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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
THE PACIFIC CABLE.
Contract With 4. s. Spaulding Batified
by the Hawaiian Congress-.

Contract With Il. s. Spaulding Bat1hed
by the Hawaiian Congress.
Honolulu, August 23.-The senate
and house have ratified the cable con-
tract, made by President Dole with q.
S. Spaulding, who will ask the next
congress for an annual subsidy OF
$25O,OOO. The contract signed by this
government grants an exclusive fran
chise for twenty years, but provides
that the grant shall not prevent any
foreign government, having existing
treaty rights with the republic of Ha-
wall allowing any such government to
do so, from landing a cable upon the
Hawaiian group for other than COM
mercial purposes, from any point OF
the North American continent. The
government agrees to pay the contractor
an annual subsidy of $40, 900 for twen-
ty wears. from the date of establish
ment of Geographic communication be-
tween Honolulu and point at or near
San Francisco and the islands OF Ha-
wall. Molokai, Maui and Kauai. The
subsidy is to be paid in quarterly IN
stallments of $4,000 each.
Work on the cable must begin on or
before May 1, 1896, and the line must
be completed by November 1, 1898.
otherwise the contract is void. Ii
Spaulding fails to obtain assistance
from the United States, the Hawaiian
government may cancel the contract.
The company will be exempt from
duty on material, taxes and port
charges in addition to other privileges.
The maximum rates for messages,
other than government messages, over
the cable between Honolulu and San
Francisco, shall be such as shall be
agreed upon in any contract which
shall be made between the contractor
and the United States, government, moi
exceeding 81 per word, and any con-
tract with such government shall pre-
scribe a maximum scale of rates.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
TWO RANCHERS SHOT.
Another Feud Which Has Resulted in
the Splitting of Blood.

the Splitting of Blood.
Seattle, August pa special to the
Post Intelligencer from Woodinville
Junction, King county says: A fear
full shooting atfray occurred at Avon
dale, about eight miles east of here this
morning, resulting in the death OF
Joseph Cicero and probably mortal
wounding of Jim Mccain, both ranch
ers, living near Avondale. Bad blood
has existed between Cicero and the Nc
Cam brothers since the election last
fall. This morning Cicero, meeting
Jim Mccain and his brother, they i'm
mediately began quarreling. Finally
Cicero and Jim Mccain came to
blows, and when separated by some
bystanders, one of the Mccain broth
ers pulled his revolver. Upon seeing
this Cicero said:
"If that is your game, l will take a
hand in it.
He Immediately went to his house,
only few rods off, and when he came
out one of the McCanns fired two shots
at him, upon which Cicero also COM
menced firing. One of his bullets took
effect in McCann's abdomen. Cicero
still advancing, fell to the ground,
when one of the Mccain brothers took
the revolver from his brothers hand,
and, holding it close to Cicero's head,
fired, resulting in the immediate death
of Cicero. Small hopes are entertained
for McCann's life, according to last re-
ports
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
GERMANS CELEBRATE.
Yesterday the Anniversary of the Battle
of GravelOtte.

Berlin, August 2O.-There has been
splendid weather today. which is the
10th anniversary of the battle of GRAY
elotte, and which had so great an in
nuence on the Franco-Prussian war.
Inc anniversary was signalized here by
the laying of the foundation stone of
the monument of the Late Emperor
William l by his grandson, William
IL, IN the presence of many German
sovereigns and other dignitaries.
The proceedings opened at s O'Clock
this morning. The colors and stand
ards of the various regiments, crowned
with oak leaves, were brought ON the
ground, and richly decorated imper-
lal standard displayed in the center of
the group. All the houses in the neigh
borhood were tastefully decorated, the
windows and balconies showing
streams of bunting, while the streets
We're crowded with gaily attired spec
tators. At 9 o'clock a flourish of
trumpets announced the arrival of EN-
peror William, who was received by
Chancellor Won Hohenlohe. The en-
peror deposited under the foundation
stone Of the monument to his grand
father memorial document, in which
he referred to the enthusiastic uprising
of the German nation under his grand
father, Emperor William the Great
who had restored the Germans to their
ardently desired unity and had sue
ceeded in securing for the newly arisen
empire its proper weight in the system
OF states. The emperor then read
aloud from the document to be deposit
ed in the foundation stone:
"The self-sacrificing record of the
German princes, the wise counsel and
energetic support of Won Bismarck, the
consummate strategy and genius of
Won Moltke, the unequaled courage
and ability of the commanders of the
army, and before all that of Crown
Prince Frederick William, the devoted
fidelity of the Field Marshal Won Room
and the discipline of the people, rem
dered success certain. But also in the
direction of works of peace, the emper-
or was untiring to his last breath in
active futherance of the welfare of the
working classes. The statue of Will
lam the Great should form testimony
of the inextinguishable gratitude of
the princes and people of Germany"
At this point Count Won Lerchfeld,
the Bavarian envoy plenipotentiary,
handed Emperor William a trowel, re-
questisng that his majesty would lay
the foundation of a memorial which
would remind Germany of the greatest
period of her history, and which the
entire nation desired to erect to the
founder of the German empire.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
That Renedictine Brewery.

