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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17

DEL EXTERIOR

Kenwood, descargando.
Clemoncia, deScargando.
Henry Kreger, descargando.
Robert i. Murphy, dcscargando.
Julia ~TAckcnback, dcscargando.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17

Nos cScrihcn de Sabana Grandc. que
la scquia que relna en- aquel pueblo ha
dcvastado aquella comarca, destrnycn.
do los scmbradoS V hacienda muchc
dano al ganado dc dicha jurisdiction.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17
DE LA COSTA
DEsPACHADos PA
RA Ell EXTERIOR

vap,r americana Philadelphia para
u GuayTa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17

BOLETI
PARA LA COSTA
Goleta americana Bayard Barnes p'
IA Arroyo con %transito.
Costeros Carmen y Ala Blanca.
Buques on puerto
DEL EXTERIOR
Kenwood, descargando.
Clemoncia, dScargando.
Henry Kreger, descargando.
Robert i. Murphy, descargando.
Julia I~AIckcnback, dcscargando.
COSTANER0S
Pcrla. NicQucs.
Voluntad, Fajardo.
Maria Artau. Nieqns.
Dos IIcrmanos. Faiardo.
Uberita, Nieques,
BuQuEs ANUNc1ADos
Vapor espanol Miguel Gallart. &
Ito de Barcelona Il 81 del pasado pa
e~ta, hacienda las e~scalas mterme-
diaS.
Consignatarios, S. de Izquierdo y Go
vapor espanol Pho TX. Saldra DE-
Barcelona manana para Canarias, Pto
Rico V Cuba.
CONSERVATIVES, Sobrinos de lzquper
do Y Go.
Vapor e~sIyanol Catalina. Tomara
puerto el cuatro de Mayo, para Sc
CUR vialc con dcstino d Vigo, Coruna.
Cadiz Y Barcelona.
Consignatarios, Sobrinos dc Izquier
do Y Co.
Napor americana Santurce. Sali0 81
I del corricEte de Galveston para rs
Ii.
CoIrsignatarios. The New York and
Porto Rico 5. S. Co.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17
vELERos DE LA LINEA BENNER

Golets amricanA Stanley S--arnan.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17

La ComiSi6ai del Scrvicio civil apro-
Rivera Lopez, de tayey.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17

Tondres -. check IS 4 4.sSE.
Parfs....... :. 2Aa3poIc u.
Hamburger. a4polo
New York. 10 I2Il2 ctvs.
Cspaha...... ai3 poto
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17

Vapor correo americana Coamo. Sal
dra para New York q q dd %corrien-
te.
Consignatarios, The New York and
Porto Rico S. S. Co.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17
CosTANERos

Pcrla. Nicqncs.
Voluntad, Fajardo.
Maria Artau. NieUues.
Dos IIcrmanos. F'aiardo.
Uberita, Nieques,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17

Vapor espahol Argentina. Saldra de
Barcelona el 3 de Mayo ~Ir6xiIno para
Canarias, Puerto Rico Y Cuba.
Consignatarios Sobrinos de Izquber-
do y Co.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17

Vapor americana Carolina. Recala-
IA Ell % del corriente p~rocedcnte de-
New York.
Consignatarios, The New York and
Porto Rico S. S. Co.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17
xNTRADAs DEL ExTERIcR

yapor americana Julia Luckenhack
sle New York.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17

Vapor eorreo espanol Monserrat- rs
tara aqui ell % del corriente proce-
dente de Espana.
Cons gnatarios. Sobrinos de FL
quiaga.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17

Vapor ~esTvanol Catalina. Tomara
pnerto el cuatro dc Mayo, para Sc
CUR vialc con dcstino d Vigo, Coruna,
Santander, Cadiz Y Barcelona.
Consignatarios, Sobrinos dc lzquler
do y Co.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17

La .junta c%scolar de Mayaguez ha
contrata,lo 4 la profesora SenorIta Els
peranza Casanuvas, para dcscmpenar
ura escucla rural cn el barrie de Al
garrobo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17

Vapor ~esJanol Buenos Aires. Sc
aguaida Il % del corrien1e para Sc
guir viaJe con destino a Espana.
COEEsignataTIos. Sobrinos de- III
qaI5aga.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-04-17
BUQUES h~NUNCIADOS

vapor espahol Miguel Gallart. S-
Ito de Barcelona Il 81 del pasado pa
csta, hacienda las e~scalas mterme-
dias.
Consignatarios, S. de Izquierdo y Co
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Insurance
First introduced When Sea Voyages
Were Accompanied by Many
Perils.

