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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-07
Ell HECHO.

No puede lnfOrmarse con acierto So
bre 81 motive que originase el crimen,
pues circular alrededOr de 81. tan en-
cOntradaS verSlOneS que no sOmOS no.
sOtrOs los llamadOs ponerlas en- ella
ro; clio es. que cuandO aver las S12
de- la manana. el hoy interfecto Mica
slo Santana. como de costumbre, Sc de-
dlcabA al rcpartO dc hielo Il domicilio,
en el mlsnO momentO Ell que Sc diSpo-
mia deSpachar cn una casa el asesinO
RalmundO Garcia, que a prevention
traia prrparada una tranca de < 3.
como lie un metro de larga, Ga la que
tuvO buen cuidadO de hacerle c0mOda
empunadura asest0 Nicasio tan
brutal trancazo, que cay6 al suelo sin
sentldo Y herido dc muerte
| tOnducidO con tOda celeridad al Hos
pital Municipal, mientras el agresor.
espantado de 81 mismo Sc entregaba a
la policia los Drcs. ROure Dourecat
que asumen los cargos cientificos de
aqnel establecimiento benGtico, realiza-
ron tltanicos esfuerzos por salvar la
vida al moribundo. Todo fue EN- vano.
\ los 20 minutes de asstencia. Nicasio
Santana fallecia por efecto de una he
rida contusa en- la region temporo- pa
rietal dcrecha con horrible fractura
del craneo, mortal de necesidad.
Mientras tanto el criminal esperaba
la llegada del Fiscal para ser interro.
gadO, el cuerpo dc la victima era EN-.
tregado 4 la famlia que al tener como
eimiento de la desgracia Sc persona Ell
el Hospital, desarrollandOse, al cercio-
rarse de su magnitud. una escena en-
IeXtremO conmOvedora.
Solo pudo hablar con Raimundo su
Abogado Mr.. H. q. Francis Quien en-
preseneia de las autoridades. lie instru-
y6 Y recomend6 muy especialmente
que no habase con nadie nj declarase
nadia nj aun al Fiscal mismo Mas tar
de- condueido por el Marshal de la
Corte d. Luis Villa Mayo. fue traslada-
do i San Juan 4 disposition del Fiscal.
Ell union de Ia tranca de que Sc valio
para realizar su criminal hazalia
| tircula el rumOr. Y solo tftulo de
information puede darse, de que Raj
imundo, antes de dirigirse en- busca del
Nieasio. busc6 y tenia preparados dos
amigos para que 10 faran al ser dete.
nido y denunciado, 10 que demuestra
que no era su intenci6n, quizas, reali.
Ear nn NAL tan grave.
III mnertO era un hombre de magnf
ficos antecedentes, muy querido en- es
ia poblaci6n por sus condolences de la.
boriosidad. honradez acrisolada Y mo-
destia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-07
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Ell Or. Lacasa

Anoehe han reeresado de los banoS
4. eosms. donde pasaron una tempo
rada. nnessro rsiiInado amigo II DR.
"a. Aur.lio l.aeasa y - joyen bella
espOsa
RI disiingmiao msdieo viene bastaii-
= repuesso d. Ia doleneia que le obligo
IL 1 coamo. 10 cnal eelebramos mu'
eho,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-07
Teatro Municipal
La temporada de Opera.

Esta noche cantaran los excelentes
artistas que componen ell cuadro de
Opera italana, ell tercero y cuarto acto
de Aida Y los numeros principales de
La Fuerza del destino Ell que fueron
aclamados la noche del debut, la tiple
Srta. Ossicini, el tenor de Coli, ell ba-
rftono Della Giacoma y el bajo Pas
quale.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-07

En- la casa n1mero treinta y tres dc
la calle de Pelayo, (Puerta de Terra
Sc intoxic6 aver, tomandose una gran
dosis de bicloruro de mercurio. el indi-
viduo lnocencio Cruz de treinta ocho
amos de edad
El infeliz fue inmediatamente cont
ducido al Hospital Municipal en- graei-
simo estado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-07
Por ell autor de ''Marianela"

