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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-12

The municipal elections held this
spring prove that the republican land
slide of last November came to stay.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-12
Village Council.

ALMA, Mich, April g. 1895.
Regular meeting of the village council Of
date.
Present President Ely and trustees Glass.
Baker, montigel, Kelly, Delavan and Gargett.
The minutes of last meeting were read and
approved and upon motion the following
claims were allowed and clerk instructed to
ord for
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-04-12
X. T. L. HOWSON,
DENTIST.

10 ). Jefferson Ave. SAGINAW +. s.. MICH.
81. Residence 22l s. jefferson Ave
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
FISCAL YEARS DEFICIT.
Treasury Officials Confident of a Good
Showing This Month.

Treasury Officials Confident of a Good
Showing This Month.
Washington, June 4.-Treasury Of
Gals are now confident that the fiscal
year, which ends one month hence,
will show deficiency of not more than
$44, 100000, and possibly not more
than $43, 100000, which is at least,
S., 000,0 900 less than was expected only
a few weeks ago, and 100000 or
81, 100000 less than the present fig
ures. 1t is shown that the pension
payments during June will be at least
$25,OOO,OOO less than for May, and
that the payments on account of inter-
est will also be reduced $1,000, 900.
With an increase in the internal reve-
nue. of 100000 on account of special
liquor, tobacco and oleomargarine Ii
censes, which must be paid before
July l, and very material reductions
in pensions and interest payments, it
is confidently expected that next month
will show a small surplus, with the
deficit further reduced to at least $44,-
100000. July, however, is likely to
see the deficit increased by at least
100000 900, for that months interest
payments will aggregate about 81, OO0,-
900. Disbursements in every branch
of the government are usually much
heavier in July than in any other
month, SO that unless they are increas-
ed, the deficit August 1, next, will not
he likely To fall much short of S55 .
600, 900 for the thirteen months.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
Nau Rehrinp Sea Bill.

Washington, June At is stated at
the British embassy that the new Behr.-
ing sea bill, which Sir Edward Gray
announced in the house of commons
Yesterday, is on perfecting the phrase
ology of the present act. Without al
tering or extending the substantial fea-
lures of the present act, it will not, 1t
is said. enlarge the zone or extend the
closed season, as they are fixed by the
Paris award, and are not subject to va
riety until new award is made. OF
this, both governments seem to agree,
however, that the protected zone
should be extended from sixty to 1900
miles, as expert testimony establishes
II as a fact that the female seal goes
far outside the sixty-mile limit, and
can be slaughtered without regard to
the government patrol.
A change in this particular cannot
be effected, however, until the govern
ments have a further conference. Sir
Julian Pauncefote, the British ambas-
sador. sails Tuesday next for his sum-
mer vacation in Great Britain. He
will probably be in London when the
Behring sea bill is introduced and de-
hated. but he does not anticipate that
the debate will be of any significance
on the general subject
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
OUR METAL PRODUCTION.
The Great Decrease Last Year Compared
With the Year Before.

With the Year Before.
New York, June 4.-According to
the Engineering and Mining Journal,
the total value of the mineral and
metal productions of the United States
in 1898 and 1894 was: 1898, $615,
S46,SO6; 1894, $553,272,9 O2, decline
of about $62, 573, 904, or 9 per cent.
This great falling off was however, due
far more to lower prices than a les
sened quantity of the product. Thus
the value of the coal production de-
clined last year $13S, 1888, 1928, or Z per
cent, while in quantity it fell off only
6,22O,97O short tons, or 12 per cent.
This small decline in the volume of
the coal product is substantially the
measure of the whole mineral output of
the country.
The copper output increased s per
cent, from 322, $50, 1888 pounds in 1898,
to 353, 5O4, 314 pounds in 1894, though
in value it declined no less than
1889, 500 or 1-2 per cent.
The production of gold increased
from. $50, 955, 900 in 1898 to 500, 761 200
in 1894, but the commercial value OF
silver produced declined from sat-.
311 400 in 1898, to $31 ,405, 531 in 1894,
a fail of $15, 9O7, 929, or "a per cent.
This was partly due to the reduced pro-
duction, but the price also declined
from 100 per ounce in 1898, to 63 in
1894. Other mineral industries made
highly satisfactory record in 1894.
With reviving prosperity and prices
the product will reap the harvest which
was planted in hard times.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
AN OFFICIAL INQUIRY.
oYernment Will Investigate the
Faulty Loading o the CoIima.

