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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-02
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Consejo Executive
{ SESSION DE AVER J

Sc lee IN escrito de la Camara de
Comercio de Ponce, en- que Sc hacen
atinadas obieciones al G B ndm. /.
FL proyecto de ley "fondos para el
maglsterio' pasa sin discussion en-
tercera lectura.
Informe de los proyectos de ley
ndmero 9 y 10, sobre caminos y au-
tomoviles, para ser ambos sustitui-
dos, enm endados y reimpresos.
Fue aprobado en- tercera tectura el
proyecto de ley nllmero 20, despues
de Ia presentation de TN brillante in
forme del Comit6 de instruction.
c B I'll, en- primera lectura por el
sei1or Post, para prohibir el juego'
Pasa 4 la Comision de impresos.
Por Ell sefior Feuille, el c B 81,
"asignando fondos para compra de
libros de leyes destinadas las biblio-
tecas de la Corte de Distrito de los
Estado Unidos para Puerto Rico y
Cortes de Distrito insulares, y para
continuar la publication de las SEN
teucias de la Corte Suprema de Pto.
Rico"
La Camara solicita que Sc pida por
el Consejo, al Congreso, y Ell dragado
limpiezs del puerto de San Juan.
pasa 4 la Comision correspondence
FL II B IS. para cubrir deficit" de
la Camara Ba ia pasa q la Comision de
hacienda.
Declarase el Consejo en- comision
total.
Sc discute el c B 2, sobre construc-
Ci0n de caSas.escuelas.
Mr. Falkner, expresa que es su OBJ
jeto tener, mediante esa ley, I'm credi-
to extraordinario para la construction
de casas-escuelas, cosa que juzga de
gran conveniencia para el pals, y,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-02
NOTA CIENTIFICA
Las EXPLOSIONES I Los SENNOCRAF0S
Enero de 1907.

La terrible explosion recientemente
ocurrida en- la fabrica de roburita de
Aunen, Ell Westfalia, y que tantos vic
timas ha producido, ha dado OCCASION d
observations seisnograhcas n,uy in
teresantes, pues pocos segundos des-
pues de la catastrofe esta era registra.
da en- la estaci6n seismogTafica de Es
trasburgo, pesar de hallarse q unos
Cuatro ocientos kilometros de distancia
Ell Observatorio de Estrasburgo esta
muy bien equipado para Ell estudio de
las mas lmperceptibles vibraciones te-
rrestres y, en- general, para apreciar
~ registrar los novimientos telnricos
de toda -elase.
Habie ndo sido tan frecuentes los
terremofos en- estos nltimos dos amos,
en- el referido establecimiento cientihco
Sc han venido observando con especia al
cuidado todas las indicaciones de los
aparatos seismogrShcos.
En- tales circunstancias, muy pocos
sesundos despues de haber ocurrido "a
gran explosion de roburita en- Westfa-
liza, los selsmografos de Estrasburgo
acusaron un violento movimiento te-
rrestre, segudo una hora mas tarde
de otra violenta sacudida.
E. efecto, pues, fu6 como 81 en- al
gun punto del planeta Sc hubiese pro-
ducido I'm terrible pero rarisimo te-
rremoto; porque cuando Gstos ocurren,
los seismografos registrar, antes 6
despues, ciertos moyimientos ondula-
torlos en- la corteZa torrestre, que en-
este case no Sc apreciaron.
Los observ vadores de Estrasburgo,
muy confusos ante 10 extraordinario
del fenomeno, creyeron hallarse ante
una nueva especie de terremotos no
conocida hasta ahora
En- realidad, no Sc eqaivocaban.
Pocas horas despues ell TELEGRAPH CO.
municaba noticias y detalles de la tre-
menda explosion de Amen, asi OBJ
tuvieron la explica ci6n del extra1o
movmiento tel1rico Observable
Resulta, pues, que asi como una
piedra arrojada un estanque origina
ondas que van extendiendose por la
superficie del aqua EN- sentido circular
hasta perderse en- las orillas, asi la
brusca sacudida, experimentada por la
corteza terrestre con motivo de la gran
explosion aludida, Sc ha extendido por
una area immense, llegando los apara-
tos sensibles apreciarlos cuatro-
cientos Kilometres, por 10 menos, del
foco originario.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-02

