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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03

|. Vancouver, B. c., Sept. 26.-The
steamship Empress of India arrived
from the Orient this afternoon, after a
speedy passage. She had full cargo,
twenty-five saloon passengers, and I42
Chinese in the steerage. According to
the accounts in japanese papers, the
stranding of the steamer Belgic was
due to an error on the part of Captain
Walker, who, with Second Officer
Beckman, was ON the bridge at the
time of the mishap. The full moon
was shining brightly, and Cape King
lighthouse could be plainly seen. In
the opinion of many passengers, the
vessel, long before the accident, was
hugging the shore too closely. Beck
mans death was caused by his falling
overheard while launching a lifeboat.
Life bouys were Immediately thrown
to him, and, though he caught one, he
was carried into an eddy and sank be-
fore boat could reach him.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
IN BEHRING SEA.
British Sealers Carrying Arms in De-
fiance o. the Treaty.

British Sea1ers Carrying Arms in De-
fiance o. the Treaty.
San Francisco, Sept. 28.-Informa-
ton has come to the federal authorities
here that many British sealing schoon-
ers have been carrying arms in open
defiance of the treaty and that the
hunters have boldly violated every
clause of the law. Complaints will be
made to the state department and the
matter will be laid before the British
government
If the stories of American sea cap
tains who have cruised in the Arctic
regions since the Paris award in the
Behring sea matters may be believed,
the British fur-seal fishers are systemat-
ically violating every condition of the
treaty, carrying plenty of arms aboard
to do as they please, and laughing at
threats or complaints from America.
1t is claimed that British vessels are all
cruising boldly without regard to the
teaty, because there are no American
cruisers to watch them and protect
American rights under the treaty. On
the other hand, it is by reason of adj
vantages of position and superiority
ON the seas Great Britain is closely
guarding our vessels, and that every
violation of law, however technical, is
promptly reported and summarily dealt
with.
Government agents will ascertain
every fact possible concerning these al
legations, and the state department
will lay the charges before the British
government The violations thus far
discovered pertain to fishing within
the prescribed sixty miles off the island
of Pribyloff, known as Seal island. 1t
is alleged that nets and firearms have
been used in violation of the treaty,
and that no attention has been paid to
the injunction which prohibits any
kind of fur-sealing at certain seasons.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
NicaraRua Paws 1t.

Managua, Nicaragua, Sept. 26.-All
but 50, 500 of the 81, 800 which Great
Britain exacted from Nicaragua in
May last for the expulsion of Consular
Agent Hatch and other citizens OF
Great Britain who had been accused of
intrigues hostile to the interests OF the
republic, has been paid over to the men
who were expelled. Edwin Hatch re-
ceived $22, 500; l. w. Cuthbert, $12,-
500; John Browrig, Ell. Brown and
John o. Thomas, $1,000 each; Hubert
Boda, S. H. Hodgson, John Tay lor,
Washington Glass and MARYLAND Tay-
lor, $4,000 each; Captain Barnard,
$1,000; G. P. Hall and Mr.. Moody,
$3.50 each, and Messrs. Sykes and
Gate, $500 each. These men are all
residents of Bluefelds, Rama or Pearl
Lagoon. Cuthbert was for many years
the chief of the organization of Jamai-
ca negroes and mulattoes in the Mos
quito reservation, who practically
ruled the territory, defying the author
ity of the Nicaraguan government.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
THE LANDS VALUABLE
Reason England Would Like
to Fix the Boundary.
A GOVERNMENT AGENTS VIEWS
The Alaskan Territory She Now Claims
Has Been Considered Ours Since
the Seward Purchase.