Washington, August 20.-It is un-
derstood that Monsignore Satolli is
giving his attention to the question
raised by the petition to him for the
suppression of the brewery conducted
by the Benedictine monks at Beatty,
Pa, with view to harmonizing the
difference so as to placate the COM
plants, and at the same time not deal
harshlv with the ecclesiasts who con-
duct the brewery. He is giving atten-
ton to the petition not only from the
point of view of the petitioners. but
also considers the fact that the monks
are naeive Germans, who cannot see
the harm in drinking beer made after
the manner pursued in the Fatherland.
The effort will be made to settle the
dispute without any formal decision.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
COIOradO's CrODs.

Denver, August 2O.-The News will
tomorrow publish reports from all
parts Of Colorado showing the condi-
ton of crops. Generally, the condi-
ton is extremely favorable, the only
drawback, if any, being too much rain.
In the San Luis valley the great grain
fields are whitening for the harvest,
and the crop will be the largest ever
gathered. From Rife, on the Grande
river, in the western part of the state,
the yield of alfalfa, oats, wheat and
barley is reported as unusually large,
while potatoes were never better, and
fruit trees, except pears, are beginning
to ground. Rocky Fort reports crops
in the southeastern part of the state as
remarkably large. The production of
corn will exceed all records. Almost
as much can be said for wheat, oats,
fruit and melons. The only dismal
reports of the state come from Jules
burg, in the extreme northeastern COR
ner, where only potatoes and hay have
done we'll.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
CRIME IN SAN FRANCISCO.
The City's Remarkable Record for Sui
cides and Murders.

The City's Remarkable Record for Sui
cides and Murders.
San Francisco, August %. - San
Francisco, London and Paris show an
alarming increase of suicides within
the past six months. Students Of psy-
Geological subjects are trying to fathom
the reasons, but no light has yet been
shed upon the subject. Coroner
Hawkins, of this city, has had more
inquests over suicides since January |
than were ever held in San Francisco
during an equal period. Since he took
charge of the office seven months ago,
"a suicides have come to his notice, be-
ing nearly as many as occurred III 1898
OF 1894. The following is the mum Der
of suicides each month of 1895:
January, 5; February, 8; March, 10;
April, IL; May, IL; June, IA; July,
Is; to August 2l, 10; total. "a. There
were but 112 suicides in 1898 and 1875
in 1894, but if the same rate continues
to the end of the year, the coroner's
records will show nearly ITO suicides
for the year.
Coroner Hawkins reign has thus far
been noted also for an excessive num-
Der of murders. There have already
been 80, while there were but % dur
ing all of 1898 and but 33 in 1894.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
ABOUT THE RAILROADS.
Great Improvement Shown in the Net
Earnings for the Fiscal Year.

Great Improvement Shown in the Net
Earnings for the Fiscal Year.
New York, August 2O.-Greatly inn
proved net railway earnings are shown
in carefully prepared special report
to Bradstreet's, an abstract of which
is as follows:
The gross earnings of 145 railroad
companies for the first six months of
1895 aggregate $349, O99,773, a gain
of SO per cent over the corresponding
period of 1894, which in turn, showed
decrease from 1898 of 16 per cent.
The net EARNINGS of the same roads
for this year aggregate $l02, 767, 1856,
a gain over last year of 81 per cent,
and following decrease of 1894 from
1898 of 18. s per cent.
Divided into groups, striking uni
formity is noted in the increases and de-
creases in the gross and net. Of the
1876 railroad systems comprising 145
roads, which make up the appended
table, two-thirds show decreases. The
figures show the percentage of increase
or decrease. Those marked with an
asterisk indicate decrease:
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
The Photograph War.

