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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-05-14
Por salvar a SUI perro

Tn telegrama expedido en- Inglaterra
Ell dia del corriente, da cuenta de que
la escritora Alice Mand Meadows. pere
enc ahogada, en- Red Hill, varios kil5-
metros de Londres, por consecuencia de
haber caido EN- ell aqua al pretender sal
var a su perro favorito.
Alice Mand Meadows habia empczado
escrlbir la edatd de IA amos, es
antora Gle algunas novelas muy popula-
res en- lnglaterra
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-05-14
Tribunal Supreme

Ell microbes 81 del corriente Sc vera
en- ell Tribunal Supreme la apelaci6n del
pleito que sdbre nulidad de una escritura
sigue Barbara Escalera Falu contra Do
minga Fal1 Cruz.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-05-14
Notas escolares

El Inspector del Distrito Escolar de
GurabO, senior CelestinO Ben1tez, acOm-
panado del Presidente Y Secretario de
la Junta de aquel pueblo, giro una Vi
sta dos barrios de Rinc0n, Jagueas Y
Celada, con ell fin de adquirir terrenos
para la construction de edificios con des-
tino escuelas ruraleS
En- la escuela Hostos, de Santa Isabel,
efectu6se ell sabado pasado por la noche,
una velada lirico dramatica benefcio
de la banda escolar, la cual ameniz6 ell
acto que result6 espl6ndido y concurri-
disimo.
Por iniciativa del Inspector Gle Escue-
las Mr.. Vivas, Sc ha alberto en- la calle
principal de Toa Baja una magnifca
iuIUllOUoCd tScUldI, Cuyd HcCeSICldu N6lld
sinti6ndOse. Ell seilor Vivas esta siendo
objeto de numerosas feGcitaciones por sl
tdichosa iniciativa.
El d1a II del actual Sc lley6 q efecto
entire dos teams escolares de Vega
Baja y Vega Alta, un desafio de base
ball, llegando s6lamente a jugarse cuatro
innings con un resultado de dos ca
rreras ell primero y ocho ell segundo, re
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-05-14

tirandose del campo ell de Vega Baia,
por considerar impossible veneer 4 sus
contrincantes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-05-14

Ell dinero busca dinero. Y entonces,
Squ6 hace usted, 81 quiere vender sus
artlculos y efectos sin anunciarse en- ell
BOLETIN.
mo .sabe usted que Ell BOLETIN 10
lee tOdo ell mundo?
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
The WORLD In
PARAGRAPH
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EloN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poINGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper Union News Eervics
WESTERN.

William Alden Smith was reelected
United States senator by the Michigan
Legislature.
After living nearly a week with
broken neck, Mrs. Ella Maynes, aged
forty-seven, died at Kansas City, Kan.
On the first ballot Senator w. E.
Borah was reelected United States
senator of Idaho by the Legislature.
Bird Pickrell, a cock, fatally shot
his bride of two months and then
made an unsuccessful attempt at sui
eide at Seward, Neb.
Thomas ]. Walsh of Helena, the
preferential candidate, received every
vote cast in the two houses for United
States Senate for Montana.
Five miners were killed in the Hart
ford Zinc Mining Company's mine at
Joplin, Mo-, when they were buried un-
der tons of rock and dirt which fell
from the roof of a drift in which they
were working.
John Beal Sneed, banker and B. B.
Epting, an employe of Sneed, entered
"A plea of not guilty to charges of muir
der and of being accessory to murder,
respectively, en- connection with the
killing of A. G. Boyce, Jr., in Texas.
President-elect Wilson proclaimed
that The spirit of the country in the
national election demonstrated a unan-
unity of progressive thought" and an
nounced that he expected to have as
sociated with him in office only pro-
gressives."
All preliminary motions having been
disposed of, the task of securing 4
venire of forty-seven prospective
jurors in the third trial of DIR. b
Clarke Hyde, charged with the murder
of Colonel Thomas II. Swope, will be-
gin at Kansas City.
Howard Taylor, Republican, was
elected speaker of the Washington
House of Representative when the
thirteenth biennial session opened at
Olympia. Senator Plyny l.. Allen, Re-
publican, was elected president pro
tempore of the Senate.
NJ /. Pratt, Republican, who re-
fused to enter the Wyoming Republi-
can legislative caucus. was elected
temporary speaker of the House. re-
ceiving the solid support of the Demo.
cratic members. w. j. Woods was
chosen temporary secretary.
Governor B. F. Carroll in his final
biennial message to the Thirty-fifth
General Assembly OF Iowa, laid special
stress on the enactment of adequate
laws for prison reform, compensation
of working men injured in accidents,
good roads and the enlargement of the
state capitol grounds.
The first message of Governor Sam.
uel V. l.. Stewart to the Montana Leg
islature, was read. 1t was confined to
a recitation of the platform pledges
of the Democratic majority, and plea
for their enactment into laws. The gov
ernor also recommended the passage
of law submitting to the voters a
woman suffrage amendment
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
WASHINGTON.