Washington, Sept. 27.-It is much
to be feared that England will take
away a valuable slice of Alaska which
no doubt properly belongs to this gov
eminent George R. Tingle, who
passed many years in Alaska, and who
was there ten years ago, says that all
the traditions of the oldest inhabitants
in Alaska, together with acknowledge
of the Indians, has been that the Rus
sian possessions which were sold to the
United States covered all that territory
which has always been considered as
belonging to the United States ever
since the Seward purchase. 1t is only
since the discovery was made that the
lands are valuable that England has
begun to reach out for them. Her sur
yevors, doubtless acting under instruc-
tions, have included i'll the territory to
be claimed lands which have always
been known as Russian America pre-
vious to the purchase, and since that
time as Alaska. Mr.. Tingle says there
ought to be little difficulty in estab-
fishing our claim to the territory as it
has always been known, but intimates
that it will take some stiff standing up
on the part of our government.
Mr.. Tingle has had great deal to
do with our seal fisheries, and for a
time was government agent i'll Alas
ka; afterwards an agent Of the Alaska
Seal Company. He says that the policy
pursued by the United States has re-
suited in the loss of our seal fisheries,
and that British poachers have secured
the benefit of our sealing grounds.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Browning has made his annual report
to the secretary of the interior. 1t
shows progress in nearly all directions.
The only new important developments
during the year was the trouble be-
tween the Bannock Indians and the
whites at Jackson's Hole, Wyo. On
this matter Commissioner Browning
encloses a former special report he
made August II. Since the report,
however, the whole matter had been
taken to the department of justice, and
the attorney general had reported that
no Indians are confined in Wyoming
for violating the game laws of that
state those who were held having been
allowed to escape. The department Of
Justice does not see how redress can be
obtained for the Indians who paid their
fines. Commissioner Browning quotes
from recent reports of Agent Teter to
show that the Indians are still sullen,
and that they demand that the whites
who wronged them be punished, and
the commissioner asks whether or not
the department of justice cannot do
something towards furnishing the
offenders.
Secretary Smith has decided that the
mineral land commissioners in Mon
tana and Idaho shall continue the work
of making examinations of land in the
Northern Pacific grants. The commits
sioners were stopped by reason of the
appropriation being exhausted, but it
has been determined that under the
law the commissioners must continue
work even if deficiency is created.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
Supposed to Be the Lord DOwnshire

Supposed to Be the Lord Downshire.
Philadelphia, Sept. 24.-It is now
generally conceded that the unknown
four-masted steel ship, with which the
British ship Prince Oscar collided July
10 last, sinking her with all hands, is
the Lord Downshire, of Belfast, which
is commanded by Captain j. G. Nc
Murray, wellknown at this port.
This ship was known to have been in
the locality of the collision at the
time, homeward bound from Caleta,
from which port she sailed in May for
Hamburg, loaded with nitrate. So
positive are the underwriters of this
city, owing to her tallying to such an
extent with the ship which Captain
Henderson, of the Prince Oscar de-
scribes, that premium from 80 to IS
guineas is now being paid for her re-
insurance. The Lord DOwnshire is
owned By what is known as the Irish
Shipowners' Association, of Belfast, of
which Thomas Dixon & Sons are man
ayers. The Lord DOwnshire carried a
crew of about forty men.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
Contracts without Arm0r,

Washington, Sept. 27.-On consid-
Grafton of the subject, Secretary Her
bert today decided to abandon the idea
of advertising for proposals for build
ing the two new battleships with pro-
vision for the inclusion of the neces-
sary armor for the ships in one form of
bid. Consequently, the advertisement
will call for bids for the ships without
armor, according to the existing prac-
tice, under which all of our new ships
were built. The idea of permitting
shipbuilders to bid for ships with ar
NOR complete is still under considera-
ton, but even if adopted, it will not
amply to these two battleships
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
The Missing Link.

Rock Springs, Wyo., Sept. 28.-In
its issue of September the Rocky
Mountain News contained an inter-
view with Professor J. L. Workman,
of Columbia college, New York, In
which the professor related his thrill
ing find of the bones of the missing
link" that lived and moved $4,000
years ago. The remains of the original
man were carefully wrapped in cotton
and transported to the fireproof mu-
scum in New York. The priceless
bones were found by the professor and
a party of scientists near the head OF
the historic Bitter creek, near the Wy
oming- Colorado line. The professor S
interesting find has caused intense mer-
riment among the old-time cattlemen
of this section, as it is well-known that
the bones were the skeleton of pet
monkey owned by cowboys. which died
about twelve years ago.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
A Starting Machine.