Greece la subscription, alberta en- San
Juan con gran eXitO, con ell fin de allie
gar recursos para que al maestro de
los novelistas espanoles pueda asegu-
rarsele una vejez tranquila y decorosa,
como apunt6 . A. b. c., de Madrid, al
dar cuenta del proyecto.
FL Boletln Mercantil, periodico Gle
San Juan, dirigido por un joven y Ia
lentosO eScritor. don Jose Perez Los2-
da. ha acogido con enttlsiasmo la rea-
lizaci6n de tan noble prop0sito, que
secunda va toda la prensa de Puerto
Rico. Una comisi0n tornado de modo
espontaneo, que es el origen que tienen
los mas altos Y fecundos pensamientos,
Y compuesta de los senores Jose Maria
Lomba. Francisco Arrivi ell mencio-
nado escritor Perez Losada, ha empe-
zado a recaudar fondos.
FL primer articulo que vlo la luz So
bre este tema en- el Diario de la Mari
ma, ha sido comentado aqui de manera
enthusiastic, asi como tambien ha sido
objeto Gle aplausos la iniciatiya Que +
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-07
Bale en- Gales

Ell senior Juan vicens, presidente del
Casino de Ciales" ha tenido La aten-
cion de invitarnos para el bale de So
cledad Que, con motive del segundo ami
versario de dicho centro social. en- el do
mlcllio del mismo Sc celebrara el domin-
90 pr6ximo.
I'll bale promote quedar muy lucido.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-07
N1mero 81
PROGRAMA


la Gran Logia Soberana de L. A. NJ.
Gle Puerto Rico Y demas cuerpos mas6-
nlcos Gle la ciudad de San Juan. cele
braran en- los dias 9, 10, II Y u de
Abrll Rroximo, con motive de la inau-
guraclon Official del temple de la Gran
Logia.
JUEVES 9 DE ABRIL.
\ las tres de la tarde SO abriran los
trabaJos en- ell Grado Is para conferir
grades los hermanos que los hayan So
llcitado, y Sc terminara con la ceremo
MIA de extinction de las luces.
Por la noche session del capltulo de
damas de la Estrella de Oriente.
VIERNES 10.
DE tres a seis de la tarde sesiones en-
los grades 30, 81 y 80.
\ las p NJ session y ceremonial de
mlclacion en- la Logia CabalIeros de la
Verdad
SABADO II.
A la una del d1a ceremonial de dadi-
caci6n del templo mas6nico.
A las 2 P NJ dara principle la session
annual de la Gran 'Logia que continnara
por la noche hasta su terminaci6n
DOMINGO II.
\ las diez de la manana ceremonial de
renovation de las Luces por los capit,l-
los Regeneration San Juan
A la p. NJ Banquete fraternal ofre-
edo por la Gran Logia y Logias de San
Juan
\ las cuatro p VI. procession civica.
traslado de los restoS del Primer Gran
Maestro y Fundador de La Gran Locia
Santiago R. Palmer, colocaci6n de la
prlmera piedra del monumento en- ho-
nor del mismo
A las ocho p. NJ Tenida Blanca don
de Sc dara cuenta con los trabaios pre-
mlados Ell ell certamen mas0nico convo-
cado, y Sc adjudicaran los premios ofre-
cidos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-07
BOletln Mercantl de Puerto RIco

tSan Juan Puerto Rico Mares de
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-07
Homenaje a
Perez Galdos

bal Real que publica Ell Diario de la
Marina, de la Habana, recortamos el
siguiente parrafo;
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-07

mo en- la colecta ell club Perez Gal
dos > de esa capital
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-07
MI PERLA AZUL
Para ell DR.. Francisco Ponte.

En- las profundidades oscuras de mi vida
maraviosa perla levo. escondida
que ntensamente brlla sin que nade la yea
y cada brillo engendra ell ala de una idea
Perla de un azul claro ell de las montanas
en- la bora matutina, cuando de las enrafas
de la Noche han surgido resplandecente Y belas
uclendo los postreros besos de las esrellas
En- las profundidades de mi vida esa pera
que los oJos humanos jamas ograran verla
tene s's esaciones 10 mismo que los amos;
pero dos soamente: la de los desenganos
y la de los amores que 81 dijera
ell RENO del lnvierho ell de la Primavera
rs una perla viva ... pera que sente
Que hace pecar a Eva igual que la Serpiente.
Que los lagos de luz de unos oos sensuaes
lmprovisa una barca de rubos madrigales
Una perla que -. (Oh rara perla mia y
con los blancos mperos de la reina Poesa
Anna la luna cuando penetra por a ronda
vOlando Ell los nidales Garcia bonda
clando resbala suave por las lozas azues
de los lagos que duermen; cuando hilvana tules
de plata alabastro sobre el c6sped
cuando inge en- 10 alto maogrado
Anna la snfonia de los vientos y anna
el SueTo del nsecto sobre la verde grama
la melancoia de las noches osc1ras
porque gotean sobre elias matices de amarguras
.'''.'..''.... .........
Mi perla lagrima congeada del Sol
que da luz a mi noble espiritu espano
Luis Domenech Hernandez
San Juan de Puerto Rico
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1914-04-07

