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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
COUNT KALNOKY.
The Imperial Prime Minister Addresses
the Hungarians.

BUDA-PEsTH, September %. - Count
Kalnoky, Imperial Prime Minister, in a
speech to the Hungarian delegations to-
day expressed the opinion that Hungary
had just cause to complain in regard to
the anti-Hungarian agitation in Rou-
mania. He would not, however, blame
the Roumanian government, because the
books and maps used in the schools
designated Pennsylvania as Roumanian
territory. These, he said, were issued
by Chauvinist circles, and the Rouman-
ian government was totally irresponsible
for them. A continuance of the friendly
relations with Roumania, he believed,
was the best means to cause Roumanian
irredentism to disappear. In regard to
Bulgaria Count Kalnoky said the fall
of Premier Stambuloff had been foreseen.
He had governed too long for the i'm
patience of his adversaries to tolerate him
further. Prince Ferdinand, he declared,
was man of fine intelligence, and GER
tainly did not desire the imperial indie
pendence of the country which he had
done so much to consolidate. In reply
to an Interpolation in regard to Italy
Count Kalnoky said the entente be-
tween Austria and Italy was too strong
to be shaken by incidents like the dis
course of Signor Bonghi attacking the
dreibund. Regarding a policy of inter-
national measures against anarchy, he
said it would be OF small practical value.
A delegate, interrupting, recalled re-
mark made by Count Andrassy that ga
moderate policy like Kalnoky's might
lead to fatal consequences" Count Kali
noky replied:
eff Count Andrassy had lived until
now, he would have been satisfied with
the results of that policy"
Another delegate asking an explana-
ton as to an independent election of
Pope to comply with the guarantee of
the Italian government, Kalnoky re-
piled:
Regarding our influence, there is no
reason to renounce it. We are prepared
to maintain its full value"
Archbishop Samassa, who was present
in the delegation, spoke in behalf of an
independent conclave. He insisted that
the question of the succession of the
Pope might become critical at any mo-
ment. Although the papacy was an
ecclesiastical institution, it was also a
political institution of the highest i'm
portance. The position of the Pope to-
day, he declared, was even higher than
when he distributed the crowns of
Europe. The great powers would fail
to elect Pope unless it was supported
by the voice of the church. The En-
peror of Austria had traditional right
to exclude Cardinals from taking part in
an election who did not possess his ap-
proval, but that right could be controlled
by the conclave. It was therefore of the
greatest Importance that Austria should
be represented in the connclave by Car
dinals, who, besides being diplomates,
were also in touch with the permanent
policy of the Holy See.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
PRATT WILL CONTEST.
The Fight Promises to be q Very Inter-
esting One.

Los ANGELES, September 19.-The
trial of the sensational contest over the
will of Mrs. Anna A. Pratt, who died q
few months ago, shortly after the deci-
sion was rendered in the famous family
squabble over the guardianship of her
person and estate, was commenced in
the Probate Court to-day. The late Mrs.
Pratt left an estate estimated to be worth
500, 900 at least and an Geographic will,
dated April %, 1881. BY its terms she
named as her executors Mrs. Louisa G.
Cross, her sister; Charles P. Pratt, her
son, and Mrs. Lulu G. Goodspeed, her
daughter. Charles P. Pratt subsequent
ly died, and a codicil was attached June
8, 1885, to the effect that in the event of
the marriage of Kate N. Pratt, her sons
widow, the $4,000 left to her in the
original will was to be given to her chill
dren. This document is contested by
Mrs. Lulu Goodspeed and E. L. Camp
bell, the legally appointed guardian of
the minor heirs of Charles P. Pratt, de-
ceased, who contend that at the time the
will was executed Mrs. Pratt was under
duress and undue influence. It is fur
ther claimed that the contestants are in
possession of another will, which, if
shown to be genuine, will completely
change the aspect of affairs. The fight
promises to be one of the most interest
ing heard in the Probate Court for some
time past,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
THE OPIUM sMUGGLERs.
How They Evsde. tho Law In Southern
California.

