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alelados del medr0 personal; honbres que
sean sencillos, hijos del pueblo, que sien-
tan con el pueblo; hombTes que iustifquen
con sus heehos y no con Ii teorfa que son
patriotas, sanos patriotas, yaIientes patrio-
tas; hombres que sean leales, que NO se
yendan, que no traicionen; honabres que
protesten de Ia OPPRESSION, que no se humi-
lien, que no sean services; hombres que
aunque no conozcan 10 que es polftica, Sc
advierta que son honrados; hombres que
tomen sobre sus hombros la sagrada toga
del patriotismo, y que no Ia manchen; en-.
fin, hombres de honor Y de verguenza
para la defensa dc Ia patria, de Ia patria
que es la madre, 10 mas noble. 10 mas
amado, 10 mas delicado 10 mas santo.
Las mGltiples necesidades que sufre ell
pueblo, reclaman ell concurso de todos sus
fisles y buenos hijos, sin admitir demora
alguna.
Es necesaria la lucha del patriotismo
alejada del medro personal
En- este pueblo hu6rfano de todo, solo
cabe la union de todos sus hiios para el
reclamo del derecho No pueden los hom-
bres de conciencia rechazar la fraternidad.
Porque ella en- 81 encierra, el propio senti-
miento de Ia justicia en- el bien.
Ya no es question de capacidad sino
question de conciencia.
Cada eual por su cuenta sin esperar 4
nadie, sin mirar nadie, sin temer & ma
die debe seguir q verdadero camino de la
justicia.
Ell pueblo es quien estd obligado mar
char en- Ia conquista del bien. NADIA seran
los obstacuios que quieran seryir de estor-
bo.
Venga Ia ola, arrecie Ia ola, nieguen
algunos hjos del pueblo su concurso para
81 bien del pueblo; que Dios, ese ser omni-
potente que todo 10 We, todo 10 observa
todo 10 premia segdn 81 merito, estard pa
"a el tempo, con los que aman, con los
one sienten, con los que piden iusticia, y
en- una palabra, estara con los que predi-
can Ia Union no con los que sostienen el
odio Ia diacoroia.
LinO Rosario PosadO,
Aguas Buenas 90 de DIRE. de 1905.
En- esta imprenta Sc vende papel de ps-
ridico viaio 4 a2-(1( n11iutaI
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LA.VILLA DE MADRID acaba de
recibir de Paris un espl6ndido surtido de
trajes bordados y calados para sefioras pa
no para billar, frances, camisetas, crepe, da-
masccs de seda en- colores para portiers,
corbatas, (iltimos modelos de Parfs) asi
como los mejores eueIlos y pufios de hilo,
encajes de Bruselas, tiras bordadas de Sui
q, casimires y elasticotina para frac ) smo-
king (casa exclusiva) un gran surtido de
perfumerfa. la Villa de Madrid" es la
tienda mas surtida de Puerto Rico y reeo-
mendamos q las personals de gusto hacer
una vista. San Francisco 81. Telefono
27S. San Juan, Puerto REQ.
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Cuando compramos los derechos para
La fabrication del Liquozone. decidfrnos
dar la primera botella gratis cada pa.
ciente de quien sabfamos Publicamos
este ofrecimiento en- casi todos los peri6-
d1cos de America, y i. .8oo,oo personas ID
han aceptado. En- uln afo nos ha- costado
mas de un million de dollars el anunciar
y cump1ir este ofrecimiento.
INo cree v. que I'M producto debe tener
propdedades maravillosas para facer po-
aible tai ofrecimientof Janas hemos pc
dido & nadie que compre el Liquozone.
No hemos publicado testimonies, nj re-
eomendaciones de Medicos Hemos
pedido simplemente q los pacientes que
10 oprueben, pero que 10 prueben nues-
eras expensas. este IS 10 que pedimos
6 ", u 10 necesita.
Mata los germenes infernos.
El Liquozone no Sc hace mezclaudo
drogas, nj existe alcohol en- e. Sus vir-
tudes Sc derivan solamente de gases, en-
su mayor parte gas oxigeno, por un pro-
ceso que requiere el empleo de iumensos
aparatos y Ia dias de tempo. Este pro-
ceso ha sido por mas de 20 amos ohieto
de constantes estudios cientffcos y quf-
micos.
El resuItado ea un lfquido que nace 10
que el oxfgenD hace Es IN alimento
para los nervins y Ia sangre; 10 mas esen-
elal para ". que existe en- Ell mundo. Sus
efectosaon excitantes. vivi6cadoresy y puri-
hcantess sin embargo, Is TN germicida
tan ciertO, que publicamos en- cada botella
una 0ferta de 81 600 orc, por el germen
de cualquier enfermedad que no pueds
matar. La rsz6n IS que los gErmenes son
wegefnle8s y q 1AQuoznna. como un eE-
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A LOS POBRES

