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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
WITH THE ELECTRICIANS.

JAPAN is said to have cheaper tele-
graph rates than any country in the
world, provided the japanese language
is used
IT is said that the Metropolitan
Traction company, of New York, is to
spend 81 900, 600 on the largest car house
in the world, to be erected on Seventh
avenue, from Fiftieth to Fiftyfrst
street.
The people of New York city have
spoken for a rapid transit railroad, to
be constructed by the municipality, by
a vote of about three to one. Elec-
tricity will undoubtedly be the motive
power.
DR.. W. r. HUNTINGDON, rector of
Grace church. New York, has ordered
a chime of ten bells, aggregating II, eco
pounds, for the new Grace chapel and
hospital on East Fourteenth street.
The chime will be played by electrici
tV.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, FOR
THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN.
In the matter of the Estate of Whitmul
P. Ray, deceased.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is here bygiven hat Robert *.
McLachlan, Administrator of the Estate
of Whitmul p. Ray, deceased, has render
ed and presented for settlement to and
filed in the Superior Court of San Juan
County, State of Washington his final
account as such administrator; and that
Saturday, the 18th day of April, 1895, at
l O'Clock P. NJ, at the Court room of our
said Superior Court, in the Town of Fri
day Harbor, in said San Juan County,
has been duly appointed by our said Court
Commissioner for the settlement of the
said Final Account, at which time and
place any person interested in said estate
may appear and file his exceptions in
writing to the said final account and con-
test the same.
Witness, j. F.. TUCKER, Court Com
missioner for San Juan county, State of
Washington.
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FOREIGN EVENTS.

AFTER the recent performance of
"Otello" in Paris Verdi gave five thou
sand francs to the opera relief fund,
one thousand francs to the Gene shift-
crs. and offered his author RIGHTS for
fifteen nights to the poor Of Paris.
PIERRE LARoUssE, who died in 1875,
the author of the big seventeen volume,
in folio, Grand Dictionaire Universal
Historique ct Encyclopedique,' has
lust had monument erected to him
at Toucy, in Burgundy, where he was
born.
SARDoUs father has just died at
Cannes at the age of ninety-three. He
began life as commercial traveller,
but took up school teaching, and wrote
some educational text books. He did
his best to keep his son from writing,
as he wished him to become doctor.
ZEBRAs broken to harness can now
he seen drawing carriages in London,
three animals having been sent there
from the Transvaal as a proof that they
can be domesticated. This may partly
solve the question of transportation in
Africa, as the zebras are not attacked
by the tsetse fly or by sickness.
AT Weston park recently the earl of
Bradford's golden wedding, his sons,
Viscount Newport's, silver wedding
and the coming of age of his grandson,
Hon. Orlando Bridgeman, were cele-
brated on the same dav. The earl was
married on April 80, 1914; Viscount
Newport on September 7. 1869, and Mr.
Bridgeman was born October 7, 1873
The celebration was on October Z.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
SHERIFPS SALE.
-'tate of Washington
'ounty of San Juan.

c,c,
'ounty of San Juan.
Under and by virtue of certain execu-
on, or order of sale, issued ont of the
hyperion Court of the State of Washington
II San Juan county. on the Sth day
february, 1895. by the Clerk thereof, il
he cause wherein the Northern COuntiee
Investment Trust limited. corporation
is plaintiff, and John NJ. Howard, trustee.
and Martha e. Howard, his wife, j. E
Baker and Olive Baker, his wife, and TT
z. Waity and Mary r. Waity, his wife
are defendants, No 108 and to me as Sheriff
directed and delivered.
Notice is hereby given, that | will pro-
ceed to sell to the highest bidder for cash,
within the hours prescribed by law for
Sheriff's Sales, to-wit: at one o'clock, p.
m., on the 22d day of March, 1895, before
the Court House of said San Juan county,
in Friday Harbor, San Juan county, State
Of Washington, all the right, title and in
terest of the said named defendants, John
M. Howard and Martha E. Howard, in
and to the following described real estate,
situate in San Juan county, state of Wash
ingtOn, to-wit:
All of that portion of the northwest
quarter of section thirteen Q3) in township
thirty-seven go, north of range two west
of Willamette Meridian, containing one
hundred and thirty-seven and one-half
acres Q37N, more or less, and more par
ticularly described as follows, to-wit: the
northwest quarter (save and except the
west One-fourth of the north ne-fOurth of
the said north west quarter, containing
two and half acres), the south west quar-
ter, the north east quarter, and the west
half of the south east quarter of said north
west quarter of section thirteen aforesaid.
Levied upon as the property of John NJ.
Howard, trustee, and Martha E. Howard,
his wife, the said defendants, to satisfy
judgment amounting to four thousand
eight hundred and forty-five and 77-1OO,
(S4845.m dollars, in favor of the said
plaitiff, the Northern Counties Investment
Trust, limited, and costs and increased
costs of this suit and sale.
Given under my hand at Friday Harbor
Washington, this 18th day of February.
1895.
NEWTON JONES,
Sheriff of San Juan county, Washington.
Date of first publication Feb. IA.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