San Francisco, Sept. 26.-When the
new racetrack at Ingleside is opened,
next Novem Der, an Australian starting
machine will take the place of that
man with a red flag. One of the ma
chimes was recently imported from the
antipodes, where they are in vogue,
and give marked satisfaction. The ma
chine consists of two bands of strong
webbing, each band about four inches
in width, made fast at both ends to a
frame which slides upward and away
from the horses at an angle of about
As degrees.
As soon as the horses are lined up,
facing the webbing, the starter pulls
lever, which releases the trigger, sends
the webbing flying swiftly and noise
lessly upward and outward, and the
horses are off in a line. The timing
will be done by electricity.
An automatic indicator placed above
the timers stand will display the time
made to every quarter as the horses
pass the pole.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
TAXATION IN MEXICO.
The Reform Bill Has Passed the Lower
House of Congress.

Mexico, Sept. 27.-The lower house
of congress has passed, with some
slight verbal amendments, bill pro-
viding for amending the federal consti-
tuition that neither states nor munich
palities shall have the right to tax for
eign or domestic merchandise entering
or i'll transit through their respective
Jurisdictions. The bill now goes to
the senate. This measure will be one
of the most radical reforms ever adopt
ed here, as it emphasizes the federal
authority and removes at one blow all
obstacles to the transmission of mer-
chandise within the republic. Hitherto
many states and even townships have,
at will, placed customs duties against
both foreign and domestic merchan
disc, and although within few years
some of the more progressive states
have removed state custom houses, the
practice has prevailed to the extent of
depriving this country of the fullest
free trade within it's borders, and has
badly embarrassed railway companies
which had to deal often with from ten
to fifteen state custom houses, and
municipal taX-gatherers
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
A Seattle Sharper Caught.

Seattle, Sept. 26.-Charles Newman
was arrested today on charge OF using
the United States mail for fraudulent
purposes. He inserted an advertise
ment in the Post Intelligencer, an
nouncing that an heiress worth $40, 900
wanted a husband, and asked for a
two-cent stamp with the reply. De-
tective Jack Mcdonald replied, and
then came a demand for so bill, and
for an agreement to give Newman half
the brides fortune. A marked $40 bill
was sent, followed by letter from
McDonald's daughter in seeming search
for husband. Then Newman's post
Office box was watched. He got the
letter today, spent the SO bill and was
arrested. He is in Jail in default OF
$500 bail.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
Money for the Orient.

San Francisco, Sept. 27.-When the
Pacific Mail steamer City of Rio Jam
Giro sailed for China and Japan with
passengers and merchandise, she car
ried away the largest amount of trea-
sure which has been taken to the
Orient in over two years. The total
amount from the various banks and
Chinese merchants netted $1,134, 200,
of which sum 1905, 400 was in Mexican
dollars, and 1927, 900 in silver bullion.
This will bring the total amount of
treasure exported to China and Japan
this month to figure exceeding 3d.
900, 900. The Coptic, the last steamer
to sail, carried over 81 900, 900.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
BIG RAILROAD STRIKE
Threatened Tie-Up of the En-.
tire Wabash System
FROM TOLEDO TO KANSAS CITY
Due to the lotion of Officials Who
Discharged Employees Who Were
Members of BrOtherhoods.

st. Louis, Sept. 26.-The Post-Dis-
patch this afternoon declares that there
is big strike brewing on the Wabash
road, which threatens to tie up the en-
tire system from Toledo to Kansas
City. The paper adds:
"For several weeks past the COM
pany, through its officials, has been
quietly ferreting out the members of
the various brotherhoods in it's employ,
and one by one they have been dis
charged. The reason given has usually
been incompetency, drunkenness, bad
records or other causes equally as good,
and the discharged men had no re.
course. 1t is claimed, however, that
majority of the men discharged were
released because they are members of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, Order of Railway Trainmen, Or
der of Railway Conductors or the
Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association
These organizations embrace all
classes of men actually engaged on the
road in keeping trains moving, and
they are said to be we'll organized
An engineer said today that the lodges
of all five orders at Decatur, Spring
field and Moberly would take up the
matter and demand the reinstatement
of all men who were not discharged for
good and sufficient cause.
u" If they are not reinstated, he
said, there will be the biggest strike
the Wabash has ever known, and we
will make it cost the company more
than it could save ON non-union men
in hundred years. The st. Louis
lodges will also take the matter up.
Vice-President Clark, General Man
ager Chalres M. Hayes and General
superintendent MCGEE are absent from
the city. Mr.. Logan, private secretary
to Mr.. Hayes, said the Wabash road
employs both union and non-union
men, but prefers men whose allegiance
is to their employers, and not to any
brotherhood. He said he had no
official information on the subject, but
does not anticipate trouble.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
AFFAIRS IN SAMOA.
Peculiar Action of a British Consul in
Treating With a Rebel.

