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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15

Stanton and His Associates Will Ask TO,
More Time.


More Time.
ASTORIA, November 81. C. Stanton
and his associates will tomorrow SUBJ
NIT proposition to the railway subsidy
committee asking for thirty-day option
on the subsidy in order to place them in
position to close deal with Eastern
capitalists for the construction of the
proposed railroad between this CITY and
transcontinental connection. Among
the property owners who form the COM
mittee of twenty-one there is diversity
of opinion as to the advisability of Civ
Ing any one an option on the subsidy,
Tor the reason that the property will
under the terms of the deeds return to
subscribers January l, 1895, if in the
meantime the trustees fail to execute a
contract with reliable persons for the
construction of the road. 1t was de-
clded some months ago that no option
should be given, but that the first per-
son who showed the ability to build the
road should have the contract. Some of
the friends of Campbell, the Chicago
contractor, profess the utmost faith in
his ultimate success, and assert that his
arrangements to sign a contract are
practically settled. There are others
still who favor waiting until the arrival
of Judge Brown of New York, who is
understood to be on his way here. All
things considered, it is difficult to de-
termine what action will be taken, but,
if Mr.. Stanton can thoroughly convince
the committee of his ability to close a
deal, he may succeed in his endeavors to
secure the desired option.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
DEAD CZAR'S BODY.
He Will Lie in State at Moscow and st.
Petersburg.

He Will Lie in State at Moscow and st.
Petersburg.
LIvAD1A, November Sit is officially
stated that the body of the late Gar,
after lying in state in the church palace
here, will be taken to Yalta and from
there conveyed to Sebastopol on the Rus
sian cruiser Pamy to Merkoovia. On
the funeral train to Moscow the escort
will include Gar Nicholas, the Czarina,
Czarowitz Grand Duke George, Princess
Alix and other members of the imperial
family, Prince and Princess of Wales,
and members of foreign royal families
related to the imperial family of Russia.
At Moscow the body of Alexander III.
will lie in state several days at Arch
angel Cathedral and in st. Petersburg in
the Cathedral of st. Peter and st. Paul
At towns where the funeral train stops
on its way to Moscow and St. Petersburg
dinners for the poor will be provided at
the expense of the Gar, and at eacI
stopping place requiem mass will b.
celebrated,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
THE POST-MORTENT.

Stomach of the Gar Was Intact, Thus
Disproving the Poison Story.
BERLIN, November Gin an interview
with Lokal Anzeiger reporter aboard the
LENDER express Prof. Leyden said
regarding the late Cars Illness:
"The post-mortem examination estab-
lished the accuracy of our diagnosis.
chronic nephritis, with commencing
atrophy of the left lung. The stomach
was intact. The stories ascribing the
Cars illness to poisoning are absolute
fiction. l do not consider that Prof.
Sarcharjin is in any way to blame for the
result. The Gar was perfectly cognizant
of his true state, but he was fatalls
and gave up too early. He performed
his duties as ruler to the last moment
He died like hero. The Czarina IL
Frustrated, but she is in no danger and
will soon recover
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
NUT GRASS OR COCOA.
It Is Proving the Russian Thistle Of the
South.

1t is Proving the Russian Thistle Of the
South.
WASHINGTON, November 6.-The nut
grass or cocoa is proving to be almost a.
much of an infection in the South as il
the Russian thistle to the Northwest.
For that reason the Agricultural Depart
ment will soon issue special bulletin
urging a general campaign against this
grass before it gets too firm hold. This
plant is not q grass, as its common name
and its appearance indicate, but sedge.
It has many local names In the different
regions in which it has been Introduced.
The species is of subtropical origin, and
is said to have reached the United States
at New Orleans among garden plants
brought from Cuba. It now extends
from Texas to Southern Illinois and the
coast to Florida and New Jersey, being
more abundant in the sandy hills. The
plan of campaign to extirpate nut grass
is simply to prevent it maturing seed
above ground. Nearly everybody thinks
the nuisance reproduces itself from the
nut alone, whereas it propagates thou
sand times more from the seed. Hence
to efectually and quickly destroy nut
grass on any land infested with it the
soil should be frequently stirred during
the growing period of summer, SO as to
stimulate each nut tuber and seed to
sprout. The best time for fighting it il
between midsummer and frost time.
The secret of success is merely in the
cut of every tall stem while in the fow-
ing state at the latest, and the sooner
the better.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
FEASTING THE INDIANS.

