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THE SAN JUAN ISLANDER
O. H. CULVER, Editor
FRIDAY HARBOR, - WASH.
Minor Happenings
of the Week
French and Spanish troops at Casa
Blanca are accused of great brutality.
Attorney General Bonaparte denies
rumors that he will resign from the
president's cabinet.
Kentucky is agitated over the tem
perance movement recently inaugurat
ed in that state, and some believe that
prohibition will follow the next ses
sion of the legislature.
An order has been placed with a
Glasgow firm for an 18,000 ton battle
ship for the Japanese government A
feature of her construction will be the
extreme width of beam.
The Yukon river is reported lower
now than at auy previous time at this
season of the year. An exceptionally
dry summer is the canse. Transpor
tation men are dubious about getting
late shipments through.
The prediction comes from San
Francisco that changes in the operat
ing force on the Harriman liness will
follow the visit of Harriman to San
Francisco. It is said W. H. Bancroft,
general manager of the Oregon Short
Line is to resign and other officials of
the system will be moved up a peg in
naming bis successor.
A Shanghai dispatch says the revo
lutionary movement is strengthening
daily. The recently organized society
is growing rapidly. A thousand Chi
nese have escaped from the jurisdic
tion of the imperial court by staying
within foreign quarters. Provincial
officials seem to be helpless in sup
pressing the revolutionists.
Construction work on the Panama
canal is proceeding faster than was
calculated iD the estimate presented to
congress. This year's work will cost
$8,000,000 more than the appropria
tion, owing to the rapidity of construc
tion. Col. Goethals, however, will
continue to work in advance of the
appropriation, expecting that congress
will make good the deficit.
The Helena Telephone company has
begun suit against the labor organiza
tions of that city to prevent a boycott.
From the office of the secretary of
state it is announced that the presi
dent has apointed Nathan Jaffa secre
tary of New Mexico.
The jewels of the late Mrs. Stanford
have been sold in New York. They
were worth in the neighborhood of
half a million dollars.
Assistant United States Attorney
McHarg will continue his investiga
tions into the alleged land frauds in
New Mexico, according to advices
from Oyster Bay, where he has had a
conference with President Roosevelt.
Great excitement prevails at Sew
ard as the result of important copper
and gold discoveries made in that
vicinity lately. Residents are con
vinced that the copper belt of Alaska
embraces the eastern half of the
Kenai peninsnla.
In accordance with Secretary Taft's
plans for an effective reorganization
of the administration of the Isthmian
canal commission, Maj. Harry Hodges
has commenced his duties as purchas
ing agent for the canal, with head
quarters at Washington.
Albert L. Pope has been appointed
temporary receiver of the Pope Manu
facturing Company, auto and bicycle
manufacturers. It is understood that
the embarrassment was precipitated
by the condition of the various subsid
iary companies and a tight money
market.
All England is going in for middle
age pageants this summer. The affairs
are held out of doors and the men and
women dress up in the habiliments of
five and six hundred years ago. As
this is pretty expensive only the weal
thy take part, but great crowds go to
see them
NEW RULE MADE BY
RAILWAY COMMISSION
Olympia, Aug. 22.—The state rail
road commission has prepared a rule
under which it will hereafter require
all railroads in the state to notify the
commissioa by wire of any wreck or
accident on any line in the state in
volving loss of life or fatal injury to
any passenger or employe.
Tne rule is in accordanwee with sec
tion 13 of the railway commission law,
which requires the commission to in
vestiagte all wrecks in the state in
volving loss of life to passengers or
employes.
Gloomy Forcast for China
Tokyo, Aug. Aug. 17.—Private ad
vices from Peking forecast a gloomy
future owing to the unsettled state of
politics there, caused by the absence
of a ruling mind powerful enough to
cope with the situation. The empress
dowager, mistress of affairs heretofore
if t° TT be "* a c««cal state of
health. Her policy has been to play
one minister aaginst another in order
to prevent a concentration of power in
any single person.
News
Smoking is now entirely prohibited
on Tacoma street cars.
A new bank is to be started at Au
burn, to te known as the State bank.
Dairymen of the state will hold a
convention at Stanwood December 2,
3 and 4.
Fourth class postmasters will hold
a convention at North Yakima the last
week in September.
