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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
ON THE FEVER COAST.
Unfortunate Condition of Negroes VIII
Emigrated to Liberia.

Unfortunate Condition of Negroes Who
Emigrated to Liberia.
Philadelphia, Oct. 2.-The steam
er Waesland, which arrived here today
from Liverpool, brought back as pas
sengers, six colored colonists who went
to Liberia early in the spring on board
the famous steamship Laurada. They
tell of horrible sufferings from disease
and restitution by the unfortunate peo-
pie who gave up their homes in this
country to journey to Liberia. Forty
members of the expedition, consisting
of 315 people, are already dead, while
the entire number previously taken out
on the Danish steamer Horsa, have
been carried off by John Bull" fever.
Among the party returning is Tay
lor Smith, of Forest City, Ark. He
says the country is unfit for civiliza-
ton, and that those who went on the
Laurada are now penniless. They
have not sufficient money to get back,
and certain death awaits them there,
fever carrying them off rapidly. Sew
ersl times they joined together and
called upon the president of the state to
help them. When the expedition was
made up, it was represented each man
would be given a plot of ground, and
other grants were to be given to single
men. Strips of land are given them.
but they had no shelter for several
months. Provisions command high
prices, and they cannot be secured by
the poor creatures, and there is no way
to earn living.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
nPRiSON GATE HOME"
A Refuge for Ex-Convicts to Be Opened
in Chicago.

A Refuge for Ex-Convicts to Be Opened
in Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. "A "prison gate
home" for ex-convicts will be opened
by the Salvation Army at II North
Clark street Thursday evening Com
mander Booth Tucker will be present,
and work will also be begun on food
and shelter houses for the unemployed.
Chicago will be the first city in the
United States to have a refuge for dis.
charged prisoners under Salvation
Army auspices, though similar insti-
tuition is soon to be opened in New
York. The army now has prison gate
homes in successful operation in To-
ronto, in England, Australia and South
Africa 1t is intended that the home.
after it is once fairly started, shall be
entirely self-supporting. Commodious
quarters have been secured in the build.
ing which has been occupied by the
mems training garrison. The latter
will be located at some point in the
heart Of the city not yet decided upon.
The Salvation Army is working in con.
junction with the civic federation's blu.
reau of charities, of which DR.. Ayres
is in charge, and it is expected that
the efforts in behalf of former prisoners
will be extremely practical and prove
valuable in retaining men assisted
from paths of crime.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
GAY SOCIETY WOMEN.
Seventeen Arrested in q Poo1rOom Raid
in Chicago.

Seventeen Arrested in a Poolroom Raid
in Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. "A woman's pool.
room has been discovered and raided
by the police. Seventeen women, all
said to be members of South Side So
ciety. and attired in silk clothing and
wearing diamonds. were arrested, to.
gether with a colored boy and an in.
spector for telegraph company.
When the police broke into the pool
room in the building at 351 Thirty.
third street, the occupants were busily
engaged in examining the entry cards
at Oakley. Winsdor, St. Louis and the
Ideal Park races and in placing bets.
With the appearance of the police the
room became a scene of pandem onium.
Some of the women tainted. Others
screamed and tied handkerchiefs over
their faces.
In five minutes the police had col.
lected cards dropped by the occupants
containing the entries at the four race.
tracks, together with tickets for bets
placed on the horses. The ticker was
torn from the desk and telephone from
the wall. The telephone, it was dis.
covered, had connection with another
in the basement.
The patrol wagons were called and
all the occupants were taken to the
station, where an attorney was sent
for, who produced bail for the prison.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
A Long Island WaterspOut.

Patchogue, L. l., Sept. 28.-A fierce
whirlwind and waterspout swept the
great south bay for several miles last
night. 1t seemed to descend from the
heavens until it reached the surface of
the bay, where it started whirling east
ward with the roar Of a hundred
freight trains.
The spout was noticed first down to-
ward Fire island and swept east at
fearful rate. When opposite Bayport
it struck the yacht Henry q. Miller,
turning her bottom up. Then the
great roaring body of water veered it's
course and went whistling away in
different direc tions. " hen the spout
reached point off Patchogue it started
towards the main shore. Sand was
hurled in the air and where there was
only three feet of water there is now
six or seven.
The waterspout finally started north
and ran ashore opposite and east OF
Patchogue. When it struck the earth
q whirlwind formed instantly. This
turned over lighthouses, tore up trees
and finally played havoc in corn fields.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
Brown Pleaded Guilty.