contribuyen poderosam ente-y fatal
mente-a desarrollar esa tendencia a
Ia rapidez desenfrenada.
Los crecientes~y portentosos pro-
gresos de Ia bal1stica. que acortan Y
POGO POGO suprimen las distancia 5
entire la vida y la muerte, represen-
tan, ademas de un hecho, I'm sim mbolo
locuentisimo. Eltelegrafo y el tele.
fono, otros simbolos a.. Simbolo. tam.
bien, Ell cinemat6grafo, asf como la
cirugia moderna, Que suprime ell NAL
% mata al enfermo-en media hora,
reemplazando los 1entos procedi-
mientos de la expectante terapeutica
de antaiIo con la fulminante rapldez
del bisturl. S1mbolo es igualmente
el ferrocarrll, que precipita cada dia
mas su veloz carrera y parece des-
contento de las hasta ahora obte-
midas.
Slmbolo la biciclcta, mas que
ella, mas que la locomotora, Ell audaz
autom6vil, Ia naquina que descono-
clda hace pocos aflos todavia, es hoy
Ia imagen mas tipica, mas gallarda
~, a un tempo, mas brutal de ese
avasallador frenesi que obliga al
HON Dre q ir mas aprisa, siempre
mas aprisa, sacrihcando 4 su devo-
rante tiebre las exquisitas dulzuras
de la lentitud, todas las funciones del
reposo. Y con esa fiebre que pone
tensos y vibrantes nuestros nervios,
que acelera peligrosamente la circu-
- olt
el meCanlsmo de las funciones Cere-
brales y descoyunta todo nuestro or
ganlsmo, vamos abreviando el curse
normal de la existencia. Dentro de
algunos decenios Sc realizara segu-
ramente la prediction de aquel allie
nlSta lngles, que no ha mucho decia:
Los hljos de nuestroS hijos estan
llamados q ser. antes de los treinta
amos, 8 neur6ticos incurables 6 di-
funtos."
No. el hombre que tantiSimo Sc
preocupa hoy de precauciones higie-
meas no ha sabido observar la prime
ra regla de la buena hygiene; no sa-
be va ser calmoso, andar despacio;
ha olvidado que CHI "a Plane "a konta-
no. ....y y vive muchos amos. Digalo
81 no esa venerabilisima tortuga que
ha muerto en- Madrid una edad tan
ava mazda que, por no podel 10 preci-
sar, Sc la calcula entire los $50 los
400 amos. Que ejemplo para los hu-
manos de esta generacion.
Menos NAL todavia 81 de ese afan
'por If aprlsa, de esa hebre de velo-
cidad participaran las ohcinas pdbli-
cas- y Ia administrators de iusticia.
Pero no hay cuidado que esas salgan
de su paso, tradicionalmente lento.
.EuNM HNsc6N
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-02
La neurOSiS de Ia VelOCidad

A los once afios Samuel Keller no
tenla donde caerse muerto; digo NAL
ter1ia ell empedrado de la via p1blica
que era su in leo domicilio servia-
lie de no blando lecho, la mayor parte
de las noches.
Dormfa sin mas techumbre que la
bobeda celeste y 4 la taz de las es-
trellas jur6 que habfa de ser con el
tempo Millionaire.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-02
Numero 28

