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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-02-25
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EH LA CORfa DB DISTRITO
DE HUNACAO, PUERTO RICO
Estados Unidos de America
Ell Preside nte ss.
de los Estados Unidos.
ABINTESTATO
de Celestino Lanza

Por ell presente Sc avisa todos
los acreedorcs de Celestino Lanz4
aallecido, para que, dentro del plazo
de dos meses, contados desde G. ST
guiente dfa al en- que aparezca pu-
blicado este edicto en- Ell peri6dico Ell
BOLETIN MERCANTIL, presenter sus
reclamaciones con los correspondents
tes comprobantes bajo juramento, al
Administrator que sus,ribe, en- su
'domicilio, sito en- eSta Ciudad, calle
de "La Carrera".
Humacao 80 de Noviembre de
1907. Tomas Carrera administrator
Judicisl.
The sun., 1908-06-07
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

The local money market last week Was
characterized by increased ease. Money on
call on the Stock Exchange loaned at ~ and
1. per cent, with the average price paid
for this accommodation about ~ per cent.
The time money market was quiet. with the
bulk of the business done in short dates.
Rates were lowered all round. closing at 2 to
per cent. for ninety days. 2H per cent, for
six months and to ~ per cent. for over
the year funds Commercial paper was
quoted at 81. to 4 per cent for prime single
names and choice bills receivable: other
names, ~ to per cent.
Domestic exchange on New York: Boston
---lOc, discount, Chicago-+5c. premium,
Chssrlestonra,;BuyinS zoe; DISCOUNT selling
New Orleans s-Commercial. .76c: discount;
banks. 500. discount. st. Papl-7Sc. pre-
MUM. nneapolis-eSo. premium TO par.
San Francisco-Si premium.
Money in London. h@x Per cent. Rate Of
discount n ths opsn market for shgrs And
Whitsuntlds holidays. Paris cables quoted
francs 10 centimes, Private rate OF discount.
liz centimes. Berlin quoted exchange on
London at 20 markS sSsI pigs. Private rate
Of discount. sK per cent.
New York Clearing House staten ment Ex-
changes. s245, ,s45, ,sl0:. balances. e9,SSs, ,7SO;
Sub-Treasury debit balance. l.sso.ist.
Commercial price Of bar silver in New
York, sac. Silver In London. - 1-led.
Mexican silver dollars were quoted nj SIC.
The sun., 1908-06-07
NEVADA STRANAHAN BACK.
Looks Well and Says He Is Well After His
Long Vacation.

Nevada n. Stranahan, formerly Collector
OF this port. who resigned because of i'll
health returned on the steamship New
York yesterday from an eleven months
vacation, which he spent chiefly in England.
Mr.. Stranahan was accompanied by his
wife and daughter and looked as well as he
declared himself to be. big delegation
of his friends in the Customs service went
down to Quarantine to meet him, includ-
ing Col. John W. Bishop, Henry C. Stuart,
secretary to the Collector; Frank +. Hamil-
ton, John Castree Williams, Matthew
Coneys Col. Lowell H. Jerome, James
Little and Capt. William s. Conrow.
Mr.. Stranahan, his wife and daughter
boarded the cutter at Quarantine and
with Mr.. Stuart and Mr.. Coneys were
landed at the Crescent Athletic Club dock.
Mrs. Stranahan was the first to go down
the ladder from the steamships side to
the cutter and she did the trick like an
able seawoman. Just as Mr.. Stuart started
down the swells of three steamships, in
Guiding the turbine Yale and the Greek
liner Moraitis, created heavy sea along
neatly rolled her rails under. The ladder
behaved Enthusiastically, although two men
were holding the cutter end of it, and it
looked for moment as IL Mr.. Stuart
would be spilled into the Bay. Everybody
shouted Hold onl' and Mr. Stuart OBJ
served that precauton, at the same time
clinging to hand bag of Mr.. Stranahans
He finally slid to the deck, assisted by ship
mates of the Customs.
MIR Stranahan said that he was out Of
politics for while, and that he would not
20 to the Republican convention. II ap-
peared to him that the nominations Of Mr.
Taft and Mr. Bryan we're sure things. That
also seemed to be the impression abroad.
The idea that Roosevelt might be per-
suaded to run at the last moment il the
convention was not for Taft might az we'll
be put aside as absurd, he thought
After spending few days at the home of
Mf. Stuart, Mr. Stranahan will 60 to his
home in Oswego county.
The sun., 1908-06-07
NATIONAL LABOR CONVENTIONS.
chief Interest In That Of the TeleSrapiI-rs
In Milw aux ee Tomorrow.

