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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-10

San Francisco. Cal. December 9.--Wyatt
carp, referee, In court pleaded not guilty
to charge OF carrying concealed weapons
and then appeared as witness IN the
Fttzsimmors case to recover the $40. Ml
check held by Sh1rkey carp said he had
turned the check over TO Sharkcy. and
denied That there had been "A conspiracy
To dcfra,M ,Fkzslmmons. The case then
wont oNcr until Friday, while the con
cealed weapon casc win he heard Thurs
day,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-10

arouscs the grcate~t Interest every fall.
THIS year an answer Is promised to be
moro difficult to give than ever before.
The renewal OF athlete relation b~,wcen
Harvard almost a certainty, The place
and time are not yet decided, but every
thing points to the race being held on the
tina, yalc's boating alumni favor this
course. Whether Harvard's dual league
With Cornell vii, stih hold good and wal
interfere with these plans remains to 1T
setNt,
Providing race with Harvard falls
through, the alternative will he another
with those closely identified with vale's
rowing policy. The question OF cntcrinH
the fonr-cornered race. with all its. com.
year, The coaches are opposed TO this
courec. 40 II IL certain that Yale crew
will not he found among the contestants
on the Hudson next June.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-10

rama The chairman Of the National com. .
mit!ee. accompanied by General Horace
r",,er OF New York, who 10 to be marshal
az she inaugural parade. dropped Into the
IN me speaker was then In the chair. but
REPRESENTATIVES, Smith Of Michigan, who
seemed to have arranged the meeting told
M need who was waiting for him The
speaker turned over the gavel to Mr.. sher.
man man OF New York and stepped back 10 his
onise. Several congressman had already
ts,, there and witnessed the prcscn.
manager Of McKinlcy's camnaisn have
lever met before. Several members who
i naa neen active In Mr.. Reeds anti i onyon.
s,on campaign and Representative W. a.
stone. who managed Senator Quay'e boom
a. we capital last spring, took part In the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-10
New Oricpmn Entries.
San Francisco Races.

SaM Fr0uclscO Races
San Francisco. Cal, December Sat In
g,esido tho weather was perfect. track
fast.
Milc--M Miss Brummcli. lnstigator, Articus.
Time l,tsn.
Three-fourths OF mile-t'andclaria,
Bcrna rdillo. bohemian Lass. Time. 1915
Mile and an eighih--o'aptivc. installaior
scnpcr Lex. Time. l&
Mile and a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Rcddlng-
ton. Malo Diablo. Time. s.soh,
Sevcn-ephths Of 81 mile--Toano. San
Marcos Iucil. Time, l:21H,
rhrcc-fourths of n m,ie-Sport McAllis-
ter perscus, Time. IlA
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
Spanish Buying warships.

London, July 28.-The Times has q
dispatch from Madrid, which says: II
is stated that the government has paid
the enormous price of e700, 900 each.
for the two warships recently bought
at Genoa, while a contract has inst
been given for two torpedo boat de.
stroyers. at $50. 600, which was dearer
than the tender e first-class English
firm. on the ground that quick delivery
would be secured. Nothing short of a
panic can explain such extrayagance
Wichita, Kan, July 28.-The week
just closed has witnessed the liyeiiest
grain trade in Southern and Central
Kansas that these sections have exper.
fenced in five years. Just now the
bulk OF the old corn from this section
Is going to ST. Louis and New Orleans
but dealers from Northern, Eastern and
Southern points are all buy ing heavily.
Ihe shipments, while enormous. do
not In any sense represent the business
done. as very large amount of corn
has been contracted for, but is held
awaiting cars A great deal Of the
corn is in unroofed bins, on account Of
recent rains, IL il too wet to shell.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
An Actress Salary.

