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The Forrest City times., 1896-11-20
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Governor Atkinson, Of Goorgi 4,
recently reelected, in his MESA &c
to the legislature Of that state
which convened 8 few days aac,
suggested some excellent reforms
in the criminal statutes Of Georgia
with a view to securing speedier
trials and more prompt adminjt-
tration Of justice generally In dis
cussng the laws too frequent &c
lay in criminal cases, the Houston
Post says:
Tho laws delay is fruitful
source oftho miscarriage of justice
nall American states. Conlinuan-
ces are easily obtained, the process
tor securing the attendance of wit
nesses is either clumsy and mad
equate, or else tho courts are too
lehient in imposing and inforcina
penalties TO: contempt ofIhe courts
process, or the executive officers
negligent in serving it. From va.
rious causes prosecutions rock
along for months or years, new
trials and changes of venue prolong
the agony and weaken the Slate's
case until the crime has been for
cotton, the criminal steps out IL
free man again. Under the Eng
llsh law n person accused Of crime
must have q preliminary hearing
within twcnty-tour hours after his
arrest. If sent up TO the assizes
his case must be disposed Of within
three months thereafter. The law
Is swift and the crime is investiga-
ted while it Is yet fresh in the pub
lie mind. The delays so common
here, all in the interest of the de.
PENDANT, are unknown there. Ii
the authorities can not within three
months prepare strong case
against the prisoner, he must be
turned loose, except in some cx-
traordinary emergency.
"The American people could ad.
dress themselves TO no greater anes.
ton than the one suggested. Not
only would justice come nearer
getting its own by such expedition
but the counties would pc relieved
OF large expense ocoasioncd now in
the maintenance of Jail full o.
prisoners for months and years at
a time. The criminals would be de-
TERED, too, from offences il they
know that their apprehension would
mean swift justice. Ii is coufdcn-
TALLY felt under the present order
Of things that the strongest case
can be fought successfully thr0u Oh
the delays and technical advanta-
gcs that can BIO invoked in aid of
the prisoner, who III the mean
time, if not out on n rediculously
small bond. is maintained at the
publie's expense. Governor At
kinson's SUGGESTIONS apply with
equal force in al tho Southern
States"
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-20

Don't pint eff getting a business eGp-
cation. So long as your parents sup.
port Won it is well enough to amus9
Yourself with the study of Greek or
Latin; but when You have your own
living TO make they WON'T do. The
best passports TO a successful start in
life are sure Knowledge OF the branch
cial C0!.eae-they are Shorthand,
fNpeWrinag. business writing. Arith-
melic. Spelling, Letter writing. Com
mon Law, bookkeeping. Business
forms, Banking and rapid calculations
AL Wei Taught by eNueiiruced husi-
ness men ard capable instructors.
Write tod3y-nOW-fu catalogue
giving fuil particulars. and address II.
i Stone, prest. Little Rock, Ark.
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-20

For cheap so-called Iron Ditters or Tonnes.
They are only TO deceive. bat get Brown :
Iron Tonic, the only Trle Iron Tonic.
which has cured thousands aud will cure
you. j. II. Upton.
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-20

Sheriff Williams is enforcing tie
game law in regard To uon-resiGeAts.
Several persons have been invited 10
come forward ana may the license of
ten dollars each. This is a step in the
right direction and II l!e will enforce
the law among orr own people in re-
gard 10 game and fish he will receive
the c0mme ndation of all good people.
The Forrest City times., 1896-11-20
The way is pam,

To gain your wasted strength and euer-
~ is TO try o8e bottle cf Browns Iron
Tonic. which IS made with great Gaze and
viii please anyone. j. II. Upton.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
A NEW DRElBUND.
Union of America, England and Italy
Against Turk h Misrule.