The practice Of insuring originated
from marine insurance, for merchants
sending goods by sea In early times
usually accompanied the ship them
selves, and were liable to capture by
Moorish or Turkish pirates. With
view to providing the necessary ram
som to secure their release 1t became
customary before embarking to pay
an agreed premium to certain indivi-
duals called underwriters who were
willing TO guarantee payment OF the
ransom in the event of tho merchant
being captured. From this beginning
the practice was gradually extended
to insurlng the lives. first OF mariners
and then of other persons.
In 1874 Queen Elizabeth granted a
patent to Richard Chandler under
which he established a Chamber OF
Insurance in London with the object
OF regulating all contracts OF insur-
ance, but this Chamber, with prob
ably all its records. was destroyed by
the great fro OF 1866. The earliest
recorded life policy was issued In June
is. 1888, and provided that If GER
tain William GIBBONS. shall die with
In l2 months the underwriters would
pay G3S3 6s. Sd, the premium being
at tho rate of s per cent.
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sembles our sugar cane a-.4 an
almost impenetrable wall. We fol
lowed as fast as was possible through
the marsh and had almost reached tho
point where l had seen the herd, when
Tyanza approached me with yell
and pointed ont magnificent cow buff
falo not 30 yards distant. She had
just risen to her feet and stared az us
in amazement as | leveled my express
at her and fired The shock brought
her to her knees, when from behind
here there appeared a young calf
the apparent cause Of her falling be-
hind the herd. With the mothers in.
Stinct OF protecting her little one. she
bravely rose to her feet and charged
us with terrific force. / quickly took
my Reilly from Tyanza's hands, took
deliberate aim and fred, but missed
I realized l was in imminent peril OF
my life. and would doubtless have
been gored TO death but for Sir Johns
timely shot which felled her within
three feet OF where stood. Signaling
the balance of the natives we set
them 10 work preparing the meat TO
transfer il to the boat. We were In
dire need of fresh meat because OF
loss of a large portion of the meat
on board through careless attention In
packing
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Famed Old Church
Edifice Of ST. Nicholas at Great Var.
mouth Said to Be the Largest
In England.