A conference on Philippine inde-
pendence will be held between Presi-
dent-elect Wilson and Manuel Quezon,
Philippine delegates in Congress, early
in February
Electors in forty eight states met and
formally elected Woodrow Wilson to
the presidency and Thomas r. Mar
shall to the vice presidency of the
United States.
Under a decision of the Department
of the Interior more than G,O00 900
acres of Indian lands in several West
ern states have been thrown open TO
homesteaders and Indians for free
grazing purposes.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., will give
Sl0,000,000 to fund for reclaiming
fallen women and to fight the white
slave traffic. The plan includes the
removal of girls from redlight dis.
tricts and placing them in homes to
be built for that purpose all over the
country.
William w. WINFIELD, negro of Chi
cago. formerly employed by the Stand
ard OIL Company as a messenger, told
the Senate campaign fund inyestigat-
ing committee how he and another
emplvye named Stump took from the
desk of John d. Archbold, of the Stand
ard Oil Company, two letters and dis
posed of them for $1,000 each.
The announcement that Miss Kath-
crime Elkins. Miss Julia Goldsborough,
Miss Mary Morgan of Washington,
and Miss Lucille CherDonier of Mary
land are to lead the troop of dazzling
Dianas in the great suffrage parade
on the eve of inauguration day, has
quickened society's interest in the
plans of the paraders and the cause
itself.
Work of removing the last remnants
of the wreck of the Did battleship
Maine, and the accumulations that
gathered about it in the bottom of Ha-
vana harbor. has been completed.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
COSTS MORE TO LIVE
RETAIL VALUES IN 1912 ABOVE
PREVIOUS YEAR.
Only Four Articles Cheaper, Accord.
ing to Figures Compiled by Depart.
ment of Commerce and Labor.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Retail prices of food in
Denver in 1912 were considerable high
er than in 1911, according to figures
compiled by the Department of Com
merce and Labor at Washington.
The price of sirloin steak on Aug.
10, 1912, was 14.4 per cent. higher
than on Aug. 15, 1911. Rib roast was
80 per cent. higher; pork chops, 81 per
cent. Smoked bacon was 6.5 per cent.
lower. Smoked ham was 8 per cent.
higher; pure lard, 11.6 per cent. high
er; hens, 16 per cent. higher; strictly
fresh eggs, 13.1 per cent. higher, and
creamery butter, GA per cent. higher.
With the exception of smoked bacon
the only decreases were found in PC
tatoes, sugar and milk. The decrease
in the price of potatoes was 46.9 per
cent. In granulated sugar it was 10.S
per cent. and in fresh milk it was
90 per cent.
y slight decrease in the weight OF
food contents in bread in Denver was
shown.
"On account of slight change in
mixture the loaf retains it's moisture
better and we can get the weight by
scaling one-half ounce less" was the re-
port from Denver bakers.
Here is a comparison of prices on
several articles of food in Denver:
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
GENERAL.

Percy L. Fison, a business man of
Denver and his bride have arrived in
New York, ending long walk from
the Western state and winning a wag-
er of $500.
Dr. J. r. Stuart, head of a Houston.
Tex, infirmary, and Miss Ruby Lar.
sen, a nurse, were killed when the au-
tomobile in which they were riding
collided with wagon on a bridge
near Houston.
Lord Basil Blackwood arrived in
New York on board the steamer Ced-
ric Dispatches from England say that
he comes to marry Mrs. Ava Willing
Astor, former wife of Colonel John ia
cob Astor, who perished in the Titanic
disaster.
81 hope Progressive Democrats will
be elected in every state" said Pres
ident-elect Wilson in referring to the
contests incident to the election of
United States senators in Maine, New
Hampshire, Illinois, South Dakota and
Tennessee.
President-elect Woodrow Wilson, as
governor of New Jersey, sent his sec
and annual message to the Legisla,
ture, which convened at Trenton. 1t
was his last formal appeal to the Leg,
islature for the completion of the pro-
gram of progressive legislation for
which he declared himself when he
took office.
Fifty lawyers who hope to obtain for
their clients more than S10,000,000
damages for loss of life and property
on the steamship Titanic, were ar.
rayed against attorneys for the White
Star line in the United States District
Court in New York.
L. S. Ross, former secret service op
erative for the United States govern
ment, and V. l.. Schneider, former Sc
cret operative of the Denver & Ric
Grande railroad in Colorado, were ar
rested by the El Paso police following
holdup of eleven gamblers in Hotel
Mccoy.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
FOREIGN.