Sarah Bernhardt's salary Is 81 500 a
week. Yvette Guilbert received under
her recent contract 1000 a week, and
Calve earns s., 200 for each Of her ap-
pearances Olga Nethersole earns $3.50
a week. What with his salary and per-
centage Of the receipts John Drew
makes In good times $500 a week. A
competent leading man or woman, like
Henry Miller or Herbert Kelley, Viola
Allen or Isabel Irving, can be had for
$500 q week. The only player that has
ever received, even In this prodigal
country, a salary equal to that Of
Bernhard was Nine. Modjeska. Edwin
Booth, who knew nothing about the
value Of money, once engaged the
Polish actress at a salary of 81, 800 q
week. Mr.. Grau's contract with Gull
bert lasted only two weeks, after which
he returned to the cheap prices Of
Paris. Calves contract lasted five
months, but during that time she sings
only twice or three times a week, after
which she returns to the moderate sal
aries of Europe. Melba receives ST.
500 night In this country, but In Paris
Is content with $500 a performance.
But Sarah Bernhardt's contract con-
tinues through summer and winter, and
every Saturday night she pockets ST.
800. Taking one thing with another,
the actress is better Off than the sing
ers. Averaging the entire income Of
each performance. we should say that
Calve earns $4,000 year, Guilbert
about $4,000, while Bernhardt is sure
Of $4,000 annually for five years.
Footlights.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
WORK FO7 IDLE MEN.

Iron Mills to Give Employment to Ten
Thousand.
Pittsburg, Pa, July 2a.-Tomorrow
will see the beginning of the resump-
tion Of iron mills, which will soon put
to work at least 10, 900 idle men. 1t is
estimated that at least that number are
interested in the settlement made of
the wage scale with the Ohio manu-
facturers, at Youngstown. Saturday
night. The success of the Amalga.
mated Association in making the wage
settlement it has effected means, too,
that men employed in non union mills
will get an advance in wages, and that
their employers will sign agreements
to pay them the union prices. This
comes as near recognition of the
union as the men are contending for at
the present time. The conference was
with the Ohio association, but plans in
several other states will be started
under the agreement.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
IMMIGRANT MATTERS.
Business Transacted by W. stern Lines
During the Past Six Months.

Business Transacted by W. stern Lines
During the Past Six Months.
Chicago, July 31.-Mr. Pratt, Of the
immigrant department of the Western
Passenger Association, has submitted
his report of the amount Of business
done by this department in the last six
months. During that period 1903, 432
immigrants were sent through Chicago
to the West and Northwe and the
business was so equalized that the
maximum difference between any of
the lines was only thirteen persons.
There were no developments in the
grain war, but the general opinion is
that rates will have to go lower. The
reduced rates which the roads have
made during the last ten days have
brought them no increase in traffic,
and they are beginning to think they
have not yet been reduced sufficiently
to bring out the grain. A meeting of
general managers of Western lines will
be held this week to see if some way
cannot be devised by which rates can
be kept up and the business secured at
the same time.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
INFORMATION FOR VOTERS.
Treasury Department. Will Issue Circu
lar Containing Financial Facts.

Treasury Department. Will Issue q Circu-
lar Containing Financial Facts.
Washington, July $3.50 numerous
are the questions brought to the treas.
ury by every mail, seeking informa-
ton relative to finqncial and currency
matters, that the overworked clerical
force of the director OF the mint has
been unable to answer them. All
available copies of the report OF the di.
rector Of last year, which contained
tables and information, and which ans
wer large portion of the queries, have
been exhausted, and at last the depart.
ment has hit upon the device of print.
ing circulars containing in succinct
forms statements Of facts relative to
the coinage, bullion production, circu.
lation per capita and such information
as will meet the needs of many persons
who are now seeking facts on which to
base convictions respecting the issues
of the campaign. The matter en-
bodied in this circular has been care
fully considered, and has the approval
of the secretary of the treasury. 1t is
expected the circular itself will be re
ceived from the printer for distribution
about the end of the week.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
HEAT WAS TERRIBLE.
Sixteen Cases of Prostitution Recorded
at st. Louis.