aflade que ese credito debe ipcluirse
en- el presupuesto general. pues de
ese modo podran conStruirse esos
editiclos con fondos del Tesoro de la
isla, sin perjuicio de que la contri-
buclon lmpuesta los municipios fa-
elite tambien la amortization de Ia
deuda y llenen d la vez cumplida-
mente sus funciones.
FL credito de que sc trata es Dor la
suma $50 900.
Ell sef1or Post manifesto que las
Fsece1ones de proyectos de ley, que
SIN objection pasen al ser leidas, de-
pen conslderarse como aprobadas,
para que luegO en- tercera lectura pue-
da ser objeto de enmiendas.
I'll se11or Grahame opina que el
proyecto de ley esta en- parte, en- con-
hicto con la ley organica.
Mr. Falkner, cree que el SefIor Ora.
hame no esta en- 10 cierto.
Ell senior Grahame solicita enton-
ces Ell parecer de Mr. Feuil.e, acerca
de los articulos "a g de dicha lev;
el cual Mr. teuille estima que, en- su
concepto, no eXlSte tai cOnhicto. Que
no sc qultan atribuciones al Comisio-
nado del Interior y que este tiene
dentro del proyecto de ley declara-
das sus atribuciones, como tambien
las tiene el departamento de Edu-
caci6n.
Pasa el proyecto en- segunda lee
tura.
{ B 20, para cubrir deficit en- el
preSupuesto de Puerto Rico.
Una enmienda de Mr.. WillouQhby
para Preparedness de ed'fcios que
ocupa la Corte Federal en- Ponce
Mayagjiez. Es aceptada.
Una moclon del doctor Barbosa,
sollcltando TN cr6dito para repara-
clones en- Ell Manicomio, pas6; mon
tando 4 cinco mil dollars. Ademas
de este hoy $4,000 en- ell presupues-
to general para reparacion de edih-
clos pdblicOs.
Esa moci6n fuG impugnada por el
tesorero y defendida por Mr.. Feuille:
Otra enmienda por Mr.. Willough--
by, solicitando $3.50 para gastos even
tuales y 374 para publication de le-
yes. PaSa el citado proyecto de ley.
Por el sefior Post C. B ndmero :.
Para enmendar la ley municipal
FuG aclarada una enmienda res
pecto 4 Interpretation, en- 10 que toca
a proposition de indjyfduos, para car
COS de elecci6n popular, [que cstu-
vieren en- capacidad para clio. Otra
aclaracl6n hizose en- el.teXto ing'6S.
Una petici6n del doctor Barb0sa
respecto que los munieipios puedan
haccr suS censOs; acord6se que fuera
portunamente sometida discussion.
El senor Diaz Navarro present6 el
proyecto de ley nlimero SO, que pas6
a la comIsi6n respectiva, trata de en-
mendar las secciones 342 345 del
C0digo Penal.
c. b., MIN. "A, por el st6or Ward.
Para proveer al pago de mullas indie
bidamente impuestas por las Cortes
municipales.
Votado en- tercera lectura Ell pro-
yecto de ley de deficiencies. Y Sc
leVanta Ia session hasta el lunes.
DespuGs de un discurso del sefIor
Santoni, en- contra de Ia enmienda
del sefor Lluveras, es desechada por
la Camara.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
CROCKETTS BEST NOVEL.
Even the Most Jaded Critics Marve
at His Latest story.

Even the MOST Jndeu tr1t1cS MarNei 4
at His Latest story.
5. R. Crockett. the author-clergyman
(who has for years kept Europe wonder
ing what might be the next phase his
erratc genius would take) has struck a
new departure and one which keenly con-
Germs all Americans. Before describing
this strangely interesting innovation, "a
lightning sketch Of the eccentric genius
past performances" may prove Of mo-
ment.
Born Of peasant stock, in KirkCudbright,
Scotland. the future celebrity was set to
work In the harvest fields at the age Of
five, and from then on had sCant leisure
His parents were Of the ultra-pious old
Scottish stock. and regarded novel reading
as a deadly sin. So the lad had no chance
to become acquainted with fiction. He
tried, unconsciousIy, TO repair the lack
by making up stories for his own amuse-
ment This trait was later to prove OF
use in shaping his fortunes
He worked his way through college
and into the ministry. accepting the
charge Of a parish where the salary was
too pitifully small 10 provide a decent lv-
ing. To exc out his meagre pay, Crockett
wrote a few stories Of the quaint life Of
his boyhOod town. One OF these tales he
sent to an editor who. on accepting it,
begged him TO write no more such drivel.
Yet the story attracted so much praise
that Crockett followed It up with many
Others. and, In a year, found himself
famous.
Wealth and honors poured in. but
Crockett continued his versatile course Of
literature unrufied. Now he would write
Of modiaeval Italian revenge and again
Of Highland pastoral love But he has
at last outstripped his most remarkably
unique former feats, in a novel that is
so wholly out Of the common as TO excite
marvel IN even the most iaded critics
This novel is The Iron Lord" a nara
tive of compelling power and enthralIing.
unabated interest. Such a book does not
appear more than once In a quarter cen
tury, and on it the authors future fame
viii rest. II is romance OF intense ac-
tion, continuous suspense and a merci-
less insight into the dark places Of hu-
man nature The plot is more than merely
out of the ordinary II is unlike that Of
any book ever before written
The reason for The Iron Lords un-
usual interest to Americans rests in the
fact that The Washington Herald has ac-
quired. for this country, the first publica-
tiOn rights to 1t. The Iron Lord viii
appear in this paper as a serial, beginning
next Friday. November /, thus giving
American readers their first opportunity
Of enjoying this epOch-making novel, be-
fore it appears in book form.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
CITY FOR THE PEOPLE.
Mayor WhitIock's Idea of RespOn-
sibIe Municipal Government.