San Francisco, Oct. 2. - William
Brown pleaded guilty to grand larceny
today, and will be sentenced tomorrow.
Brown made a business of rolling
DRINKS" on the water front. and trap
was laid for him. A fisherman pre-
tended to be drunk and showed Brown
some money. Then he laid down and
went asleep. Brown promptly pro-
ceeded to rob him, but when he tried
to withdraw his hand from the fisher
mans pockets he was caught by
number of fish hooks that had been
sewed into the pocket of the sleeping
man. Brown was arrested, and the
hooks had to be cut out OF his hand be-
fore he could be taken to Jail.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08

into the barrel and throws the water on
the mound of rocks. Steam bursts from
it. When she has thrown on half doz-
en- buckets, the cabin is choked with
steam.
The joyous bathers begin to arrive.
While the old woman has been making
the steam the villagers have been get
ting ready. In every family there has
been a grand disrobing.
And now from every hut burst the
inhabitants, clad only in the simple,
tight fitting and innocent garments
with which nature has provided all her
children. The weather is cold, bitter
cold. But the hardy Finnish men, wom-
en- and children are not disturbed.
They leap over the frozen ground,
shouting with laughter and going at full
speed to keep their blood circulating.
The Firms are far from lovely to look
upon, even when swathed in their win
ter garments of fur. In a state OF nature
they would never attract offers from
painters or sculptors seeking models.
But they are so frank and so cheerful
and SO happy that one does not mind
their squat bodies, their rolls OF fat,
their coarse and greasy skins. 80 they
90 bounding to the common bathhouse
Of the village, running races, tripping
one another, jostling one another aside
All are in the merriest possible mood.
There is quite a scramble at the door
of the sentry box, as so many arrive at
the same time But gradually they dis
appear until the whole village popula-
ton is lying or sitting about on the
shelves that line the interior walls OF
the cabin. The mothers have brought
the babies. Not a soul is left in the VII
lage huts. 1t is deserted village.
There are lively times in the bath
house, as you may imagine. The women
are all on one side, the men on the 9TH
er. and forms can just be dimly made
out by the dim tallow dip that sheds a
faint, smoky light. The place is full OF
steam, and the temperature is away up
toward blood heat Hour after hour the
ingenious Firms lounge or sleep or gos-
sip. They stay until they are thoroughly
boiled out and the room begins to get
chilly.
Then they sit outside the house on the
bench. They do not mind the freezing
air. They lounge about as If 1t were
summer time, smoking, drinking. feel
ing clean and light hearted.
They do not destroy this pleasure by
indulging too often. Once month IS
often enough. Thirty days Of quiet and
then one day of the full, round joy OF
perfect cleanliness is just about right for
keeping the balance adjusted
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
Worden Sentenced to Death.

Woodland, CAL, Sept. 28.-When
Worden was brought into court for re-
sentence today, Judge Grant inquired
of counsel if there was any reason why
the day should not be fixed for carry
ing into execution the sentence imposed.
Receiving a negative answer, the court
fixed Friday. December Is, at Folsom
state prison, as the time for carrying
the sentence into execution. An ap-
peal will be made to the governor for
communication to life sentence. The at
torneys for Worden say there are mat
ters that ought to be urged in Worden's
behalf, but there is no legal method Of
getting them before any court, and
they will be urged before the governor.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
THE BOY MURDERER.
Deliberately Planned the Killing of
Tommie Kidd.

