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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-11
|Incendio en- Salinas
Alarma del pueblo Por donde en-
pieza Ell fuego- La oficina tele-
grafca- La policfa-- Perdidas
sufridas.

Anoche como las doce, despert6
este vecindario bajo la alarma de los
pitos de la policia que anunciaba
fuego. No quedo TN solo ciudadano
que no fuera a prestar sus auxilios
las familias amcnazadas por Ell voraz
elemento. Ell fuego comenz6 seg1n
declaran algunos testigos, por la ca
sa en- que estan establecidas las ofici-
mas de Ia Sub Colecturia y Ell tele-
grafo Insular quemandose totalmente
De la Sub-Colecturfa solo pudieron
salvarse algunos libros, graciss la
intervention de varios individuos
que llegaron a tempo, pues de no
haber sido asl, hubiera perecido has
ia la familia del sefIor Sub collector
que Sc hallaba durmiendo, atin GUAM
do va estaba ardiendO la mitad de la
casa. Ell seflor Sub collector no pudo
salvar nada de sus intereses particu-
lares, pues celOso del cumpl1mierto
de sus deberes. procure salvar los
intereses del Gobierno antes que los
suyos propios. La oficina tele egrafca
fue destruida por complete.
La policia trabaj6 activamente al
mando del sargento Julia Marin,
queien di6 ordenes habiles que fue-
ron puestas en- practica, consiguiendo
localizar Ell fuego, con la destruction
de una Immediate, bastante vieia, que
haber cogido fuego, hubiera puesto
en- pellgro una maDzana de casas
nuevas.
Ell pueblo acudi6 presuroso al sitio
del tragico suceso coadyuvando con
la policia, el sefior Alcalde y ell homo
rable Juez de Paz. que daban 6rde-
denes acertadisimas para extinguir ell
horroroso incendio que lego a tom ar
grandes preparedness.
Tambien Sc quem6 una casa CONT
qua propiedad de don Aurelio ca sba-
Hero. de la cual pudieron salvarse
los muebles, ropas, etc.
A las dos de la mai1ana va Sc ha-
bia extinguido ell fuego que dur6 dos
horas; Sc supone que haya sido ca
sual, hoy sc estan prcticando las in
vestigacions del case.
Las perdidas sufridas Sc calculan
Ell cuatro 8 cinco mil pesos. La pri-
nera casa incen cisda era propiedad
de don Aurelio Caballero.
Ell Corresponsal
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-11
Disparos a un policla

Aver al ser perseguido por ell guar
dia Rivera, en- la Jurisdiction de Co
merio, ell profugo Pedro Nieves Lebron,
hizo varios disparos, sin que afortuna
damente hiriera a ainguna persona
Fue detenido y maniatado, sendo con-
ducido a la carcel de aquelia demar-
cacion. El teniente Schettini pasara
| a correspondence dsnuncta al fiscal
De la Corte de Distrlto.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-11
Lopez Falco

Acompahado de su seIiora esposa,
hemos tenido Ell placer de saludar en-
San Juan d nuestro distinguido ami
go don Gregorio Lopez Falco, Vice
presldente y Director en- Puerto Ri
CO, de The West Indies Cigar Co.
que tiene varias importantes fdbricas
de tabacos en- eSta iSla.
FL se1or Lopez Falco ha trasladado
su residencia de Caguas a Arecibo,
donde ha dado TN soberano impulse
{ Ia industrial tabacalera.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-11
En- Ell Consejo Executive

Aver 4 las tres Sc reunio Ell Conseio
Executive.
Sc discuti6 Ell informe de Ia Conf
sion de Sanidad, sobre Ell estado de
San Juan, con motive de la resolu-
ci6n presentada por ell Comisionado
del Interior.
Fue aprobada en- todas sus parties.
Sobre dicho texto informanos en-
nucstra edicion de aver.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-11
La Dalia