ID. +. p. el desgraciado que halo L
muerte, cuando Sc dedicaba d ganar c
pan de sus hijos.
Corresponsal
Rio Piedras 7-4-14.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-14

The town officials for the past
two years have been very salts
factory and efficient, and we be-
lieve the incoming administra-
ton will be equally satisfactory.
In regard to the outgoing alder
men, we feel sure we voice the
general sentiment of the commu-
nifty in expressing our apprecia-
ton of their services. To Mr..
G. H. Mcknight, in particular,
the citizens feel they are indebt-
ed for most valuable, intelligent
and public spirited enterprise as
street commissioner for the last
six years. Had he not positively
declined to serve any longer, he
would most certainly have been
reelected to serve in that impor-
tant capacity.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-14

Senator Ransdell is opposing
the repeal of See. 5 of the Pana-
ma Canal Act, which exempts
American vessels in coastwise
trade from paying tolls. Sena-
tor Thornton and Representative
Aswell are supporting President
Wilson in his contention for the
repeal, because it would consti-
tute coastwise monopoly contrary
to the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
with England. We are inclined
to the opinion that the President
is right and Mr.. Ransdell is
wrong.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-14
Grand Jury Delivers a Sealed Report.

The grand jury, after sitting for
about ten days, adjourned on Wednes-
day of this week, delivering their re-
port sealed to the clerk of the court, to
be kept by him until the Judge shall or
der the seal to be broken in his presence.
District Attorney John R. Hunter
came up Tuesday evening and was in
consultation with the body for several
hours before they adjourned, for the
purpose of writing up bills.
AS we are closing up our forms to go
to press we learn that Judge Blackman
and District Attorney Hunter are ex-
pected to arrive in Colfax Sa urday
morning, for the purpose of receiving
the report, and also to receive the pleas
of one or two parties who propose to
plead guilty to indictments against them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-14
Colfax School Improy emen. League.

Colfax School Improvement League.
The School prove m en-
League met in regular session
Febru airy Is, 1914, at the school
building, with ten members pres
ent. The president being alb
sent Miss Sowell presided. Six
teen dollArs and forty-five cents
was reported as the amount III
the treasury.
The following members paid
dues for the ensuing year: DR..
Chapman, Mrs. R. S. Cameron,
Mrs. C. w. LaCroix, Miss SQwell
and Miss Best.
A motion was made and car
ried that the balance due on
Stodard set be settled immediate
ly.
Mr.. DeMoSS reported that the
twenty dollars collected by the
committee appointed to raise
money for prizes in art at the
Parish Fair had teen turned over
to him, and he had invested same
in books for the school library.
The amount being duplicated by
the parish school board enabled
him to purchase the following
list:
Fisrt grade Graded Classics,
16 copies; Language Readers, l6
copies.
Second grade Graded Classics
16 copies; Language Readers, 16
copies.
Fourth grade Graded Classics,
18 copies.
High School Nights With
Uncle Remus, "Quinton Du-
randi" How the Other Half
Lives" House of Seven Gables"
Treasure Island" "Kidnap-
ped" Being a Boy" "Kenil-
worth, +" Story of Little Nell, "
and THE Alhambra. -
There being no further bust
ness the meeting adjourned.
Miss SOwELL,
Acting Prest.
MRS. w. ]. ROBERTS,,
Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-14
DIED..

