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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20
THE TEAW CASE.

There may be an honest differ
ence Of opinion as to the justice oi
denying Harry K. Thaw's appeaI
for release from the New York
asylum foe the criminal insane, bui
there can be 40 such diversity OF
sentiment as to Justice Mllls'S pro
test against either unduly favoring
or unduly furnishing prisoners be-
cause they are wealthy. The whole
tendency of events in the Thaw
case, unsavory mess that it was, is
to disprove the frequent contention
that wealth will secure immunity
from the consequences of wrong do
ing in this country. If the balance
has leaned to one side more than
to the other ia this case, it has
been in the direction of greater
severity and more unrelenting
prosecution than would have been
the case If Thaw had not been q
young man of great wealth.
In voicing his disapproval of this
feature of the case, Justice Mills W
te-s a timely warning. Perhaps the
best place for Harry Thaw, from the
standpoint of society, is an insiilu
ton where he will be unable 10
continue the sorry abuse of his fine
opportunities and responsibilities;
and there as something profoundly
significant in this glimmer of ultimate
Justice, even though his confinement
is not based en- such broad grounds.
Thaw's whole life, as short a. it has
been in years, has been a gross vio-
Iatlon of every principle of right
living, an exhibition of dIssolute ano
unhridled sel6shness which morally
forfeits for him all right to mingle
freely with his fellows But entirely
aside from the Thaw case. involving
as il does the punishment of several
innocent and worthy people, the
caution against making the prose-
cation of the rich persecution is
eminently opportune.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20
THE WEATHER.

Talk about hot weather, this
section of Kansas has experienced
some hot weather but not in many
summers has it been called on 10
stand such sizzling and long con
tinued heat.
We have had hot summer all
through, but last Sunday the mer-
curry became cratic and made
violent efforts to climb out at the
top of the tubc.
Monday it seemed to gain strength
aud climbed little higher. Tues
day il made final effort and in the
afternoon by the government ther-
mometer, showed Io47 degrees.
There was but little breeze and the
suns rays poured down on poor
suffering humanity with herceness
that was almost intoNerable.
Man and beast that had to labor
in the sun suffered Intensely. About
10 O'Clock Tuesday night delight
fully cool breeze sPrang up from the
north to the relief of everybody, and
since conditions are more tolerable.
The cora crop that was SO ex'
ceedingly promising week ago,
has been seriously hart. We will
have considerably more corn than
last year, but not the bumper crop
that was promised. However, thus
locality is not as badly hurt as
some other localities.
We had good wheat, good oats,
good fax and ine hay crop and
will have lots of corn.
The hot wave WAS pretty general
over the west and we see the papers
ate full Of notices of sunStroke and
heat prostration.
Many horses in the cities fell
dead in their tracks while men and
women toppled over on the streets
Rain and cooler weak r are pre-
dicted by the weather service and
we think we will soon get relief.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20

The men who mark up their goods
On account of the tariff are merely
using the tariff as an excuse. In
New York we read of shoes goir G
up a dollar a pair. And yet the
tariff on shoes has not been in
creased, and the tariff on hides is
still about 3 or 4 cents on the hide
that goes into a pair of shoes, and
it has been that rate for the last
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20

1T it is mere cheapness we want,
we can get our cotton goods and
our other wooden and all knit goods
from Japan for one.half of the
money we have to pay Americans.
japan can make such goods cheaper
than any ether country. They are
sxillf i and work for low wages,
almost for nothing. But if we get
shiploads of goods from over there,
what are we going to do with the
American laborers who are now
employed in such industries? Put
them on farms? But if every one is
farmer, who is going to be the
consumer? Send the farm products
abroad? But how much can Japan
pay us for wheat and corn, when the
consumers there only receive IS
cents wages day? But the craze
for cheapness il on and the men who
are talking about cheap things in
Congress are the very men who
wear $Ioo suits of clothes and whose
neckties cost as much as a whole
suit for a Chainaman costs in China
for Japanese in Japan Cedar
Rapids Republican.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20
cCune Drug Store Wall Paper, House, Barn and Carriage
TARIFF AND HIGH PRICES.

