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OUR VICTORY OVER SPAIN GIVES US THE
GEM AMONG ISLANDS OF THE WORLD
Fen Picture of Porto Rico, Its People, Its Cus
toms, and Its Vast Possibilities.
PRIDE OF NATURE’S HANDIWORK
The Scenery Is Beautiful, the Irrigation Perfect, and the In
habitants Are Fitted for Unrestricted American Citizen
ship — How Island Would Rank if Admitted
to Statehood —Some Timely Comparisons.
BY ROBERT B. CRAMER.
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Pur tii.s !- lib- -air.'st country '!
th eyo h th ever seen or
.•■mi > :mm upon.--Christopher :
!| (’..lumlms’ T'-noit to Queen 1-a
--b 'l.i .1 ft- -r his discovery of ’
I’orto Rico.
= Ji H, ...
I’oib ■ . parto Rb-o, August 3, 1898.—(Spe
. al Stuff t'orri■-pon'b-nee)—ln taat strict
<1 ■ • .minim ; vise which no layman contpre
or tr es to. if he lie wise—our dif
ficult \- with Sp.-In may not no classed as
a \\. i r o;' eonqm ", and we ar,- all entl
tl.-d to (im prmtd and patriot!,■ emotions
v. ... i arc born ot such mark- d unseltish
n,. Rut although our motives have a.l
-- . b n ..f the b-.-t and the- whole world
k w. that we began the struggle with
; . -.. g.-iir"! beside tim credits of
i im-'i, :i i lias wrested from the
Bpa ■ ei -wn. tac brightest jewel in the
Mttl - eh:- r t !:•>. r- mains, and will give
1 n i •• J.-. ■< deserves. For Porto
j; .., om- . eternally, everlastingly, in
, o.ibl, mirs. 'i ’l it it always should
1.-, a.i-- of i .i.mmon interests,
g- i- rapliic.il and otherwise, is now the
ol thi natlvi but that
I. ■ i .-ills but small figure in tile premises
date. Geographically, things
an- .so much ni x- d in tlm West Indies that
other Interests have and always will be
j. i■ a m.-im t whenever there is property to
b> divided up among tho nations of t.-io
I .t (•-. umbus had it good ey a for real
, pre It well ( tabilshed al-
ia Iv. ami it should bo said that when he
exnrc-.- I h:s opinion of Porto Rico ho
n • t.-turmd to Spain after h s ;.-.onu voy
... ry to i r nd when,
. . ■ 1 observation and
<x P- ri.-r.0,., h< was prepared to pa-a judg
ment as an expert. The verdict of the
t not reversed this judg
ment, and today til. words of the great '
discoverer have r e. ill. d them.-elw s to I
mal.y xx o arc looking upon the. Islam! for ;
t m first t.nw. „ad tlio ten thousand good ;
:m i-.0.i ns no w here are finding swim-thing :
i. . xery hour t<- idm te and to marx’l at ■
m ibis womb rail country, which is, in all I
trill.i. too fairest that any of tli ;r eys I
_>, a r seen before. Clean, bright, beau-
t i| r . uir- qu”. In the sublimes!
•r.. > ot Uh word. it rob.. Cub i |
i -. famous title without j
c-.nsib'o dispute, and becomes the poltsl.ed ;
p.-..rl of the Antilles bel'oro the gaze ol’ i
the world.
Its Territorlnl Value.
In writing of I’orto Rico under present I
vi: emus’, am . s. however, it ts b ;t to point •
o bri< fly In . t irting the trein ml -us x.itm i
~ j- .ml to us in a commercial am! |
en.se, lest the r< ici mig it tin- !
from’ a b. re description of the !
th ,t I'nele Smi was .- impb |>- -
mself of < bit of t< mt trial brie- (
, . 'i'll, peopi.. who have in ■ > the ,
j ■ 1.ar.1-n spot it IS w .tilled 111 '
■ m-in..- i y n.i I nr.- xv, h ■ l.ivi.- h ,
1. ■ d am! amid . ucli sin roundings I: is not ;
■ ■ i h.-_\ I’.- \e . tin to be pi og- |
i \ and : in p -a- I
■ tn - s rti ition.s y. ith th- rest I
cl In ol I us Ann rica itself. The ell- I
i. . i:..' i du< ve io the sia.-na'.ion I
i -ar- in n. i-.’ihoring island.-, the 1
•. . v. -. t< l. d .ml f.-rli!. . -. upooris '
i- - .p - ili in oily other portion of tho I
\. . it.il.« ■ twemv turns .is size, and tho ;
;.■ ■. : i,i• in (In-in whien ,
■I. 1 ~m. . . ;i- ■ ibly wnl. m.-il-.. us I
t . -I • . extend the warm hand of good fol- |
i. ■ 1 . ml d- r -i.-.1.
' t ■ . •■! our owning find some- i
undi- iod now than it ■ v. r was I
1 * ' - i'■ ion 11 osiij. ~ .ii.jus for so many
v- -I s m ir-ler pi.-k up h r.- rid theio I
m i -■ of ■■ -i a. It ■ >vi-.i. n <'.com-1 I’. I
ji iia.a. ol low.i, h. Am.-ri.-an consul it I
b.-.-i J...in. wa- eump. p. I to t il..- r- fii.m j
Amer....;i flag fl.-w wis too f.-.r away for J
I m io be. ol S• rvi • to Ills e.mntr>men .
v i.o 'Mil ...di : to him for prole, t ion. A '
th nd reasons Could b. urged in favor |
face ol the it education ot th< p >ple '
<m ti..-: i.o.itt jt ts mm.-, -i.irv to mention i
i ol -- h ill HI e Had not i’l.iri • Rie.i fa I- |
1.-n to ■ ir ot i- c. 1 iv. b- n b t to ',
1 r- ■o* -1 ill-- oi ; •in me to puieha. <■ i
ml S < 'roix f: ..m I muark I
: ■ ■
r. -iition in waters in which the stars ;
cen strangers.
