Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 39, Petersburg, Pike County, 3 February 1899 — Page 6

In thf Sew York senate, on the 25th, there wajs introduced a bill appropriating $300,<1KM> for the purchase ef 15,000 ! new smokeless powder rifles for the national guard. Justice Henry W. Williams, of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, died suddenly in his room at the Continental hotel in Philadelphia on the 25th. Heart disease was the cause of his death. At a mass-meeting of women at Cavite, Philippine islands, it was enthusiastically resolved to petition Aguinaldo for permission to take men’s places in defense of independence, and to bear arms if necessary. On the 25th the National Convention of Manufacturers at Cincinnati was stirred up by a resolution being Offered most earnestly petitioning the senate promptly to ratify the treaty of peace with Spain. The resolution was adopted unanimously. The a nniversary of the ^blowing up of the United States battleship Maine In Havana harbor, February 15, is to be fittingly commemorated by American residents in Havana, to which it has also been decided to invite resident Cubans and Spaniards. ^ The London papers are impressed by the increasing gravity of the position in the Philippines. They fear that the defiant, passionate attitude of the Filipinos renders war probable, If not imminent. The Times advises the United States to be prepared for a serious struggle.

Senator Davis, from the committee on foreign relations, on the 25th, offered an amendment to the sundry civil bill appropriating $20,000,000 to be paid to Spain according to the terms cf the Paris treaty. « The amendment has the indorsement of the committee on foreign relations. Capt. Arthur II. Lee, Royal artillery (ttf be raised to the rank of lieutenant Colonel), who accompanied the American axmy to Cuba and Porto Rico, and who vrrote so euiogistically of the American regulars la a recent magazine aj-tidc. is to be military attache of the! British embassy at Washington. Thomas Douglas, of Warren, for years one of the most prominent citizens of northern Ohio, died, on the 27th, aged 86. 11* fought four years with the Fourteenth Ohio battery, and was among the first of the many abolitionists in that section, having had a hand in the famous underground railway system. " The war department’s order of the 7th inst., providing that the Spanish bank of Havana should collect the taxes in Cuba for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1809, was revoked, on the 27th, by the secretary of war, and.Gen. Brooke, at the si me time, was cabled to establish a system for the collectidn of the taxes. Tire robbery of over £60,000 from Pan’s bank in London, on the 23d Pane’s bank in London, on the 23d, which has been the sensation of the week, took a dramatic turn, on the 26th, ^vhen the chairman of the bank announced at a meeting of the shareholders that £40,000 in the largest notes had been returned to the bank by p«6t. I, - As a result of a conference, af Havana, between Gov.-Gen. Brooke and Gen. Leonard Wood, governor of the military department of Santiago, a mutual understanding has been •' reached regarding the customs receipts at Santiago. Santiago’s $280,- ' 000 will not be used in other provinces, but will be used to defray the cost of works now under way. The Chicago Young People’s Christian Temperance union.which has just foimulated and sent out, a plan for lifting the entire debt from the Woman’s Temple and making it a memorial to Miss Frances E. Willard-, is bending all its energies to making a. great demonstration at the temple on February 17, the first anniversary ot Mis& Willard’s “Heavenly birth«i*y." I -

Senor Munoz Riveta, leader of the local government,speaking for the people of Porto Rico and referring to the reported appointment of the colonial commission says: “It produces general satisfaction. All Porto Ricans desire self-government, and applaud the disposition of the authorities at Washington to grant the same. It will win profound sympathy among our people for American.** -—- On the 27th President Diaz appointed Manuel Aspiraz, assistant secretary of foreign relations, to be ambassador to Washington. The appointment is well merited. Senor Aspiraz had been in constant touch with the late Amliassador Romero, and knows all the _ ctetails of Mexico’s relations with the United States. He is a v%ry able and <;ourteous diplomat. He speaks English, and has a charming family. According to advices received at Lima from the Desaguadro district, or interAlpine valley, in Bolivia and Peru, a . fierce battle took place, on the 17th, at • Curi Bay, 13 leagues from La Paz, the nominal capital of Bolivia, between the vanguard of the federalist troops, or insurgents, qccupying La Paz, and the vanguaj'd of the forces commanded by President Alonzo. The latter were defeated with the loss of a colonel and 43 men killed and 60 prisoners.