TARIFF AND HIGH PRICES.
Tne tariff bill recently passed will
be subjected to very unfair test In
the strenuous campaign which VII
be waged against it by the Democrats
and their "insurgent" allies between
now and the time for the election of
the next congress, Every increase
in the cost of arlicles which enter
into the daily life of the people viii be
hearalded as the direct result of the
mig quitous high tariff, This, regard
less of whe her or not the tatiff
affects the articles in question.
The fact that the wage average
has increased S. per ceNt in fourteen
years does not mean that every
individual employe in all classes OF
daily livlihood receives today nearly
double the pay lie earned N 1896,
nor coald it be expected to do so;
tut it does prove that increase In
wages and in the cost of living has
no more to DO with the tariff than
the nebuIar hypothesis, yet the
house wives and the house heads wfrl
have it dinned into their ears, every
time they have to pay more for
daily necessities, that If the tariff
had only been revised downward The
cost Of living would be materially
Se4uced. The maR who pays the
bills for his family table pays more
for farm, live stock and packing
house products than ever before.
he pays more for -four, pota oes,
fruit poultry, butter, eggs aad for
All the principal ingredients of his
daily three meals. But the tariff
aas nothing to do with this increase,
save to give the wage Garner en-
.ploymeut which will e0able him to
provide himself and his fam!ly with
he three meals.
If foreign manufacturers could
food the country with foreign made
shoes, clothing and the many arti-
cIes of daily wear, they might pos
sibjy be cheaper, but the where
withal for their purchase, coming
from coalitions of general pros
perity, wenld be lacking. A little
headwork might very effectively
supplant the random assaults on
the tariff and the halfbaked ecOno
mic theories of those who imagine
they would have plenty of money
to buy with if the foreign manuf&c-
turers could drive Americans out
of business, and if calamltcus
business conditions in the country
at large deprived the farmers,
whose products are not materially
affected by the tariff, of their home
market. The farmer is not sol
much benefited by the tariffs direct
effect upon his farm products, bnt
by it's effect On the country's pros
perity, upon which he must depend
for buyers for what he raises. II
free trade vera established tomor
row, the farmer could buy some
things cheaper than under a protec
tive system. But with what would
he buy? In the meantime he is the
beneficiary of the advanced cost of
living, for which the tariff is not
responsible primarily, as well as of
the prosperity brought about by
the operation of the protective
system. He gets high prices
"coming and going" because the
protective system enables the din
ner pail to be filled with his pro-
ducts. Kansas City Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20

An explosion of natural gas in
Cleveland, Ohio, Monday, seriously
injured several people. Two were
dangerously hurt. A four story
building was wrecked.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20

dozen years. The whole duty on
the amount of hides that goes into
a pair of shoes is actually less than
{ cents, aud how in the name of
high heaven they can use that to
mark up shoes a dollar a pair is
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20

more than the average man caR
make out. II that 4 cents were
taken off does any consumer" Of
shoes believe that he would ever
discover it in a pair. of shoes?-
Cedar Rapids Republican.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20
Wheat Drills for Sale at Cost

We have several improved Ken
tucky Disk Drills with furtalizer and
seeder attachments, that we Will sell
direct to the farmers at cost. Come
in and see same.-J. n. Alcock s. Co.,
at Star Roller Mills.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20
BAD WRECK.