Traders Figuring Upon Securing Most
of the Money to be Paid Them.
Sioux CRY, Ia, November 8.-With-
in the next two weeks the l, 800 Indians
of the Yankton tribe in South Dakota
will receive nearly 5000, 900 in part pay
ment for lands they have sold the gov
eminent. They will in the next three
years be paid over 100000, The bust
ness men of Armour approaching the
fact that the Indian trade is very valua-
BILE are entertaining them in elaborate
style. They invited them to the town,
which is the only one at which they
trade, gave them reception at the fair
grounds and then a series of barbecues.
They are, in short, holding grand cele-
bration of weeks duration. The In
dams have been presented with an ample
supply of provisions and are camped all
around the town. They are more numer-
GUS than the inhabitants. ALI the scouts
of the tribe have already received 500
each, and are spending it freely. The
Indians are making extensive purchases,
and. it is said, have already become in
debted for the greater part of the money
they will receive at the first payment.
They are drinking good deal OF fire.
water, but thus far no serious atfrays
have occurred.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
TIE CATTLE EMBARGO
President Cleveland Has All.
thority to Retaliate.
THE LAW is LAID BEFORE HIM

=. q Question Whether This VIII Dc
>,occ..sry, for the Government of
Germany Has Modified Its Order and
,--,,u,ed A Liberal Attitude.
WASHINGTON, November 9.-The an
moment that the German authori-
...-,,av conclude to determine the pos
.a1.,-as OF the introduction of Texas
..-sr into the Empire from expert opin-
-. of american veterinarians was re-
..,rsd with great interest by Secretary
,ra,.on. whose advocacy of retaliation
Ir raqpiring a strict inspection of Ger
nan wines and liquors has been told in
. .I'',-, d;.n9tches. The Secretary has in
,'.s+;rofe3 the question, and finds that
.,+L0r;tv 10 entirely exclude German
, ,,r, in retaliation for discrimina-
Ian nj our goods is vested in the Presi-
5ort Inv existing laws, all of which has
IN heretofore overlooked in the dis
c~ss;on Of the question. Secretary Nor
tan had conference with the President,
on6 Isi1 the law before him. 1t is in
tha United states Statutes at large, vol
rme ~. Fiitv-frst Congress, page Ala,
cLant4r $50: "An act providing for an
insnacti5n Of meats for expectation and
nrohiriting the importation of adulter-
6+e] articles of food or drink, and au-
tboriz;ng the President to make proc
Iamatfo. in certain cases and for other
nnrno-es." Section 4, to which the Sec
ratarv called the attention OF both the
United States authorities and the Ger
man Empire, reads:
THAT whenever the President is sat-
isfed there is good reason to believe any
Importation is being. made, or is about
ia he made. into the United States from
any foreign country of any article used
for human food or drink that is adulter-
atpd. he the President) may issue his
proclamation suspending the importa-
ton of such articles from such country
for such period of time as he may think
necessary"
The Secretary believes this law is the
KEY to the situation furnishing this gov
eminent with full power to retaliate
upon Germany for the exclusion of our
cattle either by the policy which he sug-
gested, OF requiring a strict inspection of
their wines, or by stronger measures. At
the State Department The attitude of the
German government respecting our cat
tie is regarded as the natural and proper
outcome OF the strong representations
made by Minister Runyon. The negoti-
atoms had reached point where each
government was content to rest its case
upon the questions of fact; first, wheth-
er or not there were genuine cases of
Texas fever among the cattle imported
into Germany from the United States,
and second, whether or not the disease
can be communicated to German cattle.
H. an stated in the dispatch, the Ger
mans have 50 far receded from their first
position, justifying the absolute exclu-
sion of American cattle without reason
able proof upon these important points,
then the State Department officials feel
that our cattle shippers have little to
lear, and that the German government
has assumed a very liberal attitude, and
one which is likely to speedily result in
the removal of the embargo.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
FIRE CHIEFS DEED.
A Woman Bravely Saved From Being
Burned to Death.