Verdaderamente espIendido result6 81
acto de Ia repartici6n del regalo de Al Q
Nuevo 4 los pobres de esta ciudad, que
favorccela "Protectora de -Mendlgos."
"A las doce del dia de aver comenz6 el
reparto y detalles mas amplios damos en-
nuestra pr6xima edieci6n.
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CHISIE FINAL.

Como te gusta If al teatro?
Ia mi? De frae.
lY q Il, Luis?
DE levita.
SY & listed, don Timoteo?
ia mf?. De sgorrao
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PERDIDA 7 HALlAZGO.

En- 81 tiltimo bale eeIebrado en 81
'Union Club extravi6ronsele is dollars
en- billetes De bauco al joyen don .Arturo
Moreno Calder6n
Cuando crefa perdida dicha suma por
ignorar en- el sitiO donde Sc Ia dejaron lie
go su conocimiento que la sefidra Nc
Leod la habfa encontrado. Kilt
Efectiyamente habfa sucedido asi i-y Ell
ioyen Moreno tuvo Ia buena suerte de re-
cuperar una suma que contaba ya como
seguramente Derdida
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PREvENIDA PoR MEDIC DE CuTIcuRA

Ell Imperio Japones de Ia cruente
guerra sostenida con Russia ha Introduce
do gTandes reformas en- su eiercito dc mar
y tierIa una de elias ha sido la de que
tados sus soldados tomen en- las comidas
la famosa cerveza ..Pabst.n
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De VlAJE.

Ha salido para Quebradillas, donde pa
sara algunos dfas con su familia, la sonora
Gertrudis Hernandez, esposa del Sr. Ra-
mon Hernandez Velez.
Deseamosles que le sean agratos los dias
que pasen en- Ell pintoresco pueblo de Que
hradillas y que regresen pronto-R. L
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Un Million de Dollars
HemOs gastadO regular e LiquOzOne a pacentes.

