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"- - ' Sg"v rJ5?' ;-. . g a- . -, - - . t. U . ", .' J f .-V -7!- - tr f Zll&JJ L .' - - i-. .3 JS -: :mnT THE ta HONOLULU REPUBLICAN IN KB VOLTTtfE II, XO. 168 HONOLULU, H. 1L, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1900 PRICE FIVE CENTS CHBISTMIS IWDt Of GOOD HONOLULU IS Retail Merchants as a Rule are Very Well Satisfied. MUCH BETTER THAN LAST SEASON HOLIDAY SHOPPERS ARE HUNT- ING FOR BETTER GOODS THAN OF YORE. The Republican Interview Business Men The Verdict U Practically Unanimous Only One or Two in the Whole Glty Find Fault. Honolulu merchants arc in the midst of a busy holiday season. The holiday tfade'of a city or community Is an excellent;- business barometer. Its volume not only indicates that ready money Is plentiful,- but also seryos as a forecast of trade possibilities in the coming half year ' Advertisers In The Republican are most emphatic in saying that there are no hard times in Honolulu, and that- the volume of holiday trade, would indicate a prosperous condition among all classes. The plague fire was a blow to the people of this city which is still felt, and 'assessable stocks operate as a heavy drain upon the ready money supply of the investing classes. However, the pessimistic view that these causes would affect the ..Christmas business of the merchants Is anything but unanimous, and hardly a respectable minority. A well to do and generous people loiter long In the suops and stores at Christmas time. Fort street Is in the early morning, hours with Christmas shoppers. A consensus of opinion of the retail merchants as gathered by Republican reporters shows that there Is grumbling among business men, with the volumo of holiday trade. Wi'i few exceptions, the merchnnts of Honolulu are satisfied with their Christmas business. Here is what they sa : Mr. Walty. of Salter & Walty. holiday trade Is startlns out good. We are satisfied. The Coyne Furniture Company reports an excellent general business, wllh no especial holiday boom. Mr. Borgstrom, of the Bergstrom Music Company Christmas trade is satisfactory with us this year. The peoplo are liberal In the purchase of musical Instruments for Christmas presents. Pacific Import Company Money seems a little scarce this year, but we have no" complaint to make about scant Christmas business. Our lias been full of Christmas shoppers In search of the best goods. A. Blum, of the Bargain Store Wo have had a", much; better Christmas trade this year than last. I think we will do twice as much business I haw added three new clerks, and with our large force can scarcely take caro of the rush of customers. Mr. WllliamB. City Furniture Store Our 'hbtfday 'trade Is good. Mrs. -Williams, with a -fine stock of Christmas novelties I have been as busy as one could wish. David Lawrence & Co.. cigars A larger sale of box lots and smokers' articles than ever before at Christmas time. The Globe Clothing Company, which has tfecn in business here but n few weeks We are pleased with the Honolulu public as Christmas buyers. The Kash Store reported trade dull. G. W. Smith, of Benson. Smith t Co Christmas trade has been very goo- so far. It started out fair and the next few days promise well. Fred J. Church of the Honolulu Photo Supply Co. Our holiday business Is all right We are a week behind with out orders. Trade is a great deal better than it was a year ago and we hive no "kick." at.all. The beauty of It Is that it Is all local business, the tourist trade amounting to but little. Mr. Lewis, of Lewis & Co. We have a fair Christmas trade. It has started out all right. O. H. Walker, of the White House dry goods store Our trade is far better than it "was a year ago. We have added three clerks to help out during the rush, and are very busy. Christmas shoppers are buying the highest class of goods this year. W. Woon, manager for the Hollister Drug Co. Our Christmas trade Is very satisfactory. It Is much better than at this season a year ago. Our force is kept coastaatly bwy. ' U. F. Wichmaa, Jeweler My Christmas business Is very; satisfactory Indeed. It Is much better than It was one year ago. My finest goods are la the greatest demand. B. F; Ehlers & Co. Holiday trade Is starting tmtT"pretty good. The bst goods are In demand. I think the prospect Is fine for a holiday business equal to or better year. R. A. Dexter of the Pacific Cycle and "HaHBfactarisg Co. Oar, hoHday trade Is better than It was a year ago. Bikes are becoming popular as Christmas presents and we are pleased with the volawe of business E. W. Jordan Christmas trade with us Is Terr satisfactory. It Is above the average this year and we feel that It augurs well for the business of the coming year. T. May, of Henry May & Co. In Christmas trade we are doing very welL We are satisfied with the way business has come In. All hands are Jiusy. I think the indications are good that trade will hold up In the future Mr. Whitney of the firm of Whitnwy & Marsh These are our first holidays In Honolulu. We have no .former record with which to compare present sales, but are well satisfied with our first Christmas season in this city. N. S. Sachs & Co. Christmas trade with us has been good. We have no "kick." Our trade compares more than favorably with a year ago. W. H. Smith, of the Manufacturers' Shoe Company We are not having a Christmas rush, but are doing a very satisfactory holiday business compared with a year ago. The Imperial Cigar Store, In the Mclnerny block A brisk Christmas demand for the better grade of box goods. Wm. H. Mclnerny, speaking of his shoe business Holiday trade in shoes is never so marked as in other lines. However, we have done more strictly holiday trade than In any rear I have been In the business. I think our Hanan shoe, as advertised, has been a tremendous drawing card, and In a measure accounts for this gratifying business. , E. A. Mclnerny, of themert"s furnishings side, did not feel so optimistic over holiday trade in -his department. He thought a big change must come in the next few days, or the footingsof holiday sales would be -very disappointing. J..M. Webb, of the Golden Rule Bazaar We are busy day and night. Tjcade, is awcy ahead of last year. It has nearly doubled as I saw from nn examination of my books last night. We are doing all we could ask. The Hawaiian Hardware Company makes no specialty of strictly holiday lines. The manager, however, stated Wo have had a nice Christmas trade, fully up to previous years. J. F. Humberg, of Hackfeld &. Co Holiday trade over the Islands tHs year will not show a falling off compared with previous records. Frank E. Nichols, of Wall, Nichols Company We have never had such a prosperous year. Our Christmas trade has been the largest in the history of the house and we have even bet-n unable to get clerks enough tc w.iit on our , customers. L. B..Kerr, of Kerr & Co. Our Increase In sales over last1 year will probably be 100 per cent. The Christmas trade, although seemingly quiet, Is greater, In my belief, than ever before, and if you come right down to .c'&d..'' figures all this talk concerning dullness will vanish Into air. J. H. Soper, of the Hawaiian News Company We have not tried to handle any holiday goods this Christmas, but notwithstanding this fact our business is quite brisk. GusTschuman, of the Schuman Re- posltory Our business is just doubla what It was last year, and we look forward to a prosperous time. C. Hv Ramsey, of Hart &. Co. Our Island ordersvhave greatly increased since last .year, but our sales have, not been expect jalheayy rush on the next two days. whichVwlll probably change matters. D. W. Snow, painter" I have all 1 can possibly attend to now. while' at this time last year I was practically a gentleman of leisure. Miss Killean Our order department has had its hands full all the year round. Our dalysales have not been very large up to a week ago. but wo have been rushed quite a good deal lately. W. C. King, of King Bros. I cannot say what our Increase has been over that of last year without consulting my books, but we have certainly improved 30 per cent. Hoffschlaeger & Co. Business is about the sme. W. W. Dlmond On the whole we are doing better than- we did last year, but the Increase is slight. Honolulu Drug Company Business Is improving. John Nott. plumber We have hs2 more work this year than we have ever had before, but Vie high prices have made our profits about equal to those of last year. r.harlo Hustace Business about the same. H. E. Hendricks of the Honolulu Monumental Company The increase in our business is considerable, but I will be unable to tell how aauch ub til 1 foot up the books. Along certain lines -we have decreased, but oa the whole we have improved, Bailey's Honolulu Cyclery Ow business Is, jatt doable what It was last year, and business Is brisker than ever before. -& r ksvt. Bailey's Honolulu Cyclery Oar business is just doable what it was last year, and business Is brisker than ever before. Funeral Thl Afternoon. The funeral of the late James A-Hopper will take place from the family residence at 3 o'clock this after- noon. i - . . CHRISTMAS AT CATHEDRAL. Special Service at St. Andrew's to Assist, There will be.a special, servlcei of. music at St- Andrew's Cathedral on Christmas day. at 9:30 a. m. Several members of. the Amateur Orchestra will assist, playing the opening and closing voluntaries accompanied by the organ. They will also assist in the hymns. In place of the anthem Mrs. Allan White will sing Gounod's heautlful "Ave Maria" with violin. piano and organ accompaniment. Mrs. White has a splendid voice and sings -with perfect ease. All seats are free and ushers will be in attendance. The full program Is as follows: Prelude "Melody In F." Isenman Organ and Orchestra. Carol Anthem "Peace on Earth,". ..: . ; Stainer "Festival Response" Tallls "Verlte to Double Chant" Barnby 'h'e Deum in,F. Major"?.. A. J. Holden "Jubilate deo in B. Flaf'.H. J. Stewart "Ave Maria" (with violin and organ and piano accompaniment). Gounod Mrs. Allan White. Hymn "O Come All Ye Faith":... :...... 