Judge Charles Keokuke. an old In
dian judge of this state, died a few
days ago at Barlow.
A new postofflce has been estab
lished at Benula, Douglas county, 35
miles from Hammon and 13 miles from
Trinidad.
The postofficeS at Weber, Adams
county, and at Pins, Jefferson county,
have been ordered discontinued, and
mail will be sent to Newland and Hoh,
respectively.
Mrs. Julienne Custolock, believed
to be the oldest Indian woman in the
Northwest, died at Tacoma Monday at
the age of 120 years. Her daughter,
Mrs. George Hughes, of Fox Island,
is herself 80 years old. The dead wo
man was a member of the Snohomish
tribe.
From 4,000 to 5,000 men in the state
of Washington alone will be employed
if that number is available, in the con
struction of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul road west to Puget sound
during the coming winter. Announce
ment to this effect is made by H. C.
Henry, contractor for the Pacific coast
extension.
The Great Northern will build a
large dock at Everett.
Walla Walla city and county teach
ers will get increased salaries the com
ing year. •
The wheat yield of the state of
Washington is now estimated at about
41,000,000 bushels.
According to San Francisco dis
patches Seattle and Tacoma will soon
have graft prosecutions, to be condct
ed by F. J. Heney.
Funeral directors of the state held
their annual convention at Tacoma
last week. Conrad L. Hoska, of that
city, was elected president for the
coming year.
Residents of Okanogan have sub
scribed money to purchase a flag for the
Columbia and Okanogan steamboat
company's new vessel, which has been
named after that town.
DUE TO PROPAGATION
Fish Commissioner's Opinion ot Big Run
of Humpbacks.
Belliagham, Aug. 17.—That the ex
traordinary run of humpback salmon
now filling the traps and seines on the
sound is due almost entirely to artifi
cial propagation is the firm opinion of
State Superintendent of Hatcheries
John Crawford. In the year 1903 a
total of 21,371,540 young fall salmon
were liberated from the eight fall fish
hatcheries then operating in the state,
and as it takes four years for the fish
to mature, it is evident that the fry
from the hatcheries are now returning
to the streams of their birth.
The output of the hatcheries in 1903
was more than will probably he
canned on the sound this fall. That
the artificial method of hatching is
preventing the extermination of the
salmon families is positive, says Craw
ford.
"It is only a matter of custom,"
says Mr. Crawford, "that the sockeye
salmon is the more favored fish. Its
only advantage over the humpback is
that is red in color and makes a better
appearance when placed in a dish on
the table. The humpback salmon has
just as much oil and the flavor is ex
cellent. Its only disadvantage over
the sockeye is that it is not so hardy
and must be canned quickly or the
flesh becomes soft."
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT
Purchasing Price*.
The followiong prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots f. o. b. Seatle,
and are subject to ohange without no
tice.:
Grain—Oats, $22@24 per ton; bar
ley, $20@21.50; wheat, chicken feed,
|28@29; bran, |17@18; shorts, $19
@21; corn, $25@26.
Hay — Eastern Washington, $16® 17;
Puget Sound $12® 18; alfalfa, $11.50
Eggs— Strictly fresh ranch, 31@32c.
Poultry—Live hens, 150 per lb; old
roosters, 16c; spring chickens, 17c.
Wool—Eastern Washington 15®
18c per lb; Western Washington,
21@22c; dirty or timber stained, 12
@12}£c.
Live Stock—Sheep, wethers, 6@
&%a per lb; ewes, 5 @6o; lambs,
6@ti%o; Hogs, 4@4Ko; Cattle, steers,
53*0 ; oows, ±%o; calves, s@6c.
Tacoma Quotations.
Wheat—Club, 79}£o bluestem,
81 red, 793^0.
Oats — 29.50f@31; rolled oats
|81.50@ 33.
day, Alfalfa, Etc—Wheat hay, $18
@21; timothy, $25@$2S; mixed, $15
@20; clover, $21@28; alfalfa. $13
@14.
Feed—Corn, $31; wheat, $81; bar
ley, whole grain, $25; rolled,
$25@26; shorts, $21@22; bran, $20
@21.
Poultry—Turkeys, droned, S8o;
chickens, dressed, I9o; decks, dressed
19a; geese, dressed, 18a Live—Hens
13@Uo; ducks. He; geese, 12#o.