The Church of St Nicholas at G.S-.l
Yarmouth ia said to be the largest
parish church in England. 1t is GER
tainly larger than some Of the cath.
edrals. and II is broader than York
Minister. 1t possesses a remarkable
curiosity in the shape of a revolving
reading desk. but. apart from this, the
interior is not particularly interesting,
though 1t would have been had thu
church wardens of the past been as
appreciative of art as OF business, We
hear of a splendid altar tomb being
demolished to make room for door
way, of the beautiful sepuchral brasses
being sent to London and cast Into
weights for the use OF tho town.
Certainly. we cannot blame Crom.
we'll and his troops for all the de-
struction worked in famous churches.
1t was in St Nicholas church that
Lord Nelson. accompanied by Sir VIII
lam and Lady Hamilton. returned
thanks to God. In November. 1900. for
tho successes of the British fleet
Even the largest parish church Ia
England could scarce contain the
mighty congregation.
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bull elephant came ponderously crowd,
Ing himself through the thick under
brush which bordered the path. AS he
came out in the clearing and almost
to the tree wherein the leopard lay in
wait. the big fellow stopped and
looked about in dignified lordly si-
lence; then started for the water. AS
he passed directly under the tree the
leopard made a plunge and landed
squarely on the elephants mammoth
shoulders. With a shrek Of anger
and pain the elephant started forward
and before he could stop himself he
was we'll out in the lake. In the
meantime the leopard was biting and
slasbing at the elephants back, cut
ting great gashes in his shoulders
with evory stroke of its paw. The ele-
phant was using his trunk with tell
ing effect, however. as he swung 1t
over his back and dealt tho leopard
terrific blows over the head and
shoulders. At one time the elephant
threw his adversary into the water
with terrific force, and l thought the
fight was ended but the leopard was
on bis back again the instant it arose
10 the surface. The elephant had cut
a great cash in the leopard's side with
his tusk as he threw it into the water,
and the blood was pouring from both
the animals wounds until the water
around them became seethlng caul-
dron of crimson. Over and over they
rolled screaming and roaring in mad
dened frenzy, first one then the other
receiving terrible injuries. 1t was the
most magnificent battle l ever wit
messed, and the honors were equal
even unto the death. Weakened from
loss of blood. the elephant finally fell
on his side in the water but IN the
fall the leopard was caught beneath
the mammoth body and both soon
ceased the struggle. Sir John was
aroused by the noise OF the battle and
arrived on the bank in time TO see the
finish. He agreed with me that 1T was
battle royal
Our natives were aroused later and
drew the carcaSses from the water
The elephant had remarkable PAIR
of tusks which weighed 70 pounds,
The leopard's skin also proved valu-
able one. the animal being of ex-
traordinary size.
Early in the morning our caravan
set out for the river. where we board
ed our vessel for the journey farther
nm the mighty Nile,
Copyright. 1909. by Benz. B. Hampton)
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my long journey. Sir John had ad'
ylscd me that provision had been
made for all necessary articles OF
equipment, and had also warned me
of the oft repeated error of loading
ones self down with useless articles
Ny good wife packed three large
trunks. however, with things she know
needed; but when these trunks
were placed on board the vessel Sir
John laughed heartily at my error.
might add that these three trunks and
almost every article they contained
were left at Alexandria, small VII
lage at the mouth of the Nile, where
an English resident agent kept them
for me until we emerged from the
wilderness
We sailed from England almost inn
mediatcy upon my arrival at the yes
sci Sir John even ordered anchor
hosted at midnight in order that ITO
publicity attend our departure.
Our voyage down the European
coast and through the beautiful Med
iierranean was pleasant but uneyent
ful
WE REACH EGYPTIAN SHORES.
Just as day was breaking over the
distant Libyan hills and on beauti
fnl May morning VIC dropped anchor
Al Alexandria, quaint little village
built on one Of the numerous minla
,ure islands in the mouth of the Nile
The population OF Alexandria is made
up Of conglolntrate mixture of &
Dozen nationalities and tribesmen
Perhaps score Of English aSeata foI
business firms and transportation
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Sir John sufflced to warn me, how
ever, and | was in the act of lowering
the rifle when a huge black form shot
from the underhrush and landed
squarcly on the back of the magnifi-
cent buck. which sank TO the ground
with piteous cry of terror and warn
ing. His mates scurfied rapidly up
the path and disappeared, not how
ever before the crack of Sir Johns
rifle rang out ia the stiffness OF the
night.
THE BLACK BEASTS VENGEANCE.
With a roar of pain the monster
black leopard 0or such II proved TO
be) rolled over and over on the
where the bullet had entered. In its
agony the leopard rolled nearer our
place of concealment until il caught
the scent and located us. Perhaps it
also caught sight Of glistening rife
barrel or of our clothing. AT any rate,
with sudden bound it landed in our
midst, snaTling, biting and slaShing
with its mighty paws. Sir Johns gun
bearer, trusty native who stood di'
rectly at his left. was struck down in
an instant and completely disembow'
eled. Another native received an
awful slash ON the shoulder as he
turned TO run. The attack was so sud
den and unexpected that everyone
stood paralyzed in his tracks. II was
impossible TO shoot without fear of
in1uring one another, and the tangled
underbrush was so dense we could es-
cape only by the path by which We
! entered. AS the second native fell, the
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terribly frightened they were excus-
able. Three days later ! had a good
Wow of a band OF these rowing ma
rauders. and ! was certainly surprised
at their size as well as their height.
The band OF perhaps twenty would
average SIX feet six inches in height
and weigh not less than 800 pounds
each. They were magniflcently pro-
portioned and wonderfully developed,
the result OF their strenuous life.
AN EVENTFUl NIGHT.
We camped for the night beside the
lake. the natives working until late in
cutting the buffalo meat into large
strips to load on our pack mules for
the Journey to the river. Several hun
dred pounds of the choicest cuts were
thus provided for our depleted larder
Sir John and took turns during the
night watching the watering place at
the lower point OF tho lake two miles
below our camp, We took watches
OF 21k hours, one OF us sleeping in a
hammock back in the woods while the
other was on duty. At two o'clock we
changed places. l relieving Sir John
who had been up since 1890.
DEADLY DUEL IN THE JUNGLE.
Hardly had ] settled myself Gn a
large banyan tree which leaned over
b, small ravine at an angle Of about
/ forty-fve degrees and made splendid
lookoutl when ] saw a small herd oi
beautiful antelope come slowly and
cautiously down the path and enter
the shallow water. They soon became
frightened, however, for they sudden
| ly raised their heads. darted out OF
the water. along the edge of the bank
a short distance and into the under
brush by a different path. Their lead
| er had scented danger and given the
alarm, when they were of like shot
| heard or saw nothing for several
minutes when suddenly long darE
sinewy form crept stealthily down the
path to the waters edge and Tapped
the sparkling water thirstily. In just
a little time the leopard (for such II
proved to be- apparently heard q
slight noise in the brush above and
quickly went up the bank in long leaps
TO a banyan tree where he lay fiat OF
a limb overhanging the path, ready
| to pounce down on anything thai
passed below him.
LORDS OF THE FOREST CLASH.
The noise in the underbrush grew
louder and in q short time great
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-18
WILD DESCRIPTIONS OF NTHE
FOFaST JEWELLERS.

