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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17

Lizzie Emerson, handsome woma..
about % years of age, swallowed dose
of morphine. with suicidal intent, in
San Francisco. When discovered she
was taken to the receiving hospital, but
soon after expired. The woman came
to San Francisco from Seattle about
three months ago. To friends she said
that her husband had died about two
months previously, leaving her with
little girl to support. She could find
no means of supporting herself and
child. and becoming respondent, de-
cided to end her life.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
Approves of the Message.

Paris, Dec. 1.-THE Figaro strongly
approves of President Cleveland's mes.
sage to congress, and says:
1T proves that, apart from the
fomentors of international discord.
there is reserve of wise men in Amer
lea who are swayed solely by the die
tates of conscience and reason
The Gaa4ois remarks:
The message is of nature to arouse
the susceptibilities of Earope and to at
tract the attention of the chancellory. -
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
House,.

While the scenes attending the open.
ing of the house were both brilliant
and interesting in the crowds that
thronged the galleries, and the con-
spicuous personages present, the pro-
ceedings themselves were dull and
spiritless, being distinctively routine.
The house met, the chaplain invoked
the divine blessing on the work of the
session, the roll was called, and COM
mittee was appointed to wait upon the
president, and the latter's annual COM
munication was read. The reading
consumed about two hours. The holt
day nature of the day was saddened by
the announcement of the death of ex-
Speaker Crisp, which Turner of Georgia
formally made to his associates. Out
of respect to the memory of the distin-
guished Georgian, the house, after
adopting appropriate resolutions, inn
mediately adjourned.
The house, without wasting time,
proceeded to business today, and before
the session closed had passed three bills
of considerable Importance, and the
first of the regular supply bills-that
for pensions Three of the bills re-
lated to postal matters. One provided
for the use of private mailing cards of
the same general size and character as
the present postal cards, when one.cent
stamps are affixed. Another provided
for limited indemnity of SO for the
loss of registered mail matter, and the
third provided for a private carrier
service in towns and villages where no
free delivery exists. The pension bill
was passed without factious opposition,
but Mr.. Grow took occasion in the de-
bate to submit some views in favor Of
higher tariff duties, based on that por-
tion of the presidents message relating
to the tariff. The bill carries SAL
263, $3.50, about $4,000 less than the
law for the current year.
Third day.-The house held a three
hour session and passed dozen bills of
minor Importance. Among them were
the following: To extend five years
the time in which the university of
Utah shall occupy the lands granted
it; to authorize the use of the aban.
doned Fort Bidwell military reserva-
ton in California, as a training school
for Indians; to provide for the location
and purchase of public lnds for reser-
volr sites in Montana, South Dakota
and Wyoming; authorizing Flagstaff,
Ariz., to issue bonds for the construc-
ton OF a water system. The Shaforth
bill, for the protection of forest reser,
vations from fire, was defeated.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
Mexico is discussing proposition to
make military duty compulsory.
On His Way to Mexico.

Percival Lowell, Of Boston, whose
astronomical researches with reference
to the individuality Of the planet mars
have commanded wide attention, is
now on his way to the City of Mexico,
near where he has erected an observa-
tory. He will have with him in Next
co distinguished party of scientific
men, and it is the purpose to continue
the Investigations in that country for
at least two years, if the climatic con.
ditions prove favorable.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
Drowned in the Lewis and Clark.

Astoria. Or, Dec. 11.-Word was
received from Caldwell this morning
that young man, of the name of Oh
sen employed on a milk ranch near
that place, drowend, in the Lewis and
Clark river Monday evening last. 1t
seems that Olsen took skiff Monday
afternoon and started for the ranch of
W. j. Ingalls,, after milk, but was not
again seen. A search the following
day resulted in the discovery of the
capsized skiff, while mile farther
down the river the empty milk cans
were found floating toward the bay
The river was dragged today, but SO
far the body has not been recovered
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
Railroad Speed in Germany.

Germany has made some bold expert
ments at railroad speed on. the line be-
tween Berlin and Gorlitz. The best
performance was sixty-fve and three
fourths miles, which was twelve miles
better than the highest speed OF the
fastest German train, the Berlin Ham
burg lightning express, which does
1771a miles In three and one half hours.
Ordinarily German express trains make
forty Eight and one-half miles an hour.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
Blood Poison.