Batter—Washington oreamery, 32@33;
fresh Eastern 17
Egga—Washington ranch 31.
HIS TIME TO COME
HARRIHAN SAYS HE HAS SOME
CORRESPONDENCE.
It Will Be Made Public Some
Day and Will Explain Many
Things—Not In Politics, He
Says, and Declines to Criticize
Federal Administration.
San Francisco, Aug. 17.—"1 have
never been opposed to regulation and
publicity in railroad affairs. But
there should be protection to railroads
as well as regulation. My position
has been both misunderstood and mis
represented.
"No I do not wish to comment on
the attitude of the federal administra
tion toward the so-called Hurriman
railroad system. lam not in politics.
"My day will come some time.
Then things I have done will be un
derstood. There is certain corres
pondehce which can explain many
things.
' 'It will be made public some day.
When? That I cannot say. The
time is not ripe to make it known. So
far as the Harriman system is con
cerned, I have no present "kick," as
one might say. It is a business insti
tution that is very prosperous."
These interesting statements, with
their threat of correspondence dis
closures, were made by Edward H.
Harriman, who arrived from New
York yesterday and left for a ten days
hunting and fishing outing on the
lakes in Southern Oregon
"My Day Will Come"
"My day will come sometme," was
said with the well known Harriman
aggressive spirt. But he could not be
drawn into an indulgence of names,
nor would he comment on the Bona
parte threat of both civil and crimin
al actions against the Harriman sys
tem, and the man who has built it up
to 15,000 mlies of track, with 17,000
mles of steamer lines as an adjunct,
and hasspent[s2s7,ooo,ooo in improve
ments on the former since 18^8.
Since the commencement of his bitter
fight with the Roosevelt administra
tion Harriman has changed his atti
tude toward the press; and, while too
monosyllabic and.shrewd to be volu
ble, he does not disdain the inter
viewer, as formerly. In fact, the re
verse is now the case, and it is gener
ally understood ia railroad circles that
ne, Hill of the Great Northern, Fin
lay of the Southern Railway, and half
a dozen other railway lights are glad
to use the avenue of the interview to
air their views before the public.
Ready tor Fight
Harriman's friends say that, with
conscious pride and a pardonable
egotism, he thinks he can put np a
strong fight against the administra
tion when the time is ripe; that he
has lost none of the old time spirit
which he showed against J. Pierpont
Morgan when the latter demanded to
know, twenty years ago, whom he
represented in the councils of the
Erie railroad, and he replied, "jugt
myself," and brought Morgan to
terms.
"I have never objected to abolish
ing rebates," continued Harriman,
"or to any degree of publicity con
cerning the transaction of the business
of railroads and other corporations.
There has never been any complaint
from the interstate commerce com
mission or the bureau of corporations
or from the stockholders of the com
panies with chich I am connected con
cerning their inability to find out
what the management of he Union or
Southern Pacific is doing. We want
publicity. Oar reports are full and
complete in the greatest degree, as as
any one can ascertain by examining
them, and the stockholders are per
fectly satisfied. Nor have I ever op
posed the regulation of rates under
proper safeguards.
Objects to Arbitrary Power
"What I did object to was the
ooferring of arbitrary power upon sev
en men to interfere at their pleasure
with the rights of individuals and the
public generally. If certain interests
happen to be antagonistic and cne of
them wanted to check the other It
could get all the information neces
sary by putting the machinery of the
interstate commission into operation
and place its opponents at a danger
ous disadvantage.
"That danger is illustrated by what
has taken plaoe since the new rate law
was passed If the recent investiga
tion had been on a business basis pure
ly, and if all politics had been elmin
ated it would have been done without
injury to any one or attracting so
much attention."
DENVER AND SEATTLE
AIR LINE IS PLANNED
Denver, Colo., Aug. 19—The North
west Land and Iron Company, capital
$7,000,000, and the Denver, Laramie
& Northwestern Railroad, capital $5,
--000,000, plan to build an air line from
Denver to Seattle, and develop great
iron and coal mines along the route
Open Door In Manchuria
Washington, Aug. 17.—The Russian
and Japanese ambassadors have hand
ed to the state department the new
convention of Rusfcia and Japan, de
signed to carry out the provisions of
the treaty of Portsmouth and provid
ing for the open door in Manchuria.