At one o'clock Thursday, March 9Th.
the death angel entered and took Mrs.
Ada Dean, the beloved wife of Mr..
John Dean, from her loved ones on
earth to those in heaven. Her remains
were laid to rest in the Mt. Zion ceme-
terry.
Mrs. Dean was kind, patient and
loving wife and mother; never grew
impatient, too tired or felt too badly to
administer to the sufferings of her
loved ones; was never so happy as
while trying to ease their pains.
Home can never be the same, her
place can never be filled, the heartaches
of the husband and little children can
never be healed. 1t is so hard to give
her up and the sorrow seems greater
than we can bear; but, dear ones, He
who knoweth and doeth all things for
the best saw that which we cannot
saw that it was best to take her from
this world of sin and sorrow to that
home of joy and peace where sorrow
never comes; where heartaches are
never felt and where good-byes are
never said.
We must try to realize that it is not
for long and that she will be standing
at the golden gate with our loved ones
who have gone before to welcome our
coming-an not weep too much. Let
US go to Him who never forsakes or
tires of listening to our prayers but
will help US to bear all our burdens, will
comfort US in our distress and help US
to so live that we, like her. will be
ready and willing to go when Gods
summons comes.
ONE Who LOVED HER.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-14
The Peabody College for Teacher.

The Peabody College for Teachers.
Nashville, Tenn, March g.
At the last meeting of the Trus.
tees and President of George
Peabody College for Teachers,
just adjourned, nine new names
were added to the faculty list, as
follows: Carter Alexander, Phi.
D., Professor of School Admins.
tration; Lula O. Andrews, A. M,
Associate Professor of English
John Lee Coulter. Phi. D., Profes.
sor of Rural Economics; Kary C.
Davis, Ph.d., Professor of Agri.
culture; Fletcher B. Dresslar,
Phi. D., Professor of School Archi.
lecture and Hygiene; Chas. E.
Little, Ph.D D., Professor of Latin,
Robert w. Selvidge, AM, Pro.
fessor of Manual and Industrial
Arts; Edward K. Strong, Jr.,
Phi. D., Professor of Psychology
and the Psychology of Education
William X. Tate, AM, Professor
of Rural Education,
The Louisiana member of the
Board of Trustees is Hon. ]. B.
Aswell, of Natchitoches, former
State Superintendent Of Educa.
ton and President of the State
Normal School, now member OF
Congress from Louisiana.
DR.. Seaman A. Knapp, who
was so well and favorably known
in Louisiana as the founder OF
the rice industry, and also as the
founder of the farm Demonstra.
ton, the Boys, Corn Club, and
the Girls Canning Club work,
throughout the State and in other
Southern States, is to be COM
memorated in the Central Teach.
ers College. In the above list OF
names four are to be members
of the faculty of the Seaman A.
Knapp School of Country Life.
namely, DR.. Coulter, DR.. Davis,
Prof. Selvidge, and Prof. Tate.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-14
Uncle George Comes Ag.in.
A. l. HOPKINS.
Pollock, La, Ma'cn 10, lsI4.

Pollock, La, Marcn 10, ls14.
Editor CoJar Chronicle:
Referring to my article last week,
suggesting the inauguration OF CAM
paign Against the mes, a friend says II
would De iine, bQt needs practical
program, and tbs re pie, especially the
schools, urged 70 IKE -lG and work 1t.
/ Will offer few slgges lions, and as
the teachers have rLeIr parish meeting
Friday week, think that will be fine
time for them to discuss the matter
and settle on definite plan for ire
mendous fly fight in Grant. assume
that every school has three or four
boys who can make the swatters and
will willingly do the work for their pre-
rata share of the finished product.
One yard of screen wire "a inches wide
will make SO swatters in. 6 in.
This may be rather small, perhaps 5xe
would be better. Then you viii need
80 inch instead-of "a inch wire. By
this plan the swa.tess will cost near
one cent each. Ii you Guy them in the
market they viii cost cents each.
Get the children to bring as many pen
MES as the family neads swatters. Of
fer premium for the flies killed. Per-
haps cents per hundred would not be
too much during the remainder of
March. q cents for April delivery, and
Il cents for May. The flies can be
spread on paper and dried so as to pre-
serve them to be counted at the end OF
each month.
Settlement must be made from some
available fund. If there are no funds,
teachers wits never fail, and no doubt
they will point to way. Get up an
entertainment, or put two or three
bright little children out with sub
scription. You must get the money
somehow to pay the children after they
do the work. l hope the teachers and
the parents will think over this matter
and begin operations at the earliest pos
sible moment. UNCLE GEORGE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-14

To Bore for Oil on Bynum Property. |:
The N. o. States says that the heads
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South will, in the near future, negotiate
with some company to bore for oil on
their property. the Bynum plantation,
near Colfax, La. The plantation at
present is rented out and the proceeds
go toward maintaining the old and re-
tired ministers of the church. The
plantation was left to the church years
ago by Mrs. Bynum. Should oil be
struck on the property the well will be
known as the Salvation Oil WE'LL"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-14
Reunion of coIfax Veterans Proposed.