WE have made arrangements
with county superintendent L. l..
DYER to devote a column of space,
in the ISLANDER To our county
schools. and educational topics, and
will gladly publish school reports,
general school news, or articles per-
tanning to educational matters.
Supt, Dyer earnestly desires the CO.
operation of every teacher in the
county in this matter; as a slight
effort, on their part, each week
will result in an inestimable amount
of good.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11
A SURE ROUTE TO SEATTLE.

The only sure way of reaching Seattle
the same day of starting is to travel on
the mail steamer, Lydia Thompson.
By this cute there is no transferring
and "missing the other boat at Anacor-
tes." Returning you can leave Seattle
in the morning by the Thompson, and
reach Friday Harbor in time for dinner.
The Thompson is the most comfortable
passenger boat that ever was run on the
Friday Harbor and Seattle route. You
will avoid disappointments and the
vexations, trials and tribulations Incl
dent to transfers, by travelling and
shipping by the Thompson. Passengers
may leave Friday Harbor by this route
at o'clock in the afternoon and reach
Seattle by $50 O'Clock the same evening.
The Best and safest is always the
cheapest.
THOMPSON BROS, Props.
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T w EcKELs and John Ravens

Nv ECKELs and John Ravens
croft. who have been experiment
;no in the extraction oftar from the
roots of fir trees, report the expert
ment complete success ana e2-
pect to make the Puget sound for
ests the source of another valuable
commodity.-EX.
If fir roots are TO be an article OF
commerce San Juan county will be
"strictly in it," as those who ale
engaged in clearing up ranches can
testify.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

Washington City, April 8. The
anxiously awaited decision of the
United States supreme court in the
income tax case was rendered today
by Chief Justice Fuller. The court
knocked out the law, as far as it
taxes incomes derived from rents,
and also from state, county and
municipal bonds. This loses to the
government about 80 per cent. of
the revenue expected from this
source.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

STAMPING PATTERNS FREE-Al Of
our readers should send to the Publish
ers of THE HOME, al Milk ST., Boston,
Mass, and get set of their beautiful
Stamping Patterns. They can be used
for embroidery outlining or painting.
or painting. All desirable and good size;
some Sx1O, others SIS inches. There
are ninety one (9D different patterns
and two alphabets, one a large forget
me-not pattern. With this outfit the
publishers send THE HOME, a 16-page
paper containing Stories, Fashions, etc.,
for months, and only ask for 10 cents
to cover cost of postage on patterns and
paper. Our illustrated Premium List
sent free to any address.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

GEORGE II. HEILBRoN, editor-in-
chief of the Seattle Post-Intelligen-
Ger, was found dead in his batl-tub,
at his home, in Seattle, last Satur-
day morning. His death was
caused by apoplexy. Although Mr..
Hebron was a young man, being
but thirty-four years old at the
time of his death, he was one ofthe
brightest newspaper men in the
Northwest. This is twice within
the past six months that the Posts
family has been called upon to
mourn the sudden ul,t,n ol 40 chief.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

A dollar and half isn't much
money; until you begin to look over
a delinquent subscription list 1t
is not one little bill, but the sum
total of these bills which keep up a
newspaper. We will need money
very badly the last of this month
and must urge payment of all bills.
If YOU have not the cash we will
take farm produce at the market
price.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

Maj. A. M. Speights, the patriarch
of the Seattle printers, died at the
Providence hospital last Monday
Maj. Speights was 10 years old and
a native of Germany. Death was
due to old age and heart failure.
He had been an inmate of the
hospital for about three months.
He came to Seattle in 1889 and
worked as compositor on the Post
Intelligencer up to the time he was
attacked by the illness from which
he finally succumbed. For man
of his age he was remarkably fast
compositor, setting string of 1O,-
600 ems night, where younger
men only set from 1000 to 5000.
Maj. Speights once published a
newspaper with Alexander NJ.
Stephens, who afterwards became
vice president of the southern con-
federacy.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

