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although he did not understand the spoken
word he felt the slight TO the dead. and
gripped his hands the tighter. and. with
bigger lump in his heart, strobe on TO Gods
Acre down by the sea.
In the afternoon were celebrated the
services for the dead >Jurist. The mail
steamer had sailed The stress at the city
postofiice was over for another week
Preparations for the unusual event were
hurried with all speed. Flags were put at
halfmast clubs and city buildings we're
draped. the exchanges were closed and
bells tolled. Merchants left their wares IN
charge OF clerks and donned their Sunday
best The narrow streets through which
the procession was 10 pass were lined with
an eager. expectant crowd Of genuine
mourners-men who loved this righteous
Judge. children who knew him b. reputa-
ton and by sight.
Hastily summoned from all parts OF the
island. from Mayaguez. Ponce. Caguas,
Guayanila. Manati-evcn from the island
Of Nicpues and the provinces Of Guanica
and Rio Grande-came hundreds Of true
mourners for their friend and ruler. The
hearse. a huge car Of state, drawn by black
horses that carried their plumes proudly.
was covered with wrcaths of enormous
size having wound in and around thom
broad. vari-co-orcd ribbons with notices
and encomiums such as Righteous
Judge" beloved Husband" "iicrore !
Father" Friend of the Needy and Put
lie Benefactor."
The deliberately decorated car. With its coal
black chargers. was preceded NV single
priest. the aged and vencrated dean of the
cathedral Father Berries. a man long past
seventy, but with a physique of iron and a
heart of gold. The sturdy priest strobe
ahead OF tho man he had loved for nearly
half "A century. aud. with tears streaming
down hls wrinkled cheeks, rectcd the
prayers for tho dead with voice that
echoed into every doorway and patio by
which the procession passed. Immediately
| I'm front Of the dean were two torch bearers
| from the cathedral, clad in rcd and bearing
aloft flaming candles in the golden candle
sticks presented to the diocese in its
earliest days by Queen isabella l.
Behind tho hearsc came the army of
mourners-all Oh foot There were Judges
and attorneys. merchants and planters.
! state dignitaries and officers OF the army
and navy orators and teachers. members
Of club and casino, Senior Coll Tosti,
! president Of the Association of Authors
and Artists, and Edourdi Georsett. the
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C+.n+ Reo;en Over Iustriou Dead Porto Rcos Shore
A Huge Bleachery, Open to Sun and Wind, Hold.
Bones of Those Whose Friends Proved Remss in
Paying Rental of Graves-Roman Custom Of
Euloeizine Dead at Street Corners Persists