Union of America. England and Italy
Against Turk Misrule.
London. Sept. 18.-The st. James
Gazette this afternoon published lead.
ing editorial article headed "a New
Triple Alliance The Gazette points
out the menacing tone of the Cont.
mental semi-official press on the SUBJ
ject Of Turkey, and says:
1--WE are openly threatened with a
joint hostile European action if we in.
terfere lin Turkey, against the will of
the powers, but there is one combina-
tion which British craftsmanship
might effect. Two states which have
little to gain from Russia could act
with US and end the tension. The
United States and Italy are both un-
derstood to be friendly to Russia; new.
ertheless, neither is yet too deeply in
volved to be able to assume an indie
pendent attitude under British inspira-
ton.
why should not England, the
United States and Italy form a new
dreibund? As one of the great nations
of the earth. the United States can I'M
derstand the impulse which would
drive Englishmen to war in order to
suppress tyranny or rescue the op-
pressed. Plenty Of Americans would
regard with enthusiasm the spectacle
of the union jack and stars and stripes
floating side by side in the Bosphorous
to back their joint demand"
The Gazette says Italy is all ready to
join Egnland if invited, and concludes
that it might be expected the Russian
combination would 60 to pieces at the
mere prospect of genuine league OF
peace and the dreibund might lead to a
fresh grouping of the powers and the
delivery of the European people from
Turkish misrule and the dangerous
thraIdom into which it is sinking.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24

persuasion, but which nevertheless Is
an obstacle for those who are not, since
the finding of bicycle escort is no trl-
fling matter. Very emphatically wom-
an should not go far from home on her
wheel alone, not only because of the
possibility Of breakdown in some part
of her machine, which, after all, is OF
delicate construction, and the conse-
uuent walk home, but because OF the
fear of tramps and vicious boys.
From this necessity of women who
have no men to ride with them will
doubtless he evolved a new position for
respectable young men-that OF bicycle
groom. 1t soon may be no uncommon
sight to see a bevy Of girls, all awheel,
under the charge Of responsible lad
who can be depended upon to pump
up mend punctures, screw nuts and
bolts, adjust saddles, oil pedals and at
tend to the thousand and one details
from which feminine muscles and feml-
nine understandings shrink abjectly.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24

was Mrs. Helene Walton. whose chief
sphere Of operations was on the ground
Loor OF the exhibition building. Her
UU'! tnere was to look after the whir
ing dEnamos and powerful engines,
al OF which she thoroughly under
S'1nuS' being practical engineer and
l'''Vnahlc OF the highest grade. With
Jul Hef the thousands of electric lights
l'"Iu not shine, nor would the many
models run.
MIS- Walton kept an eye on the
e'UStS and not thing in the room es-
1iVu nef attention. The men obeyed
,,7I orders with pleasure, and the
I'tooolhs engines and dynamos sent
pu.SeS OF power through the great
p'Iiuins. Il don't exactly need the
- - SAID Mrs. Walton to a visitor,
- T' lle management thought it would
- oeIter to have them around in case
-, e'e"h pipe should break or some
a.. ger out of order. | always did
u De around boilers and engines.
et my husband in an engine-room
on Gnu 'lat decided my future. He is an
- and cling to the work for
O'e OF machinery. | wouldn't be
W "rI'er or clerk in any store.
co., ''V" can do any work that men
al . ana they're going to monopollze
w on,. In a few years there
woah De anything for men to do but
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
THE INSURANCE COMPACT.
Permanent Board Formed by Pacific
Coast Agen 8.

Coast Agen
San Francisco, Sept. 18.-After
eight months of quibbling, the provi.
sional insurance compact entered into
at Monterey last February has been
converted into an operative board,
known as the Fire Underwriters of the
Pacific Coast. The last signature was
obtained today when Pacific Manager
Henry K. Belden affixed his name to
the constitution, in behalf of the Hart
ford Fire Insurance Company. His
main objection was removed when
commissions were readjusted, and
the rate for San Francisco, Oakland
and Portland was made 30 per cent,
and all other cities Is per cent. Still
there remained one little matter to be
adjusted in the right of the manager
to two votes, one as representative OF
the New York underwriters. the other
as the representative of the Hartford.
There was general disposition last
week to grant this request, and today
it was agreed to. The executive com.
mittee will get to work at once arrang-
ing the details prior to the commence
ment of active operations. Subsequent
rules of the board will need but a two
thirds vote to become law. 1t is ex-
pected that the compact will be in full
swing October 1.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24