3onietli?ng; About the Island.
As It Is, hoivi v.-r, v.-- are to take po
i pi'-. >1 import; which lent s
hfng to b.. dt lr> I. In ;.e. it 1 ■ '-iurth '
hi : ■ • ■ ---, <’,.•■ Hayi an . .laniah t,
till -..di :g it on t ill. blit if lose
Ilttl .- -. h ■ i- ■ v. in n all her con■ i
i. -. .: i ik a in 1 -, th-- comparif n. It ■
I. ■ ■ y mil- east of Hayti, the famou ■ i
Mona j with its scores ot be lutiful ■
lit'le ii-.ind: fl<. c--; 1 t«.--n, and its ox-
jh degrees, 30 m'nut . r-.rlh latitude an i
Go deg: - 35 mlnut s mid t>7 <1 gre ... to'
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THE .1 SLAM J Ob TOKYO Ki CO.
minutes west longitude, thus giving It the
ahape of an irregular parallelogram. It is
I'R miles long, 37 miles wide ami con-tains
qua mil< t soil that
produces life and vegel.-i.'don to adorn any
section of tin: earth. From end to end
it Is traversed by a. range of hills, in which
li or i re-!s of .is i-n.l b; rt li, ■.:.. 1i!-. w in ■
through f.-rtile valleys to the north and
south, gives the country a system of irrl-
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gallon which has called for but little in
I the way of iinpr >v. iii.-i.i, or alt- r>t!oii from
■ man. Tber. ar. more than l."m streams
...... i , ■-; forty ■ ven ot
which Os stllm ■ ■I- :-iz- to bo put down
I on the map as rivers. ..ml most of which
. f. riimiii -■ lln y< ■ rom: I.
The iiinaii'. in i.inp-- is no! of snllleient
1 ■ Ight to si ■ ■ -. in] ■ trit, t lor tr ins
. poria-li-m, ami it is ..hrougb them that tlie
1 nil.- ent |-".i Is have been built .ib 'llt
i which 1 have a ■- .-■l.l h •! -a nili.’h to siv.
I 'I Im high.-. ' i ■ I- i 'll Ymuph'. w ' i- h
■ ■ . ; use to the north
L. . e-Hm.-r : Glorious for- |
; ests still cover al! the ii..-.-.1-.--r p-ctims of.
j tlm liil! -. ..ml al-.e ! > th.- i-'.in I 'i-om the
■' a ■ l.ar i.-l. r whi- h tirst iniima'--- to th
tr .i-. ' r what In- m i.'. With r.-i.-on, expect
1 on shore. Tl ■r. is a rugg.-d bo.-iuty in
I tin ci l-.il’.s that will t-mpt Hie brush of
. • -. painter; a grat deur not
I solemn or sm .. i v of th.- primeval, but
■ ritber fulbir a nol.l. mi which almost
' mnk i- ne -■■ 11 ■ tha.t some giant s ulj -
' mm work- d ’hem oui of the - >l!.i rack I
i aims a:-■ It..- m. ■ rom tho water cl- r|
I and sharp, with w.' a sw .mp or marsh I
to m il. i ■ .-.-min -'.roiig lim-s, I’m o '
1 land '. t .. ■ bol ls i Imr i- ■- s ,
: . p.br.m.-, and !'--r tec r.- •! of it. one may
I s if.-ly say that it improv.-s on In tier ac-|
i qnaini.in-e.
Some Interesting Comparisons.
- - isl;,nd ?
I given as 1.1'.7- I by an oile lai e.-psim r.- - nt
I 1.-, concluded and of tin sc only a.boui om--
I f.,-|. . re I ■ ■ 'A Ith ...1 th.- figures
I above mention'd before him on- ea.-i t --el a
- b ft'.r id. a of ti- ■ :.a ivelous resoar- • o.
Ri.-o v. ill o .-upy if incm.-te.l into th" c '■ V’
; l i . i ■ . r w i \ '
| rank turd if .admit: ■. to -ta mho-.1, only I
i f.-w r sq ar.- milo.s. lb.it 1". p i.ai .t . a
| she will rank twenty fourth., .x a . dim; ■ i h
I S'al. s as .'(aim . \ - rmout. Nt w H imp-
I i 11 re. < m* 1 . nt, \\ ■s t V i t'gi ’i m, I*’!": .da,
■ itwo :is ombim .1, M-eitana. 1-la-
| ho, 'V\ im.'.c,, I' . , i ’oJor . ... • n-.-im.i.
I V. -. a" .- m> an I N’. - '.i i. Sim . - nt.iln.s
1 mo.’e )>eopi< than half a <b.z nos - .mi- <>:
| o ,r sm .Her -:• p'-t taer ami :m
--i her size .-he will make a sliowim; lauost
i b. .omi lieiief. i-an .1- in, as is w -ll known, i
I smu tha n even in the crow ded ow ns in i
' does a.m-.t well in prop,art.on, a. an
i a - I.- O. n.o.md gto w...-le oh is- j
To a nr< elate this fully '.'ill dra v i lie i
1 I’mßs o coil!;.ms square nil..-.-, . i ■
Neva. <• more than 1 h'.t W. In |
. : 15.7-.1. In o . wor-. .■ -. ry j
I p. I. a o;nan d N- . . :. h. mar l
i 1-.- two and a •: .If-I'.-tl to ... •XI• - lU.• I-• !
