Joss OF
such an amount meant ruin to almost
any financial institution.
Hurriedly calling a meeting OF the ol-
rectors Dowd made known to them the
banks loss and explained that publicity
probably would mean that the institution
would have to close its doors. The news
papers were not notified and a conference
was held by the stockholders, who agreed
to subscribe 100000 to make good the
loss. Turney and his companion produced
$4,000 and were discharged.
At this time the paying teller's son, the
present defaulter, was an errand boy In
the bank and the subject Of his discharge
was discussed by the directors. 1t was
decided that 1t would be unfair to the
lad to visit his fathers sins upon him,
and he was allowed to remain. The boy
was never told of his parents disgrace,
and the man who told the story today
said he was not sure that Joseph even
now knew that his father had ever COM
mitted the same crime as that of which
he has just been accused.
Acting as his own lawyer, Turney
waived examination this afternoon in the
Tombs Court on charge of forgery In
the third degree. He was held in $1,000
bail.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
ROCKEFELLER TO LIVE
IN GOLDEN STATE
Oil King Pays S25O,OOO for
a Home in Pasa-
dena.

Los ANGELES, April John D.
Rockefeller. richest man in the world
and head OF the mighty Standard Oil
Company, expects to make his home in
Southern California. He has bought
the Carmelita property in Pasadena
with the intention of passing his de-
clining years there. 1t is said Mr.
Rockefeller paid s250,000 for the prop
erty and has already arranged to ex-
pend 100000 more upon it. The fine
place, which formerly belonged to Mrs.
Jeanne Carr, was offered for sale ten
years ago for $4,000. Simeon Reed
bought IL for $4,000 and sold 1t to L.
V. Harkness of the Standard Oil Com
pany for s160.o00. Mr.. Hardness, st is
said today. let Mr.. Rockefeller have it
for s25O,O
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
CAP|TOLA DONS
CARB OF RED
Cardinal of Stanford Is
Displayed Literally at the
Y. w. G.. A. Conference

SANTA CRUZ, April 2.-The reception
given by the students in attendance
from Stanford University was the fea-
ture of the Pacific Coast Students Con-
ference of the Y. w. c. A. at the Hotel
Capitola today. Brilliant cardinal
streamers decorated the hotel and the
big S of Stanford was everywhere. Mis-
sionary work in foreign fields was the
subject which held the most prominent
place In the morning session, Miss
King, a returned missionary from
China, leading the discussion. Denom-
national rallies were held in the after
noon. Miss Laura Richards of Sara
toga led the congregational rally. DR..
Emma Park the Baptist, Mrs. Dwight
Potter of Oakland the Presbyterian and
Miss Ross of Los Angeles and Miss
Chloe Anderson of San Jose the Episco-
palian. Miss Simmons. one of the ma
tional secretaries of the Y. w. G. A.
was the speaker at the platform meet
ing this evening. Rev. c. r. Brown Of
Oakland is expected tomorrow night.
Tomorrow afternoon an excursion to
the Big Trees north of this city will BIO
made and on Wednesday delegation
of fifty from the University Of Califor-
MIA will be here.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
JIU-JITSU PROVES
DISMAL FAILURE
japanese Experts Contract
Is Net Renewed at
Annapolis.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

ANNAPOLIS, April 2.--Jiu-jitsu at the
United States Naval Academy has proved
dismal failure. One year ago the craze
to acquire a thorough knowledge of the
japanese art of .self-defense was para
mount The results of matches in the
last six months, in which American
wrestlers demonstrated that the native art
was superior to the Japanese arm, leg
and body twists, convinced the cadets
that jiu-jitsu had been greatly overrated
Professor Yamashita, the jiu-jitsu ex-
pert, who instructed President Roose-
yelt in the art, gave the last of a series
of ten lessons, covering last season and
this season, to Inidshipu1en this after
noon His contract has not been re-
newed and neither has he been successful
in making profitable engagements for the
future. In fact interest in his art has
died out and he will return forthwith to
Japan. He has received 1888 for each
lesson of one hour at the academy
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
MEETS A HORRIBLE FATE
AFTER LIVING OVER A CENTURY
AGED Indian Woman a PensiOner OF
Shasta County, Is burned
to Death.