me oyernment Will Investigate the
fauity Loading o the CO1ima.
can Francisco, June 6.-The federal
e"Vrnment is said to have decided to
rie thorough investigation of the
Yuma disaster, which cost so many
~'5S' 1t Is not improbable that the
STATE authorities may take a hand in
vac analr, and there is already talk OF
-'Nllnal proceedings. These, however,
nc ~ not yet a certainty.
Inc federal inquiry will be insti-
,-''o oy AesSrs. Talbot and Hillman,
nv ' inspectors Of hulls and boilers.
% are Watching now for the return
No.. VIC steamer San Juan, which is ex-
s s 70 enter this port Friday. AS
a - u "S she arrives, the third officer,
NJ, -l5lSon, and all the survivors who
~. 0e on board, will be summoned as
bs i i1s to an investigation which will
o,;+ ISu'uted without delay. Thes in
n n.y. 1t 1t intended, shall be thorough
every respect.
c7s 9us OF the first questions to be dis
par '' =; Ii the investigation is the man.
Cb., ~ which the ship was loaded.
b,~1 5eS OF the most serious character
rrn,5 oVen made, and if there be any
TIo III them it will be discovered.
oart Ios' serious allegation in this
oe,l; tne affair is that the ship was
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
GOING TO THE NORTH POLE.
This Time the Voyage Will Be Made
by Balloon.

This Time the Voyage Will Be Made
by Balloon.
that King Oscar will subscribe 10000
kroners to the promotion of M. Andres
project for reaching the north pole by
balloon, thereby making the expedition
a certainty. M. Andre, the celebrated
Swedish aeronaut, who proposes to
take the voyage, is chief engineer of
the Stockholm patent Office. He has
made number Of aerOnautical ascents
with the assistance of the fund which
is controlled by the Swedish academy
of sciences. He always ascends alone
in balloon of 10000 cubic feet, built
in Paris, under the direction of M. de
Fourvrelle and Count Wrangle, first
secretary of the Swedish legation in
Paris. M. Andre in 1898 crossed the
Baltic sea from Stockholm and landed
on a deserted island, forming a part of
the French archipelago. His Arctic
proposition was explained by him in
detail at sitting of the academy of
sciences at Stockholm recently. In the
course of his lecture he expressed the
belief that in view of the favorable
conditions which the polar regions
afforded for aerial voyaging and the
great progress lately made in aeronaut-
les, balloon could make the voyage
from Spitzbergen over the north pole
in about thirty days The cost of the
enterprise would be about 10000
kroners, or $50, ZOO.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
DENVER'S BIG EXPOSITION.
The Mines and Industries of the Trans
Mississippi Country.

Denver, June 4.-The managers of
the proposed mining and industrial ex-
position have issued a statement to the
public setting forth what has already
been accomplished and what it is pro-
posed to do. They say:
1.-The results to date of the canvass
for subscriptions justifies the statement
that ample financial aid will be OBJ
tanned, and the selection of the site
ends the important work of the COM
mittee and warrants the announcement
that the success of the exposition is now
practically assured. Active work will
begin at once.
''Since the national mining and in
dustrial exposition, held in Denver i'll
1882, which proved a great factor in
the subsequent development of Colo
RADIO and Denver, there has been no
exposition of the resources and indus
trial progress of the Mississippi
country. Since that time the country
west of the Mississippi has increased in
population SO per cent; it has added
five new states to the Union; it has
built 30, 900 additional miles OF rail-
road, and has given to the world un-
told millions in the products of the
mines, farms, fields and factories. This
great region is the producing belt OF
the world. 1t constitutes twothirds
of the area of the United States, and is
the home of III, 200, 900 of the nations
most progressive people"
Among the reasons urged for holding
an exposition at this time are:
First to commemorate the close of
the centennial of the purchase of the
territory of Louisiana; second to cele-
brate the progress of the -Mississ-
ippi country in it's mining, agricultur-
al, educational, manufacturing, histor-
ical and industrial advancement in all
their departments; third, to celebrate
Colorado's twentieth anniversary as
state -
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
CEARYLAW IS UPHELD
Lem Moon Sing Has Been
Barred From Entry.
RIGHT TO FORBID ENTRANCE
The Chinese Exclusion Law A ffirmed by
Justice Harlan in the United
States Supreme Court.

