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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Supreme Court Decides Against Wash
ington State Settler.

Supreme Court Decides Against a WASH
ington State Settler.
WASHINGTON, April 3.-The supreme
court to- day decided the case of George
Richerd, William Alexander and Eben
Sperry vs.. James A. France, CONSOLE
dated, in error to the supreme court
from the site of Washington.
The plaintiff contended the law re-
garding pre-emption of public lands au-
thorizes Quasi judicial hearing before
the register and receivers, whose decis-
ion is tantamount to a decision binding
both government and applicant IN re-
spect to the matter of settlement and
improvement, and not subject to re-ex-
animation by the commissioners OF the
general land Office or secretary OF the
interior.
The decision was adverse to this view,
and held there was nothing in the law
to take such cases out of the general
power granted to the commissioners OF
the general land Office and the secretary
of the interior to control all matters IN
respect to the sale and disposal of public
lands, and confirming the judgment OF
the state court.
The court issued an order for the re-
argument of the case of William Trega
VS.. the board of directors OF the Modesto
irrigation district of California. The
case involves the constitutiOnallty OF the
Wright irrigation law.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
DEMANDS TOO MUCH.
Information From Chinese Source of
What Japan Wishes.

Information From Chinese Source of
What Japan Wishes.
ST. PETERSBURG, April A telegram
from a Chinese source says that bad
weather, sickness among the Japanese
troops and the overflow OF rivers have
rendered the continuance OF war ex-
tremely difficult. 1t is added that this
has produced favorable effect upon ne
gotiations, but hopes for the speedy
conclusion of peace is weakened by me
japanese demand for the cesslon OF
norton of ManChuria, war indemnity
OF 700, 900, 600 yen, and pending full pay
ment of this indemnity that Peklng
shall be occupied by Japanese troops.
THANKS FOR THE ARMIsTICE.
LONDON, April 4-The Standard s
Berlin correspondent says:
1.-The emperor OF China has Instructed
Ii Hung Chang to ask for an audience
with the mikado to thank him Tor tne
armistice. If Ii should be too Ill MS
son-in- law will deliver the message.
Ii probably will ask that his assallant
be pardoned or his sentence mitlga'eo'
Ii HUNG CHANG ALMOST WELL.
YOKOHAMA, April A Advlces from
Simonosaki say Ii Hung Changes lace Is
healing, and he will be in complete
health in few days, when he Will at
tend the peace conference.
Cholera at Port Arthur continues 10
increase. A number of Chinese are re-
ported aboard the transports returning
| from China.
FOR DEFENSE OF KWANG TUNG.
SHANGHAI, April 4.-Three Thousand
volunteer recruits are being gathered IN
Canton for the defense of kwang lung
province. A house tax has been levied
| for their support.
YORKTOWN IN JAPAN.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The cruiser
Yorktown arrived at Nagasakl To-Day
| from Che Foo.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
THE SMOKING NANAWOYD.

White Men Have Discovered What In
dians Have Known for Years.
PARIS, Tex, April "A party OF men
just arrived bring news of most singu'
lar phenomenon recently noticed in the
widest part of the Choctaw nation.
The Nanawoyd mountain is about III
teen miles long and towers fully l,OOu
feet above the surrounding country. 1t
is in a desolate position, no person llv-
ing within fifteen miles of it. Prospec-
tors saw smoke arising from the noun
tain, and on investigation found that
smoke was issuing from assure in the
rock. The rock was so hot they could
not stand on it, while strong odor OF
sulphur pervaded the atmosphere, and
occasionally detonations were heard.
The party became alarmed and LETT the
vicinity. They went to an old Indian
and informed him of their discovery:
He was familiar with the plain, and
said the smoke had been issuing from
it and the same noises had been heard
since 1882, when the Choctaws went to
that country. A further investigation
will be made as silver has been found
at the base of the mountain.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
CHAIN SWINOLE.
"N'ouFer, L. c., Youths Scheme of
Helping Himself