I mile.-; I:, which t - "so sli arm a- '
. :i. wa i ,-x pr. .- ~- i'. w ... ■
t ! ..v • n in l orto lb o !.as ; . do th.- |
I 1-. he e.-n on aa. ant tw-J-humir. d-uml |
P .1- ..f .; .-i..... mib
i not cm like i just division o'' pro;
j erly rich!-. ; nd :m- situation wi 1 fui’nidi I
i a t'-xt for so.;: i.;;c sermons in future. :
I men if it d ■ . not bad to a stampede, from |
t. islai.d to ;je pi iirie. <.hher stat -s
e 111. l iiav lie ’I , ' !"Cte<l w' )i I <| ~.| ad-
■ x .hinge, I it Nevada came br- t to my
; .a, an I I haxe gem over th limn -s
Willi tlm aid o' a m .-.sp ipvr .dm mac lie;.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1898.
| without the slightest desire to say or do
I anything to the disparagement of the great
commonweait'i lately the scene of Mr. Fitz
simmons's notable triumph.
The people and Their Customs.
For a moment it xvould s. -m that, If
| these unusuully lively statistics are. to be
I believed, the people in I'orlo Rie.i fall
1 oxer each other in going about their daily
i busin.m ■ or tih.it one-naif the island is
son ed to keep quiet w aile the other half
works. But there is no Jostling at all,
amd instead of the place seeming over
crowded, there appears to be room for
emigration and opportunity for all sorts
of original enterprise, .t is wonderful how
m .eh a man can do on one two-hundred
and-tiftieth part of a square mile, if, like
native a I’orto Rican,he minds bis own bus
iness and I!-.-, s :c. clo e to the. golden rulo
as frail humanity allows. There is ev-n
a possibil ly t'nat the presence of so many
people on the island nas contributed to
make it such a ) iradis.-, for it has ren
l dered necessary the building of many
handsome, cleanly little i-itl.-s; tlhe keeping
in excellent sanitary condition of the per
fect bijou harbors that indent the coast
on all four sides, and the . tablls'linm.it
of thousands of ideal farms and planta
tions in the interior, xvhere each agricul
turist. not caving mu.ih ground to look
after, takes tho very best of care of that
xvhlch he 'lias.
Ev. ry day since tlm army landed wo
have gome, in comfortable carriages off
Into the interior and by this time we are
■ .: i BortO 1 lie.a.i.
small farmer, who, on live acres of ground,
lives better and makes more than an in-
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fliis. ■ [.>;:■ Georgian <lO s on five litr-lmt,
Ii -.■ iv house, white and elemi,
i iri : ■■.■ ■ i’- ample length In front of tl.o
stal'd b biings and barn mid In the Helus
J.i- cattle—the f'a.'St Viuit grow brows
laz.l - < >m- tune in Cuba a razor-back
cow w: ■•■ c.mite.i by some - f <',stHk.’s in-
I sure urn. a:■ captured her nf, -I ;l long
|eh ■ ■ truf gio mid ;■. ve it to
G .. i ; ' S' :;fh r :-s !.:■.• great prize of t:io
v.'!. II !•• t'atte.st ;*!. 1 sb’ek< st
tli it ex ■ r eve milk are jus plentiful as
(a-'-o. nu« i .iii-1 han-lsomo < x teams pass
oi - .)’ • ■ ' Im !■ i'Tv -s pro*- sslon going
into io’.vii wi;:i pi\?<lue.; or i-eiurning emp
ty at of the d.iy. It is but an-
oP.-t j.i o.i •;• •• ron.iids it of the till’-
!’<■ ■•>:w •• n i.; : s and the Santiago
(•:.i rnp:i i’Aii,
Life in the Interior.
Tim bread, lair.l > -ml, .-month as Pcwh
tr,', circles tin and out through the motm
l:a,..-, lii.. d with trees wilii'-h shade It mid
Im, n out :.>■■ sun amt too bear even nt
mid,bn. Sometimes the hills rise
i < i • ; with I- ~ . 's of (lie great
I Ore gon tr.with d.m’nes of color here
I and th re wlm-e the t.il.nurn.i bursis into
I flow r. M.illegally and mango, and iron
v, , ,d and saleno nte all in < videm e. too,
i and the roi’.il poiix i.imi. shows its glorious
i bloom at iro -rials. Uois. iuen from the
i big < u or ,‘.miles me j every few j
ininuti s. mid they 1 eourt -ously or stop
; t, invite you iii •<! have refreshments. If I
■ y >ll ■■ . s y-m s'aould always ,|o—\ >u will |
lied yourself presently reclining in a ham-
: mock sipping rum nd limes mid ie,- waier
(they even mi\> j, factories in Porto Ki-
; co) and won I- rini. bow it. could I," t.r.t
i you l ad mi, r km,vii th, im was sueii a
i ■ ■■ , on th map bi fore.
Tl> plm;ta t i. u 1x.i1.-, , with every
■ door ami win Io?.- .m. n. looks end and
<‘Oml'oi tn I '■. . In trim mite-beibim f ashion,
aim off in tbe f ar me ti:,> .sugor houses,
wi’ smoke wmi 'm out of i.e t ..I st ick
and the whirl of the machinery sounding
ever si faint and tar off. You ask your
h.-m if n l Porto liico is similar to that
wi 1 ,'h ,v a li iv. ;■< ■ m with its e|, an fnrin
hrnism-. b lutif'.il roads, extensive planta
tions. f.e ail, s and h. able ’■<■ ib n: ,
mid ite < milingly informs you that it is.
'■ '■ ■
they v ii si; it put in shape this fall, and
h< go, s on to .m nk of the gratitude he
fi.il.i t 'li l Am 'icons iia., uno to
sc tiie ismud from the .!■ ■. .a iit ion and
S’-.i'-'inm ol an lnterm.il war. |,'or, he
says, the p. opk had b> n so ov> r-t.'ix<'d
and • ■ i: d'-m d by Simin s corrupt or
Im ' lit meticais rb.it tl>, v w,,uld not
b n , to < ri'iiii,. in .;. ■ mm h longer.