, head of the Sugar Growers Association,
old Andres Crasas and young George Find.
lay, followed by groups of politicians q,
both factions-Unionist and Republican.
representatives from the Stock Exchanss
the Mutual Aid Society and the students.
Fraternity, together with a concourse n,
citizens from all grades and classes, each
one endeavorng in his own way to reyer.
ence the memory of the great man WIN
rode before them.
There were no women In the procession.
It was their place to remain at home, and
If by chance any met the marchers on their
way they dropped 10 their knees and said
prayer for him who was being carried on
his last journey The men who lined the
street stood bareheaded. with prayers on
their lips, some Of them holding up the
tiniest of children to do reverence TO the
great equalizer-Death.
The old Roman custom still exists IN
Porto Rico of listening to euloges Of the
dead from the street corners. And SO, as
this body of men reached the top OF the HIT.
at the Recinto del Oeste. they rested and
standing grouped around the hearse lis.
tened 10 an Grafton by leader OF the bar
il, English. and as they came TO the Plaza
Principal they halted again, and were
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her legal representatives to have the rental
Of her late husbands grave promptly paid
during her absence. On her return, the tale
runs. she found, to her dismay, that her
lawyer had departed for other and more
congenial climes, taking her rental money
with him, and had left her husband repos-
ing with a score of others in the pit re-
served for the unpaying. Not knowing how
to distinguished her husbands bones from
those Of the others. the sonora, so the story
goes. had the entire consignment OF the
! ward" removed TO a properly prepared
vault. for the rental of which she deposited
sufficient sum to keep up the annual pay
ments in perpetuity.
This boneyard-grewsome as the name
may Sounds not an unsightly place A
solid structure of masonry. with wall ten
feet high and about twelve by twenty II
is open to the sun and wind on top and
view Of its CHASTITY contents is obtained
only by special permission from the au-
thorities. Once every so often its contents
are removed TO the paupers burial lots
which are within the Enclosure that Is hal
l. lowed ground-where each burial is duly
! marked with the date and other recogniz-
able signs.
MANY of the individual tombs are ornate
| ly finished Most OF them contain wreaths
OF immortelles and other flowers and greens
arranged outside the thick plate glass
doors. and others have curious little shelves
built lust inside the doors, upon which are
placed photographs of the lost ones, or
! trinkets that were worn by the dead lock-
cts or bits Of ribbons with insignia of Of
flee pinned upon them. These individual
| tombs are not confined TO this rented por-
| ton Of the grounds. In the centre Of the
cemetery Is a chapel, built for the celebra-
ton Of masses for the dead. and where in
Spanish times an officiating priest could
always be found. Near this chapel there
are a number Of handsome tombs, where
the various members of these families or
high degree have inches reserved for them
all plainly visible, but Enclosed behind
heavy glass. Here, as in tho public colon
made, are the same wreaths and flowers,
photographs and other tokens OF affection
Of the living for the dead. By looking
| through the glass doors one can see how
the sleeping ones looked in life, what were
! their favorite colors and flowers, what their
rank and titles, and, in general, in what
esteem they were held by those who love
their memory.
Not all tho ground is rented. Portions OF
It are bought outright. And on these plots
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signal victories and the poets that sang
their deeds of conquest.
II had always been the desire Of Ponce
de Leon to be buried with his soldiers on
the little side hill. But fate ruled other
wise A restless, turbulent spirit in life, II
was destined that even in death he should
find many temporary resting places WINE
he was I'm Florida in quest Of eternal
youth" he received his death wound ana
begged TO be taken home to die, but was
carried only as far as Havana ana LOT
nearly forty years his tomb was one OF the
famous historic places on the lslaho VI
Cuba. In 1859 his grandson brought ms re-
mains back TO the city Of San juan "here
he had lived and ruled so long, and de-
nosited them. not in the common ourylne
ground. but in one of the vaults or the oio
C,burcb Of 81. Tomas Aquino, now the
Church Of San Jose, and in 1858 they were
again exbumed and held in a temporary
crvnt until August u, 1908, the 4OOth ami
versary of his landing in Porto Rico when
thew were transferred with great CIVIC ano
religious ceremony 10 their present resting
place in the cathedral.
Rut out on the shore are buried the
homes of his followers and those OF Cristo-
hal Sotomayer, Sancho Velasquez ana An
tonic de Gamo and many others OF those
carly days of stress and strife. On the
slabs and stones are the names OF Navarro
DE Velasco. Garcia and De la Tore; here
are the tombs Of generals and governors
historians and teachers, brave men ana
beautiful women-in short, here is the MS
tory Of the little island from the reign oil
Ferdinand of Spain TO that Of Taft or the
United States, and not few American
names mingle with those Of the older coun-
try across the sea. Here is monument 70
the memory of an American boy who dleo
~doing his duty far from home and an
other TO the man who liberated the island
$4,000 slaves Soldiers who died in the SER
vice Of Uncle Sam lie side by side with
those who came out to do the bidding OF
Father Columbus. over the graves or all
the same sun shines and the same winds
blow. and in the ears Of all comes the
crash of the waves as they beat upon the
shore and throw their spray high In the
sweet summer air Not even at the Parque
Borrinquen is the sea so glorious.
Some FIVE miles to the east Of Porto Rico
the Atlantic is at its deepest. and this par
ticular little strip Of barren beach seems tc
be bathed with water that Is sweeter
more salty. fuller Of roar and rumble than
any that laves the other rocks Of this e1-
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In Quaint Burial Place in San Juan Lie Bodies OF
Great Explorers, Soldiers, Historians and each
ers, Guarded on Either Side by the Power
FIJI Forts Ell Moro and San Cristobal