Contagious Blood Poison has been ap.
propriately called the curse of mankind
1t is the one disease that physicians can.
not cure; their mercurial aud potash
remedies only bottle up the poison in
the system, to surely break forth in a
more virulent form, resulting in total
wreck of the system.
Mr.. Frank B. Martin, a prominent
jeweler at gao Pennsylvania Ave, Wash.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17


Roasting Schrz2ing's Best
tea in San Francisco costs
more than roasting other tea
in China or Japan, but it
makes tea better.
You don't have to pay
the difference, though. It
comes out of our profits.
We make money in CIV
ing up profits. Queerl
ASchiling & Company
San Francisco "a
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
AN OREGON WOMAN.
Created Sensation in a Kansas City
Pulpit.

Pulpit.
Kansas City, Dec. 8.-Mrs. Helen
Dickerson Hartford, of Oregon, ma
tional organizer Of the w. G. T. u.
created sensation today while filing
the pulpit of the Dundee M. E church
in this city, by denouncing, in unmeas-
ured terms, the acceptance by the city
of memorial to be erected in the GEN.
ter of the city to the memory of Fred
Helm, the brewer, lately deceased.
The Helm brothers, who succeeded their
father in business, had drawn plans for
an imposing structure, to be erected to
the deceased's memory. and subse-
quently rendered it to the city officials.
Today, in the course of her sermon,
Mrs. Hartford arraigned the city fathers
for their action, alluded to the men,
orial as monument of infamy'' and
appealed to the congregation to prevent
it's erection.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
FORTUNE SEEKING EMIGRANTs.

Many poor family that seeks the western
wilds in the hope of winning fortune, is pre-
served from that insidious foe OF the emigrant
and conference.-the and fever-by Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. So effectually does
that incompatible medicinal defense tortlfy
the system against the combined influence of
a malarious atmosphere and miasma-tainted
water. that protected by 1t the pioneer the
miner or the tourist provided with 1T, may
safely encounter the danger.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
American Killed in Madagascar.

Paris. Dec. ia dispatch to the
Journal from Marseilles says that news
has been received from Madagascar
that an American colonist named Lund
had been attacked and killed by the
rebels. A detachment of troops had
started in pursuit of the rebels to pun.
ish them.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17

ington, c., says:
I was for a long
time under treat
ment of two OF
the best physi-
clans of this city,
for a severe case
of blood poison,
but my condition
grew worse all
the while, not
withstanding the
fact that they
charged me three
hundred dollars.
My mouth was
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, s..

LUCAS COUNTY,
FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. j. CHENEY d Co.,
doing business in the city of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be
cured by the use of Halls CATARRH CURE;
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1856.
SEAL A. w. GLEASON,
I N~~l Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the sy stem. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sod by druggists, 75c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
She SYDNEY Murder.

Sydney, N. S. W., Dsc. 1.-THE
inquest into the deaths of Weller and
Preston has resulted in the verdict of
willful murder against Butler, and a
warrant has been issued for his arrest.
Weller and Preston mysteriously dis.
appeared without their friends knowing
of their whereabouts. and their bodies
were afterwards discovered by digging.
Butler had meantime sailed for San
Francisco, having assumed the name
of Weller.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
London Club Raided.

London, Dec 8.-A hundred consta-
bles raided the Battenberg Club, on
Goswel road, at an early hour Sunday
morning, and arrested $50 persons,
including many women.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17

l believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption.-Mrs Luz
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17

Immense deposits of asbestos have
been discovered in the Ferris range of
mountains in Carbon county, Wyoming.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17

Seventy.two races inhabit the earth
and use {, 1904 different tongues. There
are about 1 200 religions.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17

/. A telephone exchange has been estab-
lished in Kioto, Japan, and is said to
have proved great success. 1t is
under government control.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
There is no substitute for thorough
going. ardent and sincere earnest.
GladneSS Comes

With a better understanding of the
Wv transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef-
forts-gentle efforts-pleasante efforts
rightly directed There is comfort In
the knowledge, that SO many forms OF
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed SO highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. 1t is therefore
all important, in order to get its 'bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular. laXatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most sl6illful
physicians, but if in need of laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
.ASed and gives most general satisfaction.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17

filled with eating sores; my tongue was
almost eaten away, so that for three
months was unable to taste any solid
food. My hair was coming out rapidly.
and was in horrible fix. I had tried
various treatments. and was nearly dis
couraged, when friend recommended
SIS. After had taken four bottles,
began to get better, and when 1 had
finished eighteen bottles, was cured
sound and we'll, my skin was without
blemish, and have had no return OF
the disease. S.S.S.saved me from life
of misery" SIS. guaranteed purely
vegeta6ke) will cure any case of blood
poison. Books on the disease
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17

A bottle that cannot be refilled has
been invented by Connecticut man.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
TnFF nv nllll Knitting Yarns &c q
kRkk w Iii skein; Ladies Natural
THH Ill m0uI Grey Fleece Vests 23c;
u uuvAIA TadiooJ oil

Shoes, extra value, $2.49; Ladies' Steel Rod
Gloria Umbrellas, worth 81, at $1.35 till Dec Is;
Japanese, pure silk, Handkerchiefs, with mi
free anywhere in the United Stated on receipt
of price. CLARY'S THE FAIR, 312 Wash
ingtOn street, Portland Or.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
CONGRESS IN SESSION.


Senate.
The United States senate began the
second session of the fifty-fourth con-
gress with crowded galleries and with
that accompaniment of activity and OF
greeting that usually attends the reas-
sembling of congress. But the upper
branch of congress never puts aside Its
dignity, and the meeting developed no
demonstrations of dramatic interest.
The reading of the presidents message
was the feature of the proceedings, ana
beyond this no attempt was made to
enter upon the business of the session..
To many of the foreign representatives
occupying the diplomatic gallery, the
message had special interest and sig
nificance, owing to the part they had
taken in the conspicuous foreign events
to which the president referred. On
the floor of the senate printed copies OF
the message were distributed, and these
gave the senators opportunity of read
ing. There was a small attendance
after the reading had proceeded beyond
the first half hour. After the usual
formality of laying the message on the
table, the senate; d motion of Hale,
adjourned.
The senate settled down to business
today. When letter from the secre-
tary of the treasury was read answer
ing the senate inquiry as to the num-
Der of aliens in the department of the
treasury, Gallinger IN. H. remarked
that he would he glad to observe that
foreigners whose services had been con-
spicuous in the department had seen
fit as a result of the inquiry to take out
naturalization papers. Many papers
were presented from manufacturing
bodies urging the passage Of the Ding
ley bill. Cullom (Ill.) gave notice that
he would address the senate on the
Cuban question. The house resolu-
lions relative to the death of ex-Speaker
Crisp were laid before the senate, and
as mark of respect at 1926 the senate
adjourned.
Third day-The senate, by the de-
cisive vote of 35 to 81, adopted mo-
tion to take up the Dingley tariff bill.
Unexpected and surprising as this &C.
ton was, it did not have the signifi-
canoe which the vote itself appears to
convey. Immediately following it,
Aldrich of Rhode Island, one of the
Repu blican members of the finance
committee, moved to recommit the bill
to the committee, and this motion was
pending when. at O'Clock, the morn
ing hour expired, and the matter lapsed
as though no vote had been taken. Mel
Their the bill nor the motion to recon-
NIT will enjoy any privilege or prece-
dence as the result of the action today.
Early in the day three sets of vigorous
resolutions for Cuban independence
furnished an interesting feature. They
came from Cameron of Pennsylvania,
Mills of Texas, and Call Of Florida,
and while differing in terms, breathed
the same spirit of recognition by the
United States of Cuban independence.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17

and its treat
ment. mailed
free by Swift
Specific Co.,,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-07-09

The crying need Of the hour is
for men of high standard Of in
tegrity, men who are sound at the
core, men who will stand for the
right and for the truth though the
heavens fall.--RockwOod Times.
The above is from the pen of Mrs.
Coffman, who is editing the paper
during her husbands absence. No
truer words were ever written.
We say hasten Che day when the
good people unite aud determine
to control all nominations It has
been clearly demonstrated that they
can do this in the nomination of
Mckinley. When the day comes
that none but '.men who will stand
fer the right and the truth though
the heavens fall" are nominated for
and elected to fill our offices it will
be the end Of boss rule, for such
men will not be bossed. 1t will al
so mean that the trimmers and
the fellows who want harmony in
the party at any price will have to
to take back sea-. We say hasten
the day when men of the stricte st
integrity fill our places of trust.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-07-09

Of the living Americans who
have seen distinguished service In
diplomacy the most conspicuous is
the Honorable E. ]. Phelps, former
ly our minister to England and one
of our foremost authorities on inter-
national law. Out of his experience
Mr.. Phelps has written for the July
number of the Atlantic Monthly an
article on Arbitration especially
with reference to our relations with
Great Britain. He points out how
the movement for arbitration is a
most excellent humanitarian effort
productive of good in a general
way, but movement, nevertheless
that has very serious limitations I;
for arbitration can, after all, be ap-
piled to only few kinds of inter-
national diffic mites. The great
agency that must prevent inter-
national differences and difficulties
is, after all, wise diplomacy, and
Mr.. Phelps writes out of his own
experience in a most suggestive
way concerning the real functions
of the modern diplomat.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-07-09
HARRIET ssEcHsR STOWE.

Harriet Beecher Stowe, the auth
or OF "Uncle Toms Cabin" died last
week at her home in Connecticut.
She was sister Of the great Henry
Ward Beecher, thus coming from q
family which has given America
several noted writer's and speakers
She was the most noted American
woman Of her day and her writings
probably had more influence at the
time they were published than had
those of any other author. She has
written many books which are ex-
cellent reading, but none have been
so widely read as her account of
"Life among the Lowly."
The immediate cause of her
death was congestion OF the brain
and a severe stroke Of paralysis.
She has however been in poor
health for some time.
A great womao has gone from
this world, but the works she has
left behind her insures that her
name and fame will be handed
down through ages to posterity.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-07-09

The TIMES has no sympathy for
that rampant preacher, whose
name we have already forgotten,
who attempted to gain little
cheap noterity by scoring the boys
of Harvard for planting an ivy IRON
the grave of Gen. ..obt. E. Lee ION
the campus. AS to the cause for
which Gen. Lee fought we know it
was wrong, but we believe Robt. E.
Lee to have been as honest and sim
cere in his belief as was any of the
Union generals and all are bound
to put him near the top of the list of
great and brave soldiers of Ameri-
ca. The old prejudices OF the war
are fast passing away and those on
opposite sides can see the good
qualities and honest purposes OF
those who were their former foes.
AS Mr.. M. H. Gamble SAID at the
commencement of our 4th. of July
exercises there are honest differ
ences among the people as to legis-
lation to-day, but there is now no
difference in regard to the sacred
ness of this Union.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-07-09

"Farmers who are told that the
low price of all their products is
solely due to a common cause.-the
decline in silver-should note that
the fall in prices has not been uni
form, as it would be If this theory
were correct. Commercially speak.
ing, corn is convertible into pork,
because farmer can tell to a
pound just how much weight will
be added to his hogs by feeding
them a given quantity of the grain.
Hence the constant ratio between
the prices of these two commUdi-
ties. Until recently pound of
pork would always exchange in the
market for y pound of cotton, and
when the farmer sees that it now
takes two and half pounds of pork
to buy one pound of cotton he
should perceive the fallacy of the
statement that the price of all his
products is indissolubly bound up
with that Obtainable for the white
metal."-New York Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-07-09

Although there have been times
when this great country has been
on tho verge of ruin and disrup.
ton, there has always been enough
common "horse sense" among a
majority Of the people to keep 1t
from going over the fatal precipice
and the TIMES is relying on that to
save the country from financial
ruin during this free silver craze.
The people will again put the helm
of the old ship Of state into the
hands OF the reliable old republican
patty, and, as it.has so many times
done In the past, it will back from
the fatal chasm into the broad sea
of prosperity where there will be
easy and safe sailing. Don't get
alarmed ut the condition OF the
country but vote lthe republican
ticket
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-07-09

The free people of East Tenn
essee do not need any bosses, nor
will they have any. Ifa man, who
has been rejected by the people,
manages to ride into public notice
on another mans popularity, by
putting himself up as u shouter at
every opportunity, the people can
not help that but the people can
make it mighty hot for that self
constituted boss if he ever comes
b efore them for endorsement.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-07-09
Public School Problem.

The Atlantic Monthly is making
very straightforward effort to find
out just how effective the public
school system througout the coun-
try is. 1t is inquiring into the for
ces that are actually at work in
shaping our educational system.
In the July number of the Allan
tic are published six letters from
successful teachers and superinten-
dents in the West and South,
wherein the writer's frankly tell
their own experiences. They are
not persons who have grievances.
They have few complaints to
make. But the straightforward ex-
PLANTATION of the conditions under
which they work throws a new
light on the whole system of our
public schools. In fact there is no
other point of view 50 instructive
as this. These confessions empha-
size several large facts and tenden-
cies, among them theses
All of the writers confess that
their own training was inadequate
and they complain that the teach
ers who now enter the profession
have been inadequately trained.
Nearly every one of them tells of
grave hindrances to educational
progress caused by the system of
the political management of
schools. Till teachers and superin-
tendents are chosen wi .hout any
reference to politics, no graet pro-
'gress towards better work can be
made.
Every one reveals the fact, that
the patrons of the schools and the
public in general take too little
interest in the schools.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-07-09

The most thorough and authentic
study Of William McKinley's char
acter and career that has yet ap-
peared in periodical literature Is
contributed to the July Review of
Reviews by Mr.. E. V. Smalley, the
well known journalist, whose In.
innate knowledge of Republican
party politics and long acquain-
lance with the public men Of Ohio
render him peculiarly adapted for
such a task. Mr.. Smalley was him.
self born and reared on the "West-
ern Reserve, only forty miles from
McKinley's Poland home, and he
writes with full personal knowl-
edge of the Majors early en-.
vironment. The article is well
illustrated.