Five persons we're killed AID
about two score hurt in a head on
collision on the Missouri Pacific,
near Halstead, Col, Saturday
morning. A misunderstanding Of
orders is supposed to be the cause.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20

An earthquake in Japan last
Saturday, killed 80 people and did
great damage to property.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20
AN UNFORTUNATE SHOT.

melon patch on the Stanlield Lar d,
short distance southeast Of the
city, shot into bunch of boys who
were approaching the patch.
He was on the opposite side of
big hedge and fired a load of shot
hrough the hedge. VIM. Miller,
the IS year old son of Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. Miller, of South Forest avenue,
received the heavy part of the
charge.
His legs were well peppered and
few shot penetrated the abdoman.
The intestines were punctured in
several places. The boy dropped
TO his knees. VIM. Hudson, another
IS year old boy, who was close to-
the Miller boy, also received
several small bullets in various parts
of his anatomy but was not mucA
hurt. There were two other boys
in the crowd but they we're LITTLE
behind and did not get hit.
Mr.. Butler and the other boys
made the wounded boy as comfor
table as possible till iona Noone'
came along in buggy and he was
sent to town. The boy was taken
to the hospital and DR.. Johnson
operated on him, removing the shot
an closing up the wounds in the
intestines.
The shooting caused great ex
citement in the city and lynchine
was talked of by some of the more
exctable.
| The officers promptly arrested
Butler and after dark he was slipped
out of the city jail and driven over
to Erie for safe keeping.
This is most unfortunate affair,
and greatly to be regretted by every
body.
Mr.. Butler is one Of the most
prominent negroes of the city. He
IS an honest, hard working man,
moral and religious. He is not of
the class Of coIored men who loaf
about the streets doing odd jobs,
out farmer, who tries by honest
toll to support his family, He is
not quarrelsome and has always had
the reputation of making a living
and attending strictly to his own
business.
He claims he did not aim to hurt
the bays. We are inclined to that
view of the case. We cannot think
that man like Butler would aim
to kill or seriously hurt the boys.
A big hedge, full of thick foliage,
was between them and he probably
did not see them when he shot. He
possibly heard the two who were
behind aad intended to shoot
through the hedge and give them a
good scare. He has been much
annoyed by the depredations OF
boys and was having to guard his
crop night and day, that he might
enj ~ the fruits of his labor.
We have no excuse to offer for
the shooting, it was uncalled for
and brutal and deserves severe
punishment.
There is a gang of boys about the
town who have no respect of
property rights and are continually
pilfering fruit aud vegetables and
destroying property. They deserve
severe lesson but it should not
come in this way. The law should
nave its sway. n
AT this writing, Tuesday morning,
the wounded boy is progressing
nicely and is expected to recover.
1t is earnestly to be hoped that he
will pull through all right.
(Thursday-The boy is doing fine
and is now expected to recovery
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20

Orvil Wright, the air navigator, is
in Europe,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20
Mr.. Douglas, who has accumulate


Mr.. Douglas, who has accumulated
large fortune in the shoe
manufacturing business, gently glides
from the subject of free hides to
that of free leather. With the
former, he thinks he could increase
his profits anywhere from to 7
cents on pair of shoes. With the
latter, he could do still better.
Therefore, says Mr., Douglas, "give
me free hides and free leather and
| will not be afraid of foreign com
petition" But American makers of
shoes are not suffering from foreign
competition. This country exports
great many more shoes than it
imports. Furthermore, Mr.. Doug
las has not said anything in favor of
free shoes. 1t is to be feared that
If such a proposition were broached
in Congress Mr.. Douglas would be
forced into the position of being a
protectionist so far as shoes are
concerned, while remaining free
trader with referaxce to the ma
terials used in his factory. The
tariff question, is a great developer
of hnman traits and of the courage
of lnconsiStency.-Rochester N. Y.
Democrat and Chronicle.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20
SANTA FE IMPROVEMENTS.

