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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-07-17
La PLAGA BUB0NICA
EN- MAYAGUEZ
DEsMlENTEsE IA NoTicIA

OES IENIESE IA NOTlCIA
Mr.. Post ha remitido esta maf1an a
4 los alcaldes de la isla ell telsgrama
siguiente:
La Junta Superior de Sanidad ha
tenido en- observation por tres dfas
case sospechoso de plags bub6n ica
en- Mayaguez. Hoy, despues de con
sulta entire Supervisor de Sanidad, Ell
Official de Sanidad de Mayaguez y
otros cipco medicos, Ell case sc declara
como de Adenitis. de orfgeu tuber-
culoso y no de playa bub6nica.
POST,
Governor.
A continuation publicamos ell in
forme del doctor Vazquez, Superin-
tendente de Sanidad. remitido al Co
bernador:
Mayaguez. Julio r6 de 1908.
Hon. Gobernador de Puerto Rico.
San Juan.
Sefior:
Cumpliendo la orden telegraica da.
da por V. Fl. que recibf aver tard e
en- los bafios de Coamo. me traslade
a Mayaguez para avistarme con ell
DR.. Gonzalez Martinez, Official de Sa-
nidad de esta Ciudad.
Ell DR.. Gonzalez Martinez telegra-
f6 aver, IS medic dis al Director
de Sanidad dando cuenta de que ha :
bfa aislado I'm case de adenitis fe-
bril- sospechoso. y en- la misma fecha
dirigio dicho funcionario una carta.
cuyos datos importantes extracto:
Sc trata de uu joven que, proce-
dente de Venezuela por via Curacao
y Ponce, fue examinado el cual pres
taba infartos dolorosos en- los gan
glios inguinales de ambos lados, pc.
queflos infartos axilares en- Ell lado
derecho, con fiebre alta de exacerba-
clones vespertinas y acompafadas
de delirio sin que existiese antece-
dente de Stills nj otra enfermedad
venerea. No pudo contestar Ell DR..
Gonzal ez en- las muchas ocasiones que
10 vislto la postracion que acompafla
los casos de peste, nj personalmente
pudo comprobar el delirio O. conoci6
solo por referencia, Practice tam
bien Ell Do. Gonzalez Ell examen bacte.
del exudado de los bubones
y de la sangre, examen que result6
negative.
Pero como Sc podfa tener sospecha,
dada la procedencia del individuo, de
que pudiese tratarse de un case att
pico de peste, tomo el DR.. Gonzalez
las precauciones siguientes: aisla-
miento absolute del paciente en- su
domicilio, iucomunicandole con el
exterior, cierre del establecimiento
y ordenar la construction de una ca
seta fuera de la poblaci6n, tomando
todas las medidas de desinfeccion
concernientes al case.
En- la maflana de hoy, 16, en- union
del DR.. Gonzalez. visite al enfermo
lie encontre sentado en- un si1l0n sin
6ebre va, sin adinamia, sin manchas
en- la piel, con la lengua saburrosa -
pero no aumentada de volumen, ell
pulso fuerte y regular, y presenta n
do en- la region inguinal 0e cada lado
infartos ganglionares no muy dolo-
rosos. duros, y que distaban nucho
de parecerse los que corrientemen
te Sc ven en- la peste.
Hay que tener en- cuenta que en-.
tre la 6poca de salida de este joven
de Puerto CabelIo y la de la apari-
ci6u lie los Drin eros bubOnes. trans
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28
THE WAYSIOE EXPORTER.