ceso de oxfgeno, es mortal & toda materia
vegetal.
En- este consiste el gran valor del Ii
quozone. rs e1 1nico medic conocido
de matar les germenes en- el cuerpo, sin
matar tambien los tejidos. Toda droga
que mate los germenes es un veneno que
no puede tomarse interna.
Las medicinas son casi ine6cacG en-
cualquier enfermedad micr6hica; v este
es el hecho que da al Liquosone su in
menso valor para la humanidad. Y este
valor es tan grande, que despues de pro.
bar el producto durante dos amos por me-
dio de Mkdicos y Hospita1es, compramos
por 100000 los derechos en- America ,
otros paises.
Intermediates Micr6bicas.
Estas son las ia conocidas enfermeda.
des originadas por microbes. Todo 10
que las medicines pueden hacer en- estas
enfernicdades, es ayudar la Naturaleza
q veneer a los germenes; pero estos re-
sultados son indirectos e inciertos. FL
Liquozone los ataca doHde quiera que sc
hallen; y una vez que han sid0 destruidos
los gernenes que causan Ia enfermedad,
esta debe terminaT, y para siempre. Esto
es inevitable.
Aams7Angina Hafsrmsaadss al csgsssa
3 n1c1eo-A Anel1ia B-eF6fuia-Shif4
3 ainaorEanas Rafarmsdndua dal Esteaa1s
sgonquitis Lnlarraedadaa ds IA MnjsS
1tennerIaE81 NiabrlsGoAa
Cstaxro caness Ganarras Fnfnonrn
caspac6teo r. gdppa I,sseaTFsa
gaieuos an Il Woiias Hal az Briabt
constpaeien Naiaris H1indiuaat
0iaeutsria.DiaEza8 Nasralgis
1iapoplia FulmoniasFaseFa
Envsnannulento de- d Gangrs RianRsainPifaiae
Gnfermsdsden 1ntoatinatea naumnfinwr
Dc lns niaonaa ntslrfade
1ntarnaedada1 dnl HHaa8 1f1fa9Tr1
erla-Etisipela 1ohaFul1nfa
.nfagnleda4an cu1fnmn9 %uwrlogsH1Seru1
letrltn1n1as e > aanh 11s11
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SarampiOn en- T0a-AIta
~ 1aalestro eogrespongal. )

Diciembre 31.-se han presentado va
rios easos de safampi6n en- este pueblo, en-
varios nifios de Ia localidad. Algunos de
estos pacientes estan ya en- convalecencia.
Sc han tornado con toda oportunidad
las medidas sanitarias apropiadas.
No se nota en- estos diSs, la animation
general, que antes reinaba giempre afapro-
ximarse los dias de Afio Nuevo y Reyes.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1906-01-01

-Quiere V. convencerse que no hay
me;or hotel que el Hotel HelvetiaS
Hoapedese un solo dia no vendr6 San
joan sin antes pedir pOr telegrafo habita-
con. pues casi piempre ests ocupado, este
inmgorable hotel. Cruz %.
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Mientras Sc eneuentre trabaIando en-
81 Parque la Companta de Opera, los pa
sajeros que viajen de San Juan Rio Pie
dras vice-versa, por Il noche, trasborda-
ran en- la parada 23.-San juan Light &
Transit Compang December 28, 1905.
10 ~
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Junta de InspsCtOres de CaminOs del
DistfitO de AguadiIla.
SECRETARTA.

Vacante Ia plaza de Tesorero del Dis
trito pOr renuncia del que Ia desempenaba,
Ia Junta aeord6, en- session del 26 de los
corrientes, que Sc anuncie al pdblico por
medic de la presente, psraque los aspiran-
tes dicha plaza presenter sus solicitudes
en- la ofcina del senior Presidente de esta
Junta Iara la cuantfa de fanza que
hay que prestar afavor de la Junta. J derads
requisites del case, vease ell artfculo 264
de IA Ley General de Caminos VICENTE
Lo que Sc anuncia por el termino de
ocho dias para general conocimiento. La
res Diciembre 70 de 1905. Ignacio Oslo
tasd, Secretario de Ia Junta. Vo. 30. y.
@. AbrH Presidente de la Junta.
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I'LL una boteIIa q b

81 Y. necesita el Liquozone no 10 ha
probado antes. sfrvase remitirnos este Gu
pom. lie mandaremos por correo una Or
den para que un droguista de esa locali.
dad le entregue. gratis, una botella de 50
ceutavos. que nosotros le pagaremos. Este
50 l1u regalo que le hacenfos para conven.
cerlo; para deIuoskraTle 10 que el Liduo.
zone es, y 10 que hara. En- justicia 4 81
m1smo, siryase aceptar nuestro obsequio,
Pues esto no 10 obliga en- modo alguno.
FL Liquozone Sc vende en- botelias de
so centavos 2 81 90 orc Am.
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iMULAS! Deseamos comprar una pa
reja de mulas 8 mulos j6venes, domados
para caro-, de regular alzada y sin de-
fectos.
Por carta personalmente diiigirse &
RIYERO & CO., Tetudn 26, San joan.
5 v
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Todas las eufernedaden cue amnIaRna a~n
hebre. toda inhamaci6n, todo catarro todas iaa
entermedades contagiosaa. todos loa resnltados
de enyeneuamirnto de la sanKre
En debiiidad nerpiosa ei I3uuoxone cbrR coma
IN reconstituyente, conaiguiendo 10 cue ninRuna
The Washington times., 1906-02-16
COTTON SHIPMENTS LESS,
BUT VALUE INCREASED

