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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-04-22
!BUENA OPORTUNIDAD!

Sc arrienda la Hacienda Carolina"
en- Maunabo ce1 cana la Central Co
lumbfe, y compuesta de cHatr0c1entas
-caFrdas de terrenos de vega sobre-
vega, habiendo actualmente 200 fnca-
das de caflas, y $50 cuerdas de cerros,
de las Gu ales como 5opueden sembrar-
Sc de cafias. A los arrendatarios Sc
les podrian vender 5000 metros de via
ferrea IS wagones para el arrastre
de cafias, 16 carros y so yuntas de
bueyes.
Tamb bien Sc arrienda nuestro esta-
blecimiento mercanti, situado en- ell
barrio de la "Calzada", con buena casa
de vivienda terrenos para paste,
anexo5. Ell paraje es muy animado
y de mucho trAfco comercial.
Maun abo, Abril de 1908.
SUcEsoREs DE JOSH Ma. ORTIZ.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-04-22
EI P. CO|O|na en- Ia academia

La reception del ilustre novelista
z. Luis Coloma en- la Academia Es-
pafiola no Sc verifcara probablemen
tie, hasta fines del corriente af1o.
Segun parece, Ell nuevo academico
tiene escogido tema pala su discurso,
y trabaja en- el. Ell tems es "El P.
Isla, ell gran novelista de la Com
paflia en- el siglo XVIII, como ell P.
Coloma 10 es en- nuestro tempo.
FL autor de Ptqaeaeces y /eromin ha
preferMo 4 su hermano en- relig ion
y colega en- genera literario sobre
su insigne antepasado don Carlos
Coloma, ell militar y politico del Siglo
de Orc, que fue tambien escritor
clasico, y de los mas clasicos de nues-
ira Espafia. Ell P. Isla, juzgado por
el P. Coloma, sera reslmente un plato
exquisite.
Aunque Sc ha dicho que al P. Co.
Iona contestarla ell director de la
Academia. 10 cjerto es que alln 20 sc
ha hecho designation alguna.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-04-22

til, porque la pobre mujer solo dur6 algunas
horas despues del regres0 de su marido.
Cuando Sc vi0 solo con dos nifioS que
mantener, le fue necesario redoblar su trahaio
para sacar "dobles cuartos como el decia. V
aunque tenfa la seguridad DC que la tia de
kernies le avudaria algo, no contaba mucho
con sus benefcios porque la inteliz no era rica
estaba cargada de famila NO podria favore-
cerle gran Cosa.
Sin embargo, los chicos crecan V muy
pronto lie ayudarian en- las faeuas de la pe>cl:
entonces reunirian bastante dinero podrian
comprar una barca nueva porque la Maria
Angela peligrosamente apoillada. crujfa los
dias de temporal como ST qusiera rompe~s
en- mil pedazos
Un dia Ell compadre Legoec, que pesac
de las advertencias que Sc le haciau Sc oh tui
en- aventuraTse mar imponente EN- har-
candose en- un barquichuelo costero, vic nau-
fragar este y pereci6 ei tamben la tripu
lacion, compuesta de cuatro hombre
Legoec era viudo. como su compa1re "
delaba sola en- ell muudo 4 la tierna lveta hiia
de las playas. criada entire el salobre perfume
de las aguas marinas, que desarrolla el cuerpo
despierta el esDfritu, va casi una muler.
dPodria Ell vaiente el generoso Ivan, aban-
dOnar aquella deliciosa criatura, aquella h ida
cuya risa cristaIna resonaba Ell sus oidos CO.
mo el eco de olvidadas alegrias? Podia abal-
donarla? Pronto cumpliria trece amos Ia il d i
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-04-22

Veinte barcas Sc hallaban fuera ningu-
ma daba trazas de volver Ell viento arrecia-
oa, desencadenando su fura con. imponente
rapidez
Sc habla va de numerosos siniestros, Ell CO
Treo de Ing laterra hab1a naufragado la vista
de la COSta....
No Sc recuerda tempestad tan terrible
Las olas, atlas cual montafas Sc rompen con-
ira las rocas, esparcendo su espuma grisacea
sobre la ansiosa multitud
Silencio! Escuchad Ell silbido leiano de
una sirena, TN canonazo. apagado por ell ruido
de la tormenta.. Un barco en- peligro
En- medic de los rugidos de la tempestad
que hacen mas imponentes los gritos de la
muchedumbre V las ordenes cada vez ronca Y
breve, Ell bOte de salvamento Sc lanza en- soco-
Tro de los desgraciados que Ell mar, tumba que
los espera, atrae hacia sus absmos Debil es-
quite. desaparece entire las liquidas masas que
Sc clerran tras el. la multitud bullente en-
ioquesda, compuesta de mueres veos,
continua ii jando mradas en- las aguas ru-
gidoras.
La graciosa lveta eSpera tambien ALI
Para la hermosa chiquilla era aquela la pri-
mera de esas terribles veladas que pueden
muy bien llamarse yeltzdas de los mueytos. Pa
Ida cual IN alba del peo con los ojos fiios
sus largos cabellos de orc desgrenados flo
1ando alrededor de su cabeza como rubia au-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-04-22
U|flnos hbIos lecibidos
EN- ESTA. IMPRENTA