Burned to Death.
WINDSOR, Ont, November 8.-When
fire broke out in Mrs. Jane Green's
house yesterday she ran into the street,
but a little later remembered that she
had left some money and papers on the
second floor and rushed back for them.
The building, which was of wood, was
then all ablaze, and she was in immi-
nent danger of death. George Chene, a
chief of the Windsor fire department,
snatched shawl from woman stand
ing near, and bolted in at the front door
and upstairs. A few seconds later the
roof fell, and the cry went up that the
chief was inside. A score of fremen
with axes, picks and hooks started for
the door, but just as they did so the sec
ond floor came down with crash, and
the chief with the woman in his arms
rolled over and out of the door. He was
blinded and blackened by smoke and the
woman was insensible. She was revived,
however, and is recovering. The chiefs
hair was singed off, his face blistered and
the coat burned from his back. The
money and papers were found unframed
in what was left of the building.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15

CLEVELAND, November 8.-There has
been trouble for weeks in the Cleveland
University of Medicine and Surgery
over the appointment of Prof. Henry l..
PAYNE, city food inspector, as lecturer in
chemistry. The students have demand
ed of the faculty that he be dismissed
and another appointed. When Prof.
PAYNE began his lecture Saturday the
students set up the college yell. The
professor waited till they were through,
and started again. Again the yell
drowned his voice. For half hour this
was continued. Every one of the sew
enty-five students threw text books at
the professor. The latter finished his
lecture amid the most riotous demon
stration.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
THE LOST WAIRARAPA.
An Inquiry Into the Causes That Led to
Her Wreck.

An Inquiry Into the Causes That Led to
Her Wreck.
AUCKLAND, N. H., November 9.-In
the inquiry into the loss of the steamer
Wairarapa, in which Chief Officer Moies
testified that in spite of the captain,
who was never drunk, insisting on going
at full speed. he was confident that the
ships course was correct. The captain,
he said, refused to allow the foghorn to
to be sounded lest the passengers should
become alarmed, and the lead was not
used. The witness admitted that he had
left the ship before the passengers, and
that he had allowed the steward to haul
him into the rigging while woman and
her child, partially submerged, struggled
for life near by. Third Officer Johnson
corroborated the chief officers testimony
regarding the speed of the ship and the
captains refusal to sound the foghorn.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
THE CATTLE EMBARGO.
An Effort Made to Have It Repealed HI
Failed.

An Effort Made to Have It Repealed Has
Failed.
LONDON, November IA dispatch to
the Times from Berlin says: The Agra
rian League has presented memorial
to Chancellor Won Hohenlohe requesting
him to exclude all American cattle
shipped to Germany after October ~.
The memorial demands that the cattle
be returned to the United States and
after unloading the ships that brought
them to Germany be quarantined. The
object of the memorial is to brand ex-
Chancellor Won Caprivi's decree as de-
fective and so avoid being compelled to
acknowledge that Won Caprivi had the
welfare Of the agrarians at heart.
Though the efforts of American Ambas-
sador Runyon to obtain repeal OF the
measure forbidding importation OF
American cattle have failed, further at
tempts will be made to arrive at an un-
Outstanding with the government on the
matter.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
Lord Salisbury's Tribute.

LONDON, November 9.-Lord Salisbury
paid tribute to the late Gar in a speech
on municipal politics in London this
evening. He embraced the first oppor-
tunity, he said, to express the grief oil
himself and of his political associates at
the loss of Alexander III. His expert.
ence in the British foreign office had
convinced him that all nations were
deeply indebted to the late Gar for the
peace which his self-restraint and high
Christian character had secured. Men
with lower motives might have frequent
lv Welded to the irritation and terrible
trials which Alexander had always re-
sisted
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
THE INCOME TAX LAW
Preliminary Work to Garry.
ing It Into Effect.
CHANGES AND NOTIFICATIONS.