1- Adlsle Fideles Hymn "Hark The Herald Angels Sing Mendelssohn Postlude "Festival March". . .Tobani Organ and Orchestra. A celebration of the holy communion at S:30 in the morning at St. An drew's for the Second Congregation. Following the morning prayer at 9:30 a second, celebration of holy communion will take place. TWO SKELETONS FOUND TOGETHERJN THE BRUSH POSSIBILITY THAT THE MEN FOUGHT A, DEADLY DUEL. Pair of Rubber Shoes for Each Were Lying In Place-Men Clearing Off Lantana Back of Lunalilo Home 'A Made the Discovery. Two skeletons were found yesterday by workmen while clearing away the lantana growth at the new stone quarries badk of Lunalilo Home. The two were lying close together and were both evidently, the skeletons of men. They had been lying undisturbed in their resting place for years. At least they had been on the spot long enough for lantana shrubs .two inches in diameter to grow. A shrub of the size had grown through the innaminatum of one of the skeletons, showing that death occurred a long time ago. The possibility of any sort of a clew is very remote for the reason that the bodies have been In their seclusion for so long a time. To endeavor or attempt to solve the mystery resolves itself into a puzzle -that for Intricacies and possible. solutions, is seldom-recorded" in 4his. peaceful part of the' world. Perhaps the only way -to fig; ure out a theory of identity is to reckon upon disappearances. If anybody remembers, in the course of years, of two men having dropped out f sight not to return such information placed in the hands of the proper authorities clear away a troublesome problem from the minds of those most directly interested. One theory was advanced last night oy a prominent citizen who saw'the skeletons. "He suggested that two sailors might have had a personal difference and have gone to the secluded spot to settle the matter. They might have fought a duel and having done so both been killed, as such things have many times happened from time immemorial when man has sought the life of his fellow. It is suggested in that connection that no instrument of warfare has been found but that does not signify -what might be uncovered by search .or accident. In support ottbe duel theory it Is pointed out that one of. the skeletons lay with arm out-stretched in a position that might be taken by a prostrate man lying a victim of a fatal wound and pouring hot lead into the heart n his antagonist. There were no marks of identity. No clothing was found except a something that looked like a decayed fabric over the bones. A pair of badly decayed rabber shoes "for each dead man were at the feeL Deputy Sheriff CUliBgworth was aotited of the discovery by J. A. Mc Csadless. jte boEes yere toSgMl to thepolice station and will e hried tossy. The chances'' for a of the saystery are so dim that no inquest will be held. SECRETiRT WSt HH flWCf II mm Postal Savings Sank Depositors Nearly ALT Paid Off TERRITORY TO IE REiMNRSEB i DRAFT OF AMENDMENT IS FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION. : Interest on Hawaiian Public Debt Ac- - crued Since July 15, 190$ Should be Paid by the Unites! States f Says the Secretary. Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, in hia annual report to Congress makes recommendations con-i cernlng the finances of the Territory of Hawaii that will be read here with interest. Aside from the facts and figures submitted, he adds the draft of an amendment to the joint resolution of annexation which, if passed by Congress will reimburse the Territory for Interest paid on the public debt since June 15. 1900, as well as extinguish the Hawaiian debt-of $4,-000,00.0 at once. The Secretary's interpretation, which would hold the United StateH responsible for interest accrued Bince" June 15, 1900, is in exact accord with the position of the ofiicials of the Ter ritory; In October. Governor Dole transmitted letters to Washington, taking this view, aod it appears that the matter of the public debt will be settled without hitch or friction. The report of Secretary Gage also sets forth the progress made in pay. ing the depositors in the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank. The report in full is as'follows: Provisions .contained in-An -Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii," approved April 30, 1900, required the Secretary of the Treasury.ln .the execution of the agree ment, of the United- States as ex pressed ,in an act entitled "Joint Resolution to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States," approved July T, 1898, to pay the amounts on deposit in the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank to the persons entitled thereto. The appropriation provided for that purpose was available on and after July 1, 1900, when payment was to begin. From reports made by officials of the government of Hawaii and from an bank made by an officer of this Department sent to Honolulu for the purpose .of Inaugurating a system by which payment to the depositors in the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank should be made, it appears that tho amounts due to depositors on July 1, 1900. classified by nationalities, as nearly as could be determined, were as follows: So. Amt. At. American 3G7 S 70.317 38 1191 M British MT 6K.02Q42 1902 German'. 