""'oover, Il. c., Youths Scheme of
Helping Himself.
g. VANCOUVER, B. c., April 4.-Another
, V'i"ln swlndle has just been unearthed
NV \ Il. Jackson, a young man liv-
- III South Vancouver, suburb OF this
Wv sent a number of circulars to per-
ss s,-5 III Eastern Canada, asking them to
nm IL cents to assist him in build
cnnfcA and to continue the chain
"'IILng two similar letters to other
=, SUNS Jackson described Linn self as
so, ;;1CaFy OF the Lawndale Relief As
in tbot and set forth that the peopis
pronoS. SetUem ent were very poor, their
r pcan. y having been damaged by the
circn is I faSer river floods. One OF the
Son LAS . " we're sent to the Rev. Thomp-
horLi d methodist minister in the neigh
the , nnJ: and he handed the matter to
fonnpST ! !. They visited Lawndale and
bush ~ ~ 70 be boom townsite in the
shacRs' Ne town consisting of Just two
the otb one occupied by Jackson and
fessooGtu by a Chinese. Jackson con-
Ietters 70 having been the author of the
self e. having obtained money for him
"sfs ~taitlhg that the story of the noted
scb@r rpp chain had suggested the
receyrS5 me postmaster says he has
past ana d heavy mail for some time
belia,raal5ia large number of persons are
" nave been victimized.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
THANKED THE JURY.
He Thought 1t Sensible in FINDING Hii"
Guilty.

He Thought 1t Sensible in Finding Bid
Guilty.
SPOKANE, Wash, April 4.-Ihe re-
markahle scene was witnessed here TO-
dav of prisoner thanking jury ior
sending him to the penltentlary' Ii
was in the siegel case. Siegel is an &C.
centric farmer from Whitman county,
who has killed one man and threatened
many others. A few days ago ne sno'
and severely wounded Edward Enwala'
from the court house steps in this city
7 For o this he was placed on trial ana TO- TO-
dav was found guilty OF shootlng VIII
intent to kill. He said:
"Gentlemen of the jury, THANK you
for vour sensible conclusion; anu
gnilty. but not insane. I'd rather % LII
Seii Than lunatic asylum"
The court had named two young at.
torneys to defend siegel, and they put put
in plea of insanity, when oiege a
Greatly resented. After the THAI he
say. "I'lI xiii you on sight when | get out
of this" COCO into his own
lands ana nc g gase fol for a new trial.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
A PRINEVILLE HORROR.
The City Jailed Burned to tho Grouno
and q Drunkard Met His Death.

The CITY Jailed Burned to tho Ground
and q Drunkard Met His Death.
PR1NEvILLE, April 2.-shortly before
8 O'Clock this morning the fire alarm was
sounded, and it was discovered that the
town Jail and old engine house were
ablaze. Before the fire department could
reach the spot the fire in these buildings
was beyond control, and it was with the
greatest difficulty that the blaze was
kept from extending to other buildings
in the vicinity. Frank McNally was
locked in Jail q few hours before by
Marshal Dobson, and it is suppoed he
set fire to the bed. He was burned to
death and his charred remains were
found beneath the debris after the
flames had been subdued. Coroner
Pringle called jury to-day to inquire
into the cause of the death of McNally,
and the Jury rendered verdict in &C
cordance with the facts.
The victim of the fire was about ~
wears of age. He came from Michigan
to this state and has resided in Crook
county for the past six years. He APP
reared to be q man of education, and
had many good traits of character, but
his love for drink had wrecked his life
and brought to an untimely end the ex-
istence of one who otherwise would
have been q useful citizen.
The general superstition is that Nc
Nally set fire to the building himself in
q fit of dependency.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
EDiSON'S PHONOGRAPH.
Norma" to Be Sung and "Trilby" t.
Be Read in the ParlOr.