110 m ■ im , til < ' r\ ol ' , t: iim.H
linloi mal you call see tint ~,■ is sin-
<:,,■< m l •■•■.i tell him you hop., til.’ day Is
not r r di, : when all 'he ii; : m and pro-
t., :;- .! Amer an cilizeusi.ip will be.
tbr wn i round him.
Imports and Exports.
It is a. lit lie difficult to understand why
Spain laid so heavy a hand upon the ] ttle
isl:i:t'i. 10l sim m •ml, ot.l.erv. ;e. nav'?
ism d . • \<.t.. so l.ige iiepd.i t:on, tine
exports, of course, amounted to but little,
for lh< people were able to consume about
all they produced, but the internal revenue
I returns have always been tremendous. ;
1 Their products are sugar, lobacco. cotton, j
| coffee, cattle, rice, maize, yams, plantains. .
| oranges, eoeounuts and .ill varieties of ■
■ tropical fruits. Nearly ex-ery pound of tho ■
I tobacco grown In I’orto Rico goes j
to Havana, where, under the government |
monopoly, it is made into cigars and - , ;
I garottes. Tho exports last year amounted j
to $15.5112.7.",0. of which $10,«F.i:50 was in col- |
fee, $2.5iu,750 in sugar and $W9,350 in tob ie- I
<•0. The total Imports were sl‘l SG7.fOO, ami
consisted mainly of cotton, w loh-n, l.m a
anil silk good.-, nmt.Us, hardwari.. provi
sions, ales, wines, canned goi- ls. etc. Tim I
United States has i . <1 a fait
share of I’orto Rico’s olb id. i d■, and
It has been increasing st. : oily during the
last f- iv years.
Banaims ami plantains ar. wonderfully
prolific, bearing fruit in 1 n months from
i planting. The plants \ irlua iy last sixty I
‘ y. ars, being equally long lived with tho |
. cocoa, palm, which pro liicis mils m six or
I n y.-ars. and trier---. 11 during tlm
I space of an ordinary life, its yield being
’ I- koned at I'll nuts a year. Tlm annual
' pr -duet of bananas is given at 21)0,<"*!.
I and of cocoanuts 3,090.000. Tlm entire ■
I range of tropical fruits is i-..pre; nt.-1 Imre, ;
nu - teat i
I supodilla ami avocado penr, while all the
laiii-troplc x • ; ltd, .; ir -. !>e rii ■■-I, in-
cluding those of the south temperate zone,
ruch, for Instance, as arc growt. in Hiorida.
Tho mineral kingdom has not bc-n so ex
haustively exploited as the v. gct.ible, but
nmre than traces have been found of
! per, coal and iron, an well as vast di posits
-of Halt. Tile rivers at on- time ran to
i the sea over beds- of golden sand, and
I from tlm streams today t.as in the ncigli
i boring island ol San Uomlngo, where tho
t first Ameilean gold waa di >ve ed), the
j natives wasii out nuggets by the crude
I processes of that distant day when Ag
ueynaba went prospecting xvith his false
friend, I’one-e de 1 eon.
Some Physical Features.
There are n-> natlxo qiiadriip-tis here
larger than the agouti ami the armadillo,
but birds in - relativ. ly numerous, with a
few of tlm- -mg and some of brilliant pin- j
mage. All dom. Stic fowl d > w.-ll he, - ,
and the gr.-at pastures of th, north, ast
ami south, ast support vast hcriKs of cattle
and horses, which sullb-■ not only tor the
needs of tlm island, but are . xu-irtod to j
nil parts of Rm V. .si Indi- s, being held in
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SCENES IN 1 ()RTO RI( O
I'lom Photographs l ake n by lhe Constitution's Special Artist.
tiles to bo feared, but insects of questlon
; able character are too nmm rou.s tor coiu
fort. This island, indi’- I. were u paradise
! without them. Ewti wiih them the mhab
m to ■ "i ■<- tittle m .■ b ,-.
The worst of li. ■ .ip th" sempione. cen
t.peds, fm-mitulns, wm-••>. mosipiitsome
sp.-cies oi mils, i ii'l . . ■ 111 - ;: •nl flea -a
The Cent of a trope 11 "limnti Him that of
P,,m.,, I.i o, wnimi tlioimli rarely ,xw , <ling
t o doere' S, is c >n: inmur , !:< < ,>n< i ueive to
t!< ‘ breeding of lns' < t p, sts of nil sorts.
A 1 m.m ■ e passes al either
Sail Juan. ;!:•• e.iplial. or I’o: <m t:>.
south co it, wheri the Am ri< i
now are. The latter city i, is rm'i’iil'.v out
stripped tlio forrniT in .- harp eotnpimtm.i,
and in the harbor here at pr> s nt m< r
cliant v>s.-, Ls of four countries are ly.tm,
waiting to diseltarge tlieir cargoes as soon
as the v. ar tarii'i ein be ui.i:;m,.l by <lm,
oral Mil&s. San Join is on Mario ■' nd
and reached its limit of pupili.ilion m 2i.-
s'o. Ponce hn.s a ready to . -a, d io' ,i nd is I
/ ill gro a lag brisl..y. 11 i. >,.' ■ <> i>, :iu t
iitt.e cities in tm- w0r.,1 wi, i mhu, up-to
d.ito muni ijial mg lie. Is that nimbi be
borrowed with profit in th.- .states. Tin:
auxiliary lire >1 nm tnient is inmi. up of the
young men belonging to the. b* t tamd.-.s
in town, mid tney haw , record lor jear
-I,.mid efl’ecti ve work tmit would d>
JI; to a vetoi aii ... - mbiti'n. They
seem to b ■ a sol • f red shirted r,,m.!i
riders, mid v. w n they turned out in the
parade in Generii Mihm s honor the oilier |
day the p.ibiie manifested th ir a.t'ev'ion
in .’onttnuou.s che. rum.