BRYAN TO JAPANESE
HIS SENTIMENTS REGARDING MU
TUAL RELATIONS.
Thinks Immigration Should Not
Be Permitted to the Extent of
Raising Race Question, and
Cites Japan's Korean Trouble.
Race Prejudice Deprecated.
Oamha, Neb., Aug. 19.^-Count Ok
uma's orgaD in Tokyo, Hoehi Sbim
buu, which is seeking expressions of
opinion concerning Japan and the Jap
anese from public men in this coun
try, has secured a letter full of friend
ly feeling toward the mikado's country
from William J. Bryan. Mr. Bryan
writes:
"The progress of Japan has been
watched with pride and satisfaction,
our interest being increased by the
faot that our example has had some
influence in inspiring your develop
ment. I see no reason why the two
nations should not be mutually help
ful and rejoice in each other's growth
and prosperity. The inflammatory ut
terances attributed to some of your
politicians have excited some resent
ment here, but I am sure that the
sober judgment of both countries dis
countenances any thought of war.
Neither government is likely to do
anything of which the other can justly
complain.
Immigration and Race Question
"X any of your citizens here suffer
injustice our courts are open to them
just as your courts are open to our cit
izens residing there.
"In matters of immigration each
nation, of coarse, has and should ex
ercise fhe right to protect its own in
terests, and I am sure that neither na
tion will impose restrictions except
when those restrictions are necessary.
Speaking as an American I am confi
dent that such restrictions as may be
made by the United States concerning
immirgation will be made with a view
of preserving amicable relations rather
than with thought of offending. It
would be a mistaken kindness for
either nation to permit immigration
to such an extent as to raise a race
question or to excite race animosities.
Your nation has had enough experi
ence in Korea and China to know what
race prejudice is in human nature.
"Animated by a desire to do justice
and sincerely anxious to be on good
terms with all the world our nation
will meet Japan in a spirit of candor,
and I have no doubt that such differ
ences of opinion as may from time to
time arise will be settled to the satis
faction of both nations through their
diplomatic representatives."
OUSTING OF SCHMITZ
IS UPHELD BY COURT
San Francisco, Aug. 20.—1n an
opinion written by Chief Justice Beat
ty the supreme oourt of the state rec
ognizes Dr. Edward R. Taylor as
mayor de facto of San Francisco and
granted the petition of his secretary,
Harry G. McCannay, for a writ of
mandamus to compel City Auditor
Sam Horton to recognize his claim for
salary.
1 'The opinion, which was concurred
in by all the justices of the supreme
court, effectually disposes of the pre
tensions of Eugene F. Schmitz to the
office. Schmitz admitted this last
night and said that nothing remained
for him but to abide by the decision.
Mayoi Taylor said he had expected
the supreme coucrt would sustain his
title to the office and that he had no
other comment to make on the deci
sion.
The opinion holds that a vacancy
existed in the office of mayor when
Schmitz was convicted of felony, and
that in appointing Dr. Charles Boxton
and subsequently Dr. Taylor to fill
that vacancy the board of supervisors
was acting clearly within the provi
sions of the city charter and the polit
ical code.
Final judgment on the conviction
of Schmitz was not necessary to create
this vacanoy, the opinion adds, and
the appeal he has taken in no way
interfeiesw ith the validity of Taylor's
appointment as mayor.
BANKS TO ADVANCE
CASH FOR EXPOSITION
Seattle, Aug. 17 —The banks of Se
attle have come to the aid of the state
commission of the Alaska-Yukon-Pa
oifio exposition, and by agreeing to
cash all warrants drawn on the fund
to be raised by the sale of shore lands,
as provided for by the state at the
last session of the legislature, have
eliminated all obstacles from the path
of the commission Since the appro
priation by the state legislature, ob
stacle after obstacle has been placed
in the way of the commission selling
the land, and court proceedings start
ed by various property owners have
blocked all efforts to realize funds
from the land grant.
It has been feared by the men at
the head of^the exposition that the lit
igation involved would seriously hin
der the raising of funds for the immed
iate future, although it was never
doubted that all hindrances would
be eliminated. The fact that the
banks have agreed to aid the commis
sion has greatly relieved those who
were incline to believe that the work
would be held up.
