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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-11-20
Castro derrotado
en- San Crist0bal

Nueva York, lunes.--
Sc informa que Castro, al frente dc
un ej6rcito revolucionario, sufri6 una
desastrosa derrota en- San Crist6bal,
Venezuela.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
ANXIETY WAS FOR THE KEG
overcharee a Small Matter, but Gus
toner Did Hate to See Good
Material Hurt.

Every nail-keg in the store had its
occupant, the checker-board was work
ing overtime. and mittens and muf-
flers were stuffed in bulgy pockets. as
their owners drew closer round the
big, rusty stove.
The door opened noisily. letting In q
blast Of the storm raging outside. and
In its wake followed Rufe Blevins, a
giant wood-chopper. whose good ma
ture and ready wit made him well
come addition to the store circle.
The loafers moved little closer to-
gether to make room for Rufe on q
soap-box, but he marched past the
friendly circle. pumped an empty
molasses-keg down on the counter.
and drew a stained bill from his
pocket, which he held out to the pro-
prietor of the store.
An expectant grin went round the
circle. for storekeeper Jones had the
reputation Of never wronging himself
by overweighing or undercharging.
The merchant adjusted his glasses
and looked expectantly from the bill
to the wood-chopper.
Notice you charged me for five gal
Ions O. molasses last time l had this
four-gallon keg filed" drawled Rufe.
II don't mind payin' for the extra gal
Ion, Mr.. Jones. but do kinder hate
to have good keg strained to pieces"
Youths Companion,
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
NEWS TO DATE
IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
REC Ord OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WEsTER

Francis B. Clarke, former president
of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle
railway. died in Portland. aged seven
ty-three.
While the latest figures have lot
been given out, 1t is announced that
Leadville, Colo. still heads the list OF
postal savings banks.
DR.. ]. l.. Wilson. chief surgeon OF
the insurrecto army, is seriously Ill in
the rebel camp. near Ell Paso, threat
ened with blood poisoning.
Ten Cinnamon are on the North
west Shelter Island, eighteen miles
from San Diego Cal. marooned by
smugglers and are starving.
Attorneys for both sides in the dy-
namiting case at Los Angeles have ar
ranged for the early arraignment of
John and James Mcnamara and Orite
McManigal.
The uniform bill for the regulation
of fraternal Insurance societies has be-
come law in Alabama. California,
Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Oregon,
Utah and Washington.
The selection of Ell Paso as the place
for holding the formal peace confer
ence and the naming of Judge Fran
cisco Carbajal, of the Mexican SUI
preme Court as the government com
missioner, are the important develop.
ments in the peace situation.
]. A. Franklin, international presi-
dent of the Boilermakers and Iron
Shipbuilders of America. OF Kansas
City, says that an assessment OF to 6
cents will be levied upon the 3 100000
members of the American Federation
of Labor to aid ]. ]. Mcnamara.
Heavily manacled and guarded by
eight officers from Chicago and Los
er, James w. Mcnamara. and Ortie e.
McManigal. alleged dynamiters. en-
tered California on the Santa Fe rail-
road and are in jail in Los Angeles.
Charity organization officers and
the police of Des Moines. Ia. have
been seeking for an elderly woman
who attempted to sell for small re-
muneration a baby boy three months
old. The woman went from house to
house on East Twelfth street. in fu-
tile effort to find a sale for the child.
Four robbers rode into Naponee.
Neb, in an automobile, blew up the
vault of the Naponee State bank and
escaped with $4,000 in cash. Citizens
were aroused by the explosion, but
the bandits threatened them with re-
volvers and compelled them to seek
shelter.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
FOREIGN.

Official figures of the ravages of the
bubonic plague in India show the ap-
palling total of 95,SS4 deaths in March
Diplomatic relations between Turkey
and Montenegro have been severed, ac-
cording to the Stampa, and their min
listers recalled.
All advices from Canton indicate 6
desperate condition in that city. Thera
are 10000 soldiers within the wall Is
and there is great fear many of these
will prove disloyal if it appears tha,
the rebels are about to gain the upper
hand. The rebels are strong in num-
bers and have carried on their work
of destruction with fanatical bravery.
The discomfort with the ruling dy-
nasty has been famed into flame and
fierce fighting between loyal troops
and rioters is reported from Canton
China. Following desperate conflict,
the rioters managed to sack the resi-
dence of the viceroy, after which they
burned it.
The main topic among English wom
ankind is the ban placed upon the hob
BILE skirt at court by the queen.
An unconfirmed rumor has been
spread through Rome that the pope's
indisposition has taken sudden turn
for the worse.
Refusing to surrender or to leave
the train on which be and his com
mald of thirty soldiers were being car
ried to the city of Mexico, a second
lieutenant. little more than a boy
engaped in battle with a force of
400 rebels at Cajones, Guerrero. AT
the conclusion of the brief encounter
the lieutenant and twenty-eight sol.
diers were dead and the remaining
two of his men were prisoners. One
of the arms of the lieutenant was shot
away.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05