EN- ESTA. IMPRENTA
Entire mis- muros. Poesias por
Ma. del Pillar ContTeTas.
La Copula. Noveia de amor, por
Salvador Rueda.
Estetica General. Por J. Roge-
lilo Sanchez.
Lo Eterno. Narracion espanO-
Ia. Por Sofia Casanova. I to-
mo IS cts con franqueo.
Almas de Fuego. Novela por
Felipe Sassone-
Almacen de las Senoritas. Obra
importantisima, conteniendo
lecciones de diferentes labo-
res etc. Dedicada q las >rtas
Espanolas y Americans. En-
cuadernacion de Lujo. con
mas de 100 grabados y lami-
mas para toda clase de borda-
dos
La Historic de la TERRA. Por
L. de Lannay. Professor de La
Escuela Superior de Minas
de Paris.
Nuevas Direcciones de La Log1-
ca. Por Alberto Gomez L.
quierdo.
Las Infuencias de los Antepa-
SadOS por Es1ix lie Dantec.
Elementos de Literature Pre-
Ceptiva. Por d. Marcelo Ma
cias y Garcia.
Ell Marques de Bradomfn. Por
r. del Vale Inclan. tomo
Is cts. con franqueo.
Ell Sello de Salom6n. Gun rega-
10 de los Dioses) Por r. Ur-
bano. tomo IS cts con fran
queo.
Del Gercado AJeno. yVersiones
poeticas.) Por E. Diez Cane
do-Ttomo so cts. con franqueo.
Guracion de la tuberculosis sin
medicamentos. Por A. B. de
Guerville. tomO 4s cts con
franqueo.
La Picota. (Crimenes y casti-
gos en- el pals castellano en-
los tiempos medios.) Por Ber-
naldo Quir6s. tomol 65 cts.
con franqueo.
El Dependents. cobra descrip-
tiva de la costumbre en- ell
Universe Y Consideraciones
generates EN- defensa de esta
clase.) Por M Lorient. / to-
mo IS cts con franqueo.
Guignol. Teatro para ieer Por
!. Frances. tomo 10 cts CON
franqueo.
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ESTUDl0 DE AB0CAD0S
Y NOTARfA
Antonio Alvarez Nava. Emilio
Garcia Cuervo y Francisco
de la Tore:
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A 8 1.5O

Es de rnucha utilidad, no solo pa.
ra los Abogados, Cortes judiciales
Ayuntamientos, Corporaciones y en-
pleados de todos los ramos. sino tam
bien para los comerciantes, industrial
les y personals de negocios, el como
cimiento de las Leyes de Puerto Rico
aprobadas por las Camaras y Ell Con-
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BOLETTN MERCANTIL.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-04-22
DECLARATION DE DOMINIC

DECLARATION DE DOMINIC
POR CUANTO: Habiendo presen-
tado el abogado Henry F. Hord, una
mocion nombre de la Corporation
Caguas Tramway Company, para que
Sc declare a su favor Ell dominic de
la siguiente propiedad:
RUSTICA: Faja de terreno sin
nombre, sta en- ell bsrrio de San
Antonio termino municipal de Ca
guas; compuesta de una superhcie de
seiS m il ciento cincuenta metros cua-
drados, sea un acre, cincu enta dos
centesimasde acre; lindando al Norte
con ID. Jose Maria Rodriguez; por Ell
Este, con d. Bibiano Estrada; por el
Sur. con don Miguel Santiago, por Ell
Oesre con Ell mismo don Bioiano
Estrada.
POR TANTO. y habiendo ordens-
do ell Honorabl Charles E. Foote,
Juez de la Corte, Sc publiQue la pre-
tension por tres veces, en- un periodi-
co de los de mayor circulation, de
los que Sc "ditan en- la Capital. para
que los que ten gan alglin derecho
real, sobre Ell inmuebie descrito; las
personas ignoradas a quenes pueda
perjudicar la inscription; en- ge-
neral todo ell que desee oponerSe.
pueda efectuarlo dentro del termino
de sesenta dias naturales, libro el
presente, en- el cual estampo mi
hrma sello de Ia Corte 4 los II
dias de Abril Y afio 1908. ENRIQUE
RINCON, Sect Dist Court.
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ManualeS ROnO:

ENCUADERNADOS EN- rELA FLEXIBLE
Manual del Licorista, con / 40
recetas practicas, por A. Rossi.
%sagsgA
Manual de Resistencia de Ma
teriales y Estabilidad de las
construcciones, por ingen1e
70 DR.. Gindo Sandrinell
Manual de las Construcciones
de Hormigon y de Gemenrc
armada, por el ingeniero Jose
\ accbel!i.
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Joyeria, Relojer1a y Optica
". j.. u STD 60 Co.,.
sUCEsoREs DE @. TINAuD

Gran sui lido de efec-
tos de plata v platea-
dos, prOpiOs para re-
galOs.
Especialidad en- Gu
biertos de plata de ley
v plateados de calidad
superior.
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EDICTO
In la COrte de Distrito del Dis
trito Judicial de Humacao,
Puerto Rico.

aIstados Unidos de America.
ell Presdente SIS.
de los Estad0s Unidos
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Ell SECRET0 DE LAS oLAS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15
The Hamilton Dukedom

nRUCE'S pretensions, and his story of the alleged
- fake funeral of his grandfather, are by
without precedent. Some ten years ago there
appeared claimant to the dukedom of Hamilton
in the person of who insisted that he
Charles the only brother of the late Duke, and
that he had been Obliged to disappear owing to his
having killed in duel the Russian Count Pas
kewitch, with whose wife he had eloped. He de-
clared that proof of the truth of his statements
could be obtained if the coffin alleged to contain
the remains of the late Lord Carlo Hamilton, which
is entombed in the family mausoleum in Hamilton
palace, in Scotland, examined, adding that it
would be found to contain nothing but sand and
fagots An affidavit to this effect appeared in The
Official Gazette" of Pretoria, in 1897, signed Lord
Charles Hamilton.
But the Home Department refused to grant the
sanction necessary to open the tomb, and to this
day say exactly whether not there is
any truth in the mans story. However, it has
this much of foundation: That Lord Carlo did
really elope with Countess Paskiewitch and did have
the misfortune subsequently to kill in duel the
Muscovite nob1eman whose wife he had carried off
The duel, however, to the best of my recollection
took place, not in England, but the Continent
and in that event there would have been necessity
for Lord Carlo to expatriate himself in order avoid
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in the neighborhood of Limoges, of those inst-
tutions which, like Montresson and Metray, de-
age who ntractable to the authority of parents
and guardians. MANY children of rich parents.
among Others the son Of the celebrated French
millionaire novelist and playwright, Ohnet have
thus been committed to of these refOrmatorieS
of the we'll to do
While going over Fauconbeau, my interest
excited by the appearance of an old man who wore
the garb of monk, had a white beard descend
ing the rope that served to grid his waist and bore
traces of having been a very handsome and stately
parsonage. Both the monk, who seemed SO sad and
silent and the head of the institution, who told
what he asserted to be his story, dead, and
/ therefore consider myself released from the
pledge of secrecy to which l bound by the chief
of the establishment. If the story to be be-
1ieved, the old monk other than Duke Theo-
bald de Prasn of the historic house of Choiseul who
after his alleged suicide and mock burial had been
confined for time in a private lunatic asylum Che
was undoubtedly insane at the time OF the Duchess
murder), and after that permitted to take up
never left its precincts nor revealed his Identity.
OF course cannot vouch for the truth OF the story
and my mention of it three years ago brought
very interesting letter from Isaac Manning,
editor of The Oregon Statesman who described
the arrival in I848 at Matagapa, Nicaragua, OF a
French gentleman of about forty five, who, styling
himself Dr. Theobald Prasn, settled down there to
medical practice marrying Spanish woman of
good family, by whom he had three and two
daughters, who are still living in Nicaragua If their
father in reality the homicide Duke of Praslln,
and Countesses de Cholseul and are uncles and
aunts of the present Duke. Mr.: Manning assured me
in his letter that the late Dr. Theobald Praslin
recognized at Matagapa alike by Frenchmen and by
Ncaraguans who had lived in Paris during the 4os,
and so general did the knowledge become of his
alleged identity, that he used to 60 by the name of
"El Duque in the district.
Whether it be that Duke Theobald was identical
with the DR.. Praslin of Nicaragua, or with the old
monk of Fauconbeau in France whom there
more than quarter of century ago, it is pretty
well established that he survived his alleged suicide
in prison by thirty or forty years
He Came to New York
A SOMEWHAT similar story is related of one of
1 the uncles of an English Duke who is frequent
visitor the United States. This scion of one of
the most historic houses of the British arstocracy,
the bearer of the courtesy title of Lord" COM
mander in the royal navy, and for several years
Member of Parliament, became involved in
tremey unsavory scrap in London, in 1870, and was
about to be placed trial with his confederates.
when the announcement of his death was made, and
he inferred with much pomp and ceremony in
the vaults of his family in the "Dukeries." Yet
few months later he recognized in New York
where he spent the remainder of his days under the
Continued page I6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15