Newark, N. j., August 22.-Vice-
Chancellor Emery today granted the
Edison United Photograph Company
an Injunction restraining Thomas A.
Edison from selling microscopes IN
Europe. The Edison United Phono-
graph Company claimed that it had
the sole right by contract to sell phono-
graphs abroad, and that Thomas A.
Edison was violating his contract with
the company in selling microscopes IN
Europe, and in the manufacture OF
which monographs are used. Edison,
while admitting he made an agree
ment regarding the sale of monographs,
claimed he reserved the right to use
the photograph for amusement pur'
poses.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
A TALK WITH CROKER.
The Elk Tammany Boss Would Say Lit
tie to the Interviewer.

tie to the Interviewer.
London, August 2O.-A representa-
tive of the Press found Richard Croker
at Newmarket today, and accompanied
him back to London, seeking to secure
from him an interview on political
affairs in New York. No amount of
persuasion, however, could induce him
to talk about James G. Martins as
sumption of the leadership of Tam
many.
81 have nothing to say" was his re-
peated reply.
He showed surprise, however, at the
news, and finally observed:
Whoever takes the Tammany leader
ship now has big job on his hands.
Mr. Croker was then asked about
the course of the board of police COM
missioners in New York, and in reply
said:
"It would not be fair to criticise
them at this distance, but, Judging
from the amount of space New York
correspondents of the London papers
are giving them, they must be raising
Cain"
A prominent New York Democrat
who is here says James G. Martins re-
lations with Bourke Cochran are too
intimate to suit Croker.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
determination of Salmon.

Port Townsend, August 21.-Private
news from southeastern Alaska mas
been received to the effect that unllmlt-
cd Quantities of salmon are being de-
stroyed by fishermen obstructing the
streams with nets, and preventing the
fisb from ascending to the breeding
grounds. The government mas an Oh
ficer there trying to prevent violation
of the laws, but, owing to the great
distance between the canneries, ne is
unable to properly protect the salmon.
At the present rate of extermlnatlon' IL
i estimated the fishing industry IN
.bree Years will be wholly destroyed
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
BAD METHOD OF BOOKKEEPING
There Is a Discrepancy in the Accounts
of Librarian SpOffOrd.

There Is a Discrepancy in the Accounts
of Librarian SpOffOrd.
New York, August 23.-The World
this morning publishes a special from
Washington to the effect that the re-
port of Expert Myers, of the fifth audi
tors Office, which has just been pre-
sented to Secretary Carlisle, shows that
Ainsworth H. Spotford, the venerable
librarian of congress, is behind in his
accounts, owing to bad methods of
bookkeeping. In an interview Mr..
Spofford makes the following explana
ton of the matter:
1.-The whole difficulty springs from
the multiplicity of duties that have
been forced upon me. | have not had
time in connection with my duties as
librarian to pay proper attention to
those attached to the Office of register
of copyrights. The two positions
should be made separate and distinct.
have recommended this to the treas
ury department, but, of course, they
can do nothing toward divOrcing the
two offices without legislative action.
| shall recommend the same thing to
congress when it meets. In the pres
ent business it is true that my accounts
have become somewhat involved, but |
stand ready to make good any dis
crepancy that may be found in the
books by the treasury officials. l offer
ed short time ago to make up the de-
ficiency of $22, 600 that has been dis
covered, but it is not correct to say that
that offer had been refused. [ have
received no definite answer to my
proposition.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
THE NICARAGUA CANAL
Relations of England With the
United States.
AN ENGLISH JOURNALS INQUIRY
Says a Crisis Is approaching and De-
sires an Investigation of the
Countries Positions.