Brand Whitlock in the Circle.
1t is evident that Galveston and Des
Moines and Cleveland have pointed the
way. What they have done, all cities
can do and will do. For one city is all
cities: they are all alike in essentials, just
as people are; they have their individu-
alities, and their special needs and little
differences; but, in the large sense, they
are all alike.
And so we may say that, so far as
charters and paper laws go, the way to
municipal reform lies along these lines:
/ A charter that provides simply and
directly for a few responsible officials.
with a mayor and a small legislative or
counciImanic board chosen from the city
at large without reference TO wards.
. Nonpartisan nominations and cleo
tions.
g. The initiative and the referendum,
including the submission Of all franchises
to the people.
T. The recall.
5. The merit system for all employees
other than heads Of departments; and,
most important Of all,
s. Home rule on all subjects Of purely
local nature, the right Of taxation, and
the police power so far as purely local
With such a charter a city could be
free to realize itself; it would be a city
for the people; it would be a city IN
which each man would have a chance to
develop HIS own life and powers; 1t would
be a city in which, above all, Special
Privilege, the great foe to equality and
brotherhood. would be abolished.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
UTILITY OF THE BALLOON.
Commercial Value Declared to Be
Wholly IIlusionnry.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
A balloon not steerable is, therefore. 4
toy after ali, and the use Of 1t in moving
through the upper air is only a hobby
which gives new thrill. Balloonists
have been blown out to sea and drowned.
others have been dashed TO the earth in
storms and still others struck by light
ming and killed, but the tragic ascents
have been few. and ballooning is COM
paratively q safe recreation. The Aero
Club of Paris has a record Of several
thousand ascents without a fatal accident.
1t may be said with no exaggeration
that ballooning is not as risky an amuse-
ment as automobiling The enjoyment of
drifting over mountain chains and passing
in review the checkerbOard Of field and
wood and the human hives Of cities is a
delight that the aerOnaUts may Justly
boast of, and people who have no heads
for looking down through space may
envy them. but the utilitaTian value Of
balloonng with a spherical bag to-day
is no greater than It was fifty years
ago.
The dirigible balloon, popularity called
an air ship. and usually cigar shaped,
like the ship of Count Zeppelin, exhibits
a perceptible progress in air navigation.
Zeppelin has many rivals, some of them
occupied in experimenting with air ships
for war departments. and others engaged
- the show business; but no one not a
visionary holds out a hope that the air
ship can ever be used for commercial
purposes to compete with the railway
train or the ocean steamship. The craft
of the air which copy the fight of birds,
such as the aeroplane, and the gTotesque
helicoptere, witness the ingenuity and
the faith of their promoters and patrons,
but most Of them have been absolute
failures, and II is not conceivable that
they could ever be used for reconnOis-
sance or attack in war. The military
balloon most in favor now is the cigar
shaped diTigible air snip, OF which every
progressive war department has a speci-
men differing from others mainly IN It's
steering apparatus.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
AMBASSADORIAL SPLENDOR.
A Plea for Modest Expenditure by
Our Representatives Abroad,