ESS drama on the stage has been dem
E9I l. onstrated recently by the fact that
tNSST~M several hundred monied and pre-
EQaA9ASM sumably sensible people invested
RHERNM many thousands of dollars in
fMIHkAl/3bySJ company based on the alleged
lnkhY<ISS@ istence of fraud of this character
N8HNI N3sNM 1t was company formed in Lon
1S>~3<S don to furnish the funds necessary
to enable George Hollanby bruce to establish his
claim not merely to the honors. but likewise to the
immense estates, of the late Duke of Portland.
Druce's case. which was on the taps for num-
Der of years. and which is toerably familiar to the
newspaper reading public of America. was based on
the contention that his grandfather, Thomas bruce.
of the Baker-st. Bazaar in London, and the
late Duke of Portland and the same person;
that the alleged death of Thomas bruce in 1864,
and his burial in Kensal Green cemetery, were
bogus and that he survived In the role OF Duke OF
Portland at Welbeck Abbey until 1870. 1t was in
sisted by the claimant and his friends that the
reasons connected with the mysterious death of
Lord George Cavendsh Bentinck, which led his
brother the Duke to lead this double life, and to
figure as Tom Druce ceased to exist in 1864, when
therefore it became necessary for the Dukes shop
keeper double to disappear, and that the coffin
remains of Thomas Druce in reality held nothing
more than log of wood or a bag of sand Not until
the tomb opened in last December, and the
coffin found to contain body recognized as that
of Thomas bruce, the story diSproved.
Inasmuch the plaintiffs pretensions were
founded wholly on the tale that the obsequies OF
his grandfather forty-three years ago
empty sham, it must strange to people here in
America that he should have been unable to open
and examine old Tom bruce tomb since II 1t could
have been shown that the coffin held no human
mains it would have gone far toward establishing
his rights. But in Great Britain it is the Govern
n1ent alone which has the authority to permit
disinterment the opening of coffin once
tombed, By the terms of the law corpse ceases to
belong to the members of its family from the mo-
nlent when the last breath has vanished; and
while the family may own the grave or vault, yet
it has right to disinter the remains once they
have been laid to rest, or to transfer them any
where else, without the sanction of the Secretary
of State for the Home Department. who is exceed
ingy chary about granting permits of this kind
The reluctance of the Home Department to allow
the opening of the bruce tomb may be explained
partially bv the dissemination of Herbert Druce
the actual owner of the tomb and the only survv-
ing of Thomas bruce, to lend himself to his
nephew's pretensions, and to approve the disnter
of his fathers remains and partly by the fact
that there few of the older peerages in existence
without one claimants who might put for
ward similar demands for the disturbance of illus
trous dead in order to establish their pretensons
The claimant to the barony and estates of Lord
Lovat is in point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15
B Q @ u S B II RI A L S
By F. Cun1ife-Owen