ouislte island Of the sea. Hemmed IN on
the right and left by the giant battlements
of Porto Rico's trustiest and stanchest
guardians of rock and mortar, this niue
green garden of the church is defended py
night and by day by the ceaseless Vigil OF
a mightier sentinel than any human miho
could train or hope to equal.
1t is not large, this burial place DIS
ground in the closely packed town OF san
Juan is too precious to waste I'm any cause
sacred though it be, and, possibly, 1t is TOT
this reason that on one side of the incios
ure a long colonnade has been erected
against the western rocks, into which nave
been followed out tombs large enough lot
single caskets only. There are four uers
of these individual resting places that are
rented by the city to the people, and woe
betide him who forgets 10 pay the annual
stipend for the hiring charge of his fath-
er's or mothers vault. For TO sooner Is the
money overdue than the bones OF the deau
are unceremoniously thrown out into the
common boneyard, where lie tossed TO-
ratber into a common bleachery, the skele-
TONS of men. women and children. There
is a story told by the Americans in san
Imam that wealthy widow went on visit
70 Madrid. leaying strict iniunctions with
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wrong. 4 public expression OF their prl-
vatc grief is as natural as the exhibition
OF excessive emotion at the theatre over
the woes OF a favorite heroine
/ on December Is. 1910. two men died in San
Juan; one was n famous Judge of the su-
preme Court; the other an unknown peon
who had been in his employ. As the law
OF the land prohibits the retention OF a
body for more than twenty-four hours after
death. both funerals were neld tho follow
I Ing day-the poems simple burial in the
morning. the imposing ceremonies for the
| great judge IN the afternoon. II was mail
day In the capital Messengers from Gov
eminent House hurried across the Plaza.
/ carrying large blue envelopes duly stamped
With heavy red seals. The tall. straight
secretary from the Bishops palace STROBE
down Santa Cristo street, with cloak flying
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
H. 1 Of - one Peon-Dorne on the Teods Of Two Old Friends

are handsome granite shafts and marble
slabs, upon which are engraved the honors
OF those who sleep under them Hero are
emblazoned the names Of Porto Ricos
great men and women, In whose honor are
erected some OF the most beautiful works
Of art from the chisels OF the foremost
sculptors of Italy and Spain.
A funeral in Porto Rico IS always more
or less of pageant. The body Of a lonely
peon. borne on the heads OF two OF his old
friends. IS reverently followed by his com
rades and pals-the cortege Of an officer OF
state is sight that once seen IS never for
gotten. These people, with their exceedingly
sensitive natures. respond quickly and feel
ingly to any emotion with dramatic eager
ness. They are as alert to express sorrow
as JOY, as impetuous in the granting Of q
favor as in redressing a real or imaginary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
OBS ACRE" in San Juan is one
~ OF the most peaceful spots on the
~ ,.,nna nR pnrtn Ricn Half way

&C" OBS ., p .G no: ps a sfa ' 'oos o '
island of Porto Rico. Half way
between the two great forts-El' Moro ana
San Cristobal-close by the sea and far
away from the busy streets of the city
proper. IL is ideally situated for the quiet
treasure house Of the dead. To reach 1t one
must walk--it is impossible for cart to
pass down that narrow passageway-doWn
steep decline and under tunnelled archways'
but when the entrance gates have been
passed and one finds himself once inside the
Enclosure and hears the booming Of the sea
iust over the edge Of the cliff; when ne
feels the warm sunshine and the cool
overwhelmingly from Spain direct-lt Is
impossible not to compliment those early
settlers upon their choice Of this tranquil
secluded square for the burial Of their dead
Perhaps 1t is the stillness-not sound from
the outside world reaches II; perhaps the
nearness to the water-on the heights OF
Eel Moro one is so far above the waves that
the roar is palpably diminished; but what
ever it is, It makes for peace and content
and one can wish for no sweeter spot to lie
In than this seagirt plateau whereon Sleep
side by side, the warriors that won such
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-11-26
CITY MUST FACE WARTIME SUIT.
Justice Refuses to Dismiss Draft
NiOt Damage Case.

Supreme Court Justice Ncwbnrger
denied Yesterday an application by the
city of New York TO dismiss a sui:
brought in 1864 10y Charles II. Appleby
IT, recover $4,000 damages because the
Hotel Allcrton. which he owned at
Eleventh avenue and l'orty-iirst street.
was destroyed during the draft riots
in 1853 The Board of Supervisors
rasscd resolution IN 1864 granting
$500 To Appl,by ON his claim. but he
refused to accept less than the amount
asked for. ana the money was never
paid.
Meantime everybody connected with
the litigation has died except Mr..
Applcby. H. hired a new lawyer a few
months agp. lie asked Comptroller
picndcrgaSt to pay the $500 granted
by the SupcrN isurs nearly iiftY years
ago. and the Comptroller refused. Then
hls attorney filed notice of trial Of the
ancient suit.
The city's contention was that the
delay was due to the plaintiff, and that
HE city Is now entirely at his mercy
hc,aus, 1t can find no witnesses TO call.
Justice Nrwhurgcr decided that the
y, ,ay in the trial WAS as much the city :
H.u,t as Applrby's. and upon the plain
!ifls agreement not to demand interest
from 1864. tn. court denied the city''
application for 4 dismissal.
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DOUGLASS PAY GARNISHEED.
Member of =. =. Board nnd Relative
OF Dix, Must Ray s2S.Sa n Week.