From the New York Times
Whenever a man Of moderate means
IS mentioned for appointment TO an am
bassadorship abroad the cry is raised
that he cannot afford to take il. We
have come to that in this era Of extrav-
agance, and the only consolation is that
we are not alone IN it. Our ambassa-
dors receive comparatively small sala-
ries, but if these We're doubled or even
trebled men without large fortunes could
not live on them in foreign capitals in
the fashion set by some Of our recent
ambassadors. Yet we strongly doubt II
the whole American people are willing to
accept as unwritten law the dictum that
only rich man is fit to represent the
republic at a foreign court
Mr.. Hay made no display in London in
his manner Of living, so that we need
not go back to Franklin for a precedent.
A few Of the American people must get
over the idea that we must be repre-
sented abroad by men who are, first Of
all, enormously wealthy, while the am
bassadors must be contented to represent
a plain people In a simple. practical man
ner
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
WHAT THE HOUSE REALLY IS.
High Opinion Of It Tempered by It's
shortcomings.

From the New York Evening Post
The House Of Representatives IS the
despair alike Of its admirers and its de-
tractors. There are weeks and months
Of perfunctory set speeches for the bsne-
ut Of constituents at home. orations by
novices 10 whom nobody listens. criti-
cisms Of the details OF bills which. un-
der the special rules, the House has no
power 20 amend, and fierce encounters
over questions on which the party lead
ers already hold every members proxy.
Yet, some fresh issue. even a minor
one. arising, the House is TRANSPORTED
II displays apparently iaexhaustible eIo-
quence, wit, learning. and mastery OF
detail, which the best parli8meutarians
Of any country might envy After one
Of these exhibitions. the auditor IS apt
10 hold a very high opinion OF what IL
could do II emancipated from the rules
which make most of It's deliberations"
merely futile, and compel IT, in Mr..
Balley's phrase, 10 vote without deliD-
Grating, while the Senate deIberates
without voting" Then this same audi
tor remembers the helplessness OF the
House before the days of gag rules. %
and realizes that The general policies
which made the House no longer a de-
Lucrative body are now approved by
the wisdom Of both parties. What opln-
ion are We to hold Of a body which com
pels admiration for its use Of present
limited opportunities, and yet shame
fully abuses unlimited opportunities 10
conduct its business freely?
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
An UnfriendIy Act.

From the New Orleans TimesDemOcTat
Secretary Tafts positive assurance that
this country Is and always viii be
friendly to Japan proves that there Is alb
solutely no truth in the report that the
administration is trying to sell the Philip
pines to the MIkado.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
Tennessee Tribute to RoosereIt.

From the Nashville Tenessean.
President Roosevelt is a great. broad
minded American. and his visit to the
Hermitage has brought him closer to
Tennessee and the South than he has ever
been. He honOred himself when he came
this great distance TO pay tribute to one
Of the greatest men our nation has pro-
duced, and Nashville was proud 10 honor
him, not only for that expression Of ad-
miration on his part for Tennessee's :
heroic son, but for his own pre-eminence
among the public men Of our times as
statesman, soldier, and patriot.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27

arms when making her appeal to the
Magyar magnates at Pressburg. was
elected Emperor OF Germany, but did not
succeed to the sovereignty of the terri
torial possessions of the house OF Haps-
burg, including the kingdoms OF Hungary
and Of Bohemia, until the death of his
mother. Empress Maria Theresa. some
fifteen years afterward, in 1850.
Joseph was followed by his brother
Leopold, and the latter by his son,
Francis II, az elected emperors Of Ger
many and OF the Holy Roman Empire,
and as sovereigns Of all the HapsbuTg
possessions, But in August. 1906. NapO-
leon abolished the Holy Roman Empire.
issuing a proclamation declaring thct he
had accepted the protectorship Of the
new German Confederation, which he
had organized. and that THE German
Empire had ceased 90 exist" Six days
afterward. in a remarkable communicl-
ton addressed TO the great powers of
Europe. Emperor Francis announced that
he had laid down the imperial crown Of
Germany, and that he had renOunCe1 the
title Of Francis II. Emperor OF the Holy
Roman Empire, reserving TO himself that
Of Francis J. hereditary emperor Of Aus
tria. In the same docur-s-t he -sle1-rd
all German princes and powers from their
oath Of fidelity
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
The Presidents Birthday.
By FREDERIC j. HASKIN.