There is now strong probability
that an extra session of the Eight
eenth General Assembly will be called
to convene May 8.
Throughout the present session.
which has thus far. lasted 115 days.
both branches Of the Legislature have
been retarded by the senatorial con-
test, and great deal of time has been
lost in prolonged debate and fillibus-
tering.
1t is now estimated that the COM
bined expenditures which will be au-
thorized by the Eighteenth General
Assembly, will reach $4,50O,000. Bills
which carry appropriations of $4,000
900 in the aggregate have been, or will
be killed in order that the states
available income may go as far as pos
sible toward meeting what are regard
ed as the more pressing items of ex-
pense.
Whether for better or worse, the
Eighteenth General Assembly has al
ready rolled up a record for the Num-
ber of enacted bills and, if no further
bills were passed, the session laws Of
1911 will be the most voluminous con-
tribution made by any General Assemb-
ly to the statutes of the state. The
Senate has finally passed sixty-nine
bills and the House has passed twen-
ty-two Senate bills. The House has
passed ninety-nine of its own bills.
nineteen of which have been enacted
by the Senate, making total Of forty.
one enacted measures by the Eight
eenth General Assembly. Two enact
ed bills have been vetoed by the gov
ernor, the racing commission and the
water commissioners salary bills.
About $4,000 of the 10000 Colorado
corporations will be officially put out
of business, in the opinion OF Secretary
Of State Pearce, by law that has
been signed by the governor. This
law provides for the wedding out Of
defunct and moribund corporations and
was passed by the Legislature at the
request of the secretary of state. The
law provides that any corporation
which fails to pay its taxes or file an
annual report with the secretary of
state for period Of three years shall
be declared defunct.
When the House took up consid-
Grafton of the bank guaranty bill in
about thirty minutes it undid the work
that it required fifteen days to com
plete in the Senate. The guaranty
clause over which the Senate had de-
liberated SO long and earnestly was
stricken out and in its place was in
serted the mutual guaranty plan now
in force in Texas and Oklahoma. The
Senate, after over two weeks of con.
sideration. refused to place this mu
,ual guaranty feature in the bill.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
WASHING GToN.

Reciprocity with Canada must be
or fall by its own terms." says Pres
ident Taft.
Illinois congressman. friends OF SEN
ator Lorimer. and closely associated
with him In political affairs. are pre-
dieting that he will resign.
Samuel Adams. a Chicago lawyer.
will succeed Frank Pierce, resigned.
as first assistant secretary of the In
terror. Secretary Fisher has announced
that Mr.. Adams will assume his duties
about June /.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has concluded another weekly
duty Of handing down decisions with
out announcing opinions In either the
Standard OIL or the tobacco suits un-
der the Sherman antitrust act.
A bill providing for the enlargement
of the House OF Representatives from
391 to 4S3 members. and the apportion-
ment of these members to the differ.
ent states on the basis of the popula-
tion shown by the recent federal cen
sus. passed the House.
Alleged unreasonable and unjust
clas freight rates from Omaha to Col
orado points were attacked in COM
plant filed with the Interstate Com
merce Commission by commercial
clubs of Omaha. Sioux City and ST.
Joseph against railroads serving the
territory.
With the resignation of Edward c.
Kinney as chief law officer of the
Reclamation Service, to take effec:
May 1st, all the officials of the Int.
rior Department who figured promi'
nently In the Ballinger-Pinchot inves-
tigation. have now severed their con-
nection with the service.
Race issues are to be raised in the
House in the near future. II several
Democratic members from the South
have their way. Representative Rod
denberry of Georgia announced that
he had prepared bill prohibiting ne
groes from eating in the House res
taurant.
The activities of the Department OF
Agriculture in the detection and pun
ishment of people who attempt to
manufacture and market impure foods
is unabated, and promises to make 1t
extremely dangerous for anyone to
continue these practices. The penalty
is heavy.
Postmaster Genearal Hitchcock is
confident that penny postage" is a
probability of the near irture as the
result OF reductions in the $17.600,OOO
postal deficit which existed when he
took charge of the Postoffice Depart
ment. He has made a statement to
this effect In acknowledging letters
received regarding the postal situa-
ton.
Three weeks of the extraordinary
session OF the SiXty-second Congress
having passed into history with rec
ord of rapid,fire legislation by the
House. the Senate is finally organized.
but is in no haste to consider that part
of the Democratic program already
disposed of by the lower branch. Ca
madam reciprocity is the only matter
now being considered by the Senate
and that probably will not come before
1t for action for several weeks.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
COLORADO
LEGISLATIVE
DoIN G 8
Governor Sends Special Message to
House.
o OF N G 8