Paul Deschanel was reelected pres
ident of the French chamber of depu-
tics.
Vice Admiral Palla Firmin Christian
Gourden of the French navy, died in
Paris.
The packing plant Of p. Burns e
Company at Calgary, Alberta, was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss, including
meat in cold storage, probably will be
in excess of $2,OOO,OOO
1t is announced that the representa-
tives of the six power group of bank
ers, meeting in London have approved
the agreement with respect to the pro-
posed loan Of 100000 to China
The steamer Snowden Range, about
which there has been great anxiety,
passed Browhead, Ireland, in tow of
the steamer Welshman, which picked
her up in the Atlantic 500 miles out.
Two passengers were killed and for
ty injured in a collision on the Mid
land railway when an express train
crashed into an accommodation train
at Bromford bridge, near Birmingham,
Eng.
Unless unforeseen events should
change the current of affairs, war in
the Near East will be resumed.
A decree of divorce was granted at
London against the American actress,
Fanny Ward of st. Louis. on the pea
tition of her husband. John Lewis, tho
South African millionaire.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
SPORT.

Charlie White of Chicago had a
shade over Tommy Bresnahan of
South Omaha, in a ten-round match at
Omaha.
Jack Redmond of Milwaukee
knocked out Joe yelling OF Chicago in
the fourth round of their ten-round
battle at Milwaukee.
Jimmy Clabby, middleweight, left
Milwaukee for Denver, where he will
meet Howard Baker, n Western mid
dleweight, in a ten-round contest on
January "a.
Young Mike Donovan, the son of the
former middleweight champion of
America, boxed to well won victory
over Tommy Maloney, the free-hitting
middleweight from the lower west
side in New York in ten furiously con.
tested rounds.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
CONGRESSIONAL.

Senator Nelson's bill to require the
United States courts to take all evil
dcnce in antitrust cases in public,
passed the Senate.
Senator Root introduced a bill to
amend the Panama canal act to elm
mate the provision exempting Ameri-
can coastwise ships from the payment
of tolls.
The first pork barrel appropria-
ton bill of the present session of Con
gress was reported to the House when
the House rivers and harbors COM
mittee brought in its annual appropri-
alton bill, providing S4O,SOO.00O for the
improvement of rivers and harbors
throughout The country.
Judge Robert w. Archibald of the
Commerce Court was found guilty by
the Senate, sitting as a court of i'm
peachment, of having msused his of
flee and power as a judge for his per-
sonal aim. The penalty is removal
from his office, and he was forever
barred from holding official positions
of honor or trust.
To protect the Senate against the
necessity of giving time to protracted
Impeachment trials in the future, Sen
ator Pomerene of Ohio introduced a
joint resolution in the Senate provid-
ing for an amendment of the consti-
tuition so as to authorize Congress to
provide other means of impeachment
in minor cases than those now af
fordcd.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
Jesse Gilbert confesses.

Alamosa.-Jesse Gilbert, the young
man charged with having slain an un,
identified man eight miles east of Ala
mosa December 6, and afterwards ar
rested at his home in Edmund, Okla
and brought back and lodged in the
county Jail at San Luis, has confessed
it is reported here, to the killing, stat
ing that he mistook the man whom he
shot to be a Mexican who had been in
the habit of robbing his wolf traps
IN the vicinity of where the killing oc
Cured.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
@lll July.
Meade Woman Asks $4,000 Damages.

Greeley-In the District Court Mrs,
Belle Link, who lives near Meade,
filed suit against Henry and Minnie
Jasper, asking total of $25,000 dam
ages for injuries alleged to have been
received by her at the hands of the
couple on December 10, 1912. The
defendants were arraigned on Grim
inal charge of assault to kill. Each
pleaded not guilty, and bond was fixed
in the sum of $1,000 each.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
Bond Issue Illegal.

Johnstown.-Johnstown's bond Issue
for $1,000, voted in October, has bsen
declared illegal by attorneys, and II
Is probable that the question will
again be passed on at the municipal
election to be held in May. The money
was voted for the construction of q
sewer system.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
Miners Body Found in Well.