Chance for American Enterprise.
When on" speaks of the pi’"■'!' re as
Porto Kicatis r't'civm-e is mad - to a dis
tinct class, and not tn the homogeneous
populate U wtrn. ii m.ikes of ail tile mil ut I
the West Indios islands pcrpotually iiimer
i liin faetois in inti rnational matters, 'lb-'
j fact that tile negroes are hi So small i
i minority has done much to bring about
' this condition of affairs, and th< arist >c
i ra'-y of Hie original Inhabitants, xvhieli nos
■ been transmitted from gem ration to gen
: eritfon and is .still given rigid recognition,
I has contribut'd much toward tlm same
j end. That they were Spaniards in tho be-
I ginning counts for I it little. 1,.-can;--, not.
' one scintilla, of patriotic fel ling has sur-
I vived tho more than Hire, centuries of
1 niisgew run,, nt, and tiny : ro today aS
I thoroughly divorced from Spain :- though
not a drop of <’< liliaii or of Moorish
blood had flowed in the veins of tlmir re
! mote ancestors.
They are used, too, to looking after
them.selv. s, f.-r Spain has Imcn eonl'-n' .1
to let the island manage its own fiflairs
so long ns it was prompt in the payment
of the ex-orbitant d.-m indi-- in .d up -n it
I In the tvay of losati'ai. A'! "t Um internal
I Improvements and tlm adoption d modern
I blipmess meth nls al -■ due I > Hi ■ ent. r
prii eof the I’orto Itiv.iim t ’>• in ■••lx •-. nd
to tin tn belongs ill" credit for patting tho
island in tie -bap. In xvhich it >■ to I",
receiv'd by th. I nlted State But. of
course, much remains to bo done before
I ft Is all that th ■ new par. hi g ix.-rnni, i.t
Is, and in tlm building of hotels, lhe ■
| t.ildlshnmnt of banks, building ami loan
assoei.i. ions, tel-; ra ;>n and te 1 plmm Um ’,
insiir.-im-,- .-.mi;> ei. ; -ml the Ihon-i-nd m l
mm industries that follow in the wake of
the plow of pr >gr. s■■ there i ample oppor
tunity for thousands of frtmms to l-e
made by tlmpe who ar.- intelligent and
quick enough to take ndv.-o- of iho
opportunity - offered.
The Political Divisions.
Under the reorganization net of 1870 the
Island was divided, for political and ad
ministrative purposes, into s- . n dl. r'- ts
or departments, known nt. R.’yamon, Are
cibo, Aguadilla, Ponce. 'lay-iga- r.. Hum i
eao and Guayama, with the iitt! ■ .'uljolnlag
island of Viequez, on which the city of
Isabel Secundo Is situat'd, making an in
dependent bailiwick. Th. people, Imwcv.-r,
are not much given to puli;:--. , and ■
ti,ms come and go with many in ignorar.-e
I • '!.<ir arrival or departure. Ol tim lor-
I t !gn element there are r.-pi-.- -. nt.i: iv-. s of
Fiance. Get-m.my. Sweden, It.-nm.ik, Rus
sia, L nited fehates and l.’iiin., in pion y,
and some Chuetas, who are d.-.5,-. t.d in s
of Moorish Je.xs from Maj c- a. Tie Gi
-1 '•■ '», ■ sm I'M ;•
ers hi l:..- ... . : ior, : of curious old i n-
isii stock, largely modified oy I .: n ba.->d. |
’lid h.«i il was b liex. .1 ih.it im tr.-w. of tn ,
original inhabitatils of Hm island r.main- d. I
Arc'aa-.-ologi.'.d eoib-etiotis, a..-,. . liaxo
since been made and are now p:. .., rv. .| in I
I the Stmthsoniati instil mion, tn - >1 .i -dc;--
leal niusi i.m in I rliti an-i ■ - .x .■ i . win- a
<ompri.~e st.e-.e axes, spt; : i,. .Im \.
stone ami via;, images acid fragments of
e i rt .- n w ar-
The religion is, of course, Roman Cath die ;
the prin-ipal events in tlm island's (his
tory, if • Iv for the mike of refere'.i •.
It was diseov'-r. d by Columbus in Nevem
b-r. 11 .. ll.id bl 1510 t’om-" d.- Is o ta
li.mis a. the -i her after tl." wF; ( .f ;>• r
petual vent!', f nmiled tae town of (’. p.-ir
ra. soon alter aliand-med and now i» iuw--.i
| an I’uer’.o Vieto. In l,>il, with more suc-
i .-s. P,’ti< , founded San .titan de Itmitis- |
i ta. which is now th- . ipit.m Th" native
inlia bi lant s -probably me v, ry ; aimer., -., ,
t.lioagli, wiih tli-ir usual ; 1L . g ,. r .. ■
old imoniclers rate tii. i.i at nci.iXK'i- '.'mre I
soon sub.hied ami swept awry. In 1 ~:'"> i
too <apit.il was sacked by iiraim, mid in i
l. m by i m duk' o( ■ ■, , ■ ■ ,
Baldwin I l.'lnri.-h, a I■' bm m, Io -i i.m ,
111',.’ ill an alia, !’, on the ale ,|,-1 .p,,- .
to. Thia 11. nipt - ' : i ii .. h iln i 7‘ w. w
equally mi -■: ■ mm; i alia Abor.mnol,, ■. in
1797, I to r.-i m after a th ret days’ ge.