Some OF the natives declared they
had seen the "Hutreekas" or forest
ficnds whom they solemnly averred
were at least nine feet tall. They dis
appeared. however, as soon aS the
murder was done and diligent search
of the surrounding hills failed to dis
close their whereabouts. or course
the natives were either mistaken or
were deliberately lying about the
height of their assailants, but being so
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A SERVANT is MURDERED.

Sir John and had gone down to
examine the path made by the depart
ing herd, when several of the ma
tiyes whom We had instructed to
start work on the carcasses. came
running TO us frightened beyond de-
Scription. One of their number they
declared had just been killed by the
forest fiends Sure enough, during the
few moments Sir John and | had been
absent one of our most faithful ma
tive servants had been killed by
spears and afterwards actually be
headed The Latookahs, TO which
tribe this native belonged, lived in
AFFECT fear Of the natives of the
JoSkonsphara forest for the reason
that hundreds OF their number had
been slain by them. But the practice
OF decapitating the body seemed more
horrible to the LatookahS than death.
In fact they even refused TO bury a
body thus mangled for fear of bccom-
ing beWitched or rather "loku 10
tori" meaning they would become
madmen IL they so much as touched
the body. Under ordinary circum-
stances a very decent burial Is given,
in a roughly cemented grave-the
body being buried on its side with the
head downward at an angle OF about
40 degrees
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INcity: consequently the public knew
Irery little Of his travels and adven-
lures, He had been solicited many,
many times to give the public the
story Of his travels but he was dumb
10 ell appeals. resigning that work TO
others who courted the attendant pub
lNcity and honor. A very reticent man
vas Sir John; quiet and reserved in
Inanner, unostentatious and uncom-
nuncatiye to an almost unpleasant
degree But I learned to know the
nan during the nerve-racking days
and nights of our perilous journey and
to admire his wonderful courage In
The face Of danger and his kindly con-
liberation OF those about him.
Al the time Sir John came down
Iron his London house to the little
seaside hamlet which was my home,
he had made practically all prelimin-
larry arrangements for the journey. The
Idea of inviting me seemed TO have
Ientered his mird at the last moment,
and il was the first and only time
have ever observed a desire on his
part for companionship, He was
quite insistent In his request when l
advanced reasons for declining to go.
and finally departed with my promise
TO join him on board the vessel within
fortnight
The next ten days, / can assure you
were spent in hasty preparation for
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OUR FIRST BUFFALO.