Trinidad.-Lying in five feet of wa
ter in the bottom of a twenty-foot
well at the rear of the house of Alton
20 Galoosi, at Starkville, mining camp
five miles west of this city, the mutt
lated body of Dominick Laikono, an
Italian coal miner, aged thirty-fouT,
was found. The dead mans throat had
been cut and the body thrown into the
we'll.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
Fuel Company Loses Case.

Meeker-The secretary of the inte'
rior, according to advices just re-
ceived from Washington, has approved
the finding OF the commissioner of tha
General Land Office canceling entries
on 1000 acres of coal land in Twenty
Mile park, made lately under the tim
Der and stone act, by Andrew Morri'
Company.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
Pioneer Dies Suddenly.

Greeley.-Exhausted from sight
seeing trip in Chicago, Elbridge Green,
seventy-six years old, and now home
steader near Dover, staggered into the
office of d. w. Reed, and in spite of
his protests that he ought to continue
his journey, was taken to the Reed
home, where he died a few hours later.
Mrs. Reed is a step-daughter.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
Buffalo and Elk for Barbecue.

Steamboat Springs.-Si Dawson OF
the famous Dawson ranch at Hayden
arrived here with dead buffalo and a
dead elk, which he intends to ship to
Denver to use at the barbecue during
the stock show. The buffalo weighs
1,0S0 pounds and it required twelve
bullets to kill him. The elk weighs
457 pounds.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
Drops Dead Driving Carriage.

Colorado Springs.-James F. Burns,
millionaire mining man and theater
owner, his young son. James, Jr,, and
the small son of ]. R. Cralle, had a
narrow escape from a runaway acct
dent when the driver of their carriage,
Stephen Kelly, siXtv-three, dropped
dead from his seat from heart failure
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-03-26
FIRE PREVENTION.

Recently New York had a FIRE pre-
yention day" Omcials and insurance
companies oo-operated to give demon
STATIONS OF the various methods OF
safeguarding property and particular.
~ Of avoiding fires BY the observance
OF the laws and the exercise Of care
on the part OF those In charge OF prop
erty, This educational work should
be continued without interruption.
Every city should undertake TO teach
the people the truth that IRE Is =
needless waste and II every one is
careful there is no occasion whatever
for these visitations. In the case Of
wires and pipes causing the ignition
OF woodwork, the blame is to be
placed upon those who are responsible
for the construction or the main
tenance Of the building. II lie possible
now TO protect all electric wires 80
that they cannot cause the heating OF
adjacent materials and all forms OF
heating apparatus can be similarly
covered 80 that they are innocuous. By
keeping matches stored in tin boxes
and out Of the reach of children they
are eliminated as a possible cause
for fire. The nre loss in any city
would be materially reduced II every
person we're careful in throwing away
a match after igniting 1t or in casting
aside burning cigar or cigarette
stumps, says the Washington Star
Careful attention to greasy waste viii
prevent spontaneous combustion. Com
mon sense in the kitchen will elm
mate the danger Of gasoline or oil
explosions.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-03-26

where had seen him could not -
the moment recall
was not three minutes behind HIM
In reaching the door. Though the other
visitor had been admitted at once.
there was no Immediate response 10
my ring. waited a while and rang
again. II seemed minutes before any
one answered. then one OF the maids
opened the door = trihe and peered
out
"Mr Kent to see Miss Louise !
said.
To my great hmaBement she did not
open the door TO me. but still holding
II just barely enough 10 enable her to
talk 70 me. said: I'm sorry. but !
have orders to admit no one to the
house"
"Of course, understand that you
have your orders. but please tell Miss
Louise that Mr.. Kent 10 here"
an tell her, II you WISH" she said
doubtfully, carefully closing the door
before she went -, the mission
The shutting Of tnb door In my face
gave me an odd sense Of desolation.
II seemed as n were being shut out
OF the life Of the woman I loved. Yet
on second thought smiled II my per.
turbauon. The maid was only carry
ing out a necessary order. As soon
as Louise knew was there she would
come running to the door herself. In
a minute she would be folded In my
arms and all Misunderstanding would
be cleared away. Undoubtedly she
would have a good explanation for
her telephone message Of the night
before. l told myself that II was only
lack Of sleep and tho incident in the
park that had upset my nerves. Ny
misgivings were utterly foolish.
At length the doOS opened slowly.
had expected to see Louise herself be
hind 1t, but II was the same maid. This
time she held the door hardly as wide
as before.
"Tm sorry, sir. she said, but MlsI
Louise says she can not see you now.
"What?" gaspsd.
She repeated hBr message while
stood there dazea. There must b.
some mistake. Louise must have miH
understood the name.
did you tell her It was Mr.. Kentf'
yes, sir, told her"
What did she gay?"
she said she could not see you o.
any one else now
| (TO BE CDNTINuEDN
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-03-26
I,aIy's FIoht AGAINST Malaria.