Governor Sends Special Message to
House.
To the House of Representatives OF
the Eighteenth General Assembly of
the State of Colorado, April %, 1911.
Gentlemen:
There has been transmitted to this
House, Senate Bill No. 324. entitled,
"A bill for an act relating to banks
and banking" When introduced 1t
was intended to comply with the plat
form pledge to enact bank guaranty
law, It was amended and changed to
such an extent that 1t no more re-
sembles the measure promised to the
people, than night resembles day.
The platform pledge upon this sub
Iect was in these words: Fourth
Bank Guaranty-We demand state
law by which this states banks shall
be required to establish a state guar
anty fund, for the prompt payment to
depositors of any insolvent state bank
and denounce the last Republican Sen
ate for defeating bill to that end
which received the vote of every Dem
ocratic Senator"
The bill now contains no provisions
whatever for such state guaranty
fund. Do you suppose that the people
are going to accept such measure as
a compliance with the platform
pledge?
The Eighteenth General Assembly
has been in session for one hundred
and thirteen days; twenty-three days
longer than any previous session for
thirty years. and yet not one platform
pledge has been placed by this Legis-
lature upon the statute books. Is there
any excuse for this failure?
The pledges were made In the con-
vention of 1908. The same platform
was re-affirmed in the convention, by
the unanimous vote of every county.
1910. after thorough discussion. by
but one. of this state. We were elect
ed upon these solemn obligations. Are
the people going to be deceived again?
Are we to affirm the perfidious saying
that platforms are made to get in on
but not to stand on?" Are we going
to be recreant to the trust and con-
fidence in us reposed? Are we ready
to repudiate our agency of the people,
and again demonstrate that represen-
tative government is failure7 He
who thinks that such a betrayal can
be made without censure and condem-
nation, little understands the trend Of
events now taking place in all parts
of the United States in behalf of the
rule of the people.
Abraham Lincoln once said: you
can fool all of the people sometimes;
you can fool some of the people all
the time; but you can't fool all of the
people all of the time"
1 warn you now that an avalanche
of public sentiment is coming, as sure
as right is right, against those who
refuse to redeem their contracts OF
honor.
urge you, in the interest of honest
government, to make this bill. and all
others concerning the platform
pledges, conform to the promises we
made to the people.
Respectfully submitted,
THE GOVERNOR.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
GEN ERAl.