The next morning we set out TO the
southeast, down u wide valley on
either side OF which were hills covered
with dense forest, We had travelled
but a few miles when We noticed
fresh evidences of a buffalo herd and
on suggestion of Sir John we made
ready to trail the herd. Leaving all
of the natives except Tyanza, GaZala.
(SIr Johns boy and powerful black
karI fellow, Arodotus, We set out on
the trail Sir John and ] each carried
our auto.express guns. while our boys
were at our side each with No.
Reilly, which shoots No. 10 ball with
terrific penetrating power. Arodotus
also carried a heavy gun and all of us
had u quantity Of ammunition. We fol
lowed the fresh trail through the
swamps toward the lower or eastern
forest AS We mounted small hillocl<
| took my glasses and viewed care
fully the surrounding country Far
away in the distance ] could distin-
suIsh tho herd travelling leSurely
toward the southeast where lay an
other lake OF considerable size |
could barely see their broad backs
above the marsh grass which re-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-18
A RUTHLESS SLAUGHTER.

Our little party again set out (after
a fruitless search for the calf. which
scampcred away and hid In the high
grass) and came up with the herd at
the lake where they were drinking
and wallowing in the shallow water
Quite heavy forest and dense under
brush surrounded the lake and it was
with considerable difficulty that we
found a point on the windward side
where we could get within shooting
distance of the herd, We finally
gained a splendid position within a
very short distance of the unsuspect-
ing animals.
While ] have seen many herds of
wild animals and in all sorts Of posi-
tions. ! think those buffalos presented
the finest picture of animal life l
have ever seen. They were of the
fiat horn species, which is much the
larger of the two breeds which for cen
turies have fed along the rivers OF
northern Africa. There were not less
than 500 of them at the waters edge,
refreshing themselves after a long,
hard tramp over the lowlands. While
the African buffalo does not carry
himself with the lordly mien which
distinguishes his American brother,
still they arc among the most notable
beasts OF earth We admired the pic.
ture for several moments before we
began our work Of destruction. Four
of the fine animals fell during our
fusillade of bullets but two of them
regained their feet and started of
through the underbrush. TyanZa and
Arodotus were after them like flash,
however. aud brought them down by
'ham-stringing them. The herd be
came panic.stricken as they saw their
comrades fall and heard the reports OF
the rifles and stampeded through the
underbrush toward the open country.
Their path resembled that of a
cyclone; every living. standing OBJ
struction was moved TO the ground
and trampled to the dust by the hun
dreds of sharp hoofs, We could hear
the roar of their tramping hoofs for
miles, until 1t died away In the dis
tance.
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leopard struck out its mammoth paw
toward me. barely falling short of my
face. AS it recovered to strike again.
| felt that death was inevitable. No
escape seemed possible. ! had crowd
ed back against the vines as closely
as l could, but the next stroke must
certainly reach me.
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had escaped from their captors on
the journey 10 Cairo These escaped
natives. made desperate by their
brutal treatment, and fearful Of re-
capture had for years made the forest
scene of indeScribable brutality and
butchery They became veritable
1ends. attacking and Staying every
human being who entered their
haunts. 1t was therefore extremely
difficult TO persuade our native sery~
ants Ga half hundred of whom we had
employed thus far on our trip up the
TiyeT) to accompany us on journey
of even a few miles inland. The
abundant evidences of big game along
the banks made us determined, how
ever. To explore the interior and bag
some of the animals. The most per
sistent effort on our part resulted in
the forming of a party of only u, Sir
John and myself included. for the
pcrilous trip.
THE NIGHTS FATAL EXPERT
ENCES.
lhe HTSt nlSnI we cdIlpeu umon6
the hills some twenty miles from the
river and within q half mile of q
benus-. al lake. On the way VIC had
several times caught a glimpse OF
wild hogs. monkeys and many species
of deer as well as other smaller game.
I'm the late evening ] had brought
down a hartc-beste, which made dc
lcious ulorsel for Our supper. Our
native servants. gun bearers and at
tendants were extremely nervous dur
irg the entire day and as night fell
they performed weird and ghastly