Dalton, O., Oct. 2.-Though he is a
mere baby, it was felonious motive
that enraged little 7-year.old Carroll
McIlhaney to plan and deliberately
shoot and kill his playmate, Tommie
Kidd. Tommie Kidd was sitting in
his cripple chair, in which, by means
of handle-wheels, he had managed to
move his little paralytic body about
from room to room. He was just ID
years old. having for ten years of that
short existence been an invalid and
confined to the house. He was bright,
Intelligent and had an aptitude for
study.
The parents of Tommie, when they
left two weeks ago, decided to leave
the little invalid in the country in care
Of Mrs. McIlhaney, who is a widow.
Carroll, the child murderer, has been
the active terror of this whole com.
munity ever since he donned his knee
breeches. Two years ago he set fire to
his mothers barn. Tommie Kidd, in
defending himself from one of Car.
rolls practical jokes, slapped Carroll.
This was the provocation Of the MUIR
der.
Last Saturday John Homan returned
a borrowed double-barreled shotgun to
the Mcllhaney house. The gun was
put in the front parlor. The barrels
were empty. Carroll hunted and found
the gun, loaded both barrels, came
down, considerably drew his baby Sis
ter from range Of his aim, aimed at
Tommie's head and deliberately shot
and killed him instantly. Then he put
the gun back into it's accustomed place.
The body of the dead boy had fallen
over in the chair. He set him erect,
and, taking his little sister, went to
spend the rest of the morning with the
neighbors.
The boy murderer is not legally re-
sponsible, although he has confessed.
He will never occupy a criminal cell
for the murder he has committed.
He is year too young for that. How
ever, efforts are being made to send
him to reform school.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08

A plot to overthrow the government
Of Nicaragua and kill President Eel
ava, has been discovered and frustrat-
ed. Some of the most prominent peo-
pie are implicated in the plan, which
was well prepared. Since the close Of
the last rebellion, in which Zelaya was
victorious. his enemies and a majority
of his former allies, namely, the con-
servatives, have been plotting to upset
the government by force of arms. The
barracks and palaces were to be as
saulted simultaneously, and President
Zelaya was to be assassinated. The
barracks were to be blown up with
dynamite in case the assault failed.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
A Head End Collision.

Two freight trains collided at Phil.
son, on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
1874 miles east of Pittsburg, Pa, max
ing one of the worst wrecks in the his
tory Of the road. Twelve tramps have
been taken from the wreck, six Of
whom were dead. The other six are
in a serious condition. The two en-
gineers and firemen were injured seri.
ously and one perhaps fatally. The
crew of the fast freight train lost con-
troll of the train on steep grade. 1t
was going at high rate of speed when
it struck the other train, every car be.
ing thrown to common center in the
collision and ground to atoms.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
CAN We RECEIVE THEM
immigration Laws May Bar
Out Armenian Refugees.
PHILANTROPISTS INTERESTED
Secretary Carlisle Is Investigating the
Matter, and Will Exercise all
Leniency the Law Allows.


Washington, Oct. 2-The attention
of Commissioner Stump, of the emil
grant bureau, was today called to the
movement looking to the colonization
in this country of Armenian refugees.
Commissioner Stump said Secretary
Carlisle and himself had been fully
advised Of such movement, and va
rious appeals had been made from
Lady Henry Somerset, Frances Willard
and English and American relief as.
sociations, asking the CO operation Of
the government in furnishing these
stricken people an asylum i'll the United
States; but, while the sympathies Of all
good people must be aroused in their
behalf, Of course the government muss
enforce the laws as they exist. The
matter was being investigated, and if
any lawful means could be found, they
would be exercised in behalf of the
refugees. The law on the subject,
however, strictly prohibits the landing
in this country of all persons likely to
become public charges, and also "any
person whose ticket or passage money
is paid for with the money of others, or
who is assisted by others to come in.
Lady Henry Somerset, it is under.
stood, inquired whether bonds would
be received that these Armenians would
not become public charges. A reply
has been sent that the department can.
not accept bonds. except under special
circumstances, after thorough investi-
CATION of each individual case.
1t seems probable the law puts an in
surmountable obstacle in the way of re-
lief in the manner proposed.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
FATAL THEATER FIRE.

Three Persons Burned to Death, and
Many injured at Aberdeen.
Aberdeen, Oct. 2.-The Palace OF
Va1ities, a playhouse, was burned at
the beginning of the performance to-
night. The audience was thrown into
a panic. Many were trampled and
crushed in the rush to get out OF the
burning building, and sustained injur-
les. A search of the ruins resulted in
finding three corpses, and 1t Is feared
there are others who did not have time
to escape. so rapid was the fires head
way. 1t has been ascertained that
forty persons were injured by being
burned or trampled in the panic. OF
these, fourteen have serious hurts and
are in the hospital.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
PROTECTED BY TROOPS
Leadville Received Miners
From missouri.
SAFE IN THE EMMET STOCKADE
strikers Were on Hand to DO Mi cha,
but Were Frightened by the
Sight of the Guns.