While the number of bales Of .tmeri-
can cotton taken IN foreign markets
| in January We've considerab bly, less than
for the same month OF last year, the
value of shipments to foreign countries
increased by S.500.Gs) For the first five
months of the cotton year Cbeguu Sep
TENDER u, there was 4 falling off in
shipments amounting To upward Of
I .000.000 bales. vet the price has been
so much higher in the last few months
that the total value of shipments since
September I has been as large. within
u bout So 000 Co., as in the corresponding
period of the year before.
The average export price OF raw cot
ton during the first five months of the
current cotton year was III cents a
pound. as against b cents in the same
five months of the year before, and the
average price last month was 1.6, as
against 20 in January of last year.
Japan always buys the bulk of her cot
ton III India when prices in the United
states are unusually high.
The Washington times., 1906-02-16
DONATIONS COMING
IN FOR OlYHPICS
New York Athletic Club Gives SI,o
for American Representatives
at Greek Games.

NEW YORK. Feb. 16,-secretary
James z. Sullivan, of the American
Committee OF the Olympic Games Of
1906. was yesterday notified BIZ Presi-
dent John r Van WormeT. of the New
York Athletic Club that at the last
monthly meeting OF the club, held Feb
ruary L., a resolution was unanimously
adopted appropriating g coo 10 tie fund
of 500, which the American committee
is now trying TO raise fer the purpose
Of defrs wing the expenses Of an amer
ican team of athletes 20 the Olympic
games this spring
In addition to this donation OF $LWj.
President Van NoTmeF was authorized
10 send out a personal commute tion
90 the leading members Of the New
York Athletic Clgb, requesting that sui
ser.pti0ns for the purpose mentioned be
flade. which means Uiat mIcss s@r&e1
fund VIII come from the New YORK Atn-
letir Club
This liberal donation on the part OF
the New York Athletic Club stu Keeps
II in tho position il mas occupied tor
so many Nears--that Of beng The Leader
III everything athletic
The Washington times., 1906-02-16
COTTON STATISTICS
ARE PLACED ON TRIAL
Methods Defended Before House Com.
mittee on Agriculture by Assist
and Secretary Hayes

Cotton statistics We're on trial today
before the House Committee on Agri-
culture, and Assistant Secretary Of
Agriculture Hayes was The principal
speaker. defending the departments
methods in the handling of cotton sta
tistics.
Others who attended the meeting
We're chief Statistician Olmstead, Har-
yey Jordon. Of Atlanta. Ca, president
OF the Southern Cotton Association; J.
A. Taylor, Of Dallas, Tex. president of
the National Ginners' Association, and
Representative Lowering. of Aiassa-
chusetts representing the manufactur-
ers
Mr. Hayes explained that the task Of
gathering cotton statistics IS a thank
less Job any way it is viewed. He said
that the department Will Ia future Sc
cure accurate statistics in spite OF the
spectators Influences IN the South
which tend 10 make this ClLIeult He
explained that the department. if Con-
ETeSs Will finance the scheme, Will have
a new system Of gathering statistics
and viii employ division agents county
agents and travelling inspectors
Precautions against leakagcs. he said
have been taken wherever possible and
secret GSIe has been O. cided on Tn
der the new system. ne said there is
very small chance Of collision among
the agents. He thought that under this
new plan tho cotton statistics gathered
by the deps rtment would be almost alb
solutcly accurate.
The Washington times., 1906-02-16
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
RECORDED TODAY

