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AFFAIRS IN
PORTO RICO
Autonomists Raising a Mourn
ful Howl of Discontent.
MANY AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS
An Anarchist Giving Trouble—Hard
and Novel Conditions for New
Comers to Face.
Corrcaponde-nce of the Associated Press.
San Juan de Porto Rico. December 5. —
The past week in San Juan has shown cer
tain developments in the general situation
of the island and drifting straws have
been ecen which indicate the current of a
g; awing discontent. There has been much
trouble all over the island since the Amer
ican government assumed a military pro
tectorate concerning the appointment of
mayors and councils to different inunioi
ipallties of which there are in all seventy
-two. Men eo appointed and those already
in office have been resigning and a squab
bling among themselves and expressing
their displeasure at the appointment of
some colleague. The fact that General
Brooke declined to grant to the council of
Ponca the private privileges of autono- I
mist constitution, which -they were arro- ■
gating to themselves, is one that rankles
and Is ever present in the minds of the de
f rated autonomists. The accordance of
this privilege would have been for them
a very great victory. The judgment here
sustains General Brooke in this action. If
the privilege'was granted to one council it
would have to be granted to all and each
one of Porto Rico’s seventy-two munici
palities, acting with the ]>ower and lati
■lude content Plated by the autonomist plat
form, would have brought much confusion
to the island.
The autonomist party set up the -pro- •
longed howl of -discontent in which among
other things they declared that Munoz Ri
vera, leader of General Brooke’s cabinet,
bad betrayed -them, inasmuch as he had
used his influence to bring about the decis
ion again, s-t their demands.
Munoz is an element, of political discord.
Six months ago he theatrically declared
i bat he would die wrapped up in the flag
of iSpaiin, and he was the first Porto Rican
'to swear allegiance to the United States,
ille is ‘the present secretary of state and
since October 17 th the head of General
IBrooke’s advisory cabinet in insular as- i
fairs. He is a capable man, determined. I
energetic, forceful and a great schemer.
He is ambitious and he probably long ago
determined to become the political ruler to
Porto Rico. The other members of the
cabinet -are .Hernando Lopez, Salvador Car
bond and Dr. Coily Tosti. These men,
with the exception of Dr. Coily Tosti, who
■wore recently appointed upon the re&igna
itinn or Julian Blanco, former secretary of
ft he treasury, have been General Brooke’s
advisers since October 18th. They are all
liberals of the same Party as Munoz, -and
•they owe much to Munoz in (he -past.
General (Brooke was of necessity depen
dent. upon these men in forming opinions
on local affairs, consequently, it was pos
sible for them iu a measure to influence
his judgment.
There is a mild-mannered man named I
Iglesias in Porto Rico who is called social- I
ist and anarchist. He advocated an eight ,
hour labor day, that the state should '
maintain women for a period preceding 1
and following child birth and similar de
mandh. He works in the interest of labor:
he brought about the strikes among the
working classes for higher wages: he has
(been imprisoned under Spain and he is in.
prison today. The recent strike among the
typesetters in .Tuan for an increase in
wages was of his doing. Typesetters
were paid about 3a pesetas a month. They
considered they should have more -and I
'they struck for il. They have been abso
lutely orderly and have in no -way what
ever disturbed the peace. There are old
charges against Iglesias, made some time
during Spanish control, in which it is said
'that he maligned Mr. Munoz and the gov
ernment of Spain. Soon after the type- '
setters strike iti San Juan Iglesias was i
summoned before Munoz and ordered by I
him to leave the island forthwith. This
■lglesias properly declined to do. iSoon af
(ter he and the editor of a paper who hup
l>or>ted him were in jail where they have
now been for five days without trial or
■chargese being preferred. Such measures
strongly remind 'the Porto Ricans of the
old days of Spanish rule and the cases
mentioned are not the only ones of arbi
trary imprisonment without the prefer- ■
ment of charges. General Brooke is about
•tolea w Porto Rico. He has had much to
contend with here and while his health is
good, he is wearied by the hard work he
has done. The best element in Porto Rico
are alive to his efforts in their behalf and
ore truly sorry to see him go. The last
•thing he did was to repeal the royal dues
on the ‘transfer of property, which have
lH?en a most unfair and discriminating
contribution upon the people. Gen Guy V.