1t was announced yesterday that no
fewer than forty seven international unions
have arranged for the annual convention
this year on various dates from June to
December Z. good deal Of interest s
manifested in the coming convention OF
the Commercial Telegraphers Union OF
America. which begins tomorrow in Mil
waukee. The locals In a number of cities
had voted to strike on June against the
Western Union Telegraph Company for
the wages paid before the last strike but
at the last moment decided that no action
should be taken until the convention meets.
The annual convention of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood Of Bookbinders whose
national headquarters are In this city, will
be held In Cincinnati beginning June 8,
when the question OF continuing the eight
hour strike inaugurated last fall, which is
still In progress in several cities. will be
taken up. According to the officers Of the
now working under the eight hour rule.
The International Brotherhood Of Team
sterB will have its annual convention In
Detroit on August 0. when the question
OF coming to some agreement with the
United Transfers Of America win come
up. The latter organization was formed
as q result Of dissatisfaction with the man
agement Of the teamsters' strike In Chicago
several years ago. The largest Of the
Of tho United Mine Workers, is the United
brotherhood Of Carpenters and Joiners,
which win hold its annual convention in
sait Lake City. Utah, CT September 10.
This organization has O membership of
about 1856 000
The sun., 1908-06-07
OBJECTION TO ONE SUBWAY.
Receiver whitridse Will Oppose Lexington
Avenue Route.


Before the Public Service Commission
can proceed further with its plans for the
Broadway Lexington avenue subway it
will be necessary to ask the Appellate
Division to appoint commission to decide
whether or not public interest requires the
building Of the road.
This step will be necessary because Of
the intimation which Frederick w. Whit
ridge, the receiver Of the Third Avenue
Railroad, has sent to the commission that
as tho representative of the company.
which owns property between East 10th
street and the Harlem River he will refuse
70 give his consent to the building of the
new subway. In view of the attitude take
by MIR. Whitridge the Public Service Conn
mission will apply to the Appellate Division
for the appointment of commission to give
the needed consent for the building of the
road.
1t is understood that this commission will
be named al once and it will be prepared to
report to the Appellate Division by the
time the court convenes for the fall term.
Mr.. Whitridge's opposition will not delay
the project because there is no possibility
Of the Board of Estimate appropriately
money for the subway this year and as a
matter of fact there is little probability that
the new tunnel will be begun in the life of
the present administration.
The sun., 1908-06-07
LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES.
New York TAX Refesm Association speu
o. .lAJ and tho Anta-6AlO0u LongueD "a ,a6s4