REDDING. April Am old Indian
woman, Owackwinyaly, reputed to be
more than 100 years of age, was burn
ed to death at her hut on the McCloud
River Sunday night. Her charred re-
mains were found this morning fifty
yards from the cabin where she had
lived alone for the last twenty years.
Charred fragments of her clothing.
scattered between the cabin and where
she lay. indicated that her clothing had
caught fire during the-night and she
had run from her hut in the vain at
tempt to put out the flames. She was
friendly to the whites at the time of
the Indian war and the county had
paid her a pension for more than
twenty years.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
MAYORS VETO SPOILS
HUNTINGTON'S PLANS
Ordinance Granting Valuable
Permit to Los Angeles
Magnate Repealed.

LOS ANGELES, April mayor Nc
Aleer returned to the City Council this
afternoon without his signature the or
dinance awarding the river bed fran
chise to E. w. Gilmore, whose assign
ment of the same to H. E. Huntington
had so aroused the people of Los An
geles. The franchise, which is worth
$1,000, 900 toAthe city, was given by the
Council to Gilmore for apparently
nothing. This afternoon the Council
unanimously sustained the Mayors veto
of the franchise ordinance, thus COM
pletely reversing it's former position in
the matter.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
GoULD,s LINE OFFERS FINE
ROAD TO BUTTE COUNTY
Highway which Cost 100000 to Build
Is rendered the Board of
SUPERVISORS.

MARYSvILLE, April 2.-Attorney W.
II. Carlin, representing the Western
Pacific, offered the Supervisors of
Butte County free of cost today forty
miles of new highway, which cost
$5O0,000 The company asks that the
road be laid out and accepted by the
board as public highway. The Of
fer was made to protect the company
from interference by other concerns
which have harassed the workmen
heretofore The road follows the pre-
cipitous sides of the Feather river can
yon on an even grade for forty miles
and was built originally TO AFFORD
transportation for railway machinery
and materials.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
Hartman Loses place.

Z NEW YORK, April 2.-Edward H.
Hartman is no longer chairman of the
finance committee of the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad Company and that com
mittee has been abolished, according to
a statement issued this afternoon by
officers of the, company. The chairman
of a new law and finance committee is
Walter ,Luttgen of, the firm of August
Belmont, & Co. The official statement
explained that the committees of the
board of directors of the road have
never been executive. but advisory or
tecommendatory.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
SIN After Teacher Nolan.

SANTA ROSA, April 2.-Despite the
fact that the Trustees of the Sonoma
Grammar School have investigated the
charges made against Principal Walter
c. Nolan of their schools and that the
District Attorney has. as yet, refused
to take any action regarding the COM
plant lodged with him against Prin-
cipal Nolan, DR.. Alfred E. Byron OF
Sonoma has retained the services of
Attorney Clarence F. Lea of this city to
draw up and submit to the Sonoma
County Board of Education specific
charges against Principal Nolan
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
vallejo rhieve. Rob stranger.

VALLEJO, April Cd II. Camp. a
stranger here, reported to the police
yesterday that he had been robbed OF
S19 and some va1uables in a saloon on
Saturday night He described the rob-
bers and after a severe struggle the
police arrested William O'Neill and
James Coakley. Both are charged with
robbery and Coakley with resisting an
officer
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
steel cars for NAH.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., April I'll B.
Thrail superintendent of mails on the
Hartman railroads, states that mod
ern steel non -telescoping mail cars are
to be substituted on those lines for the
wooden cars now occupied by railway
mail clerks. 1t has long been claimed
that the position Of mail cars In trains
and the style of construction have en-
dangered clerks unnecessarily.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
banker Get. Five Years, sentence.

SPOKANE. April 2.-Charles C. Nav.
former president of the Big Bend Ma
tional Bank, OF Davenport, Wash, was
sentenced today by Judge Edward
Whitson, in the Federal court, to serve
five years in the United States Peni-
tentiary at MeNeils Island May was
convicted of making false reports to
the Comptroller Of the Currency and
also of juggling the funds of de-
positor to forward a mining specula-
ton.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
scIentIsts to study states Soil.

SACRAMENTO. April 2.-Governor
Pardee has been notified by the officials
OF the Department of Agriculture at
Washington that certain scientists have
been selected to come TO this State and
make an official analysis of the soils
in what is known as the Red Bluff sec
ton. This work VIII begin as soon as
the weather permits.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
New president of Costa Rica.

WASHINGTON April 2.-The lega-
ton, of Costa Rica has received official
information that Senor Don Cleto Con-
zales yiquez, a distinguished lawyer,
was yesterday elected President of that
republic by a large majority and will
be inaugurated May 5.