NEWS IN BRIEF. —... ' Compiled from Various Sooxoes. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. (Second Swnioa.) Ill the senate, on the 24th. two notable speeches, one by Mr. Lodge (Mass.) and the other by Mr. Gray (Ga.). were delivered. in which both favored immediate ratification of the treaty of peace, though differing radically as to the policy of expansion..In the house the debate on the I army reorganisation bill opened under an t agreement by which general debate was to run 15 hours, exclusive of three night sessions. The day’s session was taken up by numerous speeches on various features of the subject. In the senate, on the 25th. only a brief j period was occupied in open session. A i few bills §n the calendar were passed. I but no other business of importance was transacted. Two executive sessions were held, at both of which the Parts treaty of peace was considered, a final agreement being leached to vote upon the treaty and all amendments thereto on the sixth proxfmo.In the house, the bill to Increase the regular army being under discussion. tWo great speeches were the feature of the day’s proceedings. Mr. Johnson (rep., lnd ) criticising, and Mr. Dolliver rep., la.) defending the policy of expansion. In the senate, on the 26th. Mir. Mallory (detn., Fla.) delivered a constitutional argument in favdr of the Vest resolution. Later in the day, the pension appropriation bill being «tnder consideration. Mr. Butler (pop., N. C.) offered an amendment, announced some time ago. providing for' the pensioning of ex-confederate soldiers, accompanied by a speech, in which he declared the south was right and history would so record.In the house the day was devoted to the further consideration of the bill for the reorganisation and Increase of the regular army and passed without notable incident. In the senate, on the 27th, Mr. T. C. Platt (N. Y.) made a brief, but notable speech in favor of the ratification of the Paris treaty of peace. The pension bill, being the second of the general appropriation measures, was passed. A prolonged executive session was held, and before adjournment, eulogies were pronounced on the late Representative Cook, of Illinois, addresses being made by Senators Cullom. Allison. Wellington and Mason.,_ In .the house the bill to reorganize the army occupied almost the entire session, and so hot was the opposition to the bill as formulated that Chairman Hull announced tin the floor that the commlftee would offer amendments looking to a reduction of the proposed number of enlisted men to 60,000, with discretion in tue president to increase it to 100.000.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Statement of the condition of the j treasury January 26: Available cash; balance $291,271,304; gold reserve, I $229,103,980. 5 While Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Talley, living on Cedar creek, in Newton county, Mo... were at church, on the night of the 26th, their three children, whom they had locked in the house at home, were burned to death. On returning at 11 o’clock the parents found the house in ruins. Former Attorney-General Augustus H. Garland was stricken with apoplexy while addressing the United States suI erne court, at Washington, on the 26th, a fid died within ten minutes. The occurrence came with startling and tragic unexpectedness and created a profound sensation. Maj. Walker, the Illinois pioneer, was reported, on the 26th, to be dying at his home in Lewistown. Maj. Walker was 95 years old on December 15, 1898. He was born in Virginia in 1SG3, and was married to Miss Ann Simms sixty-five years ago. She is still in good health. They reside on the same spot they settled when they came to Illinois in 1S35. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Robertson, two of the pioneer settlers of Knox county, 111., died, recently within three days, and both were buried in one grave. Mr. Robertson was a prominent citizen, serving for a number of years on the board of supervisors and in other capacities. Capt. Fritz Muller, Troop E, rough riders, has presented the Historical society of Santa Fe, N. M., with a heavy chain which he found fastened to a tree in front of Santiago, Cuba, the loose end holding the bones of a man who had died while thus confined. The captain also presented an ancient Arabic manuscript he discovered in a block house on San Juan hill. Senor Giron, Spanish minister of the colonies, has cabled to Gen. Castellanos. former captain general of Cuba, whose ^departure from Cuba for Spain is stnl delayed,- a final remittance of I, 000,000 pesos to cancel all outstanding debts of the Spanish administration.