spite of his surroundings. Such has
been the case with Mr.. Roosevelt. He
has always been a worker because he
simply preferred 10 be lie has referred
To himself AS having been ''pig-chested
and asthmatic' during his youth.
Mr. Roosevelt was not always taken as
seriously as he IS in these recent years.
As civil service commissioner he was
the butt of more newspaper fun than any
other man who ever held the place. When
the Spanish-American war was impend-
ing a Cabinet meeting was held, and it
was suggested that he be sent for and
heard He came. and on being asked
what he thought the best thing TO do.
replied that he would Immediately notify
Spain that her sending a fleet to Amer
lean waters would be construed as tanta-
mount to a declaration Of war. After he
was gone Cabinet members laughed
heartily and regarded IL as a good Joke.
But Theodore Roosevelt has since had
chance to show the frmness which that
incident indicated, and nobody laughs
about Il these days.
When the war began Mr. Roosevelt
wanted to get into the fray. He failed
IN an attempt 10 get on Lees staff Then
he wanted TO fight with the Seventy-first
New York. But he failed to get COM
mission with IT, He then conceived his
idea of organizing his own regiment, and
got permission to raise IT, He did not
coin the word Rough Riders" The
newspapers gave his fighters that name.
Il Is perhaps fortunate that he did not
get with Lee or with the Seventy-first
New York.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
Keep Cool.

From the New York Herald.
In this time of financial disturbance Il
Is of vital Importance that every man
should keep his head.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27
From Tho Springfield Republican.

Where good results may at least be
hoped from the present discussion is in
the greater attention which viii be di-
rected upon the autOcratic power of the
speaker and its abuse by Mr.. Cannon. II
he can in this way be made more amen
able 20 intelligent popular opinion some
highly important legislation VIII stand q
better chance Of passage at the coming
session; such, for example, as the crea-
ton Of the White Mountain forest reserve
and the undertaking Of certain large i'm
provements in Washington, which are de-
manded as much for actual economy in
governmental administration as for the
greater dignity Of the city.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-27

1t Is by virtue Of this pronouncement
that the chief Of the house Of Hapsburg
is to-day Emperor Of Austria. King Of
Hungary. King Of Bohemia, and SOW
ere!gn Of all the other hereditary pos
sessions Of his dynasty. and 1t IS In ac-
cordance with its terms and with the pro-
visions OF the pTagmatic sanction that
Francis Ferdinand win follow Emperor
Francis Joseph on his manifold throne.
There are some who are unable TO under
stand why II is that neither the only
daughter Of the lll-fated Crown Prince
Rudolph. namely, Princess Otto Wind
ischgraetz. nor yet one or the other Of
the two daughters Of Emperor Francis
Joseph. should succeed to the throne, and
in Hungary the declarations Of old Louis
kossuth with regard 10 the alleged non
existence OF the pragmatic sanction has
even led 10 popular movement IN favor
Of the succession Of Princess Otto Wind
ischgraetz as sovereign Of Hungary, in
stead Of Francis Ferdinand But the
pragmatic sanction expressly stipulates,
first Of all. that the crown OF St Stephen
and that OF Austria shall always be
united upon one head, and that the women
Of the house Of Hdpsburg- Lorraine
should only ascend the throne IN default
Of princes Of the dynasty. In no part Of
the so-called dual empire does the Sale
system Of succession prevail Yet, in
view Of the fact that there are more
than half a hundred able-bOdied arch
dukes Of the dynasty, al iu the line OF
succession, IL Is extremely unlikely that
this generation viii see another feminine
ruler on the throne Of Austria and Hun
gary.