albany. Nov Supreme Court Jus
tee Rudd to-day issued an order under
the Earnishec law against the $1,000
salary of state Public Service Commits
sio' Curtis y. Douglas of Albany.
Mr.. Douglas sat to-day for the first time
as member Of the commission. He is
hrothcr-in-law Of Gov. Dix. He re-
fused Tonight to discuss the matter
further than TO say a judgment secured
/. 1891 was Involved and that he was
dcfraudcd in the first instance.
Mr.. Douglass salary Of $1,000 n yeor
is about S2SS.4G week The new por-
nishee law allows 10 per cent of a mans
ircomc to be deducted to satisfy a debt.
which means that s2S.S4 will be taken
'ach week from the Commissioners nav.
The Judgment against Mr.. Douglas
was secured in New York in May. 1911
Nv William :. Lawson and Harry =. Dav.
surviving members of the firm of w, s.
lawson 4 Co, a New York brok.rop
concern now out Of business. \ tran
script of the Judgment was flied in the
county clerks office here on July 20.
1911. and an execution was levied on his
property by the Albany county Sheriff
on July =, Of that year II was returned
unsatisfed and no further action was
taken by the creditors until to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-11-26
WAS 1T MERELY HORSE SENSE
Paris widows Entry Failed In Race
for Purse aud Husband.

SprcIdi fdb'e Urspdtch 10 THE SIN
PARIS, Nov. 2J.-Thc courts here 20
day ruled out a suit for damages. fraud
and breach Of promise brought by Nine.
Iuhin, co years old, widow. against
NJ Fouque, but before the case was
thrown out Nine. Lubln had chance
tn tell all about the romance which has
thus been shattered
She, ii appears, Is n wealthy dress
maker and wanted her Colors borne to
victory on the turf at Auteuil and Bong
champs, both because of the sporting
blood in her and because advertising
pays. Thus she met NJ. Fouquc, who
agreed to help her, and with 1000
francs tSSOO Of the widows money he
bought the horse Gladiator. Just be-
fore she turned over the money to him
he asked her to marry him. She con-
scented, and 1t was agreed that the wed
ding should be held when Gladiator won
his first race.
Just what objections To the marriage
the racehorse had could not be learned
nut in every race he was entered he
Jagged behind the rest while Mime
Iubn, from tho stand. urged him on to
win her purse and n husband,
Al last, in despair. she appealed TO
Fnuqus, hut he stood firm, and said
"pnly when the horse wins" Glada-
tor won not "A race. and the suits fol-
lowed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-11-26
ELEVATED TICKET AGENT
BEATEN DOWN AND ROBBED
Won BrOmcn Fought Highway
man i'm Grand street station
Till Unconscious.

\ highwayman attacked David Won
Bromen the ticket agent on the south
bound platform of the Second avenue
elevated station at Grand and Allen
streets, at 80 last night with an iron bolt
and got away with $40 after he had
beaten the agent into unconsciousn.ss
Although this station is above one of the
busiest corners of the city no one was
present to interfere and the highwayman
with his coat and hands smeared with the
blood of the agent disa appeared up Allen
street
Won Bromen who l. 80 and lives at Of ls
Prospect place. Brooklyn, has been EN-
ployed by the road for eighteen years
When he got To work last night he saw
young man III the waiting room of the
alton He was AT his little window
when suddenly he was struck glancing
blow on the head which bit into his scalp.
but did not knock him out lie turned
and received another blow which la ,d his
cheek open.
Old as the agent is he grappled with the
other, who was welding an iron bolt
eight or ten inches long. The next blow
landed on the agents chin. Then the
hlpn"dEillan SlrNck once more at the
agents head and probably thinking he
h. 4 spent enough time at the job he
reached his hand into the pile of quarters.
dimes and niokcls on the counter thrust
"A handful of them into his pocket and ran
away.
Harry Moscowitz. 2iO East SiXty-third
street. was beginning an ascent Of the
stairs when he heard the sounds Of scuf-
fling above. A moment later the high
wayman ran past him.
Won Bromen was taken TO Gouverneur
Hospital. where il was said that the blows
have probably caused a fracture of the
skull He was able to give his story to
the police.
Detectives found the bolt with which
the assault was done, gray cap. with the
name "Pussey" stamped inside it, and on
the floor an open pocket knife. There
was $50 in a drawer which the thief over
looked, and Won Bromen had $40 of his
own money in his pocket which was not
taken. He says that he thinks he can
identify the highwayman if the police
arrest him.
No report of the holdup was given out
at Police Headquarters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-11-26
CHOOSE HOME WITH AN AUTO.
Children In Court Prefer Uncle and
Car to GrandmOther