New York Tax Refofm Association Spent
07.lA5 and tho Ants-shlo0n Leagues "a ,2eA.
ALBANY, June o.--Under the law which
first went into operation q year ago COM
pelling persons and corporations to make
return to the Secretary Of State Of their
expenditures for attorneys fees and various
other items in connection with tho pro-
motion or otherwise OF legislative measures
before the sessions of the Legislature. such
reports must be in before June rs. Two
months after the adjournment Of the Legis-
lature is the period given for the fling Of
such statements without penalty. As yet
no reports have come from the Jockey
Club or the racing associations Of the State
showing what It cost them to fight the
anti-racetrack gambling bills. These are
the reports Of expenditures In connection
with legislation at the regular session this
year which have already been filed:
Travellers Life insurance Company sof
Hartford. expenses to favor bill liberalizfng
expenses Of agents. $3.50.
New York Tax Reform Association. for all
tax reform bills. S2,lE.
National Lead Company. favorlnE a bill
for pure paints. 1884,
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
bill amending its charter. So.
New York Dock Company. Wharfage legis-
lation. $500.
New York Child Labor Committee. favorine
anti-ohild labor legislation, $3.50.
Mutual Life Insurance Company, to presi-
dents association for general legislation, $50.
Association OF Residents OF South Road,
Poughkeepsie. to prevent location of State
Training School on road, $3.50.
Building Trades Employers Association.
general trade legislation. 81, ,2s7.
New York Anti-Saloon League. favorlng
temperance legislation, "a, 2e4.
City Club Of New York. general city iesisla-
ton. s37. agents being regular employees.
The sun., 1908-06-07
4 PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS.
Representative OF Many Faiths WIN Speak
In MOntclair This summer.

NloNTCLAIR, n. j., June 8.-Montclair
is to have parliament Of religions this
summer. 1t will take place in Unity Church.
Eroad NJ n. Dhalla, a Parsee priest of Bonn
bay. India. who recently has taken the
degree of Phi D. at Columbia University,
will speak on "The Message Of Zoroastrian-
ism to the World To-day" Prof. Nathaniel
Schmidt, head Of the department Of semit-
ics at Cornell. will talk on the subject
What is Christianity"
Other speakers in the parliament will
be S, c, Kanaga Rutnam, president Of the
Central College. Colombo, Ceylon. on AThe
Religious Message Of the Orient-the Spirit
Of the East; Rabbi Samuel Schulman Of
Temple Reh-El. New York, on "The Message
Of Judaism" DR.. Chen-Huan-Chang Of
Pekin, China. doctor of the Chin-Shih Col
ege and secretary Of the Grand Seoreta-
ra; Nohammed Alexander Webb, on The
Message of NIohammedanism" A. n Datar,
Representatives Of the Maharajah OF Baroda.
on The Message of Hinduism: kentok
Horai a Japanese Buddhist, now in Har-
ward on The Message of Evangelical Chris
fianity." Greek Catholic clergyman may
also speak at the parliament.
II was intended to have Roman Catholic
priest deliver an address, but conference
with Cardinal Gibbons revealed that the
rules Of the Church rendered this impossible.
The sun., 1908-06-07

Citizens Union Complains or Roll Caiis In
ehe legislature.


The usual yearly report of the Citizens'
Union upon the work Of the State Lsgis-
leture Ia being prepared, and in one chapter
attention win be drawn to the fact that
because OF the loose way in which votes
arc recorded In the Legislature 1t ID inn
possible to base judgments of the service Of
the legislator on the voting lists. The
part Of the report dealing with this matter
says:
The legislative machinery, while tech-
nically complying with the constitutional
requirement that no bill shall be passed
without record Of the ayes and noes. is
nevertheless 30 constructed that legislators
frequently are recorded In favor Of bills
whose passage they opposed In committee.
Their opposition In many instances has been
carried to the point at which 1t has become
evident that they could not stop the passage
OF the bill, and then for some reason OF d.
plomacy SLOW roll call" has not been in
sisted upon, This so-called SLOW roll call
is an actual call of each member by name
and is undoubtedly the only kind of roll call
which complies with the spirit of the con-
stitutional provision for record Of the ayes
and noes.
1t 10 not generally known but II is neverthe-
less fact that with possibly two or three
exceptions ne Senator or Assemblyman has
In years finished his labors Of q session without
being recorded in favor of many bills upon
which he did not actually cast his vote. The
system has been devised for the purpose
Of facilitating the business of the Senate
and the Assembly. and 1t accomplshes this
end. II Is nevertheless subject to grave
abuse and will continue to be abused until
such close attention is given by the voting
public to matters of Legislation that IL becomes
necessary for Senator or Assembyman TO
have his vote recorded In accordance with
The sun., 1908-06-07
JAIL TEASES HITCHCOCK.
other Prisoners Allowed to Veil NJ Him
I'm tho Nlght.