Con este titulo han constitufdo una
sociedad de recreo varios j0venes de
San Juan.
La directiva provisional la forman
los senoreS Valentin MARTINEZ. Lau-
reano Apellaniz, Pedro Villega, Al
berto Polaco, Pedro Villanueva. An
tonic CorderQ, Francisco Cruz, Nell
ton. Pagan::y Felipe Diaa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-11
FL VapOr Ponce"
EN- BERMUDAS

Hoy Sc recibio un cable de Aos
Estados Cnidos en- la compaiGa de
vapores The Porto Rico SteamS-
hips, anunciando que ell vapor "Pon-
&C ma pasado por las islas Bermudas
remolcado por TN buque costero, con
direction a Nueva York. ;
be hacen concentrates acerca dc Ia
suerte que haya cabido al barco anne.
rlcano. que va Sc considerable com
pletamente perdido. !
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-11
La COnferenCia de eSta tarde

En- la tarde de hoy Sc reunieron
en- la ohcina del Auditor de Puerto
Rico, los Sefiores Todd Y Gomez
Brioso, para conferenciar acerca de
un emprestito para ia ciudad de San
Juan.
Be guarda alguua reserva sobre
d1cho emprestito. pero Sc cree que Sc
destinaria en- parte al lavadero p1bli-
co Laooratorio qufmico en- proyecto.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-11
'.Libertad Borinquena"

Los sciIotes Armando Chico Soler v
Jose Lopez Sautaella, como presidente
y secretario de Ia sociedad de instruc.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-11

cion y recreo .Libertad Horinquef1a.
nos han invitado la fiesta organizada
para celebrar Ell segundo aniversario
de la fundaci6n de dicho cfrculo.
Los festejos Sc llevaran 4 etecto el
dia 5 del proximo febrero. "
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-11

I'll lunes pr6ximo reanud ara sus Sc
stones la honorable Corte Suprema cen
varias mociones que Sc presentaran
ante dicho tribunal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-01-11
Nota del dia


dico americana The Press de
Binghamton, Sc ha explayado a
proposito de una Erase content
da en- Ell articulo del senor Ma
tienzo Cintron, tratando de
echar a la chacota 10 que otros
periodicos y otras personalida-
des americans habran sabido
tomar en- serio,- interpretandola
en- ell sentldo que ind uda BILE
mente tiene.
Al diario citado lie ha hecho
una gracia atroz la metafora
usada por Ell senor Matte MO,
para hacer una Erase energica y
expresiva que de una aproxi-
mada medida de la protesta am
biente y ref1eje un estado de
opinion en- forma que puedan
apreCiarla los poderes america
nos, a pesar de 10 lejos que sc
encuentran de nOsOtrOs.
No en- otro sentido podia el
Orador llustre, estampar aque-
LA suprema evocaCi0n q las de-
sesperaciones tragiCas, sino era
para que la indiferencia glacial
que acoge todo 10 que es nues-I
tro y 10 que a nosotros Sc refe-
re, con un gesto despectivo, tu-
viera que Sentirsc esta vez. sa-
cudida violentamente. agitada
con reCia embestida, al Or CO.
mo en- la Erase detonante y full
rninadOra estallaban todas las
reclamaCiones de la justicia,
y Sc COntenian todOs los aCen-
tos de la protesta.
Esto no sc ha sabido inter
pretar tampOCO.
Y Ell bueno del Colega de
Binghamton. ha creido con lu-
garena simpliCidad que Ell Sc
nor MatienZO, amenazaba con
reSOluCiOnes her6icas, dandO i
la publlcidad proclamas sub
versivas y exCitad0ras.
Y naturalmente Partiendo
de este error, Ell colega sc rie;
encuentra ridiCula la invita-
cion a la lucha; Sc burla de la
desesperada frase que seria sui
cida, ST tuviera la interpreta-
cl0n que Sc le ha dado.
Puerto Rico es una isla, una
pequefla isla. iQue agresiones
hacia la metropoli podrian par
tir jamas de Ia Isla olvidadao
Por ESQ ell diario de Bingha ~
ton que no habra tenido iro-
Mas para burlarse de las altive-
ces recientes del Mikado. ha
querido pOner I'm comentario
sangriento a la Erase del senor
Matienzo:
-iTemblad, americanos!-ha a
diCho con Ell mas rudo de los
sarcasmos, con la mas impiado-
sa de las burlas.
Nj slquiera sc ha detenido a
analizar por que una fgura tan
Culminante de la politica puer-
torriqueria sc expresa en- ter
minOs de una tan desesperada
energia; nj ha querido saber las
causas que pueden existir para
que aun despojando a la meta
fora de su simbolismo, tuviera
la triste justification que ha
ilan para suS extremas resoIu-
clones los suicidas.
tOue sabe ese dlario del re-
gimen que mantiene en- la colo
MIA Ell inperialismo2
lOue sabe de las aspiraciones
puertorriquefias ' del fracaso
reiterado de los ideales de este
pueblo?
jQue estudios. que investiga-
clones, que analisis ha hecho
lie 10 que aqui sucede, para que
al Or una queja dolorosa y una
protesta altiva, suelte bromas
de TN NAL gusto evidente Y Sc
Tia de la impotencia Y de la in
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06