That the Santa Fe contemplated
connecting up with Joplin from
Pltlsburg, has long been known.
The connecting link would have
been built last year, but for fina-
ncial conditions. 1t seems well
settled now that the connecting
line will be built very shortly
This line will be of great benefit 10
Chanute and surrounding country.
1t will open up the mineral and
timber land of Missouri and Ar
Kansas to this qoint and give us a
river outlet for ali our products
besides greatly increasing the i'm
portance of Chanute on the Santa
Fe system.
The other move Of the Santa Fe
that promises much for us is the
proposed building of a short cut
OFF in Oklahoma that will shorten
the trip to Galveston hundred
miles by running all trains over the
southern Kansas division that now
go around by Topeka. 1t would
greatly increase eur passenger ser
vice and give us other divisions
and additional crews.
When these two contemplated
changes are made Chanute vii
have TO get hump on herself tc
keep up with the procession.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-05-05

ella Largo ratio estuve oranlo mas al fin ecobrt algu-
fueral tomando coche roVi a
Nj tutor haba sado para saber notieiaS del pobre
clacho quen recogiera San Ahan que senora en-
de NJ Georges deo recado de que lie esperase
vacio habia dea,lo pobre Eva No silia de mi nag
naci0n modo habamos sparado. la trse
que la haba deiao la vida que la esperab las pr
que rodearian aca por experimental tanta
ceSdad de ella, que rolv salr para pa
por debajo de ventanas Colfieso que To-
pero clio consdere mi resolution
razonabc y que hoy puedo condcnarla Tome
Cirioa por acompaIarie, u1gImoS hacia Symond'
Inn la noche habia e7rrado va cuando egamos a la
residcnci de Eva veia luz al traves de venta
ma En- aquel momento NJ WhoIes sa0 de su despacho
dirg0 la vista la habitacon de Ricardo aquc perSo
aqueos sitios, hizo mi muy penoSa impression
gI,tia pe1se los pocos amos la becza de Eva
amor 81 que ercerraha ane horrible iugar
POGO dgno de guardaro Nadie pasaba por cac entire
portal subj sin haccr rudo Ia eScaera reencndo
Il aento para escuchar II sombro slencio
lie aqpca resIuebraIada 81 murmullo dc frScas
ves por fin Ilegue Ia mcsela applique ms labios Ia
lesres blaneas Snbrr y rnarn Il. ms i'nnha-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-05-05
Cronica espanOla
DEBER, CARLOAD, HERoISMo.

iOh. Ia locura de reir Y de que repi-
que cl alma i gloria. jubllosamente
ION. Ia locura del Carnaval alberta, deS-
carada. imponcnte. atrevlda.
Esia manana, cuando cl sol de un d'a
.splendi.io era mas orgulloso Y clrando
Ia mascarada rugia en- una apoteoSs
praude de alborozo iba lenta calle aba
TO- caIle abajo la pobre carroza fnncbre
que llevaba I'm htroe.
Y ouemaba e sol y Carnaval, cin'ca-
mente. chillaba e,n todas las csg'iinas
c,9,c nm cst1pdo. y Ia pobre caro-
p. ,e.,o averronzaIa iba Gale abaic,
calic ahaio.
Una jrIvcmtud pulcramente vesstlda
caminaba deiriS Las c!ntaS de las co
ronas ondcaban al vicnto como dand"
adioses. Era nm tormento el mndo do
Tor ele las cintaS como airomes ilrlcos
y Ia melancolia del silerci" y Cd ac"r-
de ritmico acompasado de las plsa-
41as de todos -.
Tl~ pucrtd grande. anrch'n>N~'', p''e''-
Ia dcl~ hospital, Sc acabd de abrir.
: amos sacef2otes emronquecidos ent"-
naron INA vicja y terrible ca1nfon Mo
,nanto de grave recogimie1lto de iu"
1c irpnia.
Y lucgo la cami1nta otra vez. BaJo
"A iale,lllto dcl sol y entre la ofeIlsa dc
Car.naval que eqa cada vez mas pro
vocatiyo. mas ineducado.
Calles calles. Muda preeunta eal-
riosa en todas las cabezaS que Sc des-
cubrian Y tcmeroSos cncoglmentnS f1I
las nenitas de todos los balconies que
Sc ae>onlaban rienloo. mego Sc tornaban
sse1ras Y despnes comenzabaHt a mover
los labios en un imperreptpbbe 6 Mrcons
cit.l,t.. desco de rear. otraS seguia1i
ri.ndo como 81 SOD como CarnaNal
como la vida.
lQuien sera? Y era on todos ios
ojos admiration Y respeto los tres ca
erlla les de minastro que lban detras
>acios. respetllosos lentos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-05-05