Many are the strange things that are
where are there stranger things done
or more of them than in the tent meet
ings of the waysde evangelist. In this
day and age when public assembly
rooms are frequent and available at all
times. the preacher who is unable to
command the attention of an ordinary
and average audience in customary
place of public attendance. usually IS
not worthy of the attention denied
him. And. with few rare exceptions,
the exhorter who shouts to old women
and eccentric characters in a shack
or tent by the roadside. Is either
mouthing away at harmless nothing
ness or is actually preying upon the
unholy motive.
Marshalltown has just had an ex-
perieuce with the tent meeting evan
gelist His peculiar turn proved to be
a conspiracy to defame one who seemed
to stand in the way of his somewhat
fervid ambition. The vileness and UNI
natural degree of the charges which he
preferred and circulated with the aid
of the usual class that frequent meet
inss of his kind lacked so much OF ra-
tional conclusion, that they appeared
on their face to come more from the
peculiar mental temperament of the
chief accuser than from any conditions
Of fact that could be presumed to eN-
list. The church trial which acquitted
the unfortunate object of attack and
fully exonerated him from misconduct
of any kind, followed by the church
trial which expelled the tent eXhorter,
were merely the grinding of an official
grist to reach the conclusion which the
average, sane mind of the public had
reached without thought of the evl-
dence. The incident merely establishes
the danger that turks in these places
The church has cleared its skirts but
the public is still unprotected.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28
POSTAL BANK SCHEME LOADED.

1t is more than possible that the pub
lie will be given a system of postal
savings banks whether there is any
real need for them or not, and under
the provisions proposed the CONNER
cal national banks of the country Will
be compelled to secure their deposits
to Uncle Sam. while refusing to accept
a thoroughly rational system of insur-
ance for general deposits. In effect
then all bank losses will fall upon the
few deposits that are made direct with
the bank and unsecured The govern
ment requires bonds to be put up to
secure its bank note currency. When
the people put their money in the
postal savings banks the government
will deposit 1t in the national banks
of commerce and will require bonds or
commercial paper to be put up as col
lateral to secure deposits of postal saw
ings money. The only class left, then, to
stand any losses which stockholders
posts of the people who deal with the
bank direct The whole loss will fall
on them.
There is neither Justice nor business
sense in banking system of this
kind. In the first place a postal saw
ings bank which pays only two per
cent on deposits, as is proposed In the
bill introduced by Senator Knox puts
tax of almost two per cent upon the
savings Of poro people. There money
can be loaned profitably and safely by
savings banks, which pay them four per
cent and a tax of ne-tenth of one
per cent on such deposits would insure
every loss SO as to give the depositor
the governments guarantee and the
savings bank four per cent besides.
1t looks very much as tho the men
who We're pushing this postal savings
bank with it's two per cent interest
on deposits, were conspiring to pro-
duce the machinery with which to ex-
tract from the timid and inexperienced
wage worker enormous sums of easy
two per cent money for the banks
which must now pay three and four
per cent on time deposits. 1t is i'm
probable that the government would
seek to make money on these deposits
by charging a higher rate from the
banks than the two per cent paid to
the depositors, and savings banks are
already paying the public three. three
and a half and four per cent on de-
posits 1t may be presumed that wash
er- women, sewing girls, widows and
hard working foreigners will be adj
yised by the banker with the smIg
SMILE to put their faith and money
in Uncle Sans bank at the post Of
fice, while he goes around to the post
master and receives 1t on deposit for
less than he would have to pay over
his own counter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28

sort of a lawyer the standpatters want.
He Is attorney for the Northwestern.
Great Western, Illinois Central Iowa
Central and Rock Island. He was also
attorney for the gas company in their
recent suit against the city of Cedar
Rapids and We believe he WAS attorney
for the American Cereal Company in
a suit they had year or so ago. That
is a formidable record and ought to
put Mr. Trewin in first rank among
the standpatters. But how about the
people in general. VIII they want to
employ a man already retained by
bunch of the largest corporations in
the country when there is a fight to
finish on between the people and the
corporations just now. Would it be
very consistent thing for the people to
select man under employ of the cor
porations to represent them in con-
gress, when at the same time they
were clamoring for a man of the
Roosevelt type for the White House.
How much influence will the president
of the Roosevelt type have If he has
a congress of corporation attorneys to
work with?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28