In IK'i a urn emmit wa: made toiim.l a
declaration of iiidep< ml. m e ,-i t' .- part
of the p.>:’tiv liiem.s, '.i..: Semii a ; ■ ,m-
aev Mas I’Oinplm !y re eslal twhed
Tiie last traces <,f slain ry ? r- : 1 ...,•>I
in 1x73 by <lie aiu, ..atl n of the t.ntirc
Syttem of tor.-i'll labor.
Such, in briiT. I"- Porto i<n o <n r |
wide.i (lie A w.< ri.an . j... v . ; V -
clieeri'.y today :ml wil'h ' rar. log of j
' the Hag .‘.iiu ■ 1 t'l.ln.k. p a for . > troll- I
Attention, 43d Georgia Volunteers.
Keiinioii of I'or:., .li.r.i irnia v-d m ■ ■•■ is
v. iI i be held J off, o< M* ,
Si pt, iiilwr im,. Sm,:v<,i-‘ ~■■.■ uiwd -, .m
--ti ed a ini an - ... i .•, rod <•.,:■ .■m ■■ ■ mm .■ m
life. Kailloids will nr..nt im<: i’r.i
lernn! ly. <b '■ I.' 'N hi I. i I T. Ibl.,
Presiden’.. (’unrm g', Ga.
WA It Hl.'.\- II CAM i it! lid,.
Si er ■a' y, i bail" s vilb , Gt.
Rupture Cured.
Satisfaction guaran'eed; mi linife. v. hl
have to sc. pili nt or,, a v ■ I-. Dr.
Tucker. Ifi Broad street. .'lla. • i. G i.
i
I The school children of Germanj are large
•ij a b't; imitation Ind.a iir'.jer slates ;
COUNTRY CHANGES ITS FLAGS
Steamer Leaving Honolulu the Day
Before the Event Brings Letter
Forecasting the Change.
Sen Francisco, August 20. -Tho steamer
Glanfarg today brought the following ad
vices:
Honolulu, August 11.—Tomorrow will bo
an eventful day in the history of Hawaii
At fifteen minutes Ir for ■ noon Hi l ' formal
ratifications between tlm gov.-rnments of
tiiu I’nited States and Hawaii, by which
tlm N'-wlatids .innexatioti resolution will he
Operative, will take place. With tin' (■:-
•■hangc of ratifu-'it:<in and tim hoii-img of
the flag, tlm sovereignty of the I’nited
State.-, over tlmse isand.s commene. , and tie
republic of Hawaii becomes a part of his
tory. The date and time wr - arranged
I after confer, iie.-s hud been le 1 I l. 'l w ■
I’nited State.. Minister Sc>v ill and the Ha-
Tlm ceremony will consist of the playing
of tlm Hawaiian nnliounl .-nth'-m by th"
band, saluting the Hawa flag with
tv-ntv-om guns bv the Philadelphia bn
tery and the liiiding down of th.' Ila;;
This will !>•■ followed by the ling "I'
President. McKinl -y’s premiam.u on md
then the stars and stripes will B Honied to
the breezo and saluted.
After tile formal cer.-mony tlrerc w'll b.
Homo congratulatory exerelses. including
tlm singing of patriotic somas. M t-.i.-i. r
Sewall, f,. A. Thurston and F. M. Hatch
will deliver addresses.
President Hole will likely remain at tlm
head of affairs as chief executive until
congress provides for his success-,r. while
minister Sewall will r< n tin in flono ilu a»
un attache of th- state department.
Tlm government has givi n notice that all
empiov- s must oppoar tomorrow i’t- .men
and take the oatji of allegiance to the i
T’m Hawail.m political sncl.-tb = fib-. la.
prot. • : ■■ ' ;«It■ on th-
- "\x her. • ■ >l»tlon of t ■
has not been pa< sed upon by the p ople of
H. waii, m r l,v tlmir representatives m 1< ■- |
I 1 pure a- • mbl.-d- ami.
••Wh< r< is, Ry m m . rl tl t id people of Ho
of their political rig n.- and it iv" fr.-qmmtlv ,
appealed to the presi. ... mgr. s and tl
p. ople >f t le I’;-. ■ i Stat' ■
| EAEM','EAnA?" " I1KCl,1 “ '
Wbei' .IS. The d - lai-alma <>f Arnerh -a
-f
' The“''uEpori S I ’.-<ul arrive I H'-.m S m
t e'p , '-:"'',L'.| , |' '.F . ' fo\ M G
Th" Gl< r farg Rft 1J p"noiul>
ed ar They'reported aR wei’l on board V. •
XHs.,,, ,1 io- I .ohm. are carrying N. w ,
ti.-,- grrt ■■■ i ’ ■ ■ - - 1 " -
havi-ig been selected.
*
NEGR.O SOLDIFH KILIM D
Belonged to the Twenty-Fifth ond -tri
tioned at Camp Hobson.
. . x... i" (Special.) The
Hampton. < A ... - • . . il ( , f
dmd body of Jim Neely. < e" ■" ■ ’ • -
belonging to tn. Txx nix-hfth Int.mlry. I
w found !■■ re this morning
His d. -.f' xx ,s th- r-ult of a ge.rnra!
. , v.I IV evening, tn
s' ting >- 1 >
W YeJterd; y’ Neely ntarched
: r T'
side Having been around here before
.. '
would be most ' -i lniU ’ e ''
77.. F;,
II n ' He Called for a DriifSc.
Tie then ■mm up to l - bu.-in—' por- J
t; nos . 11 vil ' J '
t , . i ■ mt. In th ■ <’f ■
r \ & E o. Moore ordered a coca-cola.
Young Mr Moor-, wi o xx.... waiting .m |
the fount informed him th i’ in t«m real
of th. m'r. A-- - ’
. ,X ■ Id ■" <1 I- 1.-ll' Os ■ I
i n ■ ami that he could be acc-mmo
! dated there.