Silver continues to advance in
the open market in London, fol-
lowed by corresponding advance
in New York; and with every for
ward step taken by silver CORES
ponding increase is made to the
ranks of the friends of bimetallism
in the United States. 1t is cur
rently reported in London that
England will join in tile interna-
tional monetary conference, and
this is contributing toward building
up favorable public sentiment all
over the United Kingdom. fling
land participates in the conference,
great effort will be made to procure
representative who will carry out
the wishes of the silver men, who,
are becoming more and more ag-
gressive daily, and with the United
States, Germany, France and Eng
land pronounced on the question,
there is no doubt of the result.-P.-I.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

The miners on the Yukon and
its tributaries have been on the
verge of starvation for the past two
or three months. Their only food
is stale bareback and wild game.
This state of affairs must prevail
until the mountain passes become
passable, which will not be until
sometime in May.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gives
the best satisfaction of any cough medi-
cine handle, and as a seller leads all
other preparations in this market. l
recommend it because it is the best medi-
cine ever handled for coughs, colds and
Group. A. w. BALDRIDGE, Millersville,
III. For sale by all Druggists.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

Whatcom.-April 8. An ex-
plosion of fire damp in the Blue
Canyon coal mine, on Lake What
com, fifteen miles from this city,
at 2:45 this afternoon, killed twenty
three men. Out of twenty-five men
in the mine, only two escaped.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

Several cars of Spokane flour
were sent to Hong Kong, China,
last week. The present war, be-
tween Japan and China, means
more Puget sound wheat and fewer
Cinnamon in the Orient.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

AMONG the new furs is what is called
electric seal. The name is to an eX-
tent misleading, as the fur is merely
sheared coney, and while rather pretty
looking at first, does not wear in q
satisfactory manner. Indeed it will
scarcely stand one seasons use and
look we'll. It is like many other
things, a makeshift, and for that pur
pose may have limited popularity.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

Walla Walla, April Especial.
The board of penitentiary directors
at a meeting this afternoon APP
pointed Thomas Mosgove, of this
city, warden of the state peniten-
tiary.
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NOTICE TO SETTLERS.

Settlers desiring to make final proof on
their claims can make their application by
writing to the ISLANDER for information.
thus saving trip to the county seat, the
only trip needed being on the day of final
proof.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

= AS approved by the governor,
the appropriations for the next two
years will be 81, $50, 900, an excess
over revenues of something like
$350,00O.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

1t now looks as though women
would be granted the right of suf-
frage i'm Utah. A majority of the
constitutional convention have de-
clared In favor of it.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
IN1rrn SrArEs LAND OFFICE

limited STATES LAND OFFICE
SEATTLE, WASH, MARCH 4th, 1879.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice OF ms
intention to make final proof in support
of his claim and that said proof Will be
made before the Clerk of the Superior
Court, at Friday HarbOr, Wash, Monday,
May 9th, 1895. viz:
JOHN w. PENSION
HID. AID. No. 1904, for the Sw. of Sc. 1
Lot 5, See. l, TIP. 80, n. r. 2 w:
He names the following witnesses 10
prove his continuous residence upon ana
cultivation of said land, viz:
William Schmuck, Neal Mcleod, WI,
liam McKissock and Freeman lotte ali OF
Newhall, San Juan county, Wash.
VIM. d. O'TooLE, Register.
First publication March IA, 1879.
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Ex-councilman F. n. Blomquist,
of Whatcom, was found dead in his
office, in the Blomquist Block, New
Whatcom, Monday.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

By decree of the Nicaraguan
government no ministers ofreligion
shall enter Nicaragua.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

Washington City, April S-Spec-
ial.-Gen. Gilbert S. Meem, was
appointed postmaster, at Seattle,
today.
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ADVERTISING RATES :

Display standing ads, p cents per iI'I"'
nor week. single column measurements
Reading business locals, 20 cents per
line per week. 81. 80.
Notices. such as Wanted. Tor sale, ,iJ''
IN cents ner line for first insertion aiio
cents per line each week thereafter,
Legal notices, at customary Legal rates,
All communications to The lsLASD y, *
mist he signed with the name OF tne
writer. not necessarily for publlcatloh'
INT as a guarantee of good faith.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

The county superintendent will
hold their biennial convention at
Tacoma, April 30th.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
{ Land Office at Seattle, Wash.
Monday, March 4th, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the fol-
~ lowing-named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim. and that said proof
will be made before the Clerk Of Superior
Court, at Friday Harbor, Wash, Monday,
May 9th, 1895, viz.
WILLIAM ID. SCHMUCK.
Homestead application No. 1866 for the
Lots and and Sc. Nv. I, Nv. Sc. /,
Sec l, Twp. Sc, n. r. W.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land. viz:
John Penson, Mel Mcleod, Firman
lott and James Iotte, All of Newhall, San
Juan county, Wash.
WIN. D. O'TooLE, Register.
First publication March 18th, 1895.
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THE LATEST NEWS.