277 S5.S6SM 30997 Hawaiian 1.03S 104.12636 10061 Portucueae 433 143,213 88 330 75 Chinese 6.44S S,522M 3653 Sundry Nationalities 1 29.432 6S 307 27 Postal Certificates 25.7KJ72 Warrants outstanding 2,23710 Total 5049 764,57031 t M 49 In arranging for the payment of these deposits at the time '.specified in the act, the Secretary found it necessary to employ the services of 'ttiV First Bank of Hawaii, located at Honolulu, and an arrangement was made whereby the bank should furnish the funds required to pay ill dnlv nreaented by the de- 5 .. .. . ,., positors, or tnose euwueu w yxj ui, on and after July 1, 1900. the bank to be reimbursed by the government as scion as the- certificates so paid should be presepted to the Department at Washington. " Up to the 15th of November has been paid to 2,170 depositors through this agency. There still remains J270.3S0.78 of unpaid deposits due to 6.S79 depositors, nearly all of whom are Chinese. These are now being paid off as rapidly as the claims are presented, and jt is expected that all will be liquidated by the close of the year. - In this connection, the attention of Congress Is invited to the terms of the joint resolution "To provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States." approved July 1, 189S. by which the debt of the Republic of Hawaii lawfully existing at the date of Its passage, including the sum required to pay the depositors In the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank, not to exceed the sum of J4.000.000, vra3 assumed by the United States. By the teras of this resolntion the Hawaiian Government is required to pay the interest on said debt "so long as the existing government sad the present commercial relations of the Hawaiian Islands are continued.' This obligation upon the Hawaiian QorermMeBt' ceased on Jane 15. 1900, when the actio provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii went Into effect The interest after that date is unprovided for. and shoald be assumed "by the United States under a fair coastraction of the resolution-No appropriation beyond the amount required to pay the depositors In the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank was provided for the payment of any portion of this debL It is therefore, urged that an appropriation be promptly made for payment of the debt -assumed by the United States, together with accruing Interest andpt such further sum, not to exceed ?20,000, as may be necessary to cover commissions and all other expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of Congress as expressed in tfcj; joint resolution. The following draft of an amendment is recommended for adoption: "That in the execution of the agreement of the Unitid States In joint resolution of July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the Secretary of the Treasury-shall pay of the public debt of the Republic of Hawaii lawfully existing at the date of the passage of said joint resolution, now subject to payment, or which may hereafter 'become subject to payment, an amount not exceeding four million dollars, after deducting the sum required to pay the depositors in the Hawaiian Postal Savings Bank, as provided in the Act of April thirtieth, nineteen hundred, together with such amount as may be necessary to pay any accruing interest on said debt as above described for which the United States may be liable under said joint resolution, and the additional sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so "much thereof as may be required to pay the expense Incurred in carrying out the purposes of said resolution; and so much money as shall be necessary for these several purposes is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated." MOST PROMISING PLACE III AMER1GAHP0SSESSI0NS JUSTICE GALBRAITH LOVES HA- WAII MORE THAN HIS OLD HOME. Immigration Would Be Easily Started on Proper Representations and" Effort Saw Honolulu Bank Bills in Oklahoma Again on Bench. "In all my travels I did not find any place that would suit me better that Honolulu. The Islands seem the most promising place In the possession of the United States." Hon. C. A. Galbralth, splendid in form, a fine portrayal of health and color, and cordial In address, spoke these words since his Teturn, to a Republican reporter. "Yet I enjoyed every hour of the trip, and altogether had a splendid ' time." "Justice and Mr. Galbralth" left on the Queeni Arriving at San Francisco, they proceeded to Kansas City, thence to St Louis, and from there to Indianapolis and other Indiana points. That is justice Galbralth's old home and he spent a considerable time at Columbus and Seymour, Indiana. He also visited Eureka Springs, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. While