Washington, June 1.-The supreme
court of the United States made most
important ruling upon the admission
of the Chinese exclusion laws today by
affirming the refusal of the United
States district court for the northern
district of California to grant an APP
pllcation for writ of habeas corpus
made by Lem Moon Sing, who was
barred from entry by the collector of
the port of San Francisco.
Lem Moon Sing was engaged in bus
mess, a member of the wholesale drug
firm of Kee San Tong & Co., OF San
Francisco, and in January, 1894, went
to China, intending to return to his
business. During his absence the ap-
preparation act OF August Is, 1894, was
passed, containing an item of 500, 900
for officers to enforce the Chinese ex-
clusion act and expenses of exporting
Chinese. He returned in November of
the same year, and the collector at San
Francisco refused to admit him, al
though he furnished the testimony of
two reputable witnesses, showing that
he had been engaged in business as a
merchant for two years before leaving
the country.
Application was made to the district
court for the northern district of Cali
fornia for writ of habeas corpus,
based on these facts and the further
point that he was not held by any ju-
dicial process. The writ was denied
and an appeal taken to the supreme
court.
justice Harlan, in the opinion de-
livered by him for the court, rested the
case upon the statute providing that
the decisions of the immigration OF
customs officers refusing admission to
aliens shall be final, unless reversed on
appeal to the secretary of the treasury.
Justice Harlan quoted several former
opinions of the court to the effect that
every sovereign has the power, inner
ent in sovereignty and essential to self
preservation, to forbid the entrance of
foreigners.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
Northern Pacific Organization.

New York, June 5.-Chairman Ed
ward D. Adams, of the Northern Pa
cific reorganization committee, VINO re-
turned from Europe Saturday, said to-
day to a reporter:
81 was called abroad unexpectedly
nv cable and had conference In Lon
don with J. Pierpont Morgan, and rep
resentatives of the Deutsche bank and
the Great Northern railroad interest.
After that I went to Berlin and con-
ferred with four separate Northern Pa
cific committees. ALI l care to say
now is that l have returned with full
authority to continue my work IN
preparation of my plan for the reorgan'
ization of the Northern Pacific.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
An Outrage on q Farmer.

Toledo, O., June ga shocking
outrage has been perpetrated upon Joel
Handst, farmer living in Richfield
township, Henry county. Numerous
depredations were made ON his farms,
but no one was punished. Becoming
suspicious of his forbearance, his enc
mics began to associate his name with
several mysterious disappearances of
farmers during the last year, and a
band of masked men finally went to his
cottage in Whitecap attire. Handst
was praying when the marauders made
a forcible entrance. He continued in
a suppliant attitude while his premises
were being ransacked. Not finding
their suspicious verified by anything,
the maskers deliberately cut off his
right ear and half of the left. He
made no resistance. His wounds were
dressed by his wife, who takes the out
rage as coolly as himself. The sheriff
is investigating the case, but Handst
will not prosecute it.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
CLEARING THE RIVER.
The w. 8. Ladd Will Be Set to Work on
Lower Channel

Portland, Or, June o. There is
nothing left in the Columbia river be-
tween Portland and the sea for the
pilots to growl about, except a shall
low place near Tongue point, which
can be passed over at high water, and
a projection in the channel near the
wreck of the Sylvia de Grasse, which
can be got around with any ship, but
which, if removed would make the
channel straighter. The pilots want
these places looked after. The port of
Portland commission asked Major Post
II he would kindly send the govern
ment dredger w. S. Laid to fix these
distractions. At the same time, the
port of Portland commission which had
a quorum that day, decided that if
Major Post could not see his way clear
to do this work, it would do it. Major
Post having only limited amount of
money available for the improvement
OF the rivers decided that he would bet
ter hold on to it i'll after the June
rise was over and it was certain there
was no more pressing need for the
money. Now the commission has ar
ranged with Major Post for the service
Of the w. S. Laid which will be put to
work on the two distractions mentioned
to afford at least temporary relief. 1t
is to be hoped that the magnitude of
the work to be done has not been
underestimated and that the relief de-
sired may be obtained without the COM
purse being completely de-
pleted.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
Religious Wedding to Follow.