Pennsylvania avenue southeast, be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
Harry Stewart 10 Rose T.. Hardy, lot
IS. square 1913 $40.
1861 II street ENTHUSIASTICALLY Kirby
ct ux to George {. EVatt. part Tot ~,
block g ST. George I. EiVdtT conveys
same property 60 iSIraIiO Kirby 81
Estate-John w Rawlings ct ux TO
Frank r. Rawlings. all interest in estate
OF Mary G. Rawlings. $40. Andrew T.
Rawlings et TX. TO same. all interest IN
same estate.
Twelfth street southeast. between Z
and q sJTeets-Wiliiam 4 Miller et ux.
to George $. King, part original lot 8.
square gy4 SO.
Capitol ana First streets-MaTy r. Dan
enhower 10 Patrick j Jordan. lot 50.
square 6l6, so.
Addition 10 LeDroit Park-George p.
Newton It uX. TO James Z. ana Louisa
II. higgins lot 80 square .. $i0
Moore K Barbour's Additton-Alexau-
der Millar ct uX. 10 Mary A. O Hare. lot
I. block 3, so.
and Fourteenth streets--Allen 6. Clark
81 TX 70 Bartholomew Daly. lots lG =.
- and u square lU53. SZZ.5
rs Third street s0urhwest--G Percy
McGlue. trustee to Ellen RYAN. north
one half original loI y. SPARE "a So.
kaloraIna Heights Harrison @. Dyar
e TX. 10 George ;. Cooper, lots and 5.
block 6. 81, 800
y street northwest. between Thirtv-
third and ThTty-fouJtA streets-ClaT-
cncv r. Ernest 10 Oscar Wilkinson.
part lots 1o5 TO he. and part lot i12,
South Byookland- Annie Il Roweu to
Lewis h. Fisher lois and 5, block 4.
Meridian Hni-Edwiu d Father 10
j n.eS X t-IlerSon, lot 10, block Is, -, ltt.
RaGdle PaFk-ArrhUF r RRndle Ct ux.
10 Randolph +. Jennings, lots ii and
y, block !, $40
a VIZ, trancis, TO Frederick {. : Hun
ter. part lots ~ and -. block 3. $40
Frederick {. :. Hunter 10 Harrison q
DyaT. part same lots. S10
Moore g Barbour AddiuOn-GcoTge
J. Northington - TX. TO Isaac II. Bry-
ant, part lot A.. block & $40
tiiuDourue-Lydia II Triton TO Car
Tie Eaber lot a. block .. $lU.
Columbia Heights-CisoTge 8 Cooper
Il uX. SO Harrison q Dyar. lot o. block
S. S55vsN.
/ Addition to lie Droit Park-Harry
Wardman TO Michael : Roche, lot -.
Columbia Heigbts-Edwin s. Holmes.
u. ct uX- to George Wright. lot =.
block b. SIC
Sixteenth street northwest. between ;
and + streetS-Emma \. Pollock 81 Vir.
" illi-,m J.. 10 AIonzo Q. Bliss. lot }.
square IL. sic.
" street southwest. between Third and
Four -d-a-h4H streets-G Percy Nc
Glue 30 Catherine Hammer. part orig
iual lot e, square "a. SO
Nos 1854 and 1I56. Sixteenth street
Eor1hWesJ-John W. Taylor 81 al 10
Alonzo .. Bliss, lot IS square ls3. $40.
+ street northwest. between Twenty
six and Iwrnry-sevent1 streets
Mary j. Ritcnie It al 70 LittIeheld Al
word x Co. original lot =. square L.
SIe.
Bayley's purchase and Fortune En-
IL -ged-SalIie &. Smith ct az. TO AmeTi-
can security and Trust Company, trus-
tee. part containing 14G acres, 81.
Reservoir NfeW-JOhu 4 MasSte
TO August N Holmberg lot D. block
- $3.50
$50 Fifteenth street uortheast-CarI
HeIuzmanu ~ uX. TO Rodney NJ. smith,
/ lot H., square 1851 SO
BrIghtwood Park Agnes Waters to
! William Nick. Clayton, trustee, part LOT
6. block "a 81
1I2 Fourth street George
+. Williams. trustee. 1t al TO Frances
{ r.. lost. lot Is. square SIS, $3.50.
The Washington times., 1906-02-16
SAN FRANCISCO CO.
TO ACQUIRE PHILA. CO.