acre for the season. Experiments at
the State Agricultural farm at Ames,
prove Iowa is well adopted to
alfalfa as are many of the WESTERN
states, where it is relied upon as =
sure and bounteous forage crop -
the mainstay of the big herds OF
cattle, horses, sheep and hogs
Alfalfa is a very nutritious food
for animals, especially cattle and
sheep and ranks high as a fattener
whether fed green or after 1t has
been stacked like timothy or clover.
1t should be cured and stacked with
out the least dampness If possible,
a very small shower after cutting
being sufficient to ruin the crop.
Harvesting at the right time and in
the right manner largely determines
it's feeding value. owing to their
liability to bloat or "hoven," 1T Is
always risky to pasture sheep or
cattle upon green pastures of alfalfa.
Moving early when crop is just
blooming stimulates the CROWN
of the succeeding crop.
The great danger in the Introduction
of the plant is the liability to bring
noxious weeds, such as Russian this
tie and crob- grass.
Professor Coburn found 453 witch
grass seeds, 155 of the Russian thistle,
453 of fox-tail. and 80 wild carrot seeds
in pound of pure alfalfa" seeds
such as are sold by seedmep.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28
Cost of Gasoline Engine.

The problem of efficient farm
power is no longer so perpleXing as
it was a decade ago, says an eN-
change The gasoline engine has
simplitied matters along this line to
q great extent, so that it is safe TO
say that this kind of power, Will IN
a short time, put the old time steam
engine out of business The m
ternal combustion engine. comprls-
ing as it does the gas, gasoline and
alcohol driven machines. costs far
less than the steam engine at the
outset, subsequently much less in the
expense for fuel. In conversation
with an expert recently we were told
that the internal combustion engine,
driven by gasoline, requires an out
lay of only three cents per horse
power per hour, allowing twenty
cents per gallon for the fuel. This
is a fact decidedly in its favor.
Upon this basis it is easy to call
culate the expense of running farm
machinery Of different kinds, haul
ing grain to market, and other such
work. A four-horse power engine
can be run at a cost of twelve cents
per hour, or less than 81 for eight
hours work. This would be much
less than the feeding and caring for
four horses. especially if the feed
must be purchased, corn at forty-five
cents, and hay at SIG per ton, as per
present prices.
We do not know the cost of these
new internal combustion engines, but
presume it will not much exceed, II
any, that of those at present in use.
1t is safe at least to say that the cost
of a four horse power engine will be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STATESMEN.

There has been a rate hearing in
fore two members Of the interstate
commerce commission which has in
it possibilities for the state of Iowa be-
yond the widest expectations Of men
now living Talented editors have
asked the question, what is the mat
ter with IoWa?" and invariably the re-
ply Of the Informed business man has
been, ''her railroad rates" Iowa could
and would become the same manufac-
turing community that Ohio and Indi-
ana have grown to be were she once
able to abolish the discrimination that
has existed against her In transporta-
ton tariffs Her capital city started
to boom itself on practical lines and
employed a rate expert. He now ap-
pears before the commission with a
specific bill of complaint in behalf OF
all former hearings that have been
held that it sounds like an original
performance Here, Mr.. Wylie, the
public's witness, gives the expert
knowledge as to the mysteries of rates
and tariffs while the railroads wit
nesses merely make the admissions
sought for knowing what they are
talking about is not all on one side.
But the Des Moines fight for
square deal and fair field is Iowa's
fight What Des Moines gets other
towns will have only to ask for and in
time the Mississippi river basing rate
may be abolished altogether. Just now
the fiction of river competition is being.
made ridiculous in the trial by
showing that the railroads own all the
competing boats.
however to demand her rights The
volunteer boosters of DeS AIoineS have
stirred up all the trouble. They dug
deep into their pockets and paid for
man who knew something about
rates. Where is the Iowa railroad com
mission? Has it employed a man of
this kindo The legislature has passed
special statute giving it power to
appear before the interstate commerce
commission and wage an aggressive
fight for the whole state in the matter
of rate reform, but what has the com
mission done? Here is an object les
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28
stock carrot is good substitute and
natures faster. Plan to grow crop
of roots this year.
Alfalfa in Iowa.
Knoxville Journal