San Francisco, June 5.-Miss Lor-
eta Adds, who was married last Sat-
urday to Lord Sholto Douglass by a
justice of the peace, has already dis
turbed the matrimonial peace. Being
no longer a dancing girl, but Lady
Douglass, the representative of the
house of Queensberry, she has signified
her intention to her liege lord to be
married with due cereomny and state.
Lady Douglass is a stanch Catholic,
and believes that her life will not be
happy unless she is married by priest
She therefore demands from Lord Shot,
to that they receive the blessing OF a
priest. His lordship has consented,
but the day has not yet been set.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
END OF THE CONTRACT.
The Pullman Company Sues the Mil
waukee s. st. Paul.

waukee s st. Paul.
Chicago, June 3.-The suit of the
Pullman Palace Car Company.agai
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad for $7O,O came up before
Judge Seaman in the United States
court this morning. In 1882 the two
companies enetered into a fifteen-year
contract which the road was privileged
to end at the expiration of five, eight
or eleven years. The railroad fur
nlshed $500, 900 and the Pullman COM
pany 100000 for the building and
equipment of forty-fve parlor and
sleeping cars to be run on the road.
The Pullman company was to take
charge of the operation of the cars, and
each year render an accounting and
make division of the profits accord
ing to the interests Of each. The con-
tract provided that at the end of five,
eight, or eleven years the railroad could
pay the Pullman company 500, 900 and
become sole owner of the cars and the
srvice. At the expiration of eight
years, in 1890, the railroad gave notice
to the Pullman Company of its inten-
ton to buy out the latter.
The Pullman company claimed
$1O5, 300 for their fourth interest, and
the railroad insisted on deducting sew
eral thousand dollars for damages to
the cars. This was not allowed, and
now the Pullman company sues for
$40, 900 damages, the St. Paul road be-
ing willing to compromise for one
fourteenth of that sum.
In addition to the suit now on trial
there is one by the railroad company
against the Pullman company pending
on the chancery docket, asking for an
order compelling the Pullman company
to render an accounting for the ex-
penses of operating during the eight
years the contract was in force. The
hearing will probably take week or
more.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
Infant Insurance Crimes.

Washington, June s. Touching the
evils of infant insurance, United States
Consul Chancellor at Havre, has sent
to the state department a report on the
practice in France and England. The
conclusions are that it is most injurious
in its effects and tends to infanticide
and other crimes. Malnutrition is a
common means of destroying such
children, and another frequent cause
of death among infants is "suffocation
while in bed with their parents. 1t
is said more than 10 per cent Of acct
dental deaths are of children who die
in this way.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
A Kentucky Battle.

Louisville, KY, June ga battle
occurred on Straight creek, fifteen
miles from here, in which Long John
Helton was killed and Jim Belcher and
Charles johnson were badly wounded.
Those on the other side were George
Taylor, Jim Taylor, Joe Arnett and a
woman named Sarah Griffith, who can
handle Winchester with the best OF
men. The Helton crowd was sur
rounded and fired upon from ambush.
They returned the fire, and some of the
Taylor crowd were wounded and car
ried to the mountains. The battle
grew out of series of lawsuits and a
controversy between johnson and Tay-
lor over the possession of some prop
erty
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
Three From Seattle.

Seattle, June There were three
instead of two Seattle men on the lost
stamer Colima. The third was Win
dom T. Spearin, a surveyor, who left
with his wife for San Francisco, in
tending to go to Central America or
South America. Two years ago he was
special inspector of surveys for the
United States land Office, and had to
wait for approval of his work, agreeing
to pay his employees when he was paid.
The latter assigned their claims, and
Spearin was sued and Judgment was
obtained, with interest and costs.
When Spearin received the money,
about So, 500, he rendered the original
amount, but declined to pay interest
and costs. The tender was refused,
and Spearin kept the money and start
ed for Central America with it, only
to meet his death.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
Spokane Eas Another Sensation.