Chicago, Sept. 15.-Charles Hamil-
ton, secretary of the North American
Transportation & Trading Company, is
en- route to Washington to present to
the authorities there evidence that
American interests in Alaska are be-
ing seriously jeopardized by the fail
ure of this government to demand the
location of boundary line compatible
with the law and terms under which
Russia coded Alaska to this country.
Hamilton takes to Washington
copy of the report made by the Cana
dian surveyor, William Ogilvie, last
May to Inspector Constantine. in
charge of the Canadian police along
the Yukon river. So uncertain are
the Canadian police authorities as to
their rights in arbitrating disputes
along the disputed boundary that In
spector Constantine deemed this re-
port to be necessary. Without it he
felt that arrests and other police duties
demanded of the British representatives
on the bounday line could not be had.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
THROUGH THE LOCKS
First Steamer From cast of
the Mountains"
THE STEAM PROPELLER SADIE B.
An Open River and Through Boats to
The DalIes Is No Longer an
Uncertain Possibility.

Portland, Or, Sept. 18-The little
steam propeller Sadie B., the first
steamer to pass through the Cascade
locks from the Middle Columbia to the
lower river, arrived at Portland yester-
day morning. Her trip through the
locks was made several days ago, but
this is her first trip to Portland. The
construction of the mammoth locks has
dragged along through so many years,
and at times seemed so far from COM
pletion, that it was difficult to convince
many that they ever would be COM
pleted. The trip of the Sadie B.,
though, is sufficient evidence for the
most skeptical that we have at last wa
ter communication with that vast re-
gion east of the mountains, and, while
it will be quite while before regular
steamers can make use of the locks. the
trip of this small steamer has demon
strated that the open river is no longer
a dream of the distant future. The
Sadie B. is q propeller, about So feet
long, IA feet beam and s feet hold,
with double engines 12x14 inches
The hull was built at Portland and
towed to the lower cascades. and from
there taken overland to the middle riv.
er. Here it was launched and equipped
with engines from the burned steamer
Cyclone. On completion, the craft was
used by the contractors in their work
above the falls at the head of the canal.
When this was finished, she was need
ed below the falls, and on September 8,
having in tow the dredger used in the
canal, two dump scows and the barge
Interstate, loaded with ITO cords of
wood, she entered the upper lock and
was dropped down to the last gate in
the lower lock. Here she remained
until the following Monday, when the
lower gate was opened and she passed
through and out to the open river at
the foot of the rapids. The barge In
tesrtate, after discharging her wood,
was taken back up through the locks to
the middle river. The contra ctors had
considerable work for the steamer at
the lower end of the canal, and she re-
manned there until yesterday, when
she made her first trip to Portland for
the purpose of getting her papers
changed. Her certificate will give her
permission to ply on the waters of the
Columbia between The Dalles and
Cape Hancock, and will be the first one
of the kind ever issued. The work Of
finishing the second lock is progressing
rapidly. and in short time there will
be Through boats" for The Dalles.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
An Event at Ashland.

Ashland, Or. Sept. 1S.-The first
creamery butter ever manufactured in
Jackson county or this part of Oregon
was manufactured here with the new
plant of the Jackson County Creamery
Company yesterday. Stock sufficient
to start the enterprise was subscribed
here about two months ago. the SUBJ
scribers being most Of them substan.
tial farmers adjacent to Ashland, who
made an outlay of about So, 800 for the
building and machinery, and seem
highly pleased with their investment.
The creamery is model one in every
way, with the latest improved ma.
chinery for manufacturing butter.
The plant has capacity of from 5000
to 5000 pounds of milk per day.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
THE BATTLE-sHlP CONTRACTS.
Bidders Must Wait While Secretary
Herbert Enjoys His Vacation.

Bidders Must Wait While Secretary
Herbert Enjoys His Vacation.
Washington, Sept. 18.-Acting Sec
rotary McAdoo has cabled Secretary
Herbert, in England, the particulars
of the bidding for the construction OF
the three II, O0O-ton battle-ships. II
the secretary so orders, the award will
be made at once. The bidders are
pressing earnestly for speedy deci-
sion, in order that they may take ad-
vantage of the present favorable rates
for structural material to make con-
tracts for future delivery, and the de-
partment is disposed to accede to the
request, although. according to the
terms of the advertisement calling for
proposals, the awards may be delayed
until October s. The bids received
have been examined by the board OF
bureau chiefs, and by the law officer OF
the department. and fond to be regu'
lar in all essential points. There IS
little doubt that the contracts will 60
to the Newport News Company, Cramp
& Sons, and the Union iron works, OF
San Francisco.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
A Female Maniac.