During the present week we have
had little talk with a. we'll known
Marion county farmer concerning
his experiments with the great
western forage crop = alfalfa. The
gentleman in question has a 60 acre
tract, two-thirds of which was sown
to alfalfa last August, the other 70
acres sown in August. 1906. From
the last mentioned tract, the 20 acres
which was a year old last summer
he harvested three crops during the
season just past, securing about ] l-3
tons to the acre at each cutting.
Alfalfa is at its hest during the third
and fourth, or fourth and fifth years.
Other Knoxville township farmers
two at least. and possibly more,
have been experimenting with the
crop in a small way and all are we'll
satisfied that it will eventually be a
great forage crop in this section. as
we'll as in the west, where it is the
principal fodder A gentleman near
Eddyvllle has large tract of alfalfa
which is now sin: years old and from
which he harvested two tons to the
acre three different times during last
summer or total of six tons per
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28

son for it. Let the Iowa railroad COM
mission employ a rate expert or two of
them, and let the case of the whole
state be prepared at public expense
and presented to the interstate COM
mission. Here is a field for reform
Which should enable some politician TO
rise from the somewhat obscure and
not altogether exalted station of rail-
road commissioner. to the foremost po-
sition of craftsmanship in the politics
of his people.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28
Iona Newspapers
DOWN WITH THE PREcEDENTs.

DOWN WITH THE PRECEDENTS.
(Webster City Freeman-Tribune)
Some of our standpat friends are
now saying that Governor Cudnmins is
too old to commence work In the
United States senate, "as members
must serve at least two terms before
they have any influence" This is
one of the things that needs fixing.
A man should be measured by his
qualifications and merits in the sem
ate the same as anywhere else. 1t
were time the people elect men to
represent them in the upper house
who will treat all representatives
with fairness, regardless of the
length of time served. The methods
of the senate are indefensible and
ought to be relegated to the scrap
heap, and every senator who per-
sists in adhering to these old obso-
lete methods ought to go to the
scrap heap with them. This is
day of action, a day of accomplish
ments, time for doing things and
there is no room in the senate and
should be none for men who have
no better claim upon recognition
than the fact they have served two,
three or more terms.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28
TRIUMPH OF THE HORSE


The horse has the laugh--a horse
laugh. without doubt on the around
the-world automobiles. The great
New York to Paris endurance contest,
which was to demonstrate the possible
tiles of the automobile in trip
around the world. met with difficulties
insurmountable by the automobile
alone before the state of Indiana was
crossed. Saturday the American car
leading in the race, was ANONYMOUSLY
pulled into Laport, Indiana by a team
of ten horses. the only possible means
of making Roadway thru the great
drifts Of snow along the route.
A few years ago the trolley car was
to displace the horse, then the motor
truck was invented to complete the
job, and finally the touring car was
perfected to relieve the horse of all
further responsibility. As a family
net or race track spectacle the horse
was to be tolerated for a time, but
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28
Topics of the Times

If John Mitchell should be made the
democratic candidate there would be
little difficulty locating the labor vote.
When the Chicago savings banks
show gains in deposits 1t means that
employment has become so general
again that prosperity must be on the
return.
If we are not careful we may leave
the vice presidential nomination to the
convention to be settled.
Even if the Aldrich bill were not
specious in purpose it can never be
needed until we have another panic
and then we will need something in
tinitely better
Old man Weightman accumulated
sixty millions and bequeathed it to his
daughter and now she marries pen
niless U. S. diplomat. What was the
use of 1t all?
The Canadian province of Manitoba
has abolished stock market speculation
on margins and the United States
ought to.
The Sioux City Journal still roasts
Congressman Hubbard for belonging to
the Cummins party, but it has been
less than two years since the editors
candidacy was launched in Sioux City
with the public statement that "he
stands for the same thing Cunmins
stands for" The people must have be-
lieved the congressman, while the edi-
tor they didn't.
The Des Moines Capital thinks that
the Times Republican is unfair and
prejudiced in refusing to acknowledge
an error Has anyone seen an apology
in the Capital for it's abuse of the
Larrabees now that the Ft. Dodge pa
pers have established that they had
nothing to do with the incident?
Now that the caucuses in Des Moines
Moines Cummins committee in charge
of the work Of organizing the Des
Moines mans campaign turnout the
state.
If It would be unWise banking for the
depositors to be secured by insurance.
why do bankers secure themselves by
bonding the cashiers? Let's bond the
banks and be consistent.
Will Ernest Hart get his moneys
worth?
With five railroad clients back OF
him now, Steve Elkins should watch
out for Jim Trewin if he should ever
get into the senate as has been sug-
gested.
The reason why men who mind their
own business succeed, is because they
have so little competition.
"Now, Tommy said Mrs. Bull, 81
want YOU to be good while I'm out.
I'll be good for a nickel replied
Tommy.
Tommy" she said. Il want you to
remember that You can not be a son
of mine unless you are good for moth
ing."-Louisville Courier-Journal
congressman Kennedy is making
himself felt in congress in no uncer-
tain manner" asserts the Hawkeye
"First Iowa district people have reason
to be Well satisfied with the work be-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28
Roots for the Dairy Cow.