Treating With a Rebel.
Apia, Samoa, Sept. 2S.-There has
been much unfavorabile comment here
recently in regard to the action of Act
ing British Consul Woodford and the
German consul. The British consul
made visit to the headquarters of the
rebel party, under Tamasese, and in
duced Tamasese to visit Apia, where
he entertained them at the consulate
and drove him about town in his own
carriage, finally taking him to the Ger
man consulate, where King Malietoa
had been brought before. The signifi-
canoe of this action lies in the atti-
tude in which Tamasese, who is the
son of the former German puppet
king of that name, has all along been
held. The present Tamasese recently
defied the authority of the warships
here representing the United States,
Great Britain and Germany, and he is
at present sheltering prisoners under
sentence by the supreme court, who
succeeded in making their escape.
The Samoan Herald, paper pub
lished by an. Englishman, in comment
ing upon this incident, condemns the
British consul severely, and says that
the residents of Samoa have seen the
strange spectacle of an acknowledged
rebel, Tamasese, not only allowed to
enter Apia with impunity, but actually
appearing as the intimate friend of her
Britannia majesty's representative,
Consul Woodford. The paper also de-
clares that this action of the British
consul will imply to the semi-savage
mind of Tamasese that he can be assur-
ed of the powerful protection of Great
Britain. The natives belonging to the
kings party are much incensed at the
conduct of the British consul. Consul
Mulligan refuses to be party to any
dealings with the man who has insult
ed and defed the Samoan government,
as recognized by the three powers.
There is the usual talk among the ma
tives of fighting at an early date. The
last few days Mr.. Woodford has been
succeeded by British Consul Cusack-
Smith, who has returned from Fiji.
United States Consul Mulligan will
leave here by the next steamer, and his
place will be filled by w. Blackjack,
who has held the post before.
The business of Samoa is greatly de-
pressed. The cocoanut crop has result
ed badly, and the staple product
cobra-is greatly reduced in quantity.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
THE NEW STEAMER LINE.
Much Interest Attaches to That From
the Sound to Central America.

Much Interest Attaches to That From
the Sound to Central America.
San Francisco, Sept. 27.-Shipping
men are taking great interest in the
new line of steamers to run from Puget
sound to Central America. The first
of these has now started from the sound
with load of general merchandise for
San Jose de Guatemala. When she
cleared it was not expected that she
would stop at this port.
1t is thought that if the profitable
Central American trade, which has
been such help to the Pacific Mail
Company, in time of its adversely,
gives the new steamers sufficient en-
enlargement, they will eventually stop
at San Francisco and enter into direct
competition with the Pacific coast
steamers now running to the Sound,
and with the regular boats from this
port to Mexican and Central American
points.
The organization of this new line
follows so closely upon the announce
ment from the East that the Panama
railroad was arranging to add three
steamers to its feet and to enter Cen
trail American trade that the conclusion
is drawn that the Chilberg steamers
will enter traffic arrangement with
the railroad across the isthmus. 1t is
stated that the Panama railroad stands
ready to charter space in Chilberg's
steamers at as high price as may be
necessary to keep the boats running in
opposition to the Pacific Mail. Under
the law the Panama road is compelled
to charge the same rate on freight to
all who offer it under like circum-
stances and conditions for shipment
across the isthmus.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
HER BABY THE PLEDGE.
She Left the Child With the Police I,
Gain Her Husbands Parole.