NEW YORK, Feb, lG-In The long pre-
IicJed merger Of the Philadelphia COM
pany and the United Railways Invest
mcut Company Of san Francisco il is
said that the latter viii issue for the
purpose of ACQUIRING the Philadelphia
Company, N2,W0 90 Of Ter cent coliat-
eTai trust bonds at xC.4jU,Ut9 OF common
stock. These amounts are sufficient 10
take over SitGJJ 80 of the 80. JgJ. 90 issue
OF The PHILADELPHIA Company common,
paying $3.50 in BONDS and so in stock.
The circular wall offer 10 Philadelphia
Company common stock holders The right
to turn in IG-34 Of their holdings
The syndicate In charge Of the deal
BY its large purchases several months
ago, Is in a position To insure the sue
cess of the plan
I.adenburg. Thalmann & Co. of this
city. viii act as bankers In the propo- ed
deal.
The Washington times., 1906-02-16
C. Nj. SCHWkB STRIKES IT
RICH IN TONOPAH MINES

NEW YORK. Feb. lion the curb
market Yesterday TOnopah Extension
stock sold at 80 a share. It's par value
is 81 4 share Quoted on the percent
age basis of the stock exchange it would
thus be selling at $500 per share
The company is controlled by Charles
NJ Schwab and his friends. Mr.. Schwab
bought the stock at 10 cents q share
less than two years ago. Associated
with him in the purchase were James
GavIey. A c. DinkeY. and w T.. Corey
As the capital stock is $1,000 O99 Mr.
Schwab paid 100000 for the control of
the gold mine. At Yesterdays market
price the value of the property is $15.-
Geo coo
stock : trusteed. and the high price
paid for the floating supply might not
be sustained We're the voting trust dis
solved and the stock put on the market,
The Washington times., 1906-02-16
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Demand From China
For Cotton Goods

NEW YORK. Feb. l6.-The local cotton
market opened steady. unchanged TO 3
points higher. \ better start had been
expected on the cables, but there were
heavy selling orders In March perhaps
as many as $1,000 bales, and the room
element anticipated their execution by
pounding the list
The leading bull factor aside from the
gossip about strong outside int, rests
picking up cotton, was the recent heavy
demand from China for goods Opening
quotations:
February, 1865 bid. March. l0TaTI0 ~
May, I0-S9Ttt0.9O, July. u.UTUG2- Au-
gust. 1897 bid.
The Washington times., 1906-02-16
WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

Sales-CapitaI Traction. 2oul46 20a1i6,
3OHI46, Z0HI457s 1u141.
Washington Street Railway, preferred
5UG csis.
Washington Street Railway. common.
ga liz. 5Jd4li4, 10Vui1i4. J0I41i4. 1O0d al u
5Cdtlls 1OJui11a buyer CO...
National Safe Deposit, 5alS9, 5qlS0. ga
ISC. 5019Ci4.
Metropolitan National Bank. 10G332
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone. 10
a6gi4 10a6Ils.
MergentEaier. 10aIs25s. IOalszIa. 81
1925
L-anston. l00a14ss 1O0G1iL. IO0a14Is.
Greene Copper rights 20@15 (cashl, -
ais leash. @01a19 tCashl. S53d20 tcash).
Greene Copper, 50a27, lo0@z7. 100d21.
IQ0a2I
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat. 10
4Z9sla
After Call-WashinEton Street Rail
WAY. preferred. 21aS9.
Washington Gas As $1,000 1918
Greene Copper rights, $50 Il iCaShI.
MeTcguf RafeF ~ 1921
The Washington times., 1906-02-16
PHILADELPHIA GAS CO.
TO ENLARGE CAPITAL
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. I6-Dlrec