sixteen Cases of ProstratIon Recorded
at st. Louis.
ST. Louis. July S1.-The terrors OF
the heat today found their full climax
at the city hospital, where physicians
and attendants were kept busy all day
and until midnight receiving ana
attending patients. The number OF
cases of heat prostration sent to the
hospital as serious were sixteen. VI
these, one died, and two others are ex'
pected to die at any moment.
Henry Meyers, who was sent to the
hospital Monday suffering from the
heat, insisted ON leaving the instltu-
ton this morning. declaring he was all
right. He was brought back this at
ternoon utterly Frustrated and did not
rally, dying shortly afterward.
Henry Welp, machinist, and George
Beard, q mason, were brought to the
hospital tonight and it is thought they
cannot live.
One death occurred in East st. Louis,
George Carr, an employe OF Virgins
Ferry Company, succumbing from the
effects of the heat.
Police reports from the different dis
tricts in the city show that thirty
horses were Frustrated today.
Reports from different points in ILL.,
nois and Missouri indicate that the
weather is still worse than at st.
Tnuis
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
A REIGN OF TERROR.

Cripple Creek Seems to Be a Good Place
to Stay Away From,
Denver, July 31.-An evening paper
publishes special from Cripple Greek,
a lengthy article, to the effect that a
reign of terror is existing in the town.
and making a violent attack on Town
Marhal Jim Marshall and Police Mag
istrate Robert Mullen. 1t is asserted
that the marshal makes. regular assess
ments ON the gambling fraternity, and
that respectable and law-abiding citi-
zens are thrown into Jail, tortured and
fined without even pretense of war
rant of authority. For several months,
it is alleged, outrageous acts on the
part of several city officials have been
growing more frequent and bold, but
SO completely have the police terror
lied the people that they have not even
dared to criticise the acts of officials.
Among those who have been prosecuted
are the cowboy preacher" Rice. and
his wife.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
THIRTEEN MILLIONS
Northern Pacific Line Sold at
Auction.
BID IN IN BEHALF OF COMPANY
Sale yrcIuded Entire Track From Du-
Iuth to Portland, Bonds, STOCKS
Leases and Branch Lines.

NTH to Portland, Bonds, Stocks.
Leases and Branch Lines.
West Superior, Wis, July 2S.-Spe-
cial Master Carey this morning, at Su-
perior, Wis, sold the entire line OF the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
it's bonds, stocks, leases and branch
lines, under the decree of Judge Jen-
kins, of the United States federal
court. The sale was interrupted by
but two formal notifications, and the
property was bid in by Edwin w.
Winter, on behalf of the Northern Pa
cific, as reorganized.
Special Master Carey read the decree
of SALE He offered for sale the first
Parcel, consisting of the line from
Lake Superior to Portland, Oregon,
and all the appurtenances and prop
erty. He also included in the first par.
Gel all property to which the company
had acquired title, and asked for bids
Edwin Winter. for the Northern Pa
cific railroad, bid the least amount that
could be offered. 100000 900. Master
Carey asked if anybody else desired to
bid, and receiving no response, sold it
to Mr.. Winter for the Northern Pacific
railroad, and received the report Of the
Farmers Loan & Trust Co., showing
that the bonds necessary to bind the
sale were in their possession.
The second parcel containing the
stocks and bonds of branch lines, held
under the consolidated mortgage, were
offered, and. as before, Edwin W..
Winter bid for the Northern Pacific
railroad, and offered 100000, at
which it was sold.
The third parcel, containing con-
tracts of branch lines and releases, was
offered at 5000. 600, bid by Mr.. Win.
ter, who got it without opposition.
At noon, at the door of the county
courthouse, were offered the company =
lands in the state of Wisconsin in three
parcels. The first contained thirty-one
patented sections in township 43, range
Is west, and President Winter bid
800 for one section, with the option
of taking the remainder. He got it,
and exercised his option, depositing
the certificate of guarantee. ALI pat.
ented lands in Wisconsin not included
in the first sale were offered and sold
to the Northern Pacific railroads rep
resentative for 1000.
In the third parcel were all the
lands in Wisconsin granted the North.
ern Pacific railroad by act of congress
to aid it in building and equipping its
line, to which the road is entitled, but
upon which patents have not been is.
sued. Winters bid of $500, 900 was
! the largest offered, and the sale in
Wisconsin was closed.
The special master expects to turn
the road over to the purchasers Sep
TENDER /.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
63o CANS OF OPIUM.
A Three Thousand Dollar Catch in
Two Nights.