How They Evade the Law in Southern
California.
Los ANGELES, September ia big
gang of opium smugglers was unearthed
to-day by Collector of Port Gaffey. One
hundred and fifty five-tael cans of opium
have been seized and several arrests
made. The chief of the gang was Gus
Algren, a restaurant keeper in Santa
Monica, who was arrested this afternoon
and brought to this city along with the
opium seized. Steward Smith and COLI
ored boy of the steamer Minneola sre
charged with having landed the opium
at Port Angeles. A man named McClel.
Ian, partner of Algren, is wanted, but
has not as yet been captured. It has
been known for some time that WELL
organized gang has been operating in
several places along the coast, and Coll
lector Gaffey several weeks ago put Spe-
cial Agents Cornell and Mappa to work
up the case. They discovered that the
smugglers were dropping the opium
overheard from sailing vessels outside,
encased in black bags. These were sunk
with weights, but had ropes attached
above to buoys. Confederates would 60
out in small boats and pull up the stuff
and take it ashore in fishing bags.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
FIVE WARSHIPS LOST.
Great Naval Battle Off the
Mouth of Ya1u River.
AN ADMIRAL REPORTED KILLED

The Ironclad Chin Yuen and Another
Chinese Warship Sunk and the jap
anese Lost Three Vessels - Colonel
Won Hanneken Reported Killed.
SHANGHAI, September ia naval
engagement has taken place off the
mouth of the Yalu river, where a Chi
nese squadron was covering the landing
of large force. The landing was eff
fected, but in the meantime the Japan
csc fleet attacked the squadron. In the
fighting that followed the Chinese iron
clad Chin Yuen was sunk by the fire of
the attacking fleet. The Yong Wei, be-
longing to the Chinese squadron, in at
tempting to get out of the range of fire
and in maneuvering for position was
run aground. Another Chinese ship is
also reported to have been sunk. The
Japanese are also reported to have sus-
tanned a heavy loss, three of their vessels
having been sunk by the fire from the
Chinese. Admiral Ting, Colonel Won
Hanneken and other foreigners are re-
ported as having been killed during the
attack. No estimates are made of the
losses bv either side.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
SALUTE AT MIDNIGHT.
Why the Attack on Wei Hal Wei Proved
Failure.

Why the Attack on Wei Hal Wei Proved
Failure.
NEW YORK, September 1.-THE fol-
lowing remarkable message in the origi-
nal has been translated by Japanese
gentleman in New York. It was sent
by a special Japanese correspondent
serving with the feet in the Gulf of Pc
Chi Ii to the newspaper in Japan which
he represents, and the name of which is
for obvious reasons withheld. The Jap
aneee government, which exercises q
strict censorship over all news relating
to the war, prohibited it's publication.
It ia dated "With the Japanese feet be-
fore Wei Hal Wei, Gulf of Pc Chi Ii,
August H."
cat IL O'Clock yesterday morning, Au-
gust IL, our fleet, consisting OF twelve
men-of-war and feet of six torpedo
coats, took advantage of the darkness of
the night and crept into the harbor at
Wei Hal Wei unknown to the Chinese in
the forts and vessels. Six torpedo boats
were sent out with the purpose of blow
ing up the Chinese warships anchored
within. The fleet was proceeding in the
wrong direction, and then, discovering
their mistake, they turned back, changed
their course and made straight to the
place where the Chinese lay in safety.
When midway British man-of-war,
which was anchored there, fred salute
for the Japanese vessels, a very unusual
thing to do in such circumstances. Upon
this all the electric and search lights at
the forts were lighted in an instant, and
soon all the forts were in activity. An
exchange of shots for over an hour fol-
lowed. Seeing that the plan to take the
Chinese by surprise had fallen through
on account of the salute from the British,
and further firing being of no avail, the
Japanese retired. As the torpedo 1otilla
was returning, Chinese torpedo boat
discharged torpedo against it, but failed
to do any damage, and for its trouble was
instantly rewarded by being sunk by 8
torpedo discharged from one of the Jap
anese boats. The salutes from the Brit
ish vessels cannot but be regarded as q
signal to make the slumbering Chinese
know of the presence of the Japanese,
as it is not customary to fire salutes ct
the dead of night"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
CRUISER NEW YORK.
Waiting for 3 High Tide to Take
OFF the Drv Dock.