London, August 23-The ST. James
Gazette this afternoon publishes a
scare item, asking how Great Brit
ain stands with the United States gov
eminent in the matter of the Nicara-
qua canal. 1t says it will be well if
Right Hon. George N. Curzon, under
secretary OF state for foreign affairs, is
asked to give some explanation on that
subject in the house of commons. The
st. James Gazette then adds:
AS far as can be seen, we are head
ing straight for crisis, and there will
be either a diplomatic deadlock be-
tween the two countries or the English
will surrender important treaty rights
The deadlock can be avoided by dis
Greet handling of the facts by the for
eign Office and surrender need never
occur. Should situation be brought
about in which the United States finds
it can ignore the united states of Cen
trail America, then goodbye to any
hope of retaining, much less extending,
our commercial relations in the repub-
lies Of the Spanish main, a market in
which we already suffer from the I'M
commonly sharp competition of Ameri-
cans and Germans.
The paper then proceeds to rehearse
the history of the Nicaragua canal,
claiming the accedence of the United
States government to the request of the
United States Canal Company to guar
antee further capital for it will be an
infraction of the Bulwer Clayton treaty.
The paper quotes President Cleveland S
of 1894, and says:
"These carefully weighed words
were designed to create minimum Of
distrust in the foreign office when read
in relation to the consistent, moral
support given by the United States to
the company's enterprise and the in
sistent demand of the United States
people that their government guaran
tee the whole capital. Come what
may, it is plain that the ultimate OBJ
ject is not so much the cutting of the
canal as the firm and final establishment
VI tllS CulUCu OCdGCS duUIlOllty Al SCLA-
trail America. With the canal COM
pleted wholly by the United States, the
independence of the republics would
be merely nominal. 1t is true that
English financial assistance was sought
by the American syndicate lest the
United States government falter in
guarantee, but these negotiations have
collapsed, because it is not proper to
allow the English capitalists their due
share of control, which is sufficient in
dication of the exclusive power the
Americans mean to exercise on the
isthmus. The cardinal point of the
whole matter is, Does the government
mean to enforce the Bulwer-C Clayton
treaty? If so, will she join the United
States guarantee of the capital? If
not, what steps have been taken to Sc
cure the neutrality of the canal and
the equality rights and opportunities
of English subjects? 1t is not incon-
ceivable that events may so shape
themselves in the near future that the
United States will be master OF Cen
tral America, but before we consent,
any abrogation of the Bulwer- Clayton
treaty must be made by ourselves.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
The Smoke in California.

San Francisco, August 2O.-The city
was overcast yesterday with a blush
haze mixed with fog. Most people
thought it was just plain fog, but
Weather Observer Harmon says it
was smoke from the forest firest around
Puget sound. North winds have been
blowing up there for days, and the
smoke from the big smudges in the
Coast mountains has been carried di-
rectly southwark. This course carried
it out to sea from where the coast line
bends to the east. For days the
north winds spun out lengthening
banner from the smoky mass Oh the
Sound, and it was trailed over the sea
for hundreds of miles. Day before
yesterday a northwest wind which fol-
lowed the coast line struck Point
Reyes, and i'll this the great pennant of
smoke tioated near the California
shore. The northwest wind struck the
hills south of the Golden Gate and was
DETECTED through the gap, as usual.
So the northwest wind became south
west wind about the city, and so it
ripped an edge from the long pennant
of smoke at sea and dragged it into the
bay.
That is the peculiar way in which
smoke from Puget sound reached San
Francisco yesterday. 1t is not an un-
usual thing for smoke to travel that
distance from widespread forest fires,
for smoke from Minnesota forests has
been carried southwark beyond ST.
Louis, but it is rarely that smoke from
Washington dims the sunshine of Cen
trail California, and it is not known
that the winds, the sea and the hills
ever before got it here by such an in
genious process of spinning.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
SIXTEEN TAKEN OUT
The Work of Rescuing Going
On in Denver.
THE YOUNG ENGINEER ESCAPED
1t Is Thought That at Least Eight or
Nine More Persons Are in the
Gumry Hotel Ruins.