For IL years Dandy and his mis-
tress had been .housemates- and com
panions. When he died she grieved
so that she had couch made for him
in the front room. There he was
combed and groomed and big spread
of black silk, on which had been
worked in gold letters, Here lies Dan
dy," draped over him.
Mrs. Gardner, who is a widow and
lives alone, said that for the first few
days Of her loss she could neither
eat nor sleep. Even now she cannot
speak of it without tears. Most of
her time is spent beside the couch
where her pet lies. The children of
the neighborhood came in to offer
their condolences and sympathy, quite
as they would do for any other friend.
Then one by one they were solemnly
ushered into the chamber of death to
view the body.
AT last realized that l could not
keep him forever" said Mrs. Gard
ner, "but it won't be long. now before
/ have him back again"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
Puzzled the Post Office

The postal authorities of Rhode
Island were puzzled a few weeks ago
and being unable to find a solution for
the case sent the matter to Washing,
ton, where it is still pending. Zebe
Bradford Peterson, of the. town of
Rehoboth, Rhode Island, wanted to
move his hen coop to another town,
about ten miles distant.
Having received goodly price from
a recent sale of farm products, he
purchased IS worth of five-cent
stamps which he placed on the sides
of the hen coop. When the collector
came along he found the stamp-cov.
cred coop in front of box, addressed.
The wooden structure would not fit
into his team. He was at a loss of
what action to take so he returned to
the village.
The postmistress wired to one of
the cities but they could not find a So
luton for the difficulty.
A message was sent to Washington
asking for advice, but no one there
seemed to know, while Peterson went
into the village and wanted to know
IF this was free country or not"
and what was the matter with the
postal system"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
The Servant Problem.

A Washington man was telling some
one of the trials of his wife, an excel
lent housekeeper, with reference to
the servant problem. Just about the
time the mistress would get a new
girl broken to the ways of the house.
hold and he would bid fair to become
a model servant, she would decamp or
enter the service of a neighbor.
One of these, a Mrs. B., had in
Cured the especial enmity of the first
woman, for she had lately taken two
servants from Mrs. Brown. One night
in the winter Brown was aroused from
his slumbers by queer sounds in the
kitchen.
"Burglars!" he hoarsely whispered
in the ear of his spouse, as he pre-
pared to tumble out of bed and pro-
ceed downstairs.
Edward" calmly observed the wife,
I'D give anything to possess your op-
timistic nature. Always looking on
the bright side. I'll wager anything
it's that odious Mrs. B. woman try.
ing to get Mary away from mel"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
GIVE SHOW FOR DYING MAN.
Theatrical Troupe's Jests and Songs
Check Rich Mans Malady.