For several days reports have been
received in lone, Cal, that woman
with long black hair, piercing black
eyes, had been seen in the woods above
that town, entirely nude. A farmer
and his wife, while driving home
some three miles from town, encoun.
tered the woman, who sprang from the
brush at the roadside and seized the
brides of their team. The farmer left
the wagon, and grappled with the
stranger, who was frothing at the
mouth and gave vent to fearful
shrieks, but she broke away from him
and escaped. A systematic search fol-
the supposed maniac will be made
with bloodhounds.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
PRESIDENT DIfZ' MESSAGE,
Delivered at the Opening of Congress
Last Evening.

City of Mexico, Sept ls.-The ad.
dress delivered this evening by Presi-
dent Diaz on the opening of congress,
referring to diplomatic relations with
the United States. was in part as fol-
lows:
"On May 6. last, a convention was
ccnluded at Washington whereby the
International water boundary commit
tee between Mexico and the United
States was empowered to study certain
questions bearing on the distribution
Of the water of the Bravo or Grand
river. The water boundary commits.
sion has settled two grave questions of
disputed territory arising from changes
in the Rio Grande, one relating to the
Chamisla tract, claimed by both COM
missions on behalf of their govern.
ments, and the other regarding the
San Eliza islet, which was awarded
by both commissions to Mexico"
Referring to the attack on the No.
gales custom house, the president says
Mexico's legation at Washington has
been instructed to draw the attention
of the department. Of state to the case.
and the extradition Of the guilty per.
sons will be asked of the United States.
The president refers to the attempt
to hold a pan-American conference to
consider the Monroe doctrine. This
idea originated with the government
of Ecuador, and, although the congress
had dissolved after only few meetings
and without accomplishing anything,
it does not follow that its aims will
not be some day attained.
The mining industry in Mexico had
made remarkable progress, as was
shown not only by the large number Of
grants, but by the returns of the ex-
ports of the precious metals, which,
during the first nine months of the
fiscal year, ending June 80 last,
amounted to $50, 900 against $685.
800, 5000 in the corresponding period
of the preceding year.
The most important part of the mes
sage relates ito the financial situation
in Mexico, the cash revenue amount
ing for the last fiscal year to $50, 000.-
900, the largest revenue yet recorded,
and the year closed on June 80 with
surplus of $4,50O,0O0. The surplus is
now in excess of Sc, 100000.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
This Dog Deserves a Medal.

James Feenan, we'll borer, who re.
sides alone in small cottage at Berk.
ley, Cal, narrowly escaped beins
burned to crisp, while asleep in his
home. He was saved by little dog,
who kept up frantic howling and
tugged at his masters clothes until he
house Feenan was seriously burned and
is now in a serious condition. The
firemen who were battling with the
flames had a narrow escape. Some
giant powder that had been stored in
the house exploded and blew to pieces
all that was left of the building.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
Tale of Brutal Sava.ery.

The state penitentiary board of Ar
kansas has ordered the discharge #
number of state employees for cruel and
inhuman treatment to convicts in their
charge. Two colored convicts had es-
capped, and when captured they were
severely whipped. Iron rings were
welded about their necks and one end
of chain fastened to the rings and the
other to their waists. They were un.
able to straighten up when member
of the board saw them. The chains
were drawn SO tight the men were un
able to raise their heads and were com,
PEELED to work in that condition.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24

Liverpool, Sept 18.-The sixty -sixth
annual meeting of the British Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science
commenced here today under the presi-
dency of Sir Joseph Lister. president
of the Royal Society, in Philharmonic
hall The citizens of Liverpool have
prepared long and brilliant series OF
entertainments. On the last day OF
the meeting a special banquet will be
held by invitation of the president and
members of the American Chamber OF
Commerce.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
Panic In q SchooIhouse.

A child tipped over cupboard in an
anteroom in the Ogden school in Chi.
cago, and the sound of breaking SO
frightened the younger children that
they were terrorized and rushed from
the building. The report that fire
was in progress in some way gained
circulation, and for a time there was
no controlling the little ones. No
lives were lost, but many Of the chill.
dren were badly bruised and trampled
upon.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
An Old Established Firm.