In a banking house at Guthrie with a couple of friends he saw them with deposits consisting of two large packages of bank notes of the First National Bank of Hawaii. "The. whole country is very prosperous." the Justice went on, "and a great many asked about the Islands. Men of money and men of small means both classes want to know what are the opportunities. If it can be shown that they will better their conditions by coming, an Immense immigration could be easily started. Naturally it would be no trouble to get many to come If an Improvement upon their present circumstances can be offered." Justice Galbralth did not go further east than his old Indiana home. While he has many friends jthat are very close to President McKinley, he did not get any direct word through them from the President, he says. Neither did be -meet any members of the Republican national committee, and like a jurist good and true, whenever he saw any politics coming he went aronnd the block. Congressmen generally, says he, are very friendly to this country and it Is their firm intention -to help Hawaii in many of her needs that are pressing. This, he says. Is so apparent as to be In the air, and It cannot fall to be of effect when the opportunity arises In the national lawmaking body. It did not take Justice Galbralth long to resume his duties and don his ermine in the Supreme Court. The effect of the memorable ride on the Sierra was such as to prove him to be a pretty good sailor and one upon whom the muscular state after a sea voyage which every body knows the nasae of, does not last long.- Christmas Box for Charley. Charley Peterson, the lookout at Diamond Head who renders the merchants of Honolulu such valuable ser vice la reportiait"'the arrival of vessels has been remeEtbered this year as usnaL A subscription list started by CoL J. H. Soper amounts to I40O which sum will be Charley's Christmas present from his many friends among the business men. Big Store Raided. Deputy Sheriff Chllllngworth and Officer George Sea raided the store of Kwoag Lee Ynae & Co.. on King street last night for opium. They captured eight tins of the drug and placed Yee KI. Chun Kun and Ah Ham under arrest. They were released on 300 ball. 'TWAS A -111 KI6NT FOR THE SURM6 TIMX. Ante-Christmas Sightseers Made Times Lively Throughout the Business Center Last Night. It was a gala scene that the streets of Honolulu presented last night. The ante-Christmas shoppers and sightseers thronged every thoroughfare and the more beautiful of the artistic show windows were such centers of attraction that it was for a long time next to. Impossible to even catch a glimpse of the beautiful things within. The crowds surged to and fro and kept things In a lively state until away after 10 o'clock. Each and every part and portion of the globe celebrates Christmas and has its peculiar modes of so-doing. It is not necessary to state what all of the different whims and fancies of the various places are but to get at the Idea of a Christmas in Honolulu it can perhaps best be compared to the Pacific coast cities where the weather is mild and peoplel gather about the show windows with Impunity to cover the tempting things therein. In Honolulu the people throng the streets Christmas time in very pretty attire, both men and women dressed in immaculate white, native women In comfortable Mother Hubbards. Mark Twain, when here many years ago. sent out a slanderous report that they were not dressed even that plentifully and that their Christmas dinner was of missionary rather than turkey, but the latter reference has nothing to do with the street scene. The crowd went hither and thither, back and forth on Fort street. Hotel Nuuanu. King and others, and saw everything that was to be seen. The evening was pleasant and fans were not much in demand, although they make a very appropriate present at this or any other time of the year in Hawaii. To prove to those who may doubt it that the winter weather is not very sayere it might be mentioned that several people were seen striking at mosquitoes In an angry way as If they had a notion to do the little Insects great bodily harm or otherwise put them to death unawares. In other words the mosquitoes that died fast night were not frozen to death. And be it noted that the full quota of flower sellers barefooted and unkempt sat on the sidewalks as usual and waited for their customers to seek them out, Frequent were the expressions i.f contrast between the unhappy experiences of the plague days of a year ago," and those so characteristic of pleasure and absence of earthly care that is pictured on the face of the multitude as seen in this city at the present day. The lily of the field that toils not nor spins nor has any other pilikia, and Is so beautiful Is only a fair simile to the faces of careless enchantment and frocks tike the pure white heavenly snow that were so much to be seen last evening In Honolulu. FIREMEN WERE HELPLESS IT k "LAZE LIST NIGHT The chimney on J. Walter's house on Thurston avenue, corner