Denver, August 22.-Sixteen bodies
so far have been taken out of the ruins
Of the Gumry hotel, and it is eviden,
that the death roll, when complete
will contain twenty-four or twenty
five names, possibly more. The dead
taken out and identified are: Freder.
lick HoubbOld, manager of the opera.
house, Lisbon, Ia; Robert G. Grenier
manager of the Gumry hotel; Mrs
Robert G. Grenier, James Murphy, a
contractor, Denver; George Bart, Rock
Island railroad conductor; E. F. Nc.
Closkey, mineowner, Cripple Creek;
William Richards, elevator pilot;
Mrs. 6. R. Wolfe, Lincoln, Neb.
child of Mrs. Wolfe; B. l. Lorah,
Central City, Colo. ; Ferdinand French,
treasurer of Gilpin county; Myron E.
Hawley, Union Pacific clerk; E. w.
Edwards, butcher, Denver; A. S.
Blake, Pueblo, identify not positive);
and two so badly burned they cannot
be recognized.
Work OH the ruins was suspended
and the search for bodies discontinued
till evening, till the walls which
threatened to topple and bury the
workmen could be pulled down. 1t is
believed there are at least eight or nine
bodies yet i'll the ruins, and several
days will probably elapse before all
can be recovered.
The body of James Murphy was
shipped tonight to Cincinnati; the
body of George Burt to Chicago; M.
E. Hawley to Omaha; Frederick
Houbbold to Lisbon, la. Those of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert G. Grenier will be
sent to Grand Rapids, Mich, where
they formerly lived. Fire Chief Rob-
erts says he saw Elmer Loesher, also
known as Pierce, the young engineer
whose carelessness caused the explo-
sion, walking rapidly away from the
scene of the disaster about ten minutes
after the department arrived. Detec-
tives are searching for him.
Mayor McMurray, who has remained
at the scene of the disaster directing
operations has announced his intention
OF sending communication to the city
council demanding that stringent leg
islation be enacted in regard to the in
spectiOn of boilers and the issue of en-
gineers' papers.
The Denver branch of the National
Association of Stationary Engineers
will meet tomorrow to take action re-
garding the explosion. The members
are exasrerted at the laxity said to ex-
list in official circles in the matter of
boiler inspection.
S. A. Abbey, supposed to have been
among the dead in the ruins, turns out
to be alive, telegraphing from Pueblo
that he left the hotel the night before
the explosion.
Mrs. Celia Decker wired Chief
Goulding from Butte, Mont, asking
for news of William Decker, who was
bellboy at the Gumry at the time OF
the explosion. 1t is likely the boy
persisted.
Peter Gumry leaves 500, 900 worth
of property and no known relatives.
His parens were killed in the wreck OF
the brig Peter Gumry, off the banks OF
Newfoundland, over fifty years ago.
He, then baby, was rescued as the
sole survivor. His rescuerS gave him
the name of Peter Gumry.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
shutter and Iron Works Fail.

Kansas City, August 22.-Borden &
Swearington, shutter and iron works,
with a branch in St. Louis, were closed
TODAY under two chattel mortgages
given to M. Colvin, for the benefit OF
creditors. The principal mortgage Sc
cnres creditors in st. Louis, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Philadelphia
and several other towns. The assets
and liabilities are not fully deter
mined. The amount secured to pre-
ferred creditors by the mortgages filed
today is $l5,667. 1t is reported that
the assets are about equal to the liza
bilities. The company has been in bus
ines here for several years.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
Judge Patterson on the Fair Case.

San Francisco, August 23.-Van R.
Patterson, ex-justice of the California
supreme court, who was appointed by
the probate court to represent the alb
sent heirs in the Fair will controversy,
has filed brief to show that he, and
not Herman Oelrichs, is the proper
guardian of the interests of Herman
Oelrichs, jr., in the probate proceed
ings. Patterson says that it is ridic-
ulous to say that the pencil will is
valid. He argues that if the first, or
stolen" will was made by Fair-a
will that stands almost unprecedented
in testamentary disposition-then the
will made only three days later-the
pencil willis forgery, and Senator
Fair was crazy.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29

Montreal, August 21.-The Austrian
government, which has been hereto
FORE opposed to immigration, is now
looking to Canada for neia 20 senu
it's surplus population. With this 3D.
iect in view, Professor Olesow, VINO
holds the chair of agriculture IN the
university of Lemburg, with reresensa-
two practical farmers, has left Tor
U;nnipeg to make tour OF MANITOBA
and the Northwest. They will go as
far west as the Pacific ocean, IL posi-
h,a Init will pass most of their time
in Manitoba and the territories
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-08-29
Still Another Attack.

hong Kong, August 23.-Another
outrage has been committed near Foo
InoW. The American mission has
'7eii attacked by large and Infatuated
n'o' armed with various weapons.
me chapel aud school were wrecked,
ana 1our native scholars were fatally
wounded, while the foreign teacher es-
edPed. There is strong anti-forelgn
,eeIlng III Foo Chow, which is spread
'Hs among the populace, who are pa
l"ulng with cries of Drive out the
Ioftlgn deyilsr'