Leadville, Sept. 28.-The first dele
cation Of miners from Missouri arrived
over the Denver & Rio Grande at 4:2O
P. M. The train was a special, and
was met at Malta, three miles out, by
the two new companies of militia Or
ganized this week and composed en-
tirely of business men and clerks.
They escorted the train to the city,
where it was met by one half of Gen.
eral Brooks command, 500 strong,
with portion of the Chaffee light ar
tillery, two Calling guns and cav
airy troop.
The seventy-ive miners were sur
rounded by soldiers and the cavalcade
passed down Harrison avenue to East
Fifth street, and thence toward the
Emmett mine. Along the route there
were frequent yells Of "scab" from
strike sympatihzers, and the soldiers
were hooted at. After leaving the
avenue and getting to section where
many miners live, the call of "scab"
and jeering at the troops increased in
volume.
At Orange street, the cavalcade
halted for breathing spell, and here
the enraged crowd grew more demon
strative, crowding closely upon the
troops and showering abusive epithets
alike upon miners and militia. One
of the officers, who was singled out by
the men for special abuse and crowd
ing. grew angry and finally drew his
sword, striking one of his tormentors
across the face with the fiat side of the
sword and giving the other hard
blow on the back as he turned away.
The command being ready to move.
the order was given to charge the
crowd with gun butts and push them
back to give room for the marching
column. 1t was most welcome order,
and the celebrity with which it was
obeyed sent panic through the crowd.
who fled over fences and through
yards. Several windows of houses
were broken in by men blind with fear
who simply dashed away from the guns
and landed inside the windows with
hands and faces bleeding from the
broken glass. The march was then re-
sumed without further incident.
The miners were soon inside the En-
met stockade, and the escort of militia
returned to camp.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
Exnloston I'm a Brewery.

indianapolis, Oct. Am explosion
at the Indianapolis Brewing Company'a
plant, shortly before O'Clock, injured
more than a score of men, five of them
seriously, and caused a heavy loss. The
first explosion was due to a leaking
valve in the ammonia pipes. This was
followed by more powerful explosion.
which shattered the building and tore
doors from the hinges blocks away.
The nrst explosion attracted a crowd.
and the yard was full at the time
of the second explosion.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
A BATH IN FINLAND.
AN IMPORTANT AFFAIR THAT TAKES
FLACE ONCE A MONTH.

10 Public Bathhouse an Old Woman
Turns on the Steam, and the Whole
Village Population Is Cleaned - Then
Comes a Siesta In the Cold Air.
Gyou lived IN as cold and uncomfort-
bie a country as Finland, it is highly
PROBABLE that You would never take a
Oth Therefore you will appreciate this
Hnarhable story, which proves the great
virtue and bravery Of the Firms. There
@eFlnnS no doubt who battle every day !;
Cut like the most Of the real heroes Of
uS world, they live and die in obscur-
y, unhonored and unsung.
= mere are, on the other hand, no
INNS who do not take at least one bath
"monIh. And this is pretty high aver
~ When you consider that for all
rance the average is one bath a year
W =, every trenchman, and in Germany
,-' average IS seven tenths of bath a
!VH Tor every German, and in England
NY average IS one-half bath year for
10y EngIlshman. These are thin and
r:' averages when compared with the
PERSON
D1s II Is not the number Of baths that
:, N interesting as the Finlander's meth
y VI taking those baths. Of course,
u II such centers of civilization as
! , a. The people have long ceased to
H.. 41'lllr But take village like Tras-
s,s s. winch IS tucked away in an OBJ
an I1' corner Of the banks of Ulea Trask,
r., you md the ancient and honorable
a. 4A bathing custom in full force.
oDo- 4 ue banks Of the lake about a
h.. 'a OF mile from the huddle of
soon 'alIed Trasborg you will see a
a,, Iog house with no windows and
~ 55s1ently with no door. All around
5ano Tu'S5de Of this queer hut runs a
,bs ~ 'he back Of which is the wall of
p7r,a5 I' and the seat a single board sup
g9 me- by uprights
! Ike - III cilIInney. There is a box
trcro y sentry shelter at little distance
dar t.. .ne hut, and it is from this box
he i~ ~ Underground passage leads to
~ -uIerlor Of the cabin.
a. ~ Ia a certain day you will see a huge
4bss -@1lhs near this cabin, and after
viii o, oeeA going for several hours you
has I boSeFFe that the old woman who
ato i zen III. Watching the fire will reach
lit on. with huge pair of tongs and
bot 1' " oowlder. The bowlder is red
90 INV, viii drag this into the box and
She VIII Tnsn the underground passage.
he e @~t lay it finally in the center Of
de will when floor of the cabin. and SC
ders ont 60 on, dragging redhot bowl.
Ia m rr Oh the fire and piling them ur
foor ' W. IN the center Of the cabin
borider" l9 she has brought the last
Gscs5ii,n she II: has large mound, and
In ' . Is beginning to warm up.
Age bs,U Uorner of the cabin stands a
w u Water. She dips bucket
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
A Negro Boys Awful Crime.