DR.. B. C. Hyde, convicted in Kan
sas City for the murder of Col. Thos
B. Swope, has been released on bond
The second highest price for book
in the Hoe library sale was reached in
New York when book sold for $21,-
600.
Fire in the heart of Buffalo's bust
ness district destroyed the five-story
building of the Buffalo Glass Compa
NY, with loss of nearly s25O,000.
The fishing smack Frantera, bound
from Campeachy to Mobile, was
wrecked in the Western gulf storm
near Galveston. and it is feared three
of its crew were lest.
Elmer C. Swope. claimant to the
So 100000 estate of Thomas H. Swope.
the late Kansas City philanthropist
has disappeared from his home in Mar
tinsburg, w. Va.
Orders for the national encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic at
Rochester. N. Y. Aug. 21-26, have
been issued by Commander-in-C Chief
John E. Gilman Of Boston.
Fire in the big Arbuckle Sugar Re-
filming Company plant in Brooklyn
spread rapidly throughout the upper
half of the main ten-story buildins
and caused loss of $25O,000.
AS the result of werck on the Penn
sylvania railroad OF a train of teachers
going from Utica, N. Y, to Washing
ton, d. c., eight persons are dead and
score more seriously if not fatally
injured.
1t is quite probable the young wom-
an who took the negotiable bonds
worth s15O,000 from Mrs. S. b. Ar
mour of Kansas City, will be arrested.
1t depends upon whether she will re-
store $4,000, which she thus far has
refused to give up
A tornado struck Sedalia, Mo-. and
damaged property in path two
blocks wide and a mile and half long.
A number of houses were torn from
their fundations and large trees were
torn up or snapped in twain. The
property damage is heavy.
| Plans have been filed by the Broad
way-Park Place Company for the con-
struction at Broadway and Park place
in New ! rk of the highest building
in the world. From the curb to the
apex of the tower will be 750 feet
There will be thirty-stories in the
main building and an additional twen-
ty-five in the tower, fifty-five in all.
Property at upward of $4,000, ,03o
was destroyed, hundreds of persons
made homeless and almost the entire
business section of Bangor, Maine, was
destroyed by a fire which ragged for
many hours.
| Chicago labor unions will take 4
leading part in the fight organized to
save from the gallows John ]. McNa-
mara, secretary of the International
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers,
charged with being the principal in
nearly 100 dynamite outrages.
Thirteen indictments on total of
lilo counts, charging four iron ore car
rier railroads entering Cleveland with
rebating, and alleging that two of the
railroads and three individuals are
guilty of conspiracy to violate the FL
kins law, were returned by the federal
grand jury in Cleveland, Ohio
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
A Missionary Tree,

A missionary. during Lenten tea.
said. pointedly:
II have established missionary trees
all over the country. But perhaps you
don't know what a missionary tree Is?
A missionary tree is one whose profit
goes entirely to missions.
"a Roxborough farmer has in his ap-
pie orchard golden pippin tree that
helps to support the Chinese mission.
A Florida woman has an orange tree
that helps to uplift the cannibals Of
New Guinea. A California nut farmer
devotes walnut tree to the spread Of
the faith in Zanzibar.
Missionary trees" the speaker end
ed. "are very good things. but the
principle that underlies them need not
be confined to farms and farmers"
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
FIND A COTTON SUBSTITUTE
Germans Hope to Utilize kapok,
Which Is Derived from Wild
Tree-Process Patented.

Berlin.-The annual report of the
Chemnitzer Spinnerei, leading cot
ton spinning concern in Germany,
states that substantial progress has
been made with the utilization of
"kapok" as a substitute for cotton.
"Kapok'' is derived from wild tree,
and the company's botanists have OBJ
tanned such satisfactory results with
the preparation and use Of new fiber
that the process has been patented In
number of foreign countries. The
Chamnitz company states that 1t has
been unable hitherto to operate with
"kapok" on large scale. but later ex-
perience makes them sanguine Of do
ing so,
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05

eral salutes of infantry we're fired.
This monument is 54 feet in circum-
ference at Its base and about 40 feet
In height. The wall Is composed of
huge stones. many Of which weigh
over a ton. In the original monu-
ment, 12 feet from the base. on the
west side. was inserted white mar
BILE slab. with the following inscrip-
ton:
"Erected in memory OF Washington.
July 4. 1927. by the citizens of Boons-
boro."
At the dedicatory services several
revolutionary soldiers ascended to the
top of the monument and fred three
rounds. The spot on which the monu-
ment is located is 1900 feet above
the surrounding country. The pic
ture here shown was taken some
years ago. The monument Is now in
ruins. 1t was struck by lightning once
and at another time was dynamited.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
SPORT.
wEsT~R: ,.ENGuE.

Zbyszko defeated Gus Schoenlein
(Americus), in finish wrestling
match in Baltimore. in two straight
falls.
frankie White and "Muggsy" School
have been matched to go twenty
rounds at Cheyenne, Wyo.. some time
within two weeks.
Mickey Sheridan of Chicago out
boxed frankie White of Chicago in
ten-round bout before the new Nation
al athletic Club at Gary, Ind.
Joe Mandel. Southern featherweight
champion, and Jack White of Chicago
are scheduled to box in Memphis,
Tenu.
A golf match which many persons
would travel miles to witness is sched-
uled for Chevy Chase Club links in
washington. President Taft has is
sued a challenge to "Chick" Evans,
the Western open champion, who is to
play in the English tourney.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
A WIDOWS LUCK
Quit the Thing That Was Slowly In
jurina Her.