''Norma" to Be Sung and "Trilby" to
Be Read in the Parlor.
New YORK, April 3.-Thomas A. Edi-
son and his photograph are going to join
hands once more, and the Wizard of
Menlo Pork" promises Improvements
and novelties which will astonish
the public. The phonograph has been
controlled by the North American Phon-
ograph Company, which went into the
hands of Receiver John U. Hardin last
August. The company was capitalized
at sc, 100000 in 1889, and James Lip
pincott, the promoter, went insane
when he found it was fzzle. The re-
ceiver has advertised for bids for the en-
tire assets, and Mr.. Edison's offer of
$120, 100 has been accepted. The &C.
ceptance of the bid must be sanctioned
by the chancellor of New Jersey. A
circular has been sent by Receiver Har-
din to the creditors and stockholders of
the bankrupt company, stating that
Monday, April s, he will request per-
mission from the court to convey the
property to Mr.. Edison. Mr.. Edison
said:
"The company has one asset which I
am willing to pay high price for; that
is claim on all my future inventions
and improvements of the photograph.
l do not care to have any one else have
a lien on my brains, so made a bid
which proved higher than all others. 1
shall manufacture the phonograph my
self now and expect to keep all the
promises made when first introduced
them. I am going in for households in
stead of nickle-in- the-slot machines,
and in short time expect to produce
an entire opera or complete novel on
a cylinder. 1t will cost good deal, but
it will pay me. I suppose it will cost
me $4,000 to have the opera Norma sung
to the machine, but l can reproduce that
on almost as many cylinders as I please.
l think can afford to pay Du Maurier
more than the Harpers and newspapers
have, so that any gentleman can avs
Trilby read to him in his parlor in the
course of an evening. l shall manufac-
ture the perfected phonograph individu-
ally"
Then the reporter asked the question
that the Wizard always expects to hear
from newspaper men: "What is the
latest?"
Nothing at ALL" returned Mr.. Edi-
son, smiling, "except the kinetophone,
the combination of kinetescope and
photograph. l am going to reproduce
the motions and words of life-size speak
ing figures. have already the speak
ing and the motion figures up to half
life size. I have paid more attention
lately to my mine than anything else.
Very soon now I'll get to work in the
laboratory"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
EVASION OF THE ISSUE
State Department Worried
by England's Course.
VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY NATTER

No Heed Paid in London to Mr.. Bay
ards Request. Presented by Him at
the Direction of Congress. That tho
Matter Be Submitted to Arbitration.
WASHINGTON, April 3.-The secretary
OF state is very much concerned over the
Venezuelan problem. The British ulti-
matum delivered to Nicaragua is not
source of political apprehension, for it
is not now believed that the British will
take action in the way of acquiring ter
ritory in that direction or jeopardize the
property of Americans in Nicaragua by
a bombardment in their efforts to COL
lect the indemnity demanded from Mica
ragua. These are the two movements
that might cause the United States to
interfere. But in the case of the Vene-
zuelan border dispute there is much
graver cause for apprehension. 1t ap-
pears that our ambassador, Mr.. Bayard,
has not succeeded in inducing the Brit
ish government to give heed to the re-
quest, submitted by him at the direc-
ton of congress, that the boundary dis
pute be submitted to arbitration.
The British are profuse in their dec
laration of willingness to arbitrate
the title of land west of the Schoombe
line; but, in the view of the state de-
partment, this is pure evasion of the
real issue for there never has been any
reasonable assertion of British right to
this territory, and it is territory lying
east of this line that forms the SUBJ
stance of the contention. The situation
is believed to be alarming, as armed
bodies of British and Venezuelans are
pressing each other closely in the dis
puted territory, and there may be a
hostile clash at any moment. The ad-
ministration has been considering the
course to be pursued in such case, and
it is entirely probable that, if the Brit
ish still persist in bringing about such
collision and fail to heed the repeated
warnings and requests of the United
States to submit the matter to arbitra-
ton, then the United States will feel
obliged to follow the moral aid it has
given to Venezuela in this matter by
more substantial assistance.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
WASHINGTON'S DAIRY LAW.
Provisions of tho Act Passed by the
Late Legislature.