A Three Thousand Dollar Catch in
Two Nights.
Portland, Or, July 28.-The Gus.
toms officials of this port have made a
clever capture of Struggled opium,
having seized $50 cans of the stuff,
valued at about So, 900. 1t is the most
important capture that has occurred
for many months and reflects great
credit ON the officers who had tho mat
ter in hand.
Ten days ago T. J. Black received
information from Vancouver, B. c.,
that lot of opium had been shipped
from there, presumably for Portland,
and strict watch has been maintained
about the railroad depots and in Chi
nese stores in the CITY 1t was sup
posed that those handling the dope
would be strangers who would offer it
for sale at some of the stores in the
Chinese quarter. This led to two men
being suspicioned, both strangers, and
their movements were closely watched.
The suspicious proved correct, and it
was later learned that they had brought
the opium in a small boat from some
point on the Columbia river. They
were arrested last night as they were
landing the stuff, and when taken to
the police station gave their names as
James Mcintosh and John Miller.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06

has no god to worship worships him
self.
A fault will attract more attention
to US than a virtue.
A prayer may be long, and yet not
ask the Lord for much.
The man who has the ''big head"
often wears a small hat
1t is not the longest prayers that
are answered quickest
The sermon fails that does not tell
somebody that God Is love.
The spots we see on others are near
ly always on our own glasses.
No man who Is trying to serve the
Lord doubts that there Is q devil.
Get In the habit Of resting all your
weight on the Everlasting Arms.
Every man who does wrong is help
ing to lead an army Of boys astray.
Wherever Jesus went the devil took
pains to send some scribes and Phar-
isees.
There are people who never care for
music except when they play the first
fiddle.
The man who Is doing the thing God
wants him to do Is engaged In great
work.
The devils presence In the heart Is
often shown by what comes out Of the
mouth.
The man who is sure that there Is no
hell will generally be found trying to
make one.
The man who works for the Lord by
the day will never be satisfied with the
pay he gets.
The man who Is trying to hide be-
hind hypocrite now will not do It in
the judgment.
The man who Is willing to do Gods
will will not long be kept in doubt
about what is Gods will.
Some people talk much about what a
happy place heaven is, and do nothing
to make their homes resemble it.
1t will be time enough to talk about
giving up the Bible when we find
something better to take its place.
When the devil knows that a man Is
kinder to his mule than he is to his wife
he likes to hear him talk In church.
Men do not have to commit all known
crimes to miss heaven. 1t is lost by
having nothing heavenly in the heart
1t sometimes takes q moderate drink.
er a long while to find out that the dev-
IFS claws have been run through him.
The people who so to sleep under
the preaching. will be wide awake
when they watch the preachers prac-
tice.
The devil would have been whipped
long ago II he had not always been
able to find something good to hide
behind.
Instead Of praying for their daily
bread some men tell the Lord what
kind Of weather is needed to make a
wheat croD
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
A GIGANTIC UNION.
wage Scale to Govern Shipping Inter-
ests of the World.