Negro Boys AWfuI Crlmes
One of the most heinous murders in
the history of Louisiana was committed
by negro boy named John johnson
in farmhouse four miles south Of In
dependence Joe Cotton, his wife, her
brother and two sisters were killed,
the first by pistol shot and the other
four with an ak. The fend who COM
mitted this quintuple murder is negro
boy who has been in the employ of
Cotton since April 2. He was allowed
to sleep in the same house. The mo-
tive is a mystery, as no attempt at
robbery had been made. The only
member of the family who escaped
was little Maud Miller, IA years old.
She darted from the house and gave
the alarm. She says she saw johnson
begin the butchery by striking her
mother with the ak. The murderer is
still at large and is being tracked with
bloodhounds by mob. He will prob
ably be lynched if caught.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
Another Big Deficit.

A comparative statement of the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the govern
ment for the month of September shows
the total receipts to have been $24, 584,
244; expenditures, $26,579, 5S5, leav.
ing deficit for the month of 81 1885,.
291. The deficit of the three months
of the present fiscal year is $25, 1914. 1879,
as compared with deficit of 1854,
65S in the corresponding months last
year. Receipts for the last month show
a loss as compared with September of
last year of nearly So, 800, 900 from GUS
toms, and about $3.50, 900 from internal
revenue
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08

The Dalles. Oct. Mrs. A. 81. Nc.
Clure died yesterday at Mosier, fifteen
miles west of here, of neuralgia of the
stomach. She was "a years old, and
one of the pioneer residents OF Ore
gon, having crossed the plains in 1859.
and settled at Mosjer in 1868. She
left three children, her husband hav-
ing died year ago.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
General Miles Close Call.

General Nelson A. Miles, command
or of the United States army, who is
on visit to San Francisco, had mar
row escape from death while driving
on the hill leading from the Cliff house
to the ocean beach. He owes his life
to the GOODNESS and agility of Colonel
Amos 8. Kimball, chief quartermaster
of the department of California, who
rushed to the generals assistance and
checked the horses, as they were about
to dash down a steep hill.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08

Mountain View, CAL, Sept 49,
The passenger train leaving San Fran
cisco at 1O:40 and lone engine oollid-
ed about q mile south of here today,
and but for the presence of mind OF the
engineer Of the passenger train, who.
when he saw what was coming. suo-
decided in bringing his engine to stop.
there would no doubt have been seri-
ous accident. The engines did not 1au
from the track, Though they are con-
siderably smashed. No one was M
iured.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
Fatal Accident at Sea.

The ship Pythomene, from Sydney,
which has just arrived at San Fran
cisco, reports the death at sea August
IS of Henry B. Nottingham, an 18.
year. old apprentice, who fell from the
foreyard to the deck. He lived forty
eight hours, and was buried at sea.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
Four Murderers Executed.

Albuquerque. N. M, Sept. 28.-Dion
Sandoval, who shot and killed Victori-
ano Tenorio July 20, 1885, was hanged
here this afternoon before crowd OF
several thousand. He was calm aud
composed to the last. Perfecto Padela,
who assassinated John Vipond,
miner, and Rosario Ring, who shot and
killed Carlos Mibarri, were executed at
TERRA Amarillo, while Antonio Con-
zales paid the penalty Of death for the
murder Of Charles Vanocle at Ross
we'll