Raymond Htohoock's first night In the
Tombs was not a pleasant experience. The
ordinary prisoners usually make II as un-
comfortable as possible for q celebrity.
and Hitchcock had to take his medicine.
He was much detected at being locked up,
but after lights had gone out he thought
he would have snooSe. Then from various
cells came cries Of Ray. sing US q song
and Say, Ray. do some stunts for US, will
yer1' This kept up for long time.
Yesterday Hitchcock showed the effects
Of bis first night In jail No attempt was
made to get him out on bail and no attempt
win be made. BE was brought over from
the Tombs 70 the library OF tho District
Attorneys office. where he consulted with
his counsel. Max Steuer and Henry g. Gray.
II was the first chance Lawyer Steuer had
TO 60 over the case with his client and Assist
ant District Attorney Garvan. turned over
TO him the record Of H,tchcook's first trial.
George Burnham. Jr., Of the Mutual
Reserye Life Insurance Company ID said to
have been abused by the prisoners In the
Tombs moro than any other prisoner who
has been thsrs for years,
The sun., 1908-06-07
Invited to Attend the Pan-American scien-
tific Con xress In Chile

WASHINGTON. June 6.-President Roose-
welt has invited nine prominent scientists
to represent the United States Government
as delegates to the Pan-American scientific
congress to be held IN Santiago, Chile next
December. They are w. H. Holmes, chief
of the Bureau of American Ethnology
Smithsonian institution Col. William G.
Gorgus, U. s. A., chief sanitary officer Of
the Isthmian Canal Commission; Prof
Bernard Moses, University of California; ;
Prof William Benjamin Smith, Tulane
University Of Louisiana; Prof. Paul 8.
l.. s. Rowe, University of Pennsylvania;
Prof William r. Shepherd, Columbia Uni
versity; Prof. Archibald Coolidge, Harvard
University, and Prof. Hiram Bingham, Yale
Jrniyersity
The sun., 1908-06-07
CEDRTNO'S ESTATE $4,000.
Automobile. Drivers Widow Asks for APP
polntment OF Guardian for Her Daughter.

Automobile. Drivers widow Asks for APP
polntment OF Guardian for Her Daughter.
In the Surrogate's Court at Mineola, l.. l..
yesterday Mrs. Clacida Cedrino. widow OF
Emmanuel Cedrino. the well known auto
mobile driver, who was killed fortnight
ago at Baltimore. petitioned to appoint
Carlo Capro. her brother. as guardian Of
Cesare, the year-old infant of the Cedrinos.
Mrs. Cedrino sets forth In her petition
that she Ii about to eail for Italy to look
after some Of her late husbands property
interests In that country and that It is ad-
visable that guardian 30 appointed during
her absence to look after the child's in
terests In America l
The amount Of the estate left by Cedrino
esti@ated h1s % tSst the ohids S share Win D amount
to about sl0.0O0-e500 In bank, t9.0 900 in
surance on her fathers life and stock OF
the Fiat Repairs Company valued at $1,000.
The sun., 1908-06-07
Who Will Enforce the
Hepburn Law