Reports from American consular Of
Hcers in Genoa and Leghorn, prepared
in response to inquiries from the Unit
ed States as to the market in Italy
for a remedy for malaria in that king
dom has steadily declined in recent
ysars, mainly due. it is stated, to the
energetic measures of the Italian gov
eminent Quinine prepared at the
state military pharmacy at Turin IL
said by Consul General James A.
Smith to be on sale at all government
tobacco shops at four cents q gram and
10 distributed gratis to poor patients
Consul Frank Deedmeyer writes that
in 1911 the number Of deaths in Italy
caused by malaria was estimated at
$500 In . total population Of over
81, 600, 00o.-DAily Consular and Trade
Reports
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-03-26
why INCUBATOR CHICKS DIE
RECALLS LITERARY MYSTERY
Rev. M. Wolfe, Author Of =BuHsl Of
cir John Moore" Buried II
Queenstown.

A literary mystery Of : hundred
Searu ago ia recalled by the special
centenary number. recently issued, OF
the NewrJ Telegraph. an Ulster
tri-wsskly. IN itI pages April 10.
1917. under the simple head Of Poe
Try" appeared what Byron called, the
most perfect ode OF the language"
The Burial OF Sir John Moore" By
ron or Campbell or any Of the others
70 whom this poem was variously
Ascribed would doubtless have been
proud TO claim L. But the author was
the obscure curats Of BallycloE, in
TYRONE, Rev. Charles Wolfe, and
the fame Of the piece vas but q pos
thumous fame for him. Not until his
death. Of consumption, in 1879, at the
Sariy age Of thirtytwo. did the author
ship become known to the world And
Wolfe, who wrote much other verse
Of merit Il remembered only BY that
one poem, which sprang from the col
umns Of = provincial newspaper to
universal recognition In the big world
Of lettersy-London Chronicle.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-03-26

phrases from a letter that had brought
disappointment 70 a loving woman.
In all likelihood this suicide had no
connection with the Others. But why.
then, the yellow paper7
30 intent was on my thoughts that
] did not observe the return OF the
policeman until heard his voice.
What have you got therel"
There was suspicion In his tone
the natural suspicion of the reprosen-
tnLye Of the law Il was on the tip
OF ~ tongue to say: Another yellow
letter"
For once prudence restrained me.
recalled how my too hasty speech
at the eoroner's inquest had led me
into trouble. could hardly expect
a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. policeman to
assist In solving the mystery that was
still perpleTing Davis.
Just some scraps OF paper" said
carelessly. After you had gone l no
titoed that she was clutching bit Of
paper in one hand. | searched around
the lake TO see II could find more.
/ found these. Il Is evidently part Of
a letter but the ink has run 30 you
can make nothing out Of them"
Let's see them"
handed him all OF them.
This" ] explained. Il found in her
hand and the others we're over there
under those bushes"
One by one the policeman examined
thom. turning them carefully over and
over.
There's nothing to them,- he final
ly announced. "The wagon will be
here In q minute. I don't suppose
you'll want to be claiming any credit
for finding the body7"
had feared that he would insist
on my accompanying him to testify
10 its finding. II was quite = RELIEF
TO hear him take this view OF II.
"Of course not" answered hastily
Then" said he with utmost can
dor. you might as well beat It. II
don't do a cop no good 10 have other
people finding things on his post. II
you amt here when the wagon comes
there Amt nobody to say II wasn't me
that found the body. want to thanh
you, though, for coming and telling
me about II. There's lot OF fools
would have gone and telephoned tn,
arsenal and then I'd been on the car
pet for not covering my post properly.
/ was glad indeed OF the opportunity
to get away. II was nearing ter
o'clock My trousers and shoes wer,
in such condition that wanted to ge
to MY apartments for a change before
seeing Louise. FASTENED to tn,
park entrance and hailed a taxi. 3,
the time left my rooms and reached
the Parrish home It was ten minutes
, after ten.
AS my taxi turned into the street
saw another one stop before the Far
, IRISH door. At first l thought 1t mus
be the doctor or one Of his assistants
but as the front door closed behint
o the tall figure Of man who had BEEF
|, admitted to the house realized tina