At this he be, ante v-ry abusive, snyT-' -
that his money wa; . good as any v.mt" ,
I person’s, ami « - <1..-id-dly obsti perom, I
xvlmn order d from t
The Quarrel Renewed.
In front of Mr. ' 'IF: ah ■ be ■' ; s
cursing when Mr. Will Z. Hemb r.-:-m ca li
cd his at :!"h ’ 1 Mm f > :
I XV'I'C p’-es'-n . and Im b- . ame more abusiv.-
Mr. Jlenders.m or h r- l :,im to hm
i.s Im did .«.-> tl’e n-Ki'.i t.ar.wx hi.s hand ■
b'-hhul him ns if to draw a x - • non. win r
upon that g.-ntlem;.n gave him tax-, lick
upon tho head with nn ax handle tl.-it '
xv is I : * illy so.zed.
According to tho very tmst evid neo ttm
negro went off and return, d t-> ai so M
JI.-nderson, having his bayonet and dirk
xvlmn Mr. Hcndi rson dr'-w ills pistol and
us Im wont, to lire tlm mmro cut him a.-r.- -
Hie right hand, knocking tlm pistol out
of hl.s hand, a:i.l poss< ssing him- If of ,t, i
began tiring nt once. This attra- texl oth.-i
par i< -i, .'.n.i i s th■-' ili'ii >; b'- 1 an n- -.1
the n.'gi . r ti toward l; s slopping p .- .
still snapping the pistol at all lie nmi, and
n ver slopped until ho r. i.-li, -I his .i n ia
tlm Wimer house. Os the volley that was
fired al him no mm S'- ins !-■ - i i
Willi did It ar ! tie’ !■. re t t at li - v> ■
f. mid died this nmrnin.: a: turn li.iuse <.!'
Ann tiV’rner ts tim m.n. st s dntmn that ■
th., closest Investlg.i ion can give.
Tlte Coroner's Finding.
Tn the coron.-r s im.- ticati a ■ c l
only bo found om . liat kn ■
I thing, ami Ids t'-slimon.i X'..m f u< a t 1
nature that Coroner I’riieh'-it a d .. - ■ -ry
could not l .il to litid a vi i.:..-i in i. ,
an ■> w ith ’. 7' nc t. ■ mim.y F fol-
■ lowing :.- t nlh -ia! .-di -t of tlm jut'x
ini lest h- Id ox ' th. d ’ I b. dx ~t J - i
I N. ■ ly, ill the town of I I - • I
I county afore-nid. in th. lath of Aug
I 189 S. .It H o'clock, in convention, exnnimed
I Air. A. t-. Ai.■rtui. xx a■>. I.cm;; sw - ri..
I ; lid th. i li. Ki IX Jim No. i> . did . t ■
i k-mw v. a<> kill.-.! him; kn< w that, im Wa '
' killed 1 ■ i n hi.”
This xv..s the' onlywitm-ss ex imliied, and 1
i the ■■ ir.ii.er's jury al on", r.-turm-d ■
lowing x < edict
i "We t>!i" j-r;.' tworn to iiiv.-liimie Hi,
lease of Jan Neely, dec.-as. d. I.ml that I." :
I came to lus d'-.iih ft-.m imm-im; xvoutids
lai Hit. hinds of unknown parti, s.
"J Al. TA Ri'l.l !Y. Foreman;
”R. J. AKNmI.U.
”\\ . ’A. N< AI "I’ H
”J \\ IHINTON.
”H. A. L’EHIII-ES.”
He Was from Camp Hobson.
On the body of the dead negro the fol- [
lowing r ■ ■ was f. mid:
! ”(’amp Hobson. August IS, Isas I’ rmit I
.1;,1,1. N. -lx - to 1. axe- < mi. . . • m> in |
I av. IV uinil !> o’eb'.-k tom .ri ..x i.ami.
’•I.ICI '.’r’NANT JOHN N STR.’xAT, JR, i
"Twenty-tlfih Imantry ■
j Tlm coroner has ;ele;:rap :-I hi- com- I
! m ind twice bit ha - had no r< ply as
■ Raids 'ins buri.'l, ad il i l>: • ible Hl [
’ h.- will be buried in the negro cemei.ny at :
llanipmn. The negroes lake the ri 11, r
very quietly.
GEORGIA COLDJ.ER KILLS JTEGRO.
Was Defending Himselt i’roin Coward
ly Assailant.
t .*> .- Ana
be, n mad. Io as-assimiie Robert B > man. '
St-.'oi'.d Georgia volunteers. In del i-n.ling .
himself, Bamnan slm; and mortally w.mnd- i
hi. negro .i<.-.ii. ni. Jam. s J • Kson.
Bagman t" ■•••■:» tly received an anony m. ms
b-'ler informing him ica’ he would be
kill.d if In- did not .. .. his attentions to
| a young i.uly of tliis city.
mhiitary mitii
CONTROIi ISIiAHDS
Plans for the Government of fstarnm
of Cuba and Porto Pico Are
Formulated.
THE QUESTION A KNOTTY ONE.
I
Laws for Management Will Be Laid
‘ Down by Administration —Mail
Facilities Restored.
v . hlngton. August 16. Gradually the
! fram.-w .irk of gov. rnment for the civil
' dud . st> ili.m of affairs in Cuba. I’orto
l Ri. o and sui h portions of tho Philippines
I n- this g..vernm. nt < mtrols is being form
i ed. Tim d.-velopnmnt of this plan of Inter
i nal admini itratlon «>■ < upl< tl mu< h ■ t
I attention ot the cabinet today -nd later
Secrctar Gage, Attorm y General Gi
I j’o. tm nt. r General Smith and Acting S.-c
--; let try of State Mooio 11. I i .-I two hours’
*
oxer the infinite details of establishing a
i eixd administriii l ii. General Corbin xvas
t ' nt part o th< Mme.