A woman tells how coffee kept her
from insuring her life:
Il suffered for many years chiefly
from trouble with my heart, with
severe nervous headaches and neu-
ralgia; but although incapacitated
at times for my housework, l did not
realize the gravity Of my condition till
l was rejected for life insurance, be-
cause, the examining physician said,
my heart was SO bad he could not pass
me.
This distressed me very much, as
I was a widow and had a child de-
pendent upon me. 1t was to protect
her future that wanted to insure
my life.
fortunately for me, happened to
read an advertisement containing a
testimonial from man who had been
affected in the same way that was
with heart trouble, and who was bene-
flied by leaving of coffee and using
Postum. l grasped at the hope this
held out, and made the change at
once.
"My health began to improve imme-
diately. The headaches and neuralgia
disappeared, l gained in flesh, and my
appetite came back to me. Greatest
Of all. my heart was strengthened
from the beginning, and soon all the
distressing symptoms passed away. No
more waking up in the night with my
heart trying to fly out of my mouth!
Then I again made application for
life insurance, and had no trouble in
passing the medical examination.
at was seven years ago that be-
gan to use Postum and l am using 1t
still, and shall continue to do SO, as 1
find it guarantee OF good health" "
Name given by Postum Company. Bat
/ tie Creek. Mich.
There's a reason"
Read the big little book. The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above Ietterf new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
IN MEMORY OF SAM JONES
A Church Built In Honor Of the
Evangelist 10 Dedl.
Gated.

Cartersville. Ga.-The Sam Jones
Memorial church has been dedicated
All the churches Of the city were In
vited to attend the dedication exer-
cises. and there was preaching no.
where else In the city. The church.
which is large one. was crowded.
All the pastors OF the city attended
the services. Bishop Kilgo of North
Carolina formally dedicated the edi
flce. The music was furnished by the
local choir. ''In the Good Old Fash
ioned Way" the favorite song of the
late Rev. Sam Jones. was one Of the
numbers.
The Sam Jones Memorial church
was erected in the pastorate Of the
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
Double-Edoe ed,

The man whose daughter had Just
been united to the husband Of her
choice looked q little sad.
II tell you, squire" he said to one Of
the wedding guests. a man Of his own
age, and himself the father Of a num-
Der Of unmarried girls, II tell you
1t is solemn thing for us when our
daughters marry and go away"
The squire assented not altogether
heartily.
'T suppose it is." he conceded. "but
I tell you 1t is more solemn when they
don't.'.-Youth's Companion.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
FIRST SHAFT TO WASHINGTON
Maryland Town Erected First Monu-
mont to the Father Of His
Country.

Boonsboro, Md.-The first monu-
ment to the memory OF George Wash
ington was erected by the citizens OF
Boonsboro. Nd and dedicated by
them on July 4th, 1927. They assem-
bled in the public square and marched
In a body to place on South Noun
tain. several miles distant. called
"Blue Rocks" The orator for the oc-
casion was the Rev. Mr.. Clingham.
survivor of the Revolutionary war.
The Declaration of Independence was
read from one of the steps, and sew
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
Not Exactly Patriotic.

He was, let us say. Irish, was among
several men Of other nationalities, and
had imbibed several beverages. He
was extremely anxious, moreover, to
uphold the glories of Erin, but was
not quite so sure Of what was going
on about him. A foreigner near him
remarked:
IAN honest man is the noblest work
OF God!"
The Hibernian didn't quite catch
what was said:
"Get out!-an Irishman Isl" he
roared.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
Oh! That g.: Awful

Did you hear it1 How embar.
RAISING. These stomach noisesmake
you wish you could sink through
the floor. You imagine everyone
hears them. Keep box of CAS-
CARETS in your purse or pocket
and take part of one after eating.
It will relieve the stomach of gas. e,s
CAScARETS 1oc box for a weeks
treatment All druggists. Biggest seller
IN tho woEld-million boxer q month.
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05

Kidney secretions con-
tanned heavy sediment
and burned awfully in
passage. Everything
seemed to be gradu-
ally giving way; my
limbs ached, sight be-
came poor and blood
circulation was so i'm.
paired that I reeled
The Springfield herald., 1911-05-05
Fashion Adopts Calf.

Paris.-The latest Partisan fad is
the Jersey calf. The new fashion is
for milady to be accompanied by a
wee Jersey calf led by gold chain
when she goes out for an airing. The
calves look pretty and are cheaper
than pet dogs.