Mr.. Pugh Occupied Since His Appoint
ment in Examining and Preparing .
Digest Of Court Decisions and De-
partment Rulings.
WASHINGTON, November 6.-The work
preliminary to carrying into effect the
new income-tax law is going forward az
rapidly as its nature will permit under
the direction of w. A. Pugh, who in Oc-
tober last was appointed Superintendent
of the Income Tax. A number of COM
plicated and interesting questions have
arisen under former laws, and anticipat.
ing that questions will arise in the fut-
ure of equal Importance, it is essential
for their solution to understand what
has been the former legislation of Con-
gress, the decisions of courts and rulings
of the department on the subject of the
income tax. With this end in view Mr..
Pugh has been occupied since his APP
pointment in examining and preparing
q digest of the court decisions and the
department rulings under their respect
i've headings. He has also compared all
the former laws upon the income tax,
arranged so that all the provisions here
tofore made upon the same subject shall
appear properly grouped, and any one at
a glance can see the various changes and
notifications that have taken place.
There have been several acts upon the
subject of the income tax. The first was
passed August B, 1861. Under this act,
however, nothing was done. The act
failed to provide many provisions con-
tanned in the subsequent legislation
both as to the subjects of taxation and
the methods of collection. The second
act was passed July IA, 1862; the third
act June 80, 1854; the fourth March 8,
1865, and the fifth act March 2, 1867.
Under the first act $500 was the amount
reserved from taxation, and the rate of
taxation was per cent on all sums over
that amount. Under the act of July IA,
1862, the amount reserved from taxation
was as follows:
If the income exceeded 5000 and did
not exceed SIC, 900, duty of 8 per cent
on the amount over 5000; if said income
exceeded the sum of $40 900, duty of 5
per cent upon the amount exceeding
5000.
Under the third act $500 was exempted
and the duty was per cent on the ex-
cess. Under the fourth and fifth acts
81 900 was free from taxation, and the
amount of tax was per cent on the
amount In excess of that sum.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
VERY PECULIAR CASE.
With All Her Faults He Loves
Her Still.
SHE POISONED HER HUSBAND.
Her Infatuated Spouse Refuses to Be
1ieve the Evidences of His Own Senses,
Although She Has Made Full Con-
fessiOn of Her Hellish Crime.

| Iieve the Evidences of His Own Senses,
Although She Has Made a Full Con-
fession of Her Hellish Crime.
SAN BERNARDINo, CAL, November s.
Mrs. S. w. Barnes, who with her par
amour, Tom Slater, was arrested for at
tempting to rid herself of her husband
| by slow poisoning with arsenic and
strychnine, passed the night in the
county Jail. Her injured husband, who
is almost helpless from the effects of the
poison and has become mental as we'll
as physical wreck in consequence, was
at the Jail early this morning, and was
| allowed to take his murderous wife home
| for short time. Letters found show
that Slater and Mrs. Barnes had planned
| to elope to Honolulu, and had their ar
rest been delayed twenty-four hours one
| at least would have been out of reach.
In trunk in Slater's room was found a
large amount of the woman's clothing,
taken there in preparation for elope-
ment. The reason for the poisoning was
that Barnes had considerable property
and had made will in his wife's favor.
Slater roomed at the residence of Mrs. F.
Gill of the Woman's Christian Temper
| ance Union, where the designations of
the parties were made, and it was in his
room the principal evidence OF guilt was
obtained.
The husband is infatuated with his
wife and refuses to believe the evidences
of his own senses, although she made a
full confession this afternoon, stating
that she was under the influence of Tom
Slater, who not only held her in his
power, but placed revolver to her head,
compelling her to give the poison to her
| husband. She admits everything as
charged, making it impossible for Slater
to make any defense. 1t is thought he
will plead guilty on the preliminary ex-
animation and not stand trial.
Her husband wants to 60 on the wom-
ans bond, which has been fixed at
S., 900, and to shield her from the con-
sequences of her crime. Barnes is an
Odd Fellow and member of the Junior
Order of American Mechanics. It is the
members of these orders who are caring
for him and had taken steps to detect
and stop the terrible crime. The woman
was about to desert two interesting chill
dren as we'll as an injured husband. In
their possession was found the following
letter written by her 12-yearol daugh-
ter, Violet:
"Please, Tom, l wish that you would
mind your own business and leave my
mamma alone"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
THE INDIAN TERRITORY.
Absolute Terror Reigns Among the Law
Abiding Glasses.