wage Scale to Govern shipping Inter
eats of the World.
Chicago, July 30.-The Record will
say: A wage scale to govern the
shipping interests of the world has been
drawn up. If the shipowners fail to
accept it, seamen say strike will be
declared which will be felt wherever
men trust their lives to the decks OF
vessels.
The idea originated among English
sailors and has gradually spread until
now it has supporters everywhere.
American seamen are said to be in
thorough accord with the movement.
1t was che original intention to carry
the agitation on quietly. and to set
date when the effort should be made
without attracting undue attention, but
recent developments in London and
vicinity, where the police interfered
with a meeting that had been held for
the purpose of organizing seamen, gave
it more or less publicity, and the re-
cent receipt of information regarding
the movement in this country has made
it matter OF common talk among
sailors.
T. J. Elderkin, secretary of the In.
ternational Seamen's Union, with head
quarters here, said today he received
several communications on the subject,
and he believed American seamen
would lend support to the effort to in
troduce an international wage scale,
one which would be recognized every
where, and which in force would do
more than anything to eliminate the
nonunion man business of sailing, and
give the union footing that no future
happening would undermine.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
A PRISON MUTINY.
Desperate Attempt of United States
Prisoners to Escape.

Desperate Attempt of United States
Prisoners to Escape.
Leavenworth, Kan. July 30.-While
a gang Of thirty prisoners in the
United States penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth were being worked on
the prison farm this evening, mutiny
broke out among them. At signal
from George Fast, an Indian territory
desperate, the men broke for a corn
field. The guards commenced firing
with shotguns, and all the prisoners
but three surrendered. Fast was shot
six times before he gave up. He is
fatally wounded. Sam Mills and s.
Dove were also badly but not fatally
wounded before they were run down.
When the bloody prisoners were run
into the penitentiary yard, where 200
prisoners were breaking rock. there
was an ugly demonstration, and a SEQ
ond attempt at mutiny. The guards
were about to fire into the convicts
when Warden French appeared and by
GOODNESS and firmness quieted the re.
volt.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
RACED AN EXPRESS TRAIN.
Exciting Contest, in Which Sex
tnplet Won.

Exciting Contest, in Which a Sex
tnplet Won.
Syracuse, N. Y, July 30.-When the
westward bound Empire State express
was about two miles west of Syracuse
this afternoon, it raced with six
athletic young men on sextuplet.
Arrangements for the race were quietly
completed several days ago. At this
point there is stretch of cinder path
about four feet wide and mile and a
half long. AS soon as the train hove
in sight, the sextuplet was got under
way. The Empire was soon abreast,
and the race for quarter of mile
was an even thing. At the end of half
mile the sextuplet was four lengths
ahead. The sextuplet was then
obliged to slow down, owing to short
bridge quarter Of mile ahead. A
number of railroad officials and bicycle
men witnessed the race, and four pho
tographs of the race were secured.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
Striker wordeu Must Hang.

San Francisco, July BIS D. Wor.
den, the railroad striker charged with
wrecking the railway bridge near Sac.
ramento two years ago, and thereby
causing the deaths Of Engineer Clark
and three United States soldiers, must
hang. The supreme court today handed
down a decision in which it affirmed
the Judgment of the superior court
where Worden was convicted of murder
in the first degree and sentenced to be
hanged.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
Shot q Minister,

Texarkana, Ark, July 81 At the
Cotton Belt depot this morning, Colonel
John Hallan, well-known Arkansas
attorney, shot and fatally wounded
Rev. W. A. Forbes, one of the most
prominent ministers in the state. Mrs.
Hallan recently obtained a divorce
from her husband. Hallam charged
Forbes with alternating his wife's sffec.
tions and bringing discord into his
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-06
our Diplomatic Service.

The diplomatic service has sometimes
been assailed In Congress as a purely
ornamental one; and while the evident
necessity Of maintaining the service Is
such as ought to save 1t from the de-
structionists 1t Is quite true that our
diplomatic relations with some Of the
powers are more ceremonious than
practical But we must be equipped
and prepared for emergencies, and ev-
cry now and then. even at the small
est and most remote courts, there IL
q critical need Of an American repre-
sentative to protect American citizens
or American interests.-Ladies' Home
Journal