Waiting for High Tide to Take Her
OFF the Dry Dock.
New YORK, September 1S.-The cruiser
New York is in the dry dock at the
Brooklyn navy yard, and cannot get out
until there is such an unusually high
tide as that on which she went in nearly
a month ago. The New York took ad-
vantage of spring tide to get into the
dock to have her bottom scraped and
cleaned. 1t was expected another spring
tide would float her out. But the spring
tide did not come, and officers and crew
have orders to 60 and watch the tide"
She may have to wait another month or
more, and even when she does come out
her woes are not over. It has been
learned that the blocks on which the
cruiser rested were not fitted SO as to be
moved while the vessel is in the dry
dock. These blocks cover more than lou
square feet of the vessels bottom, max
ing large spots which it has been inn
possible to scrape or paint. She there
fore must be moved out of the dry dock,
the blocks must be moved, and she
must then be put back 80 that different
parts of her bottom may rest on blocks
permitting the painting of the present
foul spots.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
MIRACLE AT LOURDEs.
One Sick Almost Unto Death Made
Strong and Healthy.

One Sick Almost Unto Death Made
Strong and Healthy.
New YORK, September 1S.-The Her
aid prints the following from its Rome
correspondent under date of September
2: Another pilgrimage from across the
Atlantic, this time from Canada, has ar
rived in Rome, and was received this
morning by the Pontiff with great cere-
mony and graciousness. They came to
Rome last Thursday from Lourdes, where
they were during the national pilgrim
age. As they steamed into the famous
town OF Bernadotte their American COL
leagues were just leaving. In an inter-
view with M. Rivet, the director of the
pilgrimage, he informed me that, al
though some of the party started out
with rather vague ideas of Lourdes, they
were all enthusiastically devout and de-
lighted while there, and it was with great
difficulty that they went away, even
with the prospect before them of being
received by the Holy Father. The first
day of their stay ten miracles were reg
A5IOICO dG CIl0 UuTcdu, duU Lu6lT ldlCQ
was strengthened to exultation by the
complete restoration to health of one of
their party. Mrs. Burque, the wife of a
physician of Montreal, suffering from
tumor, took this pilgrimage as a last re-
sort, having been given up by the doc
tors in Canada. It was against their
advice, and even in Paris no one could
relieve her in any way, and she was told
that, if she took such a journey, it was
at the risk of her life. She persisted,
being strong in her faith; and, though
much exhausted on arriving, a few days
later she re-embarked for Paris, radiant
with health, perfectly cured and devout-
ly thankful to Sour Lady of Lourdes."
The reception at the Vatican was much
like that accorded last month to the
American pilgrims, the Pope seeming to
have a special love for his children across
the water. He murmured from time to
time: ooh! ce sont mes Canadiens.
OIL quo je euis contents" NJ. Rivot
the Holy Father with $500
for Peters pence, and was elected men,
Der of the order of Advocates of St. Pc
ter. They left to-day via Florence, Ven
ice and Geneva to sail for Canada from
Liverpool.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
BATTLE OF PING YANG.
Thousands of Chinese Prisoners to be
Sent to Japan.

Thousands of Chinese Prisoners to be
Sent to Japan.
LONDON, September 19.-The officials
of the Japanese legation here have re-
ceived the following cable dispatch:
"Our army surrounded Ping Yang the
18th instant, and after severe fighting
gained a great victory and captured the
city. The number of the enemy killed,
wounded and taken prisoners is immense.
The Japanese lost eleven officers and 26O
soldiers, killed and wounded"
The British Minister at Toxic has
cabled the foreign Office announcing the
Japanese victory. A Central News Ping
Yang dispatch, dated yesterday, says
that IA, 900 prisoners marched through
that place yesterday; others are arriving
hourly, and will be shipped to Japan.
The report that there are $4,000 Chinese
between Ping Yang and the Yalu river
is discredited. The force around Ping
Yang was the flower of the army and
really the only effective part. The China
men composing the levies now made
have do idea of modern warfare. An
other Ping Yang dispatch says that inn
mense quantities of rifles and stores are
stacked in the public squares. The Chi
nese prisoners are fairly we'll treated.
They will be sent to Japan in patches of
1000 each.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Pail Mall Gazette states the japanese in
the attack on Ping Yang were enabled
by brilliant moonlight during the night,
throughout which the battle lasted, to
do great execution with their field guns.
The Ping Yang garrison numbered TO-
600. The Japanese are advancing on
Monkden. The correspondent adds it is
reported Ii Hung Chang has been de-
posed. Another Shanghai dispatch says
Chang has been deprived of his three
eyed peacock feather because OF his mis-
management of the Corean campaign.
The Secretary of the Chinese legation
saws with reference to the reported sui
eide of Ii Hung Chang that he received
a message from Chang, dated Tien Tsln,
to-day, in which he expressed fears the
Chinese would have great difficulty in
retaining Ping Yang.
The Central News says that after the
first feeling of surprise at the Japanese
victory has worn off it is admitted by
experts who know the respective quail
ties of the armies that the result is a
natural one. Marshal Yamagata, the
Japanese comnAander-in-chief, was
trained in European schools, and the
other Japanese commanders and staff
officers were similarly educated. The
best friends of the Chinese do not be-
lieve them capable of holding the ports
on the Gulf of Pc Chi Ii against the
Japanese.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
CAR-LIGHTING.
The Southern Pacific Experimenting
With New System.