OLYMPIA, April 2.-The new dairy law
makes it unlawful for any person to sell
or offer for sale any adulterated, impure
or unwholesome milk. Every person
who shall manufacture cheese must
stamp it in distinct and durable man
ner. The grade of the same as "Wash-
ington full cream" "skim" or "half-
skimmt d. as the case may be, together
with IL )cality of the factory must be
shown. Only such cheese as has been
manufactured from pure and wholesome
milk, unauthorized in any way, shall
be stamped washington full cream"
and such cheese only as shall be made
from pure milk having not more than
one-half of the cream extracted shall be
marked "half-skimmed." Every butter
and cheese manufacturer shall keep a
correct account open to inspection of the
dairy commissioner or person furnish
ing milk to such creamery or the num-
Der of pounds of milk received daily,
and of the amount of butter and cheese
manufactured daily. The first Monday
In December of each year the manu-
facturer must send verified report of
the same to the board of dairy commits
sloners. For the purposes of this act
any butter or cheese manufacturer who
shall keep twenty or more mich COWS,
and who shall manufacture the milk
from the same into butter or cheese,
shall be deemed to be keeping a private
dairy. No person shall manufacture,
sell, or offer for sale or have in his pos
session with intent to sell or serve to
patrons or boarders in any hotel, restau-
rant, hospital, asylum, school or penal
institution any article made wholly or
partly out of any fat, oil or oleaginous
compound thereof, not produced directly
from milk or cream with or without
coloring matter. Nothing in this act
prohibits the manufacture or sale of
oleomargarine in separate and distinct
form that will advise the consumer of
its character.
The governor is directed to appoint
competent person as dairy commits
sioner, whose term of office shall con-
tinue four years. Said commissioner
may appoint one or more deputies. It
shall be the duty of the dairy commits
sioner to devote his attention to the
dairy interest of the state, and enforce
the laws in relation thereto. The dairy
commissioner shall have power to enter
any place where he has reason to belief
the dairy products or limitations are
kept, and make inspection thereof. The
commissioner shall receive an annual
salary of 81 200 and transportation ex-
penses, which shall not exceed 81 900 in
any one year. The deputy shall receive
So per day while actually employed, to-
gether with expenses. No deputy shall
be employed at the cost of the state for
more than thirty days in any one year.
The secretary of state, the president
of the agricultural college, and the dairy
commissioner compose a state board of
dairy commissioners, who shall receive
no compensation, but are allowed trav-
cling expenses.
To carry out the provisions of this act
there is appropriated IS, 600 for the term
beginning April 1, 1896. An emergency
clause is attached.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
WASHINGTON STATE FAIR.
#. L. vandusen Appointed Superintend-
emit of the Grounds.

f. L. vandusen Appointed Superintend-
emit of the Grounds.
NORTH YAKIMA, April 3.-The state
fair commissioners met to-day and ap-
pointed F. L. Vandusen superintendent
of the grounds for the coming year.
Other appointments were postponed fol
two weeks on the Geographic request Of
Governor McGraw, who wants further
time in naming the commissioners to
succeed J. R. Patton, of Tacoma, :. /
John R. Reavis, of Spokane, whose
terms have expired. The fair will be
held this year at the close of the hop
picking season, when there will be s, 200
or 10, 600 Indians in Yakima, and their
promised war dances and races will
prove an attractive feature. Last fall
the fair and the Indian festivities were
held at different periods, but SO novel
and interesting were the, latter that
many people travelled hundreds of miles
to be present, and were well repaid for
their Journey.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
70 MORE PRIzEFlCnTS
r,orida's Governor Expresses
His Sentiments.
coprETT AFFAIR REFERRED TO

,,.rrqe. the Legislature to Make Laws
r,,,t VIII Keep Thugs Out OF the
-+o- The Lotteries Also Meet His
pisapproyal.
rrr,a,--EE, Fla, April A The
,,-...fo legislature convened at II o'clock
l,,. far its biennial session of sixty
~. The legislature is overwhelmingly
l..,crs-i. in both branches. Hon.
r..l MYERS, OF the eighth senatorial
,.-.r;.+ vg. elected president of the
..rota and Hon. w. S. Jennings, of
fernando county, speaker of the house.
Governor Nitcheli's message was brief.
r-nlar tae head of "Prizefghts," the
governor said:
.Drrins the last year most disgrace
t,r and brutal fight of this character
to,, Mace in the city of Jacksonville,
or3 nartIes who resort to this occupation
@sa means of making a living without
honest labor are Boosting that there is
M law i'm this state to prevent such dis
aracptul contests, and openly boast that
another enc will be pulled off, at Jack
sonylle next September, but, gentle
men. YOU have it IN your power to pre-
vent thi. bv proper legislation.
81 recommend that these prlzetights,
., glove contests, be made felonies by
statute, with such penalties attached as
viii cause these thugs to respect the
laws and to respect the law-abiding,
(ioj-fparinr people of this state in the
pursuit Of ali their rights as citizens.
"The 'aw should authorize sherlffs
and those acting in their aid and assist
ance. when they have cause to believe
that a prizetight or glove contest is bout
to take place, to enter any house or en-
closure OF any place wherein they may
have reason to believe that such contest
is to take place, for the purpose Of ar
resting those engaged or about to en-
gage therein.
"Als0, that all persons who may be
present at such contest, in any wise aid
inc Or a5ettipg the same, by betting
thereon or by being present thereat shall
be deemed guilty OF a felony, and upon
conviction be punished the same as the
principals
Relative to lotteries, the governor
SAYS:
There has been much said in the
newspapers about a lottery at Port Tam
pa. as to the truth OF which | have no
knowledge, but respectfully recommend
that the law AGAINST lotteries be so
amended as to clear that institution out
Of the state, ii here, and to prevent
others from being located in the state"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
A CABINET VACANCY.
A Rumor That Secretary Gresham Will
Soon Resign.