She Left the Child with the Police TO
Gain Her Husbands Parole.
Chicago, Sept. 27.-Mrs. Frank Selig
showed her love for her husband in a
novel manner yesterday. He had been
fined s. for disorderly conduct. He
had no money, but said he could bor-
row the amount if allowed to 60 out
and see his friends. The police would
not allow him to go from the station
without security for his return.
"Here, take this as security" said
Mrs. Selig. as she placed her three
months old baby in the court baliff' S
arms. Mrs. Selig then hurried out of
the station, saying she would not call
for the baby until her husband had Sc
cured the money to pay the fine. She
did not return, and, as the baby began
to cry soon after, it was taken to the
orphans asylum. Later in the day
Selig's fine was suspended, and last
night he and his wife went to the asy-
jun for their baby.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
street Cars Must Carry Life-Guards.

San Francisco, Sept. 28.-f Superin-
tendent Vining, of the Market Street
Railway Company, does not comply
with the city ordinance requiring all
street cars controlled by the company,
no matter by what power propelled. to
be fitted with life-guards before Octo-
Der /, he will be prosecuted by the CIV
ic federation for misdemeanor. The
work of fitting such guards has not yet
commenced, so that the prosecution OF
the superintendent is reasonably as
sured. The penalty for violation OF
the ordinance is a fine not to exceed
$1,000 or imprisonment for twelve
months or both.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
Oscar Wilde's Debts.

London, Sept. 26.-In the hearing
of the Oscar Wilde bankruptcy case to
day, counsel for Mr.. Wilde stated that
his debts amounted to 30, 59l pounds,
and that there were no assets. Several
friends, it was stated, had subscribed
sufficient fund to pay all the claims
against Mr.. Wilde, except that of the
largest creditor, who is personal
friend of the debtor. The examination
was adjourned until November IL.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
Graham ExOnerated d.

Spokane, Wash, Sept. 26.-The
United States grand jury made its re-
port tonight, and was discharged. 1t
fcund not true bills in the Chinese GER
tificates cases. These are the cases
wherein Register Graham, OF the
United States land Office at Occur
d'Alene, and several others were
chrged with conspiracy in the prepare
ton and sale Of bogus Chinese certifi-
Gates. They were bound over to await
the action of the grand jury. The
cases excited wide interest, and the
friends of Graham are jubilant tonight.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03

Amsterdam, Sept. ga dispatch
from Batavia, Java, reports that re-
bellion has broken out among the ma
tives in the Portuguese portion of the
island of Timor. Troops sent to quell
the instruction were repulsed and a
secretary and three agents of the gov
eminent were killed. The governor
has started for the interior with rein
fOrcements.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
British Demand Rejected.

Shanghai, Sept. 26.-It is reported
that China has rejected the British de-
mand for the Punishment of the ex-
yiceroy of SEE Chuen. An imperial
decree, which has been issued. APP
pointed Lii Hung Chang and all the
members of the tsung-li-yamen to
formulate an extra treaty between
China and Japan.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
The Irish in Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, Sept. a. Representa-
tives of fifteen Irish organizations met
tonight to take action on the refusal OF
the Irish convention at Chicago to adj
nit delegates sent from Allegheny
comfy. A letter was read from Dele
gate Madden, who said he expected to
he refused admission because Of antag-
onism to the ring. A representative
from Belfast is in Pittsburg, and said
to the meeting that the men who COM
pose the Chicago convention have no
connection with any organization IN
Ireland. Several protesting kilograms
were sent to Chicago.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
Death of German Surgeon.

Berlin, Sept. 26.-Dr. Henry Adolph
who was one of the sur
geons who attended the late Emperor
Frederick in his last illness, is dead at
the age of n years. DR.. Berdelben
was the chief of the medical and surgi-
cal staff in the wars of 1866 and 1870.
He was associated with DIR. Muller and
DR.. Virchow in several medical works.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
General Amnesty Resused.

London, Sept. 27.-A Rio Janeiro
dispatch to the Times says that gen.
eral amnesty bill has been rejected IN
the chamber of deputies by a vote OF
11s TO So. Much excitement and dis
order prevails, the dispatch adds, and
the situation is critical.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
A Complete System of Espionage.

London, Sept. 25.-A Berlin dis
patch to the Daily News says the re-
cent arrest at Cologne of several French
spies has led to the discovery Of COM
plete and far-reaching system OF es-
pionage. Many persons,s including
Germans, are involved. Arrests are
impending at Cologne, Magdeburg,
Brunswick and Essing.