Although it may not save his life,
Seth Velsey of Logansport, Ind, was
given a new temporary lease on ex-
istence by the kindness of stage folk
who shared his special train, says a
dispatch from Battle Creek, Mich.
Velssy, sick unto death with gall
stones, insisted on being brought to
Battle Creek as last hope, to have
an operation at sanitarium. Doctors
said he would die on the train, but
Velsey insisted, and his car was
hitched to the special bringing the
Bankers and Brokers' company. a.
musical comedy organization, here,
for belated matinee performance.
The dying man heard their merry
daughter, and, being told they were
theatrical people, asked if they would
not give him his last show on earth.
The company came in, sang solos.
<choruses, and special numbers. and
even went through the jokes. Velsey.
with the death stare in his eyes, could
only smile feebly, but it kept up his
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
LIGHT DAWNED At LAST,
Then Pharmacist Got CIew to Identity
Of Patient.

The late A. J. Cassatt at a dinner
at the Philadelphia Country club was
once asked his opinion of the new
fashion of women riding horseback
astride
II don't altogether favor this fash
fon," said Mr.. Cassatt, smiling. Il
think it leads to confusion. 1 was
driving one afternoon on the Lancas-
ter pike when rider was thrown vio-
lently from a spirited bay horse. Luck
lily the accident happened in front of
pharmacy. The pharmacist ran
forth with his clerk. He propped up
the head of the unconscious rider and
seeing gold cigarette case lying in
the road he took it up and read the
address, "P. S. Browne, 1917 Walnut
street.
:" Jack the pharmacist shouted to
his errand boy, telephone to Mrs.
Browne, 1917 Walnut, that her hus-
band has But just then tiny gold
hand mirror with powder puff at
tachment fell from the riders trous.
ers pocket and the pharmacist called:
mean, Jack, to telephone to Mr..
Browne that Mrs. Browne has fall
en-"
but at this point the clerk, who had
been burning feather under the rid
er's nose, tickled her lips with it and
she smiled and murmured, 'Jim!'
And then the pharmacist shouted:
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
What to Do After Eatino.

Should one lie down after meals,
and, if SO, should one sleep? DR..
Schulz, an assistant of Baumler at
Freiberg, has analyzed the contents
of the stomachs of two normal sub.
jects removed several hours after an
identical test meal of bread and dis.
titled water, followed in one instance
by sleep, in the other by simple rest in
horizontal position, says the Lon
don Post Schulz shows that sleep
during digestion always results in
weakening the motility of the stom-
ach and increasing the acidity of the
gastric juice, fact attributed by him
to the irritation caused by the chyme's
remaining adbnormally long in the
stomach. He has also remarked that
simple repose in horizontal position,
not accompanied by sleep, stimulates
the gastric function without increas-
ing the acidity.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
MAD DOG EASY TO AVOID,
Lose Control Of Body and Never At
tack People, Says Doctor.

Mad dogs do not attack people. This
is the statement made by DR.. P. M.
Hall, city health commissioner of Min
neapolis.
when dog has the rabies" said
DR.. Hall, ''he has lost control of his
body, and what he does is mechanical.
His jaws snap involuntarily and if he
encounters any object, whether ami
mate or inanimate, he is likely to bite
it. But mad dog does not attack as
does an angry dog. He does not pick
out victim nor use any strategy.
For this reason dogs suffering from
rabies are less dangerous than is sup
posed. No grown person need fear
them, for all he has to do is to get
out of the way. The dog will not
chase him. OF course, young children
are In danger, as they do not know
how to dodge the brute. A we'll direct
ed kick in the jaw delivered by man
of ordinary strength will put a mad
dog out Of business for a time at
least and is much easier to land than
it would be if the dog were merely
angry and had control of himself"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
OFFICERS ON THE. 8ATTLEsHlP
VIRGINIA HAVE NotNEED FOR
PAPER BASKETS. =
PEDRO DoTEs ON CIRCULARS
Letters, TaiIors' Catalogues, Home
News and Many Other Kinds OF
Literature Go to Make Up
"BilIy's" Dinner.