Rlenry. formerly of Pence, will succeed
him as governor of the military depart- '
ment of Porto Rico. Men will watch Gov-1
ernor Henry’s actions with much interest '
for signs of a radical change in ■the pres
*nt policy of administration. The men I
who want this radical change are daily '
growing in numbers and the news that ,
comes from the states that President Me- I
Kinley had decided to put American offi
cers in all high civil posts is generally '
jvell accepted.
Each dty seems to see mor? Americans •
upon the streets of San Juan. The men !
came first, then came the most venture- '
some of the women: no.v are coming tinr 1 \
wives and even children who pick up the t
Spanish language with a rapidity that the ’
elders cannot attain.
The women who thus come down here !
rjrsi be prepared to undergo much ia the
•way o* discomfort in living. Hotel accom- 1
medation? ar a* the best poor indeed, and
(houees are Scarce,.dirty and almost unin- ’
habitable. Os course there are exceptions. '
some fairly comfortable houses having '
been Obtained, but onlja few, and each day
■they arc harder to find and their rentals
advance steadily with the demand. San
Juan needs much, improvement in the mat- I
ter of living and accommodations offered I
before an American naval or army offi- ■
cer can feel safe in bringing hie family
here.
In thousands of South American and ;
Weet Indian towns that boast of a plaza
and a military band, there is music on the
plaza at 3 o’clock on Sunday evenings.
San Juan ia one of the few towns where
the music is American. This music Sun
day evenings is an old and popular Span- '
ish custom, and guileless people at home
arc told that upon these occasions the
beautiful dark-eyed Spanish girls come oui
to walk and be admired. This is a stock
story of the South American wanderer, so
It is that the jnen from the north are all
keen to get to the plaza to the show they ‘
have often heard described. But the best
class o' Spanish and South Anirican
*omcti are timi-l and eat-v of i Trent, and
i* is a fact that the last few disturbing
years in Cuba and Porto Rico have done
much to keep them indoors. To many of
these women the Sunday evening pronfe
nade was the only outdoor break for wcelw
at a time in the pitiful monotony of their
daily lives.
The plaza at San Juin is absolutely bare.
It is long and comparatively narrow. On
one side is the town hall with its two
clock towers. At one end are the three
stories and severely plain facade of "La
Dipuncta-tion.’’ The ether building’ that
face it are two stories and white, with
narrow hanging (balconies. The band of
the Eleventh infantry plays in the center,
and -they carry with them from their bar
racks kerosene torches to light their mu
sic. The eleotric lights of the town are
out of order and the row of feeble gas
lamps that surround the plaza do nothing
more than make objects dimly visible. The
southern tide of the plaza is the c<nly side
upon which to promenade (sharp distinc
tion concerning the proprieties are drawn
here.) Only the "common people" of the
■town promenade upon the plaza’s north
side. On the southern side every night
some enterprising man puts a long row of
rocking chairs and rents them out at 10
cents each for the evening. The band
plays in the center, and up and down
the south sidewalk the "best people" all
promenade."lt is an endless march to the
shoffling of many feet and the strains of
the Amerncan music. Spanish words pre
dominate, of course, yet there is consider
able 'English spoken and some bright
American girls, the wife of an army offi
cer, or the daughter of some high official,
gay and trim in last summer’s dress, finds
slim army officers and white clad naval
men to walk with her through the shifting
promenaders. The town clock calls each
quarter of an hour with clanging bells
and the cases on the ground floors are very
noisy and busy. <By 10 o’clock it is all
over and the plaza takes on its accustomed
■nightly and deserted appearance.