Dr. C. Maxwell Christine, a prominent homeopathic physician of Philadelphia, saw a proeess of what he says he believes was beef embalming in Swift’s slaughter-house at Omaha, lest June, which surprised him and a Mrge party of doctors who were with him. He will forward an affidavit to Washington embodying the facts. The crusade against! the polygamous Mormon, Representative-elect Roberts, of Utah, has brought the issue fairly before the peaple. In their anxiety to record their protests against polygamy, many churches and societies are filing them with the present congress, though it is the next congress which will decide the question. Disabled by an accident to her steering gear during a trip up the Sound, the steam^analboat J. C. Austin, of New York, ran on the!rocks off Norwalk, Conn,, on the 27th,and sank. Accompanying her was the consort David B. Fisk, loaded with coal consigned to Westport, Five of the persons aboard the vessels lost their lives. The pension bureau, on the 27th, granted a pension of $12 a month to the widow of Chief Yeoman George H. Ellis, or Peoria, 111., the only man in our navy killed at Santiago in the annihilation of Cervera’s fleet. Ellis was on the Brooklyn and was exposed on the open deck to ascertain the rapge of the enemy with a stadimeter, when his head was, blown off by a shell. ' , The Eagan court-martial was closed on the 27th. Within an hour after the court had been cleared for deliberation the verdict was made up and was forwarded to the proper reviewing authority by the judge advocate. An unofficial report from Washington says the verdict was guiltv with a sentence of dismissal. >

A box of relics from the Mans Teresa, the sunken Spanish war vessel, has been received at the White House, at Washington, addressed to the president. It was sent by Capt. Sijrsbee, and among other things contains a number of small arms. 0 It 'is announced from Washington, on what is deemed excellent authority, that the president has decided to remove Gen. Brooke, military governor of Cuba, and' appoint Gen. Leonard Wood in hia place, the change to take place February 1. Advices, of the 27th. from Kokomo Col., on the Colorado & Southern railway, announced that an accommodation train was lost between Dickey atfd Kokomo, The train was thought to be stuck in a big snow bank. Dr. H. H. Haralson, inspector of the Mississippi state board of health, reports to the board that there have been nearly 200 cases of smallpox in Noxubee county, about 12 miles from Macorn, since last August. One physician treated :|50 cases before-he discovered the nature of the infection, i =■=£— 1 . LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate, on the 2Sth, several bills of minor importance were passed. The diplomatic and consular bill' was called up, but before its reading the senate.,took a recess to enable senators to attend the funeral of ex-Sena-tor Garland. After reassembling the consular and diplomatic bill was read. I; appropriates $1,710,533, an addition c-f $5,000 to the bill as passed by the bouse....In the house the most important measure passed was a bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri river at Lexington, Mo. Eulogies of the late Representative Simpkins, of Massachusetts, were delivered after t\yo o’clock. | The United States transport Roumanian, Capt. Walcott, arrived at New Vork, on the 29th, from Neuvitas, Cuba, where she landed the Third

volunteers, from bavannah. The Kounianian brings 28 passengers, discharged soldiers, carpenters, electricians and some stowaways, who ha\°e drifted down to Cuba in government transports, and are now sent home by the military authorities. The committee of the whole of the Kansas house of representatives has recommended for passage Representative Babb's bill to give the commissioners of counties along the Arkansas river the power to levy a tax for the purpose of contesting the right of Colorado farmers to use up all the water of the river for irrigation purposes. Andrew Carnegie has offered to donate $100,000 for a library building for the Pennsylvania state college at Bellefqpte, providing the state will appropriate $10,000 annually for the maintenance of the library and museum to be connected with it. Archbishop Ireland visited the Vatican, on the 29th, where he had a conference with Cardinal Kampoli, papal secretary of state. Many cardinals and other ecclesiastics visited the archbishop at the Hotel Bristol, where he was staying. E. B. Carleton, editor and proprietor of Town Talk of San Francisco, and editor and manager of the official organ of the Knights and Ladies of Honor, the Chronicle, Indianapolis, died Saturday. A. C. Bradley, the old soldier who shot Gov. Smith of the soldiers’ home at Santa Monica, Cal., has been found guilty of assault withadeadly weapon, but recommended to the mercy of the court. CURRENT NEWS NCTES. The senate passed the pension bill. Which carries $145,000,000. The First Baptist church at Macon, Mo., was burned to the ground Friday. dohu Hunt, a wealthy farmer of Will county. III., killed himself with