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. I6-Direclors
Of ;hc United Gas Improvement Com
pany Of Philadelphia viii ash the
stockholders Of the corporation 10 ap-
prove "a = per cent increase in the cap
itaI stock Of the company. a. 81, Isl. 25t
which Will bring the total capital up 10
s45 4t.i re
The additional stock is TO be DuJ out
for the purpose of extending the com
pany's business. and for the outright
purchase of certain properties and large
interests in others. for which the direc-
tors have been negotiating for some
time, Chief among the latter is the
Public Service Corporation Of New Jer-
sey-
The Washington times., 1906-02-16
COSTA RIGA COMPLETING
lNTER0CEANIC RAILROAD

William l.. Merry United States min
lister 10 Costa Rlca. reports that the
Costa Rlcan government has announced
its Intention 90 con plcting during the
coming year The int,ToceauiC railroad
from LinOn OF the Atlantic 10 Punta-
renas. on the Pacific only twenty-five
miles remain TO be built
The minister says that with SO many
heavy grades and short curves. the road
VIII not have tie commercial value
that the TehuanJeuCC road has. but
that II viii euG bIe Costa Rica 70 mar
ket her coffee more conveniently. and
VIII afford passengers one Of the most
delIghtfui lnterCceanic iourneEs
The Washington times., 1906-02-16
ALL STOCKS SHOW
DOWNWARD MOVE
Los ses Range From One
half to One and One-half.
BOND MARKET H cav
Opening Tone of Market Was Unset
tied But hot So Weak as
Expected.
BOND MARKET cav 7

NEW YORK. Feb. 16.-After the fair
~ strong opening the stock market be
came decidedly heavy and a general
downward movement has since been in
progress in practically ali the stocks
TRACED in.
Losses ranged from Z 10 ~ in the
active issues, and TO points in a
number OF the higher-priced stocks.
which recently have been the features
The bond market has been heavy also
and brokers in the bond crowd SAID
that business there reflected the ap-
parent growing stringency in the money
market.
Selling has not been large OF import
ant in any one stock, but the buying
orders that are in the market are al
most all on a declining scale. In the
last few minutes the trading assumed
the fTmer tone, and prices have rallied
moderately. Union Pacific, after sales
at To-. rallied To l52-s- AmaiAamaJed
spld AT ll23s, and has rallied To l5a.
fGOYcrnDent bonds, unchanged; others,
steady ON decline
The opening tone of the market was
unsettled, but not So weak as WAS eN-
pccted IN view OF the late sharp de
clines yesterday. Reading MP =, but
[ lion fftIu,- No~ a shade lever
The Steel stocks We're steady. Ana
cunda declined "a. DuI ANA gamated was
y Ter cent higher American Smelling
opened up point and held the gain
since inc FIRST hour the market has
shown "a hardening tendency and prices
have held f.m uu The higher level IS
tabiisHed by moderate covering OF
Shorts. Prices at noon were back 10 the
recovered practically all of their early
losses.
The Washington times., 1906-02-16
STEEL TRUST SECURES
LARGE TRACT OF LAND

CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-OficiaIs Of the
Steel Corporation have exercised options
on the land in Indiana on the shores Of
Lake Michigan on which the great mod
eTn steel plant Is to be constructed
Work VIII now be pushed forward with
dispatch. The Steel trust has set aside
>l0,0oo00 out Of the earnings for the con
stTNCti0n OF The ulanf