Lieutenant Colonel 'Allen C. Blakewell
arrived recently in San Juan, bringing
American flai'gs for the schools children
of Porto Rico. Colonel Blake well comes
here as a volunteer representative of La
fayette Post No. 140, and 'the flags in ques
tion are furnished by the post in -accord
ance with its custom and usage in promot
ing patriotic education and Ipyalty among
school children. Colonel Blakewell will
supply six hundred flags to the island, a
number sufficient 'to give one to every
public and private school in Porto Rico.
The first presentations were made this
morning at 9 o’clock on San 'Juan’s princi
pal plaza. There were assembled all of
the 'teachers, principles and pupils of the
several schools of the city, including two
long lines of little boys from the Benifi
cience, or orphan asylum. The band of i
the Eleventh regiment played patriotic
airs and the flags dotted the sunny, child
crowned square with briliant bits of color.
There were rich children and poor ones.
Seme fair as Germans and others as black
as they could be. ;At the head of each
school procession marched the standard
bearer of the colors that in the future
would bring to the new followers much
that the flag which has gene last denied
their fathers in the past.
i The position of the Roman Catholic
■ church on the island today may be called
I strange and even Illogical.
Merchants, farmers, business men, civil
j ian employes, all classes of society, have
; their defenders and those who busy them
-1 selves with striving for thier future bene
fits. The newspapers are open to all who
would complain of their abuses or who
can suggest improvement, but one pever
sees mention of the church therein. The
church alon seems to have been forgotten.
Men of the church who discuss this pres
ent situation, are fully aware of the fact
that the government of the United States
does not support any church or creed, and
I that the church of Rome must from this
•time on must stand upon its own feet and
expect a lively competition in religious
matters. The clergy say that there has
been a great change of feeling evinced
since the Americans took charge, that the
people seem glad to let the church make
' its fight alone and few come to its help.
, "These people have not foresworn their old
I faith with their old flag," say the clergy.
"They are still Catholics, but the voices
of a few free thinkers are stronger than
the weak, half-hearted effort of over SOO,-
000 members.
General Brool*e recently issued an order
stating that with the exception of sucn as
had already been abolished, all existing
Spanish duties and taxes should be col
lected. Now, the money is being collected
whe -e estimated by Spain w4th th? idea of ■
paying a certain amount of them to the
clergy, but sin-*e September of ibis year,
they have no>t received a cent and are as
sured that they will get nothing in the
future. The clergy ask why they are to be
eliminated from the payments. They are
included in the estimate for taxation and
the -taxes are being collected, the money to
pay them amounting to over 200,000 pesos ,
a year.
Porto Rico is today and always have '
, been entirely Roman Catholic. There is a
i protestant church at Ponce, but this is the '
I only alien house of worship on th? island, ■
and the followers.of protestantism have
’ never been numerous. For the first time
in its history San Juan heard the words of
’ a protestant religious service. The Rev.
t Wm. H. Sloane, of Mexico City, yesterday
read this service in Spanish and iu Eng
lish. Dr. Carbonel kindly put his spacious
' offices at Mr. Sloane's disposition for this
i purpose and at the morning service in j
; English the room was filled, many sol
< diers being present.
A Narrow Escape.
i Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E.
, Hart, of Groton, S. D., "Was taken with a ;
bad cold which settled on mylungs; cough
set in and finally terminated in consump- '
| tion. Four doctors gave me up. saying I j
could live but a short time. I gave myself .
up to mj’ savior, determined if I could ;
not stay with my friends on earth I would
meet my absent ones above. My husband i
was advised to get Dr. King's New Dis
covery for Consumption. Coughs and Colds. '
I gave it a trial; took in all eight bottles.
It has cured me and thank God I am
I saved and am now a well and healthy
j.woman.” Trial bottles free at H. J. La
. mar & Sons’ drug etore. Regular size 50c
. andsl, guaranteed or price refunded.
MACON NEWS MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13 1898.