RUmOr That Secretary Gresham Will
Soon Resign.
New YORK, April "A morning paper
has the following special from Washing
ton: Another vacancy in the cabinet,
iii Iumored. may occur within the next
lev weeks. secretary Gresham is the
Official who is stated for voluntary re-
tHement. The report comes from sew
eral OF his close friends to whom, it is
sad, he has more than once expressed
his desire to return to the practice of
law, II not TO the bench. Judge Gresh-
am, it Is stated, has not found the state
department as cOngenial to his tastes as
lie had expected, and Mrs. Gresham has
not been altogether pleased with the
breaking Of home ties made necessary
ny her removal to Washington. Both
the secretary and his wife have told in
innate ac4uaintances of their mutual
utslre TO return to Illinois.
Ihe rumOr OF Mr.. Gresham's retire
mGent, however, is not based alone on
tAeSe exchanges of confidence, but on
more direct statements regarding his in
tHentons within the near future. Judge
gresham 5 relations with the president
nave been, so lar as known, of the pleas
ATTEST No member of the cabinet has
Deeh more trusted by Mr.. Cleveland, so
tnat his desire for retirement from office
IN the near future cannot be asc-ibed to
any melton with his chief. It limited,
however, that Judge Gresham has felt
somewhat aggrieved over the disinclina-
M .lon OF tie cabinet to support him in
n vigorous foreign policy which he be-
; He'tS would win for him great popular
1t! and possibly make him favorite for
ult presidency. 1t may be that extin-
gulshed hopes in this direction have mad
a. strong influence on him in reaching
We VIZ conclusion that he would prefer to
tteufe' but this idea is secuted by his
b% 1sds, who assert that Judge Gresham
siIoI NOT been moved by any such con-
s;u'fs. They say that he has
brmpIy consulted his wife's pleasure and
W. own tastes in concluding to leave
'"'lllhgton within short time.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
HIGHER EDUCATION.
Address by Chauncey Depew at thu
Chicago AUDITOR am.

Address by Chauncey Depew at the
Chicago Auditoriu am.
CHICAGO, April 3.-A convocation OF
the Chicago university was held in the
Auditorium tonight. Chauncey M.
Depew delivered the address, and in the
course of his remarks said:
'This institution, which owes its ex-
istence to the benefcence of Rockefeller,
is in itself monument of the purpose
of wealth accumulated by man of gen.
Jus. So is Vanderbilt, and so are the
old colleges, as they have received the
benefaction of generous, appreciative
and patriotic wealth. But in view OF
the dangers which are about us and OF
the difficulties which are before US, we
cannot rely upon what the rich may do
or what the philanthropists may sug-
gest. 1t would be a long step forward
in popularizing higher education if the
government had established at Wash
ington great national university"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
Changes Assailant's Sentence.

WASHINGTON, April St is said at
the Japanese legation that the young
Japanese who shot Ii Hung Chang will
probably be sent to the mines of North
ern Japan to serve his life sentence. The
locality is much like Siberia. Unofficial
reports of the sentence make no refer
ence to his trial or conviction. 1t is
understood there had been q civil trial,
as military trial would have resulted
in death. DR.. Scriba's report on Ii
Hung Changes wound is regarded by the
Japanese legation as assuring recovery.
Serbia is one of Germany's most noted
surgeons, who has entered into service
in Topou
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
WIN japan Agreed to Stop.

PARIS, April 1.-THE Journal des De-
bats says that the Chino-Japanese ar
mistice is due to the exhaustion OF Jap
anese monetary resources and the injury.
done to her trade since the beginning OF
hostilities. The paper believes that ia
pan will find it harder to turn her VIC
tories to account than it had been to
oain them
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
The Bible in the Public School.

SCRANTON, Pa, April By deci-
sion to-day of Judge Gunster, in Wa
verify borough school case, the reading
of the Bible in the public schools of
Pennsylvania was practically declared
illegal. In his opinion Judge Gunster
said that UNCONVENTIONAL religious ex-
ercises and instruction in sectarian doc
trines have no place in our system of
common school education. They are
not only not authorized by any law,
common or statutory, but are expressly
forbidden by the constitution, the fund