Lo que 81 cable anuncia hoy sobr Ia
maianza de armenios 81 eomprende. Y
10 .xtrano ~ que aun quede algnn cris'
|tiano en- aquclla region, viSto el "interes
grandisimo que despiertan sus desgra'
cias en- todas parties.
Francia prepare su esenadra del Medi-
terraneo para caso de necesidad. Guam
do supo que la matanza continuaba, or
demo que dos buques estuvlesen prepa-
radios para marchar al primer av'so.
Ahora que In matanza Nc recrudece, or
dma que salgan los buques para pro
tcger los intereses desputs que hayan
desapar~ido los interesados.
jAdmirablei
Inglatcrra sigue durmiendo al arrullo
de- Ia maianza de armenlos. Sc prcpa-
ra, sin embargo, porquc todo en- 81 mum
do reclama preparation. EStudia Il
conflcto hlrco, So cntera de que las We
timas van sicndo numcroSas en- cantldad
alarman;. Y manda que So alisicn algu-
nos bnIlcs. de cstacion cn Malta, para
cuando llcgue, al igual de Francia, la
hora dc heredar los que cayeron te-
niendo r. en- In protection eXir;nJera,
con 81 alma p,n.Sta en- Dos y la vista cn
Fl horlzonte.
Tiene gracias csta protection de las ma
clones v Il dccantado sentlmlcnto de hui
manidad tan lastimosamente desacrcdl-
tado Pero mas, mucho mas gracIa tie
ne 10 ocurrido en- Constantlnopla los
+" ".D6vencs 1'urcos" quicnes como 10
vcnes" al fin, y sin cxpericncia, han 81
do cnganados como 81 fueScn hIloS del
Celeste Imperio.
Bra muy extrano que SalIesc todo co
mo una soda Era muy raro que Tur-
mia no hicicse competencia a Marrue-
cos. Todo Sc redujo 4 que en- Constan-
tinopla nniso hacersc algo original y 10
iinico uIe Sc les ocurri0 fue hacer pos
tcriori lo que "a priori los marroquies.
Estos hicieron victimaS para preparar
cl conflcto; aqueIlos proVocan cl coli
fIicto para solazarse despues hacienda
victimas Total igual
F,sto, como la protection cXtranJera,
contin,la Sicndo admirable.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-05-05

Amigo Castro, pobre amigo, hernia
no. descansa en paz. Tu heFoSmo SAD
yaie. brutal. enorme, no ha sabldo aple
s.jarlo esa genie bllrguera, aGorqi1da
inSolentemente fria que te ha vIsto pa
sar hoy baio el sol glorioso y entire
las mascaraS chillonaS Y lamentables.
tn has sido una victima mas del
s.sca>o quijotismo que queda, de la po-
"a bravura de ideales Y de juventud.
tn accion ha sido caliicada de teme-
ridad por los mas beneyoloS Unos V
otros. de Ia imb6cil retalnia Weju-
na del egoismo. la eosa mas triste de
ia terra.
tn eraS vigoroS0 y tn mocssrlo pom
DoSanfIfe fuerte - meti6 en Ia sala
dcl hoSnital IN vez De eofrer los cam
DOS Y reSpirar la vida locamentc, has
IA Ia bor-rachera. Y en la sala del
bospital. I'll Il deber. iunto al pobre
5nfecrisso de tifus exantematico. como
aseerdote del gran eulto d. Ia caridaal.
hub sic Ia dolencia aiommai,le que te
Ia matadO.
Y In eniierro. prodllcto de la ira
ieruidsd ,Ie tod0S. ha sido sin honoreS
\ IN. mas digno he loores y DE- cr7lees
qile los braves generties de rarasia '
d. ssloncillo. has nerecido solo de Ia
g,a,te IN breve comentario DE- pesia>I "A
doSo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-05-05
La epi,lcmia. como ma garra fabu-,