CUBAN MOE
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A Great Chance For Ameri
can Capital. '
NEW SHIPPING LINES
/
Freight Rates to be Made Cheaper ■
And the Spanish Methods
Reversed.
By .Associated Press.
New York, Dec 12.—A dispatch to the
Tribune from Havana says: New enter
prises in Cuba are for American capital.
The opening of increased means of com
munication between Havana and the Flor
ida ports has clinched this conclusion.
Communication is now establish ed three
times a week with Tampa on the west
coast and twice a week with Miami on the
east coast. The business may not be suf
ficient in volume for a while to keep two
lines of steamers employed. The compe
tition for what there is of it will be prob- 1
bably sharp. But after a time there will
enough for both. The gulf ports with the
xeception of New Orleans, are also
awakening to their opportunities and an I
ises soon to be developed.
These are only incidents in the future I
development of the island. What is sig- t
nificant is the complete recognition by the j
foreign capital invested in Cuba of the '
new conditions. None of this capital will I
be crowded out, as has been assured Jn I
many quarters. Instead it will remain in
the assurance of future stability given by
the United States.
Much English money is in vested in the
railways and the tobacco plantations.
Some of it was actually pushed into Ha
vana in order to seize the opportunities
that were open before the C.me was ripe
for American investments. French and
German houses also reach out to insure
the trade that was already theirs.
Spanish capital has done more than that.
It is probable that Barcelona will carry
out their plan of erecting jute mills in
Cuba. This is something they never seri
ously contemplated while Spain ruled the
island. It was enough to have a portion
of their capital invested in the mercantile
business without the additional risks of
the manufactories. A common delusion
that the retail trade of Havana and other
cities will pass rapidly into American
hands must also be noted. The Spanish
merchants will hold this trade so stub- '
bornly that its future is not worth con- I
sidering at present. The only point of
consequesnce is that they will buy in larg
er quantities from houses in the United
States.
With the full knowledge then that. .
American capital is not expected to dis
lodge exinting European capital, the in
terest will be in the new fields which will
be opened up for it. The European trade
representatives have a tolerably clear idea
of where the first development will come.
They have a vivid remembrance of the
American ships which were begnining to
crowd the harbors of Havana, Matazas and
other ports when the Blaine reciprocity
policy was interrupted by the exigencies
■of partisan politics in the United
Now they know, independent of the polit
ical significance what it will mean to have
the ports of the United States brought so
much nearer to Cuba by shortening the
time and increasing the means of com
munication. That was the first reflection
today when the vessels came into the har
bor. )
It is a swift method of reasoning by
which the conclusion has been reached
that the future carrying trade of Cuba al
most in its entirety will be under the
United States, flag. The dependency of the
Island on the United States, whatever
form its government may take, settles
that point in the minds of the European
trade representatives. The have also
looked a little further than some of the
•Americans into the cast wise trade. That,
in their view, is hereafter solely a ques
tion of American, ships. The few vessels
under the Spanish flag which are now
engaged in the coasting traffic will con
tinue in it. The difference will be they
will not be a privileged monopoly without
competition.
The theory of the Spanish authorities
was that alimited coasting traffic at high
rates was better than unlimited business
at Low rates. A passage from Santiago to
Havana cost more than a voyage from
Havana to New York. Freight rates were
in the same ratio. The "Backbone" rail
road through the island was not allowed
to be built because it would interfere with
the coastwise vessel monopoly. What
should have been a flourishing intercoast
trade among the many towns which had
natural harbor advantages became an in
terment of business with a few small ves
sels engaged in it. Even the fishing
smacks were limited. American coasting
vessels will change all this, and possibly
faster than has been anticipated. If they
do not precede the industrial development ‘
of the interior of the island they will at ;
least keep pace with it.
A TEXAS WONDER.
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Regulates bladder troubles in children. If
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two months’ treatment and will cure any
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E. W. HALL,
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P. O. Box 21t, Waco, Texas.
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READ THIS.
Covington. Ga., July 23, 1898.
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44 He have four children. With the first
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