The Southern Pacific Experimenting
With q New System.
SAN FRANCISCO, September ia new
system for lighting railway cars, which
has been in use on many of the Eastern
roads for some time. will soon be adopted
by the Southern Pacific Company. I'm
der the new system each car will be sup
Piled with a cylinder containing crude
petroleum in sufficient quantity to gen.
crate gas to meet the requirements dur
ing q trip. The first experiment with
this method of lighting was made last
night at the Oakland yards with one OF
the mail coaches of the Central Pacific
division, which had been fitted up for
that purpose. The light was thoroughly
tested, and worked with perfect salts
faction and with far better results than
that derived by the use of coal oil lamps,
now commonly used, or gasoline, which
is used on some of the roads running out
of Chicago. It is the intention of the
Southern Pacific Company to introduce
the new system on all the mail coaches
of its road as rapidly as the work can be
done, and if it is found to work as well
as it did in the test, passenger coaches
will also be lighted in the same manner.
Petroleum gas is already being used on
some of the latest models of Pullman
cars.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27

Why the Latest Order of General Scho-
field Was withheld.

Why the Latest Order OF General SchO-
field Was withheld.
WASHINGTON, September 20.-It was
perhaps with a view to the unexpected
execution of the plan for the concentra-
ton OF troops and the reduction of
number Of army posts that the formal
order to give it effect was withheld until
Congress had adjourned and but few
Senators and Representatives remained
in Washington. By the terms of the
order nine posts are abandoned. They
are IN the West namely:
Fort Marcy, n. NJ. D.; Fort Bowie, A. T.;
Fort Mckinney, Wyo.; Fort Sully, 8.
D.; Fort Supply, 0. T.; Fort Mackinac,
Mich, and Newport Barracks, KY.
These posts were much too numerous
IN Western States, causing an expendi-
ture with regularity of large sums of
money by the garrisons and encouraging
business generally. 1t was not supposed
mat they could be abandoned without
some opposition, and already a food of
protests have begun to pour in upon the
war department, demonstrating against
tAe changes in every case. General
SI,c.hoheid, who is acting as Secretary of
War, has to bear the brunt, but he is
laying aside the papers until the return
u Secretary Lamont, who must pass
upon them in the end.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
DOWN ON HIS KNEES.
Reformed Gamblers Prayer In Mayor
Eustis' Office.

Reformed Gamblers Prayer in Mayor
Eustis' Office.
MINNEAPOLIS, September 19.-There
was sensational scene in the Office of
Mayor Eustis. John P. Quinn, re-
formed gambler evangelist, now in the
city, had charged in talk before the Y.
M. G. A. that not only was there gam
bling in Minneapolis, but that the au-
thorities knew it and licensed it. This
charge brought Quinn a note from the
Mayor asking him to call at the Mayors
Office. Quinn promptly appeared with
his colleague, E. F. Goefel, lawyer
evangelist. Newspaper men witnessed
a warm debate between the Mayor and
ex-gambler. The gambler charged and
the Mayor denied that there was public
gambling, and that gambling was IL
censed by the authorities. Quinn wound
up his talk by getting down on his knees
in the Mayors Office and praying for the
blotting out of the gambling bells and
for divine light for the Mayor that he
might see the path of duty. The Mayor
gave the evangelist caustic scoring for
charging things that were untrue and
he could not prove.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
The Tariff Bounty Clause.

