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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
Trusts Get q Black Eye.

The greatest disappointment which
the enemies of the Republican party
have met with in attempting to analyse
the Dingley bill is the fact that they
are not able to scream "Sugar trutr'
They remember painfully the scandal
which attached to the passage of the
Wilson law through which the sugar
trust benefited enormously and had
hoped that the publication of the
Dingley bill would furnish them basis
for the cry "You'r another" but the
most ingenious and INSCRIPTIONS effort
to charge friendship for the sugar trust
upon the Dingley bill fails utterly. On
the contrary, those most familiar with
the subject assert that the measure is
not only free from suspicion of this
character, but will result adversely to
trusts and combinations which have
fiourished under the Wilson law.
Advocates of the beet sugar indus
try are delighted over the new tariff
bill, and predict that the next few
years will see wonderful development
in the production of beet sugar in the
United States.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
International Bimetalli.m.

While there has been no official an
nouncement as to the immediate policy
of the administration regarding inter-
national bimetallism, the developments
have been such as to warrant the con-
clusion that the negotiations for an in
ternational conference are to be under
taken through authorized representa-
tives of this government at very early
date. Whether this will be by the ap-
pointment Of special representatives
for this purpose is not yet clear.
It is known that negotiations are being
seton foot already and that the admins
tration hopes to be able to bring about
conference in the coming autumn,
which will be participated in by the
great nations Of the world. Mean
time the friends of free coinage in the
United States without the cooperation
Of other nations are losing ground, and
many Of them recognizing the fact that
international action is the only pratic-
able method of restoring the use Of
silver. The old theory that silver and
farm products have kept pace in values
and that silver money was Therefore the
true measure Of value hos lost it, hold.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22

the remedy is an excellent one, and 4.
not hesitate to recommend it to the
suffering
To postpone at such vital time q,
this regulating the nerves and purifv.
ing the blood is serious mistake
Men and women distressed by neryou,
troubles or the effects of impure blood
cannot afford now to lose day before
taking advantage of Paine's celery
compound.
In order to avoid disappointment 40.
cept nothing but Paine's celery com.
pound. A clerk who tries to sell Soma.
thing else than what people ask for is
evidently not disinterested. He has an
eye to profits more than to the good Of
customers.
There can be no substitute for Paine,
celery compound.
This has been shown time and time
again in cases where persons, too easily
led, have carried home something be.
sides Paine's celery compound, and
have failed to get the decided benefit
they had hoped for.
The strongest Endorsement ever re-
ceived for this great spring remedy
and no remedy ever compared with
Paine's celery compound in the char.
acter and the number of the witnesses
to its efficiency-the strongest indorse-
ment it ever received did not overesti.
mate or exaggerate in the least its un-
rivalled power of making people we'll
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
TWO MILLS TOO MUCH.
Special Tax Levy Of the City Of Port
land Is Illegal.


Salem, April 14.-Opinions were
handed down by the supreme court to-
day, as follows:
II. w. Corbett ct al, appellants, VS..
the City of Portland ct al, respondents;
reversed. Opinion by Bean, J.
Suit was brought in this case to re-
strain the collection of special tax,
levied by the city of Portland for the
payment of interest charges on it's bond
ed and other Indebtedness. 1t was set
out in the complaint that, on June 80,
1895, the Portland city council. by
ordinance, levied tax of mills for
general municipal purposes, and on
the same day, by another ordinance, an
additional tax of mills, for the pay
ment of interest on bonded and other
Indebtedness of the city. For this lat
ter ordinance plaintiff held there was
no warrant of law. The complaint al
legged by the act of Incorporation, the
levy of taxes for general and municipal
purposes shall not exceed in any one
year 8 mills, and out Of the sum real
lied therefor and other revenues of the
city it must pay the interest charges
and all other general and municipal ex-
penses. 1t was further alleged that
prior to commencement of the suit,
plaintiffs paid, or rendered and offered
to pay, the full amount of the 8-mill
tax, and that defendant Sears, sheriff
of Multnomah county, threatens and
will, unless restrained, attempt by levy
and sale to collect the remaining 2
mills.
The defendants contention was that
the 2-mill tax was not without author
ity of law and alleged that without it
it would be impossible to successfully
conduct the affairs of the city, it being
the opinion of the mayor and council
that both taxes were Indispensable to
meet the public exigencies.
An injunction restraining the collec-
ton was granted, which, on trial in the
lower court, was dismissed and an ap-
peal was taken.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
Levee Has Given WAY. /,

Memphis. April lathe mighty
sweep of the waters south of Vicksburg
has at last had it's effect upon the lower
levees, and tonight a telegram from
Tallalah, La, reports that the levee
which protected Davis island has given
way, and that the island will in all
probability be flooded. Twenty-Five
hundred people inhabit Davis island,
which consists of about 1000 acres of
land. The place is situated in Warren
county, Miss.
Through the upper delta, the food
situation shows little change since last
reports. The work Of government relief
has been actively inaugurated. Many
people are being fed and housed at
Greenville, Rosedale, Helena, Friar's
Point and other points along the river.
The relief steamer is now plying up the
st. Francis river with food and forage
for man and beast.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
THE SPECIAL ENJOYS.
Commissioners to the Monetary Confer
ence Appointed.

commissioners 10 the mOuOt0Ey OOnASA
ence Appointed.
Washington, April 14.-The presi-
dent tonight announced the appoint
ment of Senator Edward O. Wolcott, OF
Colorado; Hon. Charles ]. Payne, OF
Boston, and ex-Vice-President Adlal =.
Stevenson as commissioners to an inter-
national monetary conference. The
amendments are made under the act
approved March 8, last, for the promo
ton of an international agreement for
bimetallism, and the appointments do
not require confirmation by the senate.
It has been generally conceded that Sem
ator Wolcott would be made member
of the commission. He has been an
active leader in the movement for a
monetary agreement, and is widely
known as an advocate Of the silver
cause. His trip to Europe last summer
was generally conceded to be at least
i-official, as the representative of
the new administration. His tour ex-
tended over several months, and en-
braced the leading European capitals.
Ex-Vice-P President Stevenson, the
Democratic member of the commission,
though generally known as an advocate
of bimetallism, was staunch supporter
of Mr.. Bryan and the Chicago platform.
He and Senator Wolcott, however, are
said to be in accord on the financial
question.
General Charles j. Payne, who may
be termed the minority member, is a
Republican, and was Mckinley man.
He is one of the most prominent busi-
ness men of Massachusetts, and is said
to be deep student on the financial
question. While he is classed as sup
porter of bimetallism, based on interna-
tional agreement, he is regarded as
allied with the sound-money faction.
He is graduate of Harvard, being
member of