Reunion of Colfax Veterans Proposed.
Jena, La, March 8, 1914.
Editor Coltar Chronicle:
Owing to mistake | made in
my last letter to you, | find that
Easter Sunday comes on the 18th
of April. So Monday would be
on the 18th. and several of US
Colfax veterans wish to have a
reunion and organize. Will you
kindly put in a card as a call in
your paecr for q reunion of Col
fax veterans to be held at Colfax
April 18th? Obliging,
Yours truly,
T unpHrHrC
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-14
Spring Blood and System Cleanser

Spring Blood and System Cleanser.
During the winter months impurities
accumulate. your blood becomes impure
and thick. your kidneys, liver and bow
els fail to work, causing so-called
spring fever. You feel tired, weak and
lazy. Electric Bitters, the spring tonic
and system cleanser, is what you need;
they stimulate the kidneys, liver and
bowels to healthy action, expel blood
impurities and restore your health,
strength and ambition. Electric Bit
tiers make you feel like new. Start a
four weeks treatment, it will put you
in fine shape for your spring work.
Guaranteed. All druggists. Soc and
81. H. E. Bucklen & Co., Phila.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-14
4lst Anniversary of the Colfax Riot.

The "Colfax Riot" occurred on
Easter Sunday, April IL, 1878;
and it is proposed to have a re-
union of the veterans who took
part in that memorable fight on
the 41st anniversary of its occur
renee. We publish on our first
page "A History of the Colfax
Riot" which was writt.n by the
present editor of the Chronicle
in June, 1888, after we had in
terviewed numerous eye witness
es who participated in the stir
ring events of that day.
This account was written by
us at the request of the citizens
of Grant parish, who felt out
ragged at the lying and sensation
al accounts that had been sent
broadcast over the land by the
Mascot, of New Orleans, and
other yellow journals that dis
graced our country during the
days Of reconstruction. Our arti-
Gle is repeated at this time by
special request.
One or two of our statements
are claimed by some of the sur
vivors of the fight to be slightly
inaccurate, (more from what we
left out of the account than from
what we put into it,, but the ma
jority agree that our account is
substantially correct, to be Civ m
in such a limited space. To have
given an absolutely correct and
complete history of the occur
renee would have taken more
time and space than we had to
spare, and so we are repeating
our account of the affair as the
most complete and perfect that
has yet been written.
This was the opening fight that
led to white supremacy in Louisi-
ana, which was completed and
cemented by the blood of the
heroes who fell in New Orleans
on the fourteenth of September,
1874.
In another column in the
Chronicle this week we also give
place to a note from Mr.. A. L.
Hopkins, of Jena, veteran Of
the Colfax riot, who suggests
that a reunion be held at Colfax
on Monday, April 13. We shall
be pleased to hear from other
veterans about the proposed re-
union. and will take pleasure in
publishing what they have to
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-14
Money Loaned.

per cent loans on farms, orchard
lands, city resident or business proper
ty to buy, build, improve, extend or re-
fund mortgages or other securities;
terms reasonable, special privileges;
correspondence invited. Commonwealth
Securities Loan Company, Dallas, Tex
as. or 767 Gas e. Electric Bldg. Denver.
Colorado mh7-1m
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-03-14
Notice to Travelling Public.

(. While the Louisiana & Arkansas Ry.
was not party to the Southwestern
Passenger Association Credential, it is
a party to the new Penny Scrip Mileage
books good in Louisiana. These books
which are good on all roads in Louisiana
are on sale at the following ticket Of
fees:
Cotton Valley, La. Sibley, La.
Winfield, La. Shreveport, La.
Trout, La. Jonesville, La.
Alexandria, La. Jena, La.
Minden, La.
Save money by buying one of these
books. B. S. ATKINSON,
General Passenger Agent.
Texarkans, Ark, Feb. %, 1914.