I At the outset the military authorl
! ties will be in charge of all adminis
, t' ativo affairs in Cuba, Forto Rico and
. other acquired possessions.
Alremlx' st.-ps havo been taken to restore
■ mail .-ominunie.itlon ’» tween this country
and’Cuba, Im: tho plans rmxv under con-
i sld. rati, n n likelv to t ike in the question,
i of liuii'll ng m .il in.sld ■ of Cab.-i. I’orto Rb o
j ami other points. A mail st. im.-r will
leave New’ York tomorrow carrying the
’ m til to Ci ba whf< h has left
I New York since the war began.
Tim w.tr department did not make public
| the di; lat.-li I’tom G. n. ral I, iwi.m rela
, live to t! .■ Cubans in H inti igo, but the or-
I der which (lermr.il Corbin sent to G.-neral
■ Lawton Indic ites . --■ •■ thing of its nature.
General Lawton reports that the
' Cubans: aio encamped about the city
and do not seem di posed to accept the
: conditions imposed by tho armistice
| and some troubles have occurred.
I Sen. t.iry Ab er. in speaking of the mat
t. r toda x said it in ght as w< 11 be fully un-
1 del - .-.I >.l that the I oiled Slates would con-
I trol the . urn nderi -I t< rritory and that it
would ma . ■ rn of t it ti rritory.
MUST KEEP ORDER IN CUBA.
More Troops Will Be Sent at Ouce to
American. Commander.
j Washington, Aucust IS. Dispatches ot
Import.ie.o w.-ro r-< -iv.-d and considered
at tlm war d-partnmnt early today. Im
m. . ai. lv after tlm (irriv.il of Secretary
All- . it th- war dep i tmem he had a con
sultation wltii Cteneral Corbin and denied
liim.-elf to visitors. Tho conference was a
pro! ( acted one. They were considering
dispatches ri. -ix'.-l from General MerrlC
, anxl Hom Santiago.
Tin . nidi'..-at Santiago are causing
! a f.'i.-it deal of um .-iiie.-o and It Is be
! ib-veil that more troops will be ordered
. there very t on. All- tdy orders have
i b n i.-.sux:d dir. cling tlm Fifth regular in
. I ■ n i-w it Tampa, to proceed tit
om ■ t.. Sami mo.
■ iKjmraa I, .-,, been made ns to the con
' d".,>n f th< . i.mmm rei imenis Wideh
■ ve im yet salb-.l wnh a view of sending
Tim i. ive'iiiu i.t Intends to take vigorous
! rm-.sm - .s pi.mrv.. ilm p.■-(.•,• and keep
md other cttle
whi.-li are unde: i’nited Stat. s control. Ah
I a further step in this direction the presi
i d.-m today dir- -. ,i tl; it th" Twenty-third
i Kans, n r.-.-.1m.-nt (c01.,r. d) be dispatched
■ to Smtlm, uU..r;u part ot the army of
LEE ENTERS SENATORIAL RACE.
, General Announces That He Will Be
in tho Raco in Virginia.
Washing on, August 15.—The Post
i tomorrow will say:
‘•General Fitzhugh. Lee will enter
; the senatorial race in Virginia. Inis
i announcement can be made without
any qualification. It is authorized
by General Lee himself, who last night
i nictated the statement to a representa
i tive of The Post.
‘•Upon being asked the questTbn as
. to his future intentions and appreci
ating the interest felt in tho matter
throughout Virginia, General Lee said:
“ ’I shall he n. candidate for United
States senator.' ’’
MAIL CAN NOW GO TO SPAIN.
Post.mas'er General Smith Revokes an
Order Issued in April.
'I h< , j t-ik'.-n t- i-is is In c- 'if. i mi'.y
,d ;:id third class matter. 1 cu t
I THREE CASES OF YELLOW FL VER
Surgeon at Key West Makes Official
Report to Sternberg.
w .,on. Am..m! G.-tmral
11.' R. .\\ . - u-ding th< yei-
: : xv ■ r tlmre:
■■ls, x XV. d. I'l. <~ Aimust 16. IN)', bur
('■ <"> G( >'■ l(1 ' d•' ■' :i '. J' ’ L
Jp'Lt* ■' 1 reported
-
i 1 ' Surg on.”
Mr. Wakefield.’- Marriage..
Mr. LaFay. tt< \\ nk.'li< 1.1. •■' Vmle " >n. S
r one of The t’o " act iv >
I bertun Ga., to Mrs. Carrie. La (Iley, ol that
' .. . . T|., -.1.1'1,.: x'. . <i :i- t mm, .mix-
■ m, | •;. .. l Il l ■I ■ ‘' I ' I I . ! I l t . •
l , iem<mv. Mr. -iii.l M 1-. V' Heal !<-<t al
om,. in. ir -I!lmm' ■
q V. akelmld. be d los being n V. ter m
• I ... <’.>•. .1 it - ::m-, mx i:: ; s.> :.
I al...at m. (•••li y.-ms in i s i-.-rx : ■ . s also
| ~ \. j r.. n ol Hl. l ie XX : ■ I 11. mu. a all a
i boy of eighteen When the war began, Im
XX.... -1,, xxard at on- . b> Hu < -.1 "I R '
! sol:' I* and of ills Illi live St.lt -. He XV,-I
' xx. : ::■!'.l twice s'-wrely. but Im r .urtiei
I a-. . , on II" passible to ill. It i i after e icli
r. ■ very. He is now bat fifty-three years
j old. Ills I.rid., beiim some txxmitx v.ais his
jam ■ II" a i ' om : -ma<- hi ... Hx .-
canvass for subscribers, having bxten u ng
bis tim- iaig-ly around Elbe;.on for n
period.
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