HAT bogus burials are not restricted
to sensational novels and to melo-
drama on the stage has been dem
onstrated recently by the fact that
several hundred monied and pre-
sumably sensible people invested
many thousands of dollars in a
company based on the alleged ex-
istence of fraud of this character
1t was a company formed in Lon
don to furnish the funds necessary
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~ r.
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criminal proceedings in England for homicide per-
petrated beyond the limits of the United Kingdom
A Legal Firm in Trouble
THAT people sometimes do have recourse to
bogus burlals to protect blackSheep members
of their family from the lgnomlny OF public trial.
conviction, and imprisonment, in cases where they
have misbehaved themselves to such an extent as
to bring themselves under the criminal law, is
matter of common belief, and it may even be added
that the authorities are willing to wink at the de-
cepton, since it has the effect of bringing about the
civic if not the material death of the offender
Seven years ago of the best known and most
highly respected firms of family lawyers in London
failed involving ruin many houses of the British
arlStocracy which for generations had lntruSted to
it the management of their estates and the admins
tration of their monied interests. One of the two
members of the firm, who remained in London to
face the proceedings explained in the court of bank
ruptcy that the insolvency of his firm through
fault of his own but due entirely to the dis
honesty and defalcaton of his partner and relative
whom he swore had left the country, and had died
in Germany.
Certificates produced to show that the mans
remains had been brought back to England, and
duly buried at Bushy Subsequently the creditors
ascertaned that the partner reported dead alive
and we'll in the South of Europe, and warned that
steps being taken to obtain his eXtradltlon, he
fled in time to South America, where so far as am
aware, he survives to this day.
Case of the Duke of Praslin
THAT Theobald. Duke of Prasn, survived for
several decades his alleged suicide in prison at
Paris August "a, 1S47, and his entombment, is
pretty generally known both sides of the Atlantic
He had been thrown into Jail charged with the muir
der of his wife, daughter and heress of the French
Field Marshal Sebastian, whom he accused of
of the crime ascribed to his desire to wed his
chlldren's beautiful gOverness The latter, with
her reputation absolutely clear from any voluntary
connection with the crime, even of ever having
encouraged the attentions of her empC yer, to
this country Immediately afterward married the
Rev. DR.. Henry Field of New York, and rests
in Woodlawn cemetery.
Before the Duke could be brought to trial in
court composed of the Chamber of Peers it
suddenly announced that he had done justice to
himself they say in France; namely, that he
had killed himself, by of arsenic Difference,
it said, to the entreaties of his kinsmen and
fellow peers, who besought him thus to preserve
both his and his caste from the disgrace that
would fall upon both if he should be convicted of
Land of the public executioner. Some skeptcism
expressed at the time to whether the story of
the Dukes suicide really true; but the revolu-
ton of I848, which drove King Louis Philippe from
the throne, followed not long afterward and had
the effect of dverting the attention Of people from
the matter.
In 1879 1880, happened to visit Fauconbeau,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-02-20
Prohibitionists and Sincere Ad-
vocates of Temperance.
Statesville Landmark.

StatesVllle Landmark.
This from the Washington cores
pondence OF the Charlotte Observer:
4 wholesale liquor dealer who was
here today said that he wished the
Littlefield or some other bill prohib
iting the shipment of Intoxicating
liquors into prohibition territory
would pass now, so that it would al
feet the North Carolina campaign.
1t is his opinion that if such a law
were enacted the Tar Heels would
not vote their State "dry.'
But it is doubtful if this condition
would have a material affect on the
prohibition vote. There are honest,
sincere prohibitionists who are teeto-
talers; there are a few who are ad-
dicted to the drink habit who hon
estly favor prohibition on the ground
that they want to save them
seyes. There is a very large class
who want to prohibit "Old Jones"
but not themselves. They shout and
vote prohibition because it is the
popular thing. But they continue
to drink liquor and reserve to them
selves the right to send where it is
sold and buy If this class knew for
Il dead certainty that a Stale prohi
bition law would mean that they
could not send outside the State and
buy liquor, they would look at pro-
hibition in a different light We have
often wondered how this class, who
have no idea of deriving themselves
Of liquor when they vote for prohi-
bition, feel about the existence of sa-
looms or dispensaries in localities
where they expect to get their supply.
1t is curious situation, but that
the conditions described exist no in
telligent observer can deny. The
Landmark is questioning nobody's
motives orsincerity but stating facts.
1t is to be hoped that, whatever hap
pens, the people who favor prohibit
ton only for Others, will get gen
uine dose of it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-02-20
LOSS TO THE STATE

The death of Mr.. Thomas X. Bru-
ner, for twenty-one years secretary
Of the North Carolina Board OF Ag-
riculture, which occurred in Raleigh
Sunday, is a distinct loss to the
State. As the Charlotte Observer
says:
The benefit to North Carolina OF
the devoted work which Mr.. Bruner
has done through the Department OF
Agriculture is beyond computation.
Loval to his State, proud OF it, more
familiar with it's resources aus capa-
bilties than any man i'll it, with ac-
curate detail knowledge OF these at all
times at his finger tips, consecrated
to his work and dilligent in it for the
very love of it, he has moved quietly,
unostentatiously forward and has
achieved results. 1t is deplOrable
that, at the very zenith OF his useful
ness, we must lose him.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-02-20
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