«* OUUlg uu. Mrs. Elizabeth Ebersole . aged SI years, died of paralysis, at her home, near Sedalia, Mo. , The Filipinos are reported to be burning and looting in the smaller islands of the Philippines. Joseph P. Morrison was found dead in bed at Newport, Ark. There were two bullet wounds in his head. Members bf the Major committee at St. Louis have agreed to investigate democratic and republican officials alternately. ? Mrs. J. C. DeardorfF, of Chiilicothe, Mo., was Jatally burned while starting a fire. She had spilled gasoline on, her apron. Capt. Geo, M. Parson, traveling salesman for the National White Lead t o., dropped dead at Walkerton, lnd., Friday evening. Three children, locked in a house while their parents attended church, were burned to death on Cedar creek, neai? Nt osho. Mo. Commodore Cromwell negatived the plans of American ladies in Havana tc observe the anniversary of the Maine explosion. Officials of the war department have under consideration plans for the concentration of all troops how in the south in one camp. Near Bloeton, Ala., while out hunting, Charlie Stewart was accidentally killed by Williamson, his friend, who stumbled on a reck. l)r.AY. M. Catto, bf Decatur. 111., was killed at Assumption, while endeavoring to go between two freight cars to board a passenger train. Fire swept the business portion of Delta, Clay county, Ala., and destroyed all of the mercantile establishments of that place. The ten-yesir-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kay, of near McLeansboro, 111., while climbing a ladder, fell and broke her neek. Dr. D. D. Hayes, of Bunker Hill, I1L, was arrested at Alton on charge of being the man who set his office on fire. Evidences of incendiarism - went found, • >

WITHIN OCR LIMITS. Hews by Telegraph from Various Boreas of Statistic*. '* ; Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 23.—The audual report just issued of the Indiana bureau of statistics shows that the revenue to the state collected from the liquor business amounted to $94S.525.?4 during 1S9S. The number of marrfbge licenses issued was 2&0&& and the number of divorces 2.396. The number of men imprisoned was £3.1 SS and the number of women 1.030. Two hundred and ninety-one building and loan asso- ; ciations have 46.579 members, and the amount of loans was $21,206,680. The total gross earnings of the passenger departments of 4»7Heading railroads of ] the state was $35,931,676, and of the freight departments $S9.471.757. The total operating expense was 593.S04.760. AnH-tynrhlBK Bill Defeated. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 28.—The bill under which the sf&te authorities had hoped to prevent/lyn eh ings by making ; the county in which lynch ings occurred I liable for a penalty of $5,000 was indefinitely postponed in the house by a vote of 35 to 60. The house took the view that it would not be right to make j innocent taxpayers suffer for the acts of mobs. In the senate the Goodwine bill for the reorganization of the state board of education was substituted for the Holgate bill. The substitution was a triumph for the state college faction. Shotjraa* Preveat m AYeddinar. Brazil, Ind., Jan. 28.—-Edward Youcom secured a.license to marry Miss Nancy Goodwin, the 14-year-old daugh-. ter of John Goodwin, an- influential farmer living three miles south of here. The license was obtained on an affi-. davit that the girl was of age. The time for the wedding was set. but the girl's father and brother secured a shotgun and vowed theyf would kill the first one who attempted to take Nancy from the house, and it is evident that the wedding will be postponed for some time. ' i