LA epidcmia, como una garra iabu-
losa ha desirozado cohaH,ie tu vida.
Pobr cadaver hcdiondo donde latso
,in coraz6n mas grande aiin q'@ al ds'
Sania Isabel d. llmgria
Amigo Castro, Jose Castro Alvarez,
pobre aumno inferno, pobro amigo ,her
mamo, de=cansa en paz. Dice Ia proisa
i tanias coSas dice que tn nombr'
"cs un nombre mas que afasiir "A la
lista de la de los martircs dc la cien-
esl.' Muy hclla y muy sobada FRA
~! Pobre amigo, Iy donde esta ~S,
''lista"G CoSas hucras quo inwmta la
ironia para endulzar el paladar del mai
SAILOR que deja la horrible vida !!
tn has mucrto, diccn los que sii--
ben bicn las cosas, por culpa de negii-
eoncias en scrvicios de dcsinfccci6n Y
de ascpsia. Tn has sido un martr de
IN dcbnr del abandono oficial.
Tn muerte ha sido un crimen. Los
c6digoS csstan tan NAL hcchos que O
pncde castigarSc con Sevcra IrTa q
qllen te ha matado. llabia que meter
On Ia carcel Il mucha gente. Qliiza al
GOberno mlSno.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-05-05
CAPITULO XII
ObStiadcl0a

Dos dias despufs al tempo del desayuno, eg6 mister
Woodcour adeando para partcipamos la horrible nocla
de la u1ierc de NJ Tulknghorn la acusacon que pesa
ba sobre NJ Georges anad6 que sir Leicester haba
metdo cecida rccompensa qulen descubriesc e
En- principle atinaba que nteres poila iover
mas supc breve ne la victma procurador del ba
ronct por agnos instantes pude pensar 81
terror que aquel hombrc inspiraba mi madrc. Ilorr
bile suacon para ella saber muerte poder sentir
la Quzs horror habia descado alguna que el
anciano murse pensamiento espantoso desues
del mprcvso que preciptara al prOcuradOr Ia
tumba
uego que recobre baStante mpcrio sobTc mi nISIna
N prstar oido la conversation oi que NJ Jarudoc NJ
Woolcour hababan del aesado calor, deSperfsnto
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-05-05

\ las ocho de la maiIana dcl dia 20
De Febrcro de mil novccnentos mrcve
fallcci6 cn Madrid v en- su casa c.y'lc
de las lluea-taS l6 Y lS, Jose Poiro
Castro Alvarez, alumno intcrD del
Hospital Provincial, victima del titus
exanaematico contraido en- "a cumpll-
micnlto de S,I dcber en- Las saias de IN
fecciuSoS. Al dia Siguieatc, veintmno,
domingo, de Cssrnaval, fu6 enterrDdo,
presidmndo 81 duelo el seftor minIsfrO
,h, la Conformation don Juan dc la
cierva. 81 seIlOr Gobeana,lor CIVIL Mar
ques del Va,hllo Y el sefor don jose
C;ia1alcjas Dcdras lba una Juvcahurd,
con cl alma llefa de pcsadrImbrn y dc
indignaci6n- l-ssasssia
Victor Garcia Martinez.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-05-05
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MayagiieZ.

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centric de la calle M6ndez Vigo, con
on jaTdfn sal frente, es ell que reune
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los seTores viajeros, y Ell que cuenta
con mejores habitaciones frescas, ven-
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