Surrogate Ketcham Of Brooklyn per-
mitted two little children to choose yes
tcrday between two homes. one offered
by their grandmother, Mrs. Eliza beth
Benson Of 329 Schenck avenue. and the
other by an uncle. Or. Charles T.. Gard
ner of - Schermerhorn street.
William Gardner. 10 years old. de-
clared for the uncle quickly. and his
younger brother Joseph was not long
in following. They loved their uncle
more than their grandmother. they in
formed the court. and the younger an
swered gravely that he loved the auto
mobile too.
The children have made their home
with their uncle since the death OF
their father, Joseph Gardner, who was
employed in the Corporation Counscrs
Office.
In denying the grandmothcrs petition
Surrogate Ketcham said that lie he
lieved It was made In good faith. but
thought the children were getting along
very nicely with their uncle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-11-26
WOMAN DARES HE'LL GATE
IN SAVING POLICEMAN
SWim> ont and RcScue> Schmuck
After Two Men Had Gone
Down With His Boat.

Mrs Caroline Phillips. widow - years
old of jS lioyt avenue. Astoria. swan
700 feet out from the Astoria shor. of
icl! Gate early yesterday morning and
saved from drowning Policeman otto
Scumunk of the East 2Gth street station
A. n" was foatin unconscious on the
'ide after two companions had been
drowned when his thrty-five foot motor
boat Pilot was hit and sunk by car
fioa of the New Haven railroad.
The men lost were Joseph Willocks. n
bartender of 81 East l49th street. The
Bronx. "a d William Livingston. also a
bartender. living at Park avenue and
Nin,icth street. They We're in the cabin
when the boa, went under the bow of
the barge. Their bodies have not been
found.
The Pilot was running up through He'll
Gate with Schmuck at the wheel lie
had thirty hours OF duty and had asked
couple of his friends to 60 fishing with
him. They had made an early start
from the foot of Fast l?5th street and
were heading for Port Washington.
Schmuck would not have been saved
had not Mrs. Phillips seen him drifting
past, his body buoyed up by his big over
coat She swan out and towed Schmuck
to the shore Her cries for help were
answered by butcher boy, who took the
now half conscious policeman in his
wagon to st Johns Hospital. SChmuck's
condition il serious. but he was able TO
give the police something of a story as to
how the accident happened
Hn yoS Sfapripu the pilot ha said
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-11-26
HOSPITAL DOCTORS WALK OUT.
One Of Quartet Was Dismissed, Three
SympathiKed.

The four young doctors acting as
internes at the J. Hood Wright Hos
pital. 131st street and Amsterdam ave-
nue.. walked out on strike at noon yes
terday because the hospital authorities
insisted on dismissing one Of their num-
ber on a charge OF neelssA.saA--dnty.
Last night there was new staff OF
attendant physicians at the hospital
and the striking doctors had been told
that they could not come back.
Those who walked out in a sympathy
strike are Drs. +. NJ. Carol. G. G.
Dickens. Stone and McNeal. One of
their number was dismissed by the hos
ptial authorities. though which one could
not be learned.
Before leaving the physicians offered
to compromise the matter with the au-
thorities and remain on duty II they
would consent to grant the dismissed
doctor his diploma. This was refused.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-11-26
QUIET At TCHATALDJA.
sound Of Pick and shovel DispIaces
That Of Firing.
Special Cabie Despatch 10 THE srv.


LONDON, Nov. 26.-Thc correspondent
of the Times tclcgraphing under yes
tcrday's date from the Tchataldja lines
saws:
since my last despatch there has
been no fighting on he lines beyond a
few affairs at the outposts. The heavy
gunfire has been desultory.
Meanwhile the Turks have piled tho
pick and shovel with such good will
that ! am more and more convinced
that except In the event of pressure
from another quarter the allies will not
risk the losses which direct operations
would entail.
"Three lines of prepared positions
now separate the Bulgarian army from
Constantinoplc. In the interests of fair
play l cannot indicate the second and
third positions. Their strength must
prove an important factor in the cur
rent negotiations and definitely con-
firms my contention that whatever
might be the cause of the delay tne
Bulgarians lost their real opportunity
during the first wecl; of this month
II am so positive that no seriou,