laiiitihxts liny n Plant. 1 Fort Wayne, Ind.. Jan. 28.—The Fort Wayne Electrical Manufacturing- company was organized here with a paid in capital stock of $250,000. The stock is all subscribed by Fort Wayne capitalists. A deal has practically been closed to at once purchase the plant C|£ the Fort Wayne electrieal corporation, owned and operated by the estate of the late K. T. McDonald. Outside capital has been endeavoring to get control of the worts. ; --- ■ | Lynchers ( uiuolestcd. Seottsburg, Ind., Jan. 2S.J— From cutward appearances the excitement over the recent lynching here has subsided since the grand jury failed to return indictments, but it is plain that there yet exists an anxiety ca the part of miqny people. It is now rumored that some parties here have received warnings, the nature of whiA is not given. It is now- believed that the oply way to bring the lynchers to justice is by secret work of detectives. Died in Ills Office. Marion, Ind., Jan. 28.—George B. Mouser, the attorney w ho was recently indicted by the grand jury on a charge of blackmail and whose trial resulted (in acquittal, was found dead in his office. A physician decided that death resulted from epilepsy. Mouser came here five years ago from Marion, O., f where his parents live. He was married to a young lady in this city four weeks ago and had just begun housekeeping. ! Went by Wagon. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 28.—A dispatch from Fredericksburg, Va., says: E. A: Boyer, of Indiana, accompanied by his family of eight, arrived here with four wagons and ten horses, et route to Middlesex county, where be will locate. The party came all the way from Indiana in their vehicles, and have been on the road since November 20. People and horses were in good pligfit. Win Oratorical Honors. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 28.—Nearly 1,000 students, representing all the colleges in the state, attended the annual | intercollegiate contest in oratory. There were seven contestants and George T. Farrar, of De Pauw, won first place; G. C. Levering, of Earlham col- | lege, won second and C. Herbert Bass, of j Butier, won third.

Republican Giliton. [ Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 23.—The re- ! publican editors of Indiana held their I twenty-second annual meeting here, i Many subjects of special interest to ] the members were diseased. A. W. Howard, of the Owen County Journal, was elected president, and W. B. Campbell, of the Anderson Herald, secretary. In Good Lack. Marlon, Ind., Jan. 23.—Will Horn, a Pan-Handle employ here, has fallen heir to $15,000 in cash by the death of an uncle in Pittsburgh. He received a telegram announcing his good luek and resigned his position at once and left for Pittsburgh. He was a poor boy, of good I habits. . J , Matinee Races. Mancie. Ind., Jan. 23.—The Muncie Driving club, with 40 members, composed of the best people in the eity owners of fast roadsters, has been organized. and regular weekly meetings will be held during the eoming summer. Bort Strike. \ Muncie, Ind.. Jan. 23.—The 120 ‘‘car-ry-in" boys employed at Ball Bros.' glass fruit jar factory. No. 1, went on strike for more wages and closed down the plant, which employs more than 30C hands. I • Seriously Hart. Greencastle, Ind.. Jan. 28.—By the overturning of a hose reel the driver. Ben Williams, and Policeman Don nohue were aerie,oslc hurt.

EULOGIES UPON JOSE MARTI. Thoaondt Stand In th<> Pouring Rain to VIImh th« CmIUnf of a Tablet to Hl» Memory. Havana. Jan. 30.—Four thousand persons, men in their best clothes and women gaily dressed, stood amid a pouring rain in Paula square yesterday; listening to six intensely patriotic eulogies upon Jose Marti, the Cuban patriot and first president of the Cv’ran revolutionary government. A tablet to his memory was unveiled at the house where he was born, in a Street near by, and 82 societies, consisting of 2,500 persons, with banners, flags and five bands, marched through ’ the principal thoroughfares to the square. A Patriotic Procession. The procession, whose distinguishing feature was 500 girls wearing white dresses anti red liberty caps, started at one o’clock, reaching the square two hours later. The streets were gaily decorated with Cuban and American flags, and though the inters est ran high, there was no disorder of any kind. Marti's widow, mother and son led the parade, with the first Cuban flag used by the patriot, which was loudly cheered. The eulogies contained ‘few references to the United States or the administration, and only two vitnj>enative references to the Spaniards, which were quietly received. Th* Ultimate Independence of. Cabo. The tendency of all the speeches was towards the ultimate independence of Cuba, which the orators recognized as a fact not yet -accomplished. They declared that all Cubans should unite to reach that end, to make their desires known to the world and to claim independence as a right when the proper time arrived. Senor Gonzales Llorente suggested that the Cubans should take steps to preserve the house itself in Marti’s memory, apd should give financial assistance to those he had left behind. He called upon the Cubans to go to work.