GUTHRIE, O. T., November Mot q
tenth of the outrages committed recent
ly in the Indian Territory has been the
work of the Cooks, but the Cooks are
primarily responsible for most of the
lawlessness that now prevails. Their
success in eluding capture inspired others
to emulate them, and under the reign Of
terror which they instituted crime was
more easy of commission and more diff
cult of detection than under ordinary
conditions. There are to-day possibly q
dozen gangs modelled after that of the
Cook boys; but when the Cooks are cap
tured the others will possibly disband
and return to their homes, if they have
any. E. A. Peck, General Superintend-
ent of the st. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern railway, recently spent ten
days in the Territory, and will make an
other trip there tomorrow. Iron Mount
ain trains have been held up with rather
unpleasant frequency of late, and the
company is making an energetic and de-
termined effort to put a stop to such pro-
ceedings. 1t was in reference to the
company's methods that Mr.. Peck was
questioned yesterday. He said: ct
would hardly be wise to make our plans
public, for their success depends largely
upon secrecy. am confident, however,
that we will get our men within short
time. / may say in a general way that
our campaign is in the nature of q still
hunt We find certain places to which
for one reason or another the men must
60, and then we lay for 'em.' We work
independently of the authorities, al
though we are glad to assist them in any
way possible, and rely upon our own
men and our own plans. There are rea-
sons for this which it would not do to
mention just now" Among the law
abiding classes absolute terror reigns.
Persons are afraid to travel and afraid
to stay at home. They do not know at
what hour they may be attacked and
robbed-murdered if they try to defend
themselves. Living in sparsely settled
country, no neighbors within call, no
single household can make any show of
resistance against band of well-armed
and reckless men, and experience has
shown that an appeal to the authorities
not only fails to accomplish any good,
but almost invariably Anglers the gang to
such an extent that a second and more
murderous attack ia made"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
FROM THE FAR EAST.
News OF the Two War Powers Brought
by Steamer.

news OF the Two war POWERS brOusHs
by Steamer.
SAN FRANcIsCo, November 9. The
steamer Belgic brought news from the
Orient under date of Toxic, October 20,
as follows:
The Corean peninsula has now been
cleared OF Chinese troops from end to
END. Corea was one of the last vestiges
OF the middle Kingdoms medieval mai
esty; one OF the last of the little border
states that acted as buffers between the
plg Empire and the "outer barbarians;; :"
independent toward all the alien world,
dependent toward the Celestial Empire
alone. That was the anomalous status
OF these buffers. One after another they
have been shaken free by the impact of
W eStefn aggression. Burmah, Siam,
iionquin, AMMAN, the Pamir region-all
nave tall len away, leaving the TANKS of
lne middle kingdom exposed to the kicks
Oh Inc profane Occident. Corea alone re-
named. To her relations with Corea
Emma could not choose but import some
cement OF realism, for beyond the bor-
ueIsol the peninsula Russia stood always
READY to advance. Therefore the Picking
statesman openly called Corea a de-
tendency, and Europe believed that
Iney mai both the will and the ability to
protect 1t. But two battles have sufficed
10 drive the last of the bannermen across
Ihe lalu river and to place a Japanese
army on the borders OF Manchuria. ia
Bah oy very striking object lesson has
demonstrated the Justice of her conten-
ION mat, so far as concerned Chinese
o;l'eiage, Corea's security against for
ei5u INVASION was a myth.
r. una IS port distant five miles from
IlLfoshlma, a town on the inland sea,
where the Emperor of Japan as COM
In4ii,.oer-ln-chief of the military and ma
va iofceS has established his headquar-
.eis' hiroshima was chosen for the
purpose because it is the most southerly
s?l4I 10 which the main trunk railway
=. Japan has been pushed. Troops and
Sol5s from every part of the Empire
a deSgil u oy rail. The harbor of Ujina is
capable of accommodating fifty or sixty
i T steamers, and between Ujina and
bi i,iI9 a military railway has been
o IN october Is the last steamer of q
stSal 4otilla of Japanese transports
can d out of Ujina. They carried a
b .tps armee aggregating $4,000 COM
1 ..eil' With all their equipment, amhu-
F1!gTg' military train, artillery, etc. The
io- heading to the northwest, steered
- me entrance of the Pc Chi Ii Gull
- - aI ia simultaneously Port Arthur
Ho; W ei Hal Wei. Port Arthur and We
bo "a. v 81 are China's only fortified har-
IT. Ty'Is IN the northern part of her Empire.
c cheir works of defense were planned by
Imam engineers, and they enjoy the
isSpLItatl0n of being impregnable. Port
h.; ,.H i. has docks capable of receiving
dr. .tonGIads, and is an important nava
Ib otb The Japanese troops will attach
ma5i i PAGES from the land side, and i
tbo!a De predicted that they will take
TTiem. In that case the Gulf of Pc Oh
n ~ ana therefore the maritime ap
a p1uaches to Peking will be completely
''@Inanded by Japan.