At the height of the panic last
October ] wrote you about the
pitiful sight of savings bank de-
positors running back to deposit
half their money. They had lost
the other half buying stocks on
my advice. but just when they
ought to buy l urged everybody to
save themselves by selling out az
bottom.
Since then | have established a
great reputation for being always
wrong That is why I advertised
last Friday about a Roosevelt
stampede at the Chicago Conyen-
ton and advising sales OF stocks.
| felt sure. that the gelatine
spined public would copper this
advice and buy. l know just a.
well as Carsten Boe that the man
who is most likely to be nomi-
mated is Speaker Cannon, al
though nobody believes it.
Next Sunday l know that Boe
will publish his reasons why
every man owning properly
ought to work for the nomination
of Mr.. Cannon. ] know Boe's
ability for presenting forcible
arguments on any subject when
he is in earnest, like when he
wrote REMEMBER WATER
LOO" and CANNON OR
CHAOS, as we'll as U. s. STEEL.
TARIFF AND THE CONvEN-
TON" when nobody else thought
of cut in steel prices last Mon
day.
. 1t is my belief that Boe's argu-
ment q ought to call it his nomi-
nation SPECIFY will create a sensa-,
ton and command the attention
of every thinking citizen. It is
likely to be adopted by some lead
ing delegate at Chicago, and as 7
think l know the financiers that
are back Of Boe in his political
convictions 1 advised sales Of
stocks last Friday. / knew that
this would influence every specu-
lator to buy. l wanted them to
buy, because / feel sure of q dras-
tic, manipulated break to enable
the magnates to buy back what
they had sold during the past two
weeks unreasonable dealings In
Reading and Union Pacific. On
October "A, 1907, you could NOT
borrow q dollar to buy Reading
at 10 or U. P. at 100. Yesterday
the men who then bought were
sending out brokers to lend their
proceeds at ~ for you to buy
them at 5O% advances and will
ing to accept oonvertibles, de-
structibles and combustibles as
collateral. .5 54.t5
Congress has adjourned with
the Hepburn bin still the law OF,
the land. Who will enforce it2
Whose duty is 1t to enforce it2
Who viii dare to enforce, It?
How will the coal barons con-.
tinue to conduct their business2
They know that they are violating
this law, and they know that they
cannot continue business and
comply with it's absurd require
ments. - -
WHO WILL ENFORCE THE
HEPBURN LAW7 That is the
question Of tho hour. MIR.
JOSEPH g. CANNON is the
only man for the occasion who is
great enough to command neces-
sary steps to force . remedy at
once instead of enforcement,
RELIEF Is IMPERATIVE,
Tommy Bucketsliop
The sun., 1908-06-07
Good Roads Contracting Firm Increases
Capital Stock.

ALBANY, June 8.-The Stewart Kerbaugh-
Stanley Company Of New York city to-day
hled with the Secretary Of State q certif-
cate increasing its capital stock from $780,
"n TO 100000. This is the concern which
a, few months ago received contracts for
The construction Of large number Of good
f9ads f,1 under award by. State Engineer
are operating contracting plants in various
other States as well as In New York under
dlferent corporate titles. The incorpora-
19rs 70 include A. NJ Stewart, j. 9. Stewart.
=. ). Kerhaugh. william G. Shanley. j.
Roosevelt Stanley and Frank Brown.
The sun., 1908-06-07
AGAINST WHITE SLAVE TRADE.
The President to Proclaim the Treaty
Made with European Powers.

WASHINGTON, June 6.-In the next week
or ten days the treaty to which the United
States and nearly every European Pow er
were signatories, aimed against the white
slave' trade win be proclaimed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Secretary Root is working
out the details whereby he hopes that with
the cooperation. of the police of the cities,
particularly on the Atlantic Coast, in con-
junction with the immigration officials,
much can be done toward restricting the
importation and expectation Of the class of
women whom the treaty was designed to
reach. AS soon as the proclamation is
issued the Department of Commerce and
Labor will proceed to make active warfare
against the offenders.
The sun., 1908-06-07
Movements of Naval Vessels.