The Seattle Newsboys Union has
contributed $50 to the canal.
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r...oONAL CHiT-CHAT.

lola has taken TO bicycle riding as
an amusement. There is more fun in
IS than in trying to get into the acad-
envy.
2AaAH BERNHARDT is to be made a
chcvciier of the French Legion of
Honor. Hurrah for reciprocity! Sarah
has decorated all Gaul a good many
times.
CHRISTIAN CONRAD, of Manchester, Ia,
is reported to be 1O6 years old, and it is
his boast that he heard Gen. Washing
ton make an open-air speech in 1895.
Lolita, the actress, has turned her
attention to painting, and has gone to
Europe for couple of years study in
the art schools. If successful the stage
will see her no more.
SIGURD IBsEN, son of the poet, is the
husband of thedaughter ofBj ornstierne
Bjornson. They have son, who is
thus able to call the two greatest Nor
wegian poets his grandfathers.
Mrs. FRANCES HoDGeoN BURNETT.
who came from Europe last summer to
nurse her son during his illness, will
soon return to the south of France for
her own health. The young man, who
has completely recovered, is now in
college.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

The P.-I. anticipates a rise in
the price of all kinds offresh meats,
in the immediate future.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
Seattle, Wash, MARCH, 16 1898.
NOTICE is hereby given that the follow
IN ing named settler has filed notice OF
her intention to make final proof in sup
port of his claim, and that said proof Will
be made before the Clerk of the Superior
Court, at Friday HarbOr, Wash, Friday,
April Goth 1895 viz;
X. c. WILLIS.
HID. App, No. 1OOl3 for the Lots2, 3and
and Sw. ! of NV. /, of Sec. 10, Up. 70, n.
r. l, West, w. M.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
Chas. Carlson, John Grey, Thomas
Robinson and Thomas Winfield, all OF
Olga, San Juan county, Wash.
Ms VIM. D. O'TooLE, Register.
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IS owe wood or good ba k, is legal
tender foi | 'letts, Both public and
private" which YOU may owe the
ISLANDER.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-04-11

The Subscription to the Seattle
canal subsidy has reached 1926, 900
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A FEW MCRSELS MASSED.

TELEPHONES employ 10000 Americans.
New YORK has thirty thousand bar
bers.
AN iron furnace was built in Virginia
in IVA
KARNAK is the most marvellous ruin
On the Nile.
a SINGLE hair will bear ? weight Of
l,i50 grains
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
! Land office at Seattle, Wash.
[ Friday, March 20. 1895.

Land office at Seattle, WASH,
Friday, March 20, 1895.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Clerk of the Superior Court, at
Friday Harbor, WASH, Monday, May ID,
1895, viz:
CARLOS BESTMAN
HID. application No. 1860, for the Nv. ]
Ne. /, Sw. Ne. !, Sc. Ne. and Lot one
Sec: IL, TIP. 36, n. r. 2 W., and Lot l, Sec.
I, TIP. 36, n. r. west.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
VIM. D. Schmuck, Newhall, Wash, Jno.
q. killebrew, Herman Mathesius and
James Guthrie of Orcas Island, Wash.
VIM. D. O'TooLE, Register.
First publication Apr 4, 1885,
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just Judgments.

A thwarted principle strikes deep
roots.
The most irretracta BILE errors are
those In ink.
Purity is necessity with women: a
concession to morality with men.
The lesser the education the greater
the susceptibility to Sights and Of
lenses.
The debt of the rose to the mire is
one which Indifference grants and ma
ture repays.
In her eagerness to create, nature
may sometimes be betrayed. but she
never creates monstrosity without
protest.
My .neighbor never understands the
grounds of my offense against him, for
they rest on some things other than
the things he did
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The Official Paper Of San Juan County
A JPAXSON, Editor and Prop.

THURSDAY, APRIL 18th, 1922
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PROBATE NOTICE.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR
THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN.
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them a chase of four miles before they
caught him. He was still handcuffed,
but had managed to get his pocket
knife out and ripped of one boot, so
as to faciita ate his escape. He finally
gave ont and fell and four shots
made him surrender. The officers
and their prisoner got back to their
camp Just in time for the train.
Gay has daughter and "A son at
Castle. His eldest daughter died
early in the present year. During his
two years residence at Castle he had
considerable trouble over some coal
lands which he claimed. 1t is said he
got the worst OF the controversy and
that he would be willing TO take his
chances with the people If he could get
a shot at the man with whom he had
the trouble. Gay claims that Gross,
and not he, killed Mackey. He had "A
brother who also killed a man in the
Black Hills, and was himself killed a
few years ago.