The Beet Speech of the Day. Juan Gomez, a mulatto, with a considerable reputation as an orator, made the best speech of the day. He counselled firmness, concord and determination as/means to gain the coveted independence. “The power which has intervened between the old regime and the one we are striving for,'’ he said, ‘is unfamiliar with the ways and habits of our race, and naturally, it will sometimes blunder In its efforts to fulfill its obligations’|o Cuba. The Cubans must realize th^t aud keep it in mind. They must calmly indicate a mistake when it is made, and have faith that the error will be corrected.*’ “Cub;* Libre” AppUuilcl. All the references to Cub* libre were applauded, and Marti w is held up as an example for all Cuba is. A telegram of salutation \w is sent to Gen. Gomez. ^ Only two Spanish flags were in yiew throughout the day, one over i building used by the Spanish st ainship line, and the other over the Banco Espanol. , ■» . Sot • Popular Plan. The plan of Gen. Gomez to i nite the Spaniards in Cuba with the Cubans proper in a party whose ] latform should be the independence ©j the island does n6t altogether thri re upon Spanish mind. Some Spania ds say: “Yes, give us the Gomez pri gramme of amity.” Others are silent. For annexation, they are very 01 itspoken in Havana, but more reserve 1 in the interior of the island, where they are outnumbered and far from the protection of the American troops. THE VULTURES ARE STARVING The Health of the City of Santiago dc Cuba was Never So <*ood as Now.

Santiago de t uba, Jan. 30,—The Cuba no Libre publishes a long article setting forth its objections to the projects of foreign capitalists for working “Cuba's virgin soil,” Constructing railways, establishing electric light plants, and carrying on similar interprises. | “We do not want anyone to invest, capital in Cuba except the natives,” says the paper. “America is proof oi what monopolists can do in running a country,” * ’ The ball given by the Santiago elub Saturday evening was the most important social event that has occurred here since the American occupation. More than 250 persons were present, representing the principal elements, American and Cfiban, in Santiago society. The United States navy was well represented, the officers of the Detroit and Yankton attending. The health of Santiago was never better than it is now. Only one death has occurred within the eity limits during the last five days. Nothing approaching this immunity is recorded in the history of the city. The vultures, which were formerly the eity scavengers, are starving, and now pounce on cats and snu.ll dogs—a circumstance very significant: in illustrating the changed sanitary conditions. Death of Ullvor Wendell Holmes' Brother Boston, Jan. 29.—John Holmes, brother of the late Oliver Wendell Holmes, is dead, at his home in Cambridge, aged ST. He was graduated from Harvard in lS32j and studied law. He practieid very little, however, deputing most ©f his life to study and literature. ~ 1 • Bit Ttr<» at fraireDa Chico, Win. Dubuque, la., Jan. 29.—A big fire is reported i aging in Prairie Du Chien, Wis. A block of buildings is said to base been destroyed.