WASHINGTON, September 20.-The
Miles Planting and Manufacturing Com
Pany OF Louisiana, engaged in the plant
Ing and growing of sugar cane, this aft
efhoon applied to Judge McComas in
5 5 District Supreme Court for a man.
JANUS ,,1, against the Secretary of the Treas
T u and the Commissioner of Internal
revenue to compel them to continue the
Inspection nI,: OF sugar plantations as re-
GI aI ~ by the Mckinley sugar bounty
t t?m' Inc petitions state that an inspec-
t ion OF their plant had been refused by
t tbe treasury officials on the ground that
o ore lately enacted tariff law annulled
to Feselnded the granting of bounty
S ~ sugaf producers; that the tariff act
q Toes 50 operate the petitioners deny.
SCuuEe AcComas directed that Secretary
6G oI be required to show cause Octo-
" why mandamus should not issue.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
VAR ON THE TRUSTS.
,,,rroent of Custer Against
the Whisky Combine.
TUE DEFENDANT WILL APPEAL

:, the Decision is Sustained 1t VIII End
ne Corporate Existence OF the De-
what Assistant Attorney
General schofield Says About 1t.
Cnrc,eo. September 2O.-Judge Glib
4,-5av sustained the demurrer to
1a amended pleas of the Whisky Trust
ta,nformation in quo warranto filed by
,.,nrner.General Maloney, and di-
to5 fine Attorney-General to prepare
;,5,ment OF custer against the trust.
~, decision is on formal matters left
,nsot+Ied by the main decision three
~.ortbs AGO. Defendant will appeal. If
.Lo decision is sustained, it will end the
~r,orate existence of the defendant.
The Attorney-General will prepare the
;.J,,oant Of custer, as directed by the
corrt This will be entered, but the de-
fepdant's appeal will operate to suspend
= and nothing definite will result until
tho supreme Court passes on the same.
T 1t1s nTocpedings to-day end the case in
tbo lower courts. Judge Gibbons in
Making the final order, said:
THE legal effect of the pleas is to
admit the ownership and control of
oi1bty.one or more distilleries by the
resnondent, which up to the time of
tbeir ACQUISITION or absorption by it
we're owned and controlled by separate
and distinct corporations. 1t is not the
wealth represented by the capital stocks
n = CORPORATION, nor the value of its
rronprtv. which brings it within the ban
ii ontlawrv. but it is the effect upon tine
nubie. growing out of combination of
generations or interests, the inevitable
result of which, whether SO intended or
not. is to govern the supply and regulate
the price of distilled spirits. In its con-
federated form it possesses a power and
influence which no single corporation
could WELD. Its ramifcatiOns extend
into and their power is felt in every city
in the Union. Corporations may flourish
and expand, but competition and in
dividuaiism must neither be thwarted
nor crushed"
Assistant Attorney-General Schofeld
said:
"If to-day's decision is sustained, the
property of the Whisky Trust will, of
course, 90 first to the creditors, then to
the owners, but whether a receiver will
beappointed, if the decision is sustained,
or some other means of distributing the
property adopted I cannot say"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
NEW UNION DEPOT.
Work to Begin Soon and be Hurried to
Completion.

Work to Begin Soon and be Hurried to
Completion.
PORTLAND, Or, September 19.-Work
will be resumed sometime between Oc-
tober l and October Is. The exact date
has not yet been determined, as there
are some matters yet to be arranged be-
tween General Manager Mcneil of the
Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pany and the receivers of the Oregon
Short Line in New York. This is one of
the principal objects of Mr.. McNeilPs
trip to the East.
While the depot is to all appearances
practically completed, there is 100000
yet to be spent on the building and
ground, and about six months time
will elapse after work is resumed before
all the work on the grounds will be fin
ished. The filling of the lake is COM
pleted, and the yards are ready for track
laying and the street Improvements. AS
for the depot itself the exterior work
will be through with when the 140- foot
clock tower, now as high as the roof OF
the main building, is built.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-09-27
Paving tho Claims.

SAN FRANCISCO, September 1.-THE
first damages growing out Of the COLI
sion between the steamers Oceanic and
the City of Chester have been paid by
the Occidental and Oriental Steamship
Company to the families of the victims.
The accident occurred in 1888 in Sam
Francisco harbor. Suits were brought
in behalf of the six minor children of
Columbus Davis and of three other chill
dren, whose parents were drowned. The
Jury awarded the Davis children SIC, 900,
and the steamship company appealed
the case. The appeal is still pending,
but the company finally decided to pay
the claim in full. The results Of the
,ther suits hinged on the decision in tho
Davis case, and they, too, have been set
tied. In all $26, 900 has been paid out
70 far by the company.