Feeders who have not tried roots
for milk production fail to appreciate
their value They are very appetite
ing feed for the COW and can be grown
very cheaply The mangel is perhaps
the best root crop, except in the cold
err section where the growing season is
very short. Mangels are particularly
desirable on clay soil. Where they
can not be grown successfully the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES

However, it is a matter not very
vital to us, observes the Rockwell
Photograph. and we shall endeavor
to continue in the peaceful pursuits
Of duty, presenting the truth as it
appears with the light we have re-
gardless of whether Senator Gale
wins on his merits, wins by progress
sive endorsement" or wins thru pro-
greSSiVe default.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28

ing done in congress by Mr.. Kennedy
Sure Mike. an he's a first termer, too.
Some hopes for Cummins. new man in
the senate that he will be.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28

The Davenport Democrat comedies
that lit must be admitted that the AL
lison literary bureau is well organ
lied 1t is running publicity de-
partmcnt that the readers of the
standpat Iowa newspapers cannot es-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28

eventually the museum was to be nus
place. When the New York to Paris
race was planned one purpose was to
show the uselessness OF depending
longer on animals as Il means oil
ocomotion. The horse was to be dis
tanced in more ways than one.
1t may be that man Will sometime
invent better means of pulling thru
a snow drift than by horse power. but
so far the horse has demonstrated his
superiority over the automobile for
that particular task. There will be
other obstacles TO the progress of the
motor cars before they reach Paris.
Possibly an arrangement for relays of
horses to assist over the hard places
will be found advisable.
The horse laugh is excusable. some
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28

Sore Shoulders on Horses.
Many times sore shoulders are
caused by ill-ntting collars, or thru the
careessness of the driver by over
working a horse on d very warm day.
After horse once gets bad gald, in
healing over it leaves a lump OF cal
lous. If the horse is compelled to work
against this he is sure to have a sore
shoulder as soon as he is put to heavy
work; even if he receives good care
When once these Jumps have formed
and they do not entirely disappear by
resting the horse, it is better to have
them removed by veterinary sur
geon. 1t is not a difficult operation,
and, if done early enough, the horse
has plenty of time to lie idle until the
wounds are healed (and then started
at more carefully, he will be all right
Better use sweat pad with some
of the filling removed right over where
the bunch was removed until the
shoulder gets we'll seasoned.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28
Weak Kidneys

Weak Kidneys surely point to weak kidney
Nerves. The Kidneys. like the Heart. and the
Stomach, find their weakness. not in the organ
itself. but in the nerves that control and guide
and strengthen them Dr. Shops Restorative is
. medicine specifically prepared to reach these
controlling nerves. To doctor the Kidneys alone.
is futile. 1t is waste Of time. and OF money as
well.
If your back aches or is weak. If the urine
scalds or is dark and strong if you have symptoms
ney disease try DR.. Shops Restorative month
Tablets or Liquid-and see what 1t can and will
do for you. Druggist recommend and sell
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28

The Sioux City Journal burns its
bridges III the rear by the demand
that If the republicans of Iowa or
any other state are earnestly in favor
of Il candidate for the presidential
nomination, the thing for them to do
is to instruct their delegates to the
national convention TO vote for that
candidate so long as his name shall
remain before the convention.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-28

TRE.WIN AN IDEAL CANDIDATE
(Mt. Vernon Record
Senator Trewn is the logical candi
date of the standpatters from the Fifth
district. Probably no other man would
represent them as well. He is first. a
corporation lawyer solely That is the