Spokane, Wash. June "A sensa-
ton was developed today when it be-
came known that the trustees of the
Scottish Rite in4Free Masonry had
sued William Ziegler and Louis Zieg-
lar, his father, for nearly 1900.
William Ziegler was treasurer. It is
claimed he refuses to make a settle
ment with the order. Louis Ziegler is
one of the most prominent Masons in
the Northwest, the owner of the Zieg-
Ter block and a pioneer of Spokane. He
refuses to discuss the matter, but says
there will be a defense and a strong
one
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
TARIFF RETALIATION
The Colombian Republic Will
Claim Damages.
HER EXPORT TRADE is RUINED
1t Was Reduced From Millions to AL
most Nothing by Her Failure to
Enter Reciprocal Relations.

Enter Reciprocal Relations.
Washington, June 3.-General Reg
nlfo, the representative here of the re-
public of Colombia, expects to be au-
thorized by this government to present
a claim against the United States for
damages sustained by Colombia by rea-
son of President Harrison's prolcama-
ton of tariff retaliation. Secretary
Blaine effected reciprocity treaties with
most of the South and Central Ameri-
can republics, but Colombia and few
others refused to make such treaties.
They were warned that if they held out
against reciprocity they would be re-
taliated against. This failed to effect
any arrangement. Thereupon, at the
suggestion of Secretary of State John
w. Foster, who had succeeded Blaine,
President Harrison proclaimed dis
eliminating tariff rates against the
coffee, hides, sugar and molasses of
Colombia. This practically ruined the
trade of Colombia, as her coffee and
hides could not be sent here against the
competition of Brazil, Mexico and other
countries which enjoyed freedom from
duties under the reciprocity treaties.
These exports to the United States
reached about 100000 pesos, peso
being worth about 45 cents, but i'm
mediately after the proclamation they
fell to nothing. Colombia protested
against the retaliation, claiming that
the most favored nation clause of the
treaty with the United States protected
against the tariff discrimination. Sec
rotary Foster and the Colombian minis
ter, Senior Hurtado, carried on a sharp
and very personal correspondence, and
the minister finally left Washington
with the statement that he would not
return until settlement was effected.
No settlement was ever made, and the
submission of Colombia's claim for loss
and damage sustained will be the re-
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
ROUTED BY THE REBELS.
Cuban Insurgents Meet With Success
sion of Disasters.


sion of Disasters.
Havana, June 3.-Colonel Zamora,
at the head of 800 troops found the in
surgents occupying positions between
Plazuela and Rincon de Caliente. An
engagement followed, in which the
troops captured the insurgents position,
the enemy leaving four dead on the
field, carrying away their wounded.
Lieutenant Fernandez, operating in
combination with Colonel Zamora, at
the head of another detachment of
troops, after opening fire upon the in
surgents, charged on their position at
the point of the bayonet and compelled
the enemy to retire. The insurgents
lost two killed and several wounded.
The regiment of Isabella, the Catho-
lie, came across $50 insurgents be-
tween Baylou and Manzanillo. After
an engagement of an hour the insur-
gents were routed, leaving fifteen dead
and eight wounded on the field. Among
the killed was the insurgent leader,
Guerra. 1t is reported the insurgent
chiefs, Reuty and Vega, were also
killed. Nine Spanish soldiers were
killed.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-06-13
The Illinois Central to Build.

Sioux City, June IA report is
current in railroad circles here that a
new company has been formed in the
East to bid in the unfinished Pacific
Short Line bridge at the receivers sale
on June 10. The company is said to
be backed by the Illinois Central rail-
road, which is rumored to be DESTROYS
of entering Nebraska at this point by
means of bridge, and ultimately of
building line to San Francisco. The
local officers of the road and the re-
ceiver of the bridge company profess
ignorance of the design, but the report
rests upon good authority and is gener-
ally credited.