WASHINGTON, June 8.-The battleship
kentucky has arrived at Bremerton. the
cruiser Buffalo at San Francisco, the collier
Alexander at California City. the cruiser
California at Redondo. the cruiser Wash
ington ut Venice. Cal: the cruisers Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland at Long Beach, the
cruiser Tennessee at San Pedro. the tug
Nina und the submarine Plunger at New
York yard.
The collier Justin has sailed from Santa
Barbara for Mare Island. the cruisers West
Virginia and Colorado from Santa Barbara
for Redondo and the cruiser Wolverine
from Erie for Toledo.
The sun., 1908-06-07
PRICE OF BEEF Jumps.
Cattle on the HOof at Chicago Haven't
Been Higher Since 1900.

CHICAGO. June e.-Wholesale prices Of
dressed beef took jump of 4 to IL cents
a pound to-day as a result Of sharply de-
creased supplies in packers coolers and a
more general demand for fresh meats.
Butchers said that the meat trade was re-
covering from the depression resulting from
the financial stringenoy and that the in =
crease in the consumption of meats necessi-
tated. the advance.
In the cattle market beeves on the hoof
were selling at the highest prices attained
since 1905, and receipts for the last two
weeks were the lightest in nearly quarter
of century.
The sun., 1908-06-07
0TUBERCULOSIs CONGRESS.
IL VIII Have TO Meet In tho Unfinished
National Museum Building.

NhuOnai Wuseum buHuHB.
WASHINGTON. June 8.Acoommodatio
for the tuberculosis Congress-, which meets
here in September. are not to be the most
delightful. II was hoped to get the hall
Of Congress- for n meeting place, but Con-
gress refused permission to use any Of it's
buildings Next it was proposed to turn
over the stately new municipal building for
Use OF the congress. and the District Com
mssioners sat down ON that.
Congress appropriated $25,o00 to he used
by the United States for participation in the
convention and also $4,000 for the purpose
of fitting up building. II was decided at
White House meeting between the Pres
dent. Secretary Root, Secretary Wilson
and Secretary Walcott OF the Smithsonian
Institution that the best that could be done
Is to use the new National Museum building,
which will still be uncompleted when the
convention is held. The convention hall
will likely be lined with pine boards
The sun., 1908-06-07
STATE EVICTS 40 FAMILIES.
The Property Condemned TO Make Way for
the Barge Canal

SYRACUSE, June 6.-Two repre- sentatives
Of the State Engineering Corps yesterday
threw CONSERVATION into forty families
in Badwinsville. little village twelve
miles from here. by serving notices to va
cate at once as the property had been
condemned by the State to make way for
the barge canal. AS there are no houses
in the village to accommodate the people
they are practically homeless and are
endeavoring to secure tents in which to
move their goods and live. Forty nine
buildings In all were condemned. The
Van Buren, Hotel and two saloons are in
cluded In the list. The saloons must close
Immediately. as it is unlawful 70 sell liquor
on State property.
The sun., 1908-06-07
San Domingo Improvement Co. Attached.

Deputy Sheriff Cruise has received an
attachment for s77,75s against the San
Domingo Improvement Company of New
lIork. Rector street, in favor Of Jesse
Myers on an assigned claim Of Guinness,
Mahon d Co.. bankers Of London and Dublin,
On a judgment recovered in London on
April 8. The attachment was granted on
lion and was served on a trust company.
Deputy Sheriff Porges has received an
attachment for $50 900 against the San Luis
nlnng Company. 27 William street, in
lavor OF Senator George B. Agnew on two
notes to the order Of Myra B. Martin.
The sun., 1908-06-07
Williamsburg Trust Company Reopens To-
morrow,

All arrangements for the reopening Of the
noon IrIs hssn IN nd az
Yesterday Receivers Van Wyck and Baptist
and their counsel, John Lyons called on
Gen. Brayton Ives. the new president. and
the directors, and congratulated them on
the favorable outlook for the institution.
Justice Kelly of the Supreme Court yester-
day gave permission to the directors to
establish branch in Broadway and Stock
Ton street, to take the place OF the branch
In Myrtle avenue and Broadway. which
was leased by the receivers to the Corn
Exchange Bank