Green street, caught fire last evening about S o'clock. For a few minutes the house was In considerable danger and an alarm was rung In. When the firemen arrived on the scene they did quick work In preparing to extinguish the flames, but in tapping the main (at Victoria and streets the! valve gate broke and the whole hill wa3 without water. The fire soon burnt Itself out. but the main caused more troable. There was soon about two feet of water In the trenches of the Rapid Transit Company. The steam roller near by resembled a sternwheel ferry boat, as the water gathered about it The main was finally closed up and bat little damage was done. Leung Is In Sydney. The local Bow Wongs have at last received word that Leung the young reformer for whose head Is offered by the Chinese government. Is now in Sydney where he is carrying on his work with nndaunted vigor. Warden Johnson has announced that typhoid fever has broken out among the convicts in Sing Sing orison. HMME pmpie if IK UliS MO Wrought TJp Over the Treatment of the Porto Ricans. OFFICIAL Al 18 1XTEIFERE EMIGRANTS ARE THE MOST DEGENERATE AND MISER? ABLE SPECIMENS. Even the Railroad Officials Became Ashamed. of the Manner of Transporting Them and Provided Another Car Such as It Was. The Los Angeles Times of Wednesday, December 12, had the following news Item concerning the Porto Rlcan emigrants destined for Hawaii who were at that time penned up in the cars at the desert station on the Southern Pacific Railroad 100 miles east of Los Angeles. xr f ; The officers of the local Humane Society and other citizens with humane instincts were greatly wrought up yesterday over the outrageous treatment of a party of Porto Ricans en route from their nativt Island to the sugar plantations of Hawaii. There are 112 people. In this party of emigrants who. at last accounts, were sidetracked on a Southern Pacific switch at Indlo Horrible stories about the deplorable condlt'on of the emigrants have been In circulation for the last few days, and yesterday were brought officially to the attention of the Los Angeles police and Federal authorities. As a result of these tales, an official investigation has been set under way. Announcement was made as much as six months ago that the sugar planters in Hawaii had resolved to solve the labor problem in those islands by importing laborers for the cane fields, from Porto Rico, thereby relieving some of the distress In the latter Island and at the same time securing ample labor at a reasonable price for the plantations In Hawaii. Later it was announced through the press dispatches that an agent of the planters had appeared In Porto Rico and had found the natives of the latter island very willing to emigrate to the Isles of the Pacific, on the assur. an'ce of steady work at remunerative wages. Most Miserable Lot About ten days ago word camo from New Orleans that the first of Porto Ricans destined for Hawaii had arrived by Bteamer at that that port and would be Immediately via the Southern Pacific Railway to San Francisco, to go thence by steamer to Hawaii. The report stated further that the emigrants were the most degenerate and most miserable specimens of humanity that had ever passed through the port of New Orleans. Nothing was said In the early reports about tho willingness of the emigrants to make the long Journey on which they had embarked, but for the last few days blood-curdling stories about the alleged kidnapping and enslavement of this cargo of Porto Ricans, have been in circulation. It was alleged that they were IeI to believe that they could better their condition by going to a different part of the island of Porto Rico to obtain employment One R. A. Macfle. an alleged agent of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, was said to have gone among the natives in the vicinity of Arlcebo, a town near San Juan, Porto Rico, and promised them 120 a month for plantation labor, whereas they were earning only $15 a month where they were located. Living expenses were to be provided at SS a month per man, leaving a profit of $12 a month. Heads of families who did not wish to change their location without taking their wUes and children with them, were promised free transportation for the women and children as well as the men. with compensation to the men's families In proportion to the amount of plantation labor they might perform. Started Blindfold. To an understanding of this sort no fair-minded person could take exception, but it was represented In the published reports that the Porto Ricans did not know anything about their proposed destination nntll they were landed In New Orleans and started upon their longjourney across the continent It was said that many objected when they found out that they were being taken so far away from their native land, and protested to being taken any further on their enforced journey. Their protests were In vain, however. It being asserted tnat they were, hustled into cars like a herd of cattle and started across (Continued oa Tenth Page)