Thomas B. Pearce, Henry T. Atkins
and Henry Pearce, owners of the
Franklin cotton mills, of Cincinnati,
O., doing an extensive cotton business
in that city, under the name of Pearce,
Atkins & Co., and the Henry Pearce
Sons Company, assigned as a company
and as individuals to William G. Coch-
ran, a cotton mill owner. The assets
are $24O, 900; liabilities, $4,000.
The cause of the crash is slow collec-
lions and dull business.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
IS OVER A HUNDRED
John Durbin, of Marion Coun.
ty, Ore gon, Is Io2.
BORN BEFORE WASHINGTON DIED
He Has Lived q Life Full of Adventure
Has Five Children Living, the
Youngest Over Sixty.

Salem, Or, Sept. 15.-Marion coun.
ty claims the Oldest living pioneer in
Oregon. His name is John Durbin,
and he was 102 years old Sunday.
John Durbin was born in Fayette
county, Pennsylvania, September 10,
1894. His birth antedates the death
OF George Washington five years. He
did service as lieutenant in the war of
1919, and lived through the Mexican
and civil wars. He knows what In.
dian warfare is from having lived
among them, and has survived all.
In 1900, Mr.. Durbin moved from
his native state to Richard county,
Ohio, where, in 1890, he was married
to Sarah Fitting. Of this union were
born ten children, five of whom are
living. The family moved to Hancock
county, Illinois, in 1842; thence to
Clayton county, MISSOURI. in the same
year. In the spring of 1916, the fam.
lily. with body of emigrants, set out
for Oregon, arriving in the fall of
1845. Mr.. Durbin settled in Marion
county, and it has since been his home.
He has lived an active life, giving most
of his time to farming and stockrais.
ing. In the sos it was his custom to
drive bands Of cattle into the Rogue
river valley to Craze off of natures
rich pastures. He had large band
in the valley at the time of the threat.
ened outbreak Of the Rogue River In
dams. 1t was Mr.. Durbin's good for
tune to get along peaceably with the
Indians, even when they were hostile
towards the government settlers. He
treated with the Rogue River Indians
at the start by promising them two
head of fat cattle year for the privi-
lege of pasturage, and he always lived
up to the treaty.
An accident occurred while he was
looking after his cattle in the Rogue
river valley, to which Mr.. Durbin at
tributes his total abstinence from to-
bacco since. He had stopped on the
mountainside to light his pipe, when
he heard the snap of an Indians gun
only few rods away. ''The thought
came to me-" he afterwards said,
that that pipe might be the cause of
my death, so i threw it away, and
haven't used tobacco since"
Mr.. Durbin makes his home with
his son Isaac, who lives ON Howell
prairie, nine miles from Salem. 1t
was the intention Of his children and
grandchildren to have reunion and
invite all pioneers of AS in the state
to be present to celebrate their fathers
1O2d anniversary, but as the day drew
nigh it was apparent the state Of his
health would not permit of the excite
ment attendant upon such an occasion.
The frailty of age is apparent. The
venerable pioneer has passed the usual
limit of old age, and is living in his
second childhood, and younger gene
ration will soon be called upon to honor
his memory.
The living children of John Durbin
are: Casper j., of Huntington. Or.
aged "a; Mrs. Fannie A. Martin, four
miles east of Salem, aged II; Solomon
Durbin, 81 miles east of Salem, aged
g.; Isaac, aged "a, nine miles north
west of Salem; Mrs Mary ]. Starkey.
of Salem. aged 81.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
eix Have Died.

Eureka, CAL, Sept. 17.-George
Burke, engineer Of the Inflated train
wrecked Sunday evening at Mad river
bridge, died this morning from his in
iuries. He was frightfully scalded by
the escaping steam from broken pipe.
This makes six deaths as the result OF
the accident.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
Across the Sea in Yawl.

The latest San Francisco adivces from
Yokohama say that twenty-foot yawl
started from that port for San Fran.
cisco August 10. 1t was the Nadjes.
ka, and in her Captain Ridderbjelke
hopes to cross the Pacific. She left
port amid the cheers of large delega-
ton of American shippers and tars
from the cruisers in the harbor.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
Labrador Fisberv Failure.

St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 1S.-The
failure of the Labrador fishery is now
said to be complete. The mail steamer
arriving today reports no improvement.
This is the worst disaster that can be-
fall the colony, the cod fishery being
the industry upon which most of the
population depend for support.