New York.-The only actual living
tomb of literature extant Is doing
business daily on the battleship Vir-
ginia. His name, in full. is Pedro of
Guantanamo, and when the writer
saw him, he was very busy disposing
of the ships literary surplus.
Pedro is an ancient Cuban goat.
Prior to assuming his present duties
as mascot of the new flagship of the
Second Division of the Atlantic Fleet
he performed similar duty for some
six years on the second-class battle
ship Texas. AS kid he was trained
to- eat up useless letters, bulky
pamphlets, and out of date orders,
and in the last few years he has
earned reputation as the most ca
pacious waste paper basket on earth.
That he deserves the reputation no.
body who ever saw the animal at
work will deny.
ceived the other day aboard the Vir-
ginia, which Is being fitted with vari-
GUS new-fangled ordnance at the navy
yard. = When the letter, carrier came
aboard Pedro was away paying visit
to the big white goat, mascot of the
battleship Louisiana, which is
berthed on the same side of the yard
about 300 yards south of the drydock
In which the Virginia is being fitted
with submerged torpedo tubes. Capt.
Schroeder of the Virginia, most of his
officers, and perhaps third of the
crew received letters, pamphlets, or
papers of some Sort It was apparent
at once that Pedro's services would
be needed.
"Where's Pedro?" young midship-
man asked a junior lieutenant as he
finished reading bulky communica-
tion in girls handwriting:
I'D like to know myself" answered
the Junior lieutenant, occupied with
several issues of a county paper from
out west.
The ordinance officer had a large
catalogue sent to him by a powder
firm; the executive officer had a two
pound volume sent out by naval
tailor. In fact nearly everybody had
mail of some sore they were ready to
dispose of.
The officers were about to send a
marine in search of the missing Pedro
when suddenly the gray-coated old
animal was sighted coming at full
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06

tackled the naval tailor's catalogue.
next the home papers, then business
letter that somebody was very anxious
to lose, then another love letter, and
finally batch of circulars.
It took an hour for him to finish
with the officers mail. Then, when
the last sheet of somebody's letter
from home had disappeared, he head
ed, still unsatisf1ed, in the direction of
the crews quarters for dessert He
was not disappointed, for every man
from the gunners mates to the
stokers had saved something from
the afternoons mail for him.
At 5:11 p. M, just exactly two
hours and ten minutes after the feast
began, he had finished There was
then not a piece of paper not needed
for future reference left on the battle
ship. Pedro had done his duty. Ten
minutes later he was sound asleep,
just abaft the armored wall of the
forward 12-inch turret.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
~. WHERE s.!:!! RE. 4: LINEN !! !. Is MADE.
Belfast l the Center Of the Trade Of
~ b %~F > the World. g. r, \ a. e.. ..

There is nothing prettler than
Held of Irish flax in full bloom. The
stems are about 30 inches high, says
q writer In Truth. They are very
slender and of pale green.
On each stem is flower in an ex.
qulslte tone of blue; something be.
tween cornflower and a forget-me-
not. The little flower is not of a verv
ROBUST constitution. The petals soon
fall' and then seed pod forms which.
"nen given time to do so, produces
quantities of what we call linseed
chin" is the Celtic name for dax).
But when. the fax is grown for the
maHNacture of linen it is pulled up
before the seed has had time to ma.
ture.
After having been exposed to the
air for a few days the flaw is laid in
water, and during the fortnight that
tnls process lasts the odious smell
with which it fills the air is of a re-
markably powerful character.
AS the local guides say: "shure it's
Just the flax fermintin'. It's power
tul smell entirely, but there's no dan
ger IN 1t, glory be to God."
The soaking makes it easv to sena-
rate the straw from the fibre by bruis.
ing it between rollers and then sus-
pending it through an opening in the
top OF a machine in which horizon
tai shaft with wooden blades revolves
at the rate Of $50 times a minute.
Parted forever are the fibre, flax and
the straw, now tow.
Next comes the spinning into yarn,
done in immense mills, and after that
the yarn is woven into the fabric
itself. Finally comes the bleaching.
when the linen is laid out on the green
field to be whitened by rain and sun
and wind.
These long strips of snow whiteness
on the green turf surprise the stran-
ger. He thinks it some sort of ton
dressing, spread upon the land to fer
tilize it. Belfast is the center of the
linen trade.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
Freak Hen Has -Four leus.