IIS IN«ill The Natives Take He Jteiss t* Conceal Their Dislike for Military Rule. YET MAKE NO SHOW OF RESISTANCE. Ill Out Henry Take* Their a Ofeatrevenjr and Kctokn aa Order I-eaeU by Gen. Fred Grant-lrcportaui Letter Written by Senor Mm*os li:vtr»- Free Trade and More Active luloo. San Juan de Porto Rico, |pti. 17.— Although the Porto Ricans do not offer the least resistance to tJfawgmilitary administration they' make ao secret of the fact that they do not desire its continuance. It is not that they object to the Americanization of the island, but they earnestly wish for civil government in some reasonable and practicable form. Under the old Spanish regime, they will tell you, they enjoyed a higher degree of /redoui than they do now, although they seize with enthusiasm every opportunity for putting themselves in touch with the institutions and demands of the new government, they feel a pride in working out their political salvation as a. ; free people and not as a subjugated one. They love liberty, and the intelligent element is convinced that under a civil administration the eountry will swiftly adapt itself to the better I conditions offered by the United States. • - " |S§ : - ' V Tb* Military UanniMMt, The military government' is thorough and active. The whole island is effectively patrolled, and quiet, And order prevails in every quarter. But the.-Porto Ricans sometimes complain tbaf the military authorities interfere with the civil authorities without jmIcquate reason. Quite frequently of late protests have been lodged at headquarters against what the Porto Rieans have described as intrusions by United States officers in municipal affairs, not falling within t^j scope of their duties.

Unwarranted 3§i 1 iter? As already briefly cabled. the mayor and city council of San faun remonstrated last week-—in fact almost rebelled—at what they considered pnd called an “unwarranted unitary dictation.” An enterprising Porto Kfenn. just returned from* the I'nited States, has obtained j>crmission from the council to place small 'busines^vrisrns ou lump posts around the plaza. The signs were neat enough, bpt they offended the sight of many of the Americans, who complained to iGea. Fml Grant. military commander of the dis- % sent a. oouncil trict of San Juan. lien, (i1 peremptory* summons to 1 to cancel the contract and to remove the sighs. Porto Rican pritle cou this. The councillors der as a last straw, and tCi resignations to Gov. H -ernor of Porto Rico, bad feelings. The lyr said that they enjoyed sc littlereal authority they preferred to give up their positions, Gen. Henry Took Their VI*w«T the Hotter. Gen. Henry, however, $|*>ok theirview of the matter, and assured them that there would be no further cause for eomplaint on the score of military coercion; and be promptf^ issued an order dircting the secretary of state to inform the aleades of towns that “there is no authority far any officer or soldier to enter council meetings or to interfere with or dictate their

Every suggestion of Gen. Henry has been responded to with alacrity, and as a result there is a marvelous change in the order of things. Economic* have been effected in the various departments, at the expense of the army of satellites and the formality dear to the subjects of the kings. The people have accepted with good nature the new sanitary regulations, although these have wonderfully disturbed the unclean and crowded tenements that had been regarded wi th~compiaeency. and as uncrowning test of popular * patience, they put up with the postal service, which is inexpressibly worse than anything they were 'ever subjected to before by the Spa niards. * Written by 8t»or MbihM Rlv**r». An article recently appeared in El Liberal, the organ of the liberal party, under the caption, “Halt.’* ^ It Is known to have been written by Senor Munoz Rivera, president of the insular cabinet. It coiled the attention of the military government in eloquent terms to “the incompatibility of the military ndc^pth the development of the best interests of the > country.”1 The writer appealed to the wisdom and fairness of the United States government Porto Ricans as docile eitizentisp and not as prisoners.’* * , ‘ The self-restraint andr far-sighted-ness that distinguish Rivera’s appeal will do more to win converts to the American spirit and the Americas system than the orders of j^Iitary commanders. The PaiUl Servients Cnr*ll»,i»;e to the Lest D"*re*‘ WIt is next to impossibly for any one to transact business in this island, if it be necessary to use the mails, for they are unreliable to thigHast degree. The letters mailed in the San Juan post oflfiee frequently dp not reach their destination in the island for ten days, and a most irritating indifference marks tie proceedings of the local postal authoriti#s|||p / The men of Porto Rico are not religious. Only the women and children attend .rhureh. ^et the enureb and its* orders have many pleasant aeaccih