INDEPENDENT MOVE GROWS
Number of Warehouses Owned by
Farmers Is Increasing.
Garfleld, Wash., Aug. 19.—The
grain growers in this part of the Pa
louse cake exception to the clause in
the new wheat ticket which absolves
tne railroads as well as the warehouses
from any loss by fire which may occur.
They say that the engines of the rail
road company are very liable to cause
fire by dropping sparks and they do
not see why the railroads should not
assume this risk.
The independent companies seem to
be getting the great bulk of the wheat
so far on all the roads centering at
Garfield. It is said on good authority
that there will be before another har
vest season rolls around a system of
warehoses will be erected throughout
the length and breadth of the Palouse
country which will be owned and con
trolled by the farmers of tne Inland
Empire.
EZRA MEEKER DRIVES
DOWN BROADWAY
New York, Aug. 19.—Ezra Meeker,
of Puyallup, Washington, who witn
his ox team and white topped prairie
schooner has just finished retracing
the trail which as a pioneer he took
fifty-five years ago to the far North
west, has arrived in New York.
In a couple of days he will go on to
Oyster Bay, where he will try to in
terest President Roosevelt in his
scheme for making a grand boulevard
of the old Oregon trail.
Meeker was heralded by the papers
before he left Poughkeepsie, and thou
sands watched him as he drove his
quaint equippage down Broadway just
as the streets were filled with theater
goers.
He has spent nearly eighteen months
on his journey across the continent.
His original intention was to go direct
to Washington and there present his
proposition, but unexpected delays
kept him on the road until the presi
dent had moved to the summer capi
tol at Sagamore Hill.
At every point along the trail where
Meeker could gather a crowd he has
explained the object of his pilgrimage
and already monuments costing from
$100 to $1,000 mark points of histor
ical interest along the route.
SLAUGHTER OF MOORS
IN BATTLE APPALLING
Tangier, Aug. 22.—The sultan's
troops have again defeated a great
force of Moorish tribesmen in whose
territory Caid Sir Harry McLean is
held a captive. The loss to the Moors
was heavy, 600 tribesmen having been
left on the field dead.
Casa Blanca, Aug. 22.—The arrival
yesterday before this town of new col
umßs of warring tribesmen who have
joined the army of fanatics besieging
Casa Blanca, has rendered more seri
ous the problem undertaken by France
and Spain to restore order. The new
arrivals constitute an imposing oppo
sition to the French force, now wea
ried with their vigil. The soldiers are
convinced that their present defensive
strength is inadequate.
Gen. Drude has had a conference
with Vice Admiral Philber, who tele
graphed to Paris the belief of the gen
eral that reinforcements are absolutely
necessary for the protection of the
town
Paris, Aug. 22.—The government
has sent intsructions to Oran, Algeria,
to dispatch 1,000 men to reinforce the
present French force at Casa Blanoa.
It is officially explained, however,
that the men to be sent from Oran are
merely to fill out the regiments already
at Casa Blanca.
ALTON MAY RECEIVE
PROMISED IMMUNITY
Chicago, Aug. 17.—Judge Land is
postponed until September 3 the grand
jury investigation of the charge of
rebating against the Chicago & Alton
railroad, growing out of the recent
trial and conviction of the standard
Oil Company. Judge Landis said he
received noticfiation from Attorney
General Bonaparte that prior to the
indictment of the Standard company
the distriot attorney had promised
the Chicago & Alton officials that
their company would not be proceeded
against if it in good faith would assist
the prosecution with evidence and
witnesses and that it was Mr. Bona
parte's conviction that good faith re
quired that the department of justice
do what it could to make good that
assurance.
A transcript of the record in the
case will be sent to Mr. Bonaparte If,
after examination thereof, he con
cludes the Alton has fulfilled its prom
ises ia the Standard case the grand
jury will not investigate further.
BUSINESS MEN WANT
PRESIDENT TO ACT
New York, Aug. 22.—Strong efforts
are being made by business men of the
country to induce President Roosevelt
to take such steps toward effecting a
settlement of the telegraphers' strike
as he did at the time of the coal strike.
when he brought the presidents of the
roads and the mine workers together.
TO BE LONG FIGHT
TELEGRAPHERS APPEAL TO Ffj.
EIATION OF LABOR.
Men Have Won, Says PresicW
Small, But It Will Be Nee*
sary to Hold Out For Son*
Time — President Clowry j $
Quoted By Strikers.
Chicago, Aug. 19.—Peace i n t h
telergaphers' strike seems farther I
than at any time since the trouble hf
gan. Leaders on both sides said 1
night that not a single move had h
made toward mediation so far as th"
Western Union and Postal companu!
are conoerned.
The meeting of the board of direct
ore of the Associated Press in
York today is expected to show the at
titudeof its official towards the strik
The strikers do not know whether th
officials of the Associated Press J
willing to attempt a settlement or ar !
to hold the meeting to outline nw
for fighting them. * ""
The strikers seem united, however
on the proposition that neither the
Western Union nor the Postal will
make any overtures for peace for some
time to come. The companies' offi.
oials say there can only be one end to
the strike — unconditional surrender of
the union men.
"We have already won the strike,"
said International President Small in
an address to the Chicago Federation
of Labor, "but it will be necessary to
fight sixty or ninety days longer."
Ask Voluntary Contributions
President Small asked for voluntary
contributions.
"Everything is running smoothly,"
said he, "and the outlook is so bright
that we hardly know we are in a fight.
We have come to ask you to aid ns
by volnntary contributions. We will
begin a campaign of education in ev
ery city of the country.
"The American Federation of Labor
wil send speakers to the meetings of
all unions for the purpose of ac
quainting members with the true facts
as to why we struck.
"No other working men and women
have suffered as greatly as the opera
tors, but we expect to raise $2,000,C00
within the next sixty days."
President Small then said that at
the next convention of the Ame-ican
Federation of Labor a proposition
would be presented providing for the
raising of a defense fund of $20,000,
--000 to be used in carrying on strikes.
Secretary Wesley Russell told the
federation that in a week or ten days
the strike would be ended, as 91 per
cent of the commercial operators of
the entire country and Canada are
out. The Federation pledged finan
cial aid.
Strikers Quote dowry
While the strike officials were san
guine of the outcome of the strike, a
few of the strikers talked of a conver
sation between President Clowry and
Commissioner of Labor Neill shortly
after the strike was called.
"We had peace for twenty years,"
President Clowry was reported to have
said. "We could bire and discharge
whoever we saw fit. We ran oar basi
ness to suit ourselves. Then the union
came along. A demand was made for
more wages and a change in condi
tions. We gave an increase in wages
and changed conditiona. That did
pot seem to suit some of the employes
and they brought about a stampede
strike. It may cost us from $2,000,000
to 13,000,000 to fight the strike, but
after it is ended we will have another
twenty years of peace. We could not
afford again to temporize with the
union."
This was pointed out as showing the
determination of the company officials
to fight until the strikers are tired out
and then when the strike is declared
off they will take back only such oper
ators as they see fit.
DOUBLE TRACK PART
OF GREAT NORTHERN
Seattle, Aug. 19.—Double track"*
of the mountain district of the Grew
Northern will be started aa soon »
the engineers finish their work, ac
cording to a statement made by &■&
Hogeland, chief engineer of the H »
line, who is spending a few daysi »
Seattle, following a trip of in»P«>»J°
over the lines to b« improved. *"
work done will be on the worst por
tions of the line on the west slope °
the rookies, between Whitefish »n
Summit. In addition to this roucD v
the line in that district will be iebuu
entirely in an endeavor to elxmin * d
as far as possible all sharp curves, an
to reduce the grade to the minim«»-
The cost of the improvement wm
enormous, how great cannot be ac
mined until the surveys are fi"n!fD^
In that part of the line which win
entirely rebuilt will be several n«
tunnels, which will call for a vast
penditure.
Must Award Printing Contract
Olympia, Aug. 17.—Regardless
whether the call for bids P«> vl°
that "the right is reserved to wr
any and all bids, the eouaty oom»
sioners have no alternative on
award a contract when bids a««°P'j
fordoing county printing, P*o*.^.
there is a legal bid within the v»
mom amount prescribed by
statute. The attorney general fl "^
so advises Pacific oounty official**