Mount Vernon, Ill.-Mrs. Carrie
Greenwalt of Harrington township has
a four-legged hen that is the attrac.
ton OF the neighborhood. The hen in
other ways is like her tribe, and the
additional two legs do not in any way
interfere with her work as hen and
a mother. She had a desire to "set"
early this year, and is the proud
mother of a large brood of chicks.
The extra legs grow out just below
the joint connecting the normal leg
and foot, are perfectly formed, and al.
most as long as her working legs.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06

hopes until when the train reached
this city he was not only alive, but
was able to ride in an ambulance to
the sanitarium.
Chances of recovery are ten to one
against him, but if he lives it will be
because the actor people kept him
alive until he reached the sanitarium
city.
The affair affected the actors, how
ever, and there were many fearful
coryphees in the chorus.
Inter Ocean.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
PET GOA I "a rs UP
THEIR WASTE MAIL

81 81.
speed across the little bridge in front
of the ferry landing connecting with
the Cob Dock, on the other side OF
the yard. Pedro had seen the let"
ter carrier when he came aboard the
Louisiana, and knew the moment he
saw him that the postman had left
plenty of work for him on the V1r-
ginia.
Up the gang plank he trotted at a
23-knot gait, his mouth watering for
the literary treat he knew was await
ing him. The midshipman showed
forward the missive in the feminine
hand, and Pedro snapped it up. A
minute later the letter was being at
tended to by the irOnclad digestive
organs of the goat. Then Pedro
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
To Preserve Youth.

One woman says that there is only
one thing to remember, one thing to
forget, if you want always to be
young. The first is the power of right
thinking, which can rebuild and re-
model ones life and character, and
the things to forget are-"regrets." Z"
Nothing is so truly useless or such a
handicap as regrets of any kind, and it
is the first thing one must learn to
eliminate if one wants to be fifty years
young. y.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06

east New York. Dandy, whose health
had been none of the best for the last
three years, died a week ago, and it
was not until Friday that his sorrow
ing mistress could bring herself to
face the thought of parting with all
that was mortal of her pet.
Even now the separation will be
only temporary. Dandy has gone to q
taxidermist to be brought back later
as nearly lifelike as stuffing can make
any dead dog.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
MYSTERIOUS Shock c,,rAe

Kewanee, 1n.-James H. Showers.
for eight years a helpless cripple on
account of paralysis due to spinal
trouble, suddenly felt something like
an electric shock pass through his
body. 1t made him sick, but he dis
covered in a few minutes that he had
recovered the full use of all his limbs.
Mr.. Showers, who is 60, had long arc
given up all treatment, believing his
case hopeless. He is mystifed over
his complete recovery.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
The Whistlinu British 8ov.

The whistler, oddly enough, is Eng
lish, though the name has been made
famous by an American.
Among all the noises you hear in
Paris-surely the noisiest city in the
world-the whistle is not prominent.
In New sufficiently noisy-you
will seldom hear a whistle, though it
sent us the first great siffleuse. But
in London the whistle is insistent.
1t is not only the cab whistle, two
for hanson, one for a growler, with
frequent "encores." It is the boy.
This is a fairly quiet fat in a fairly
quiet neighborhood. But there is
scarcely waking moment in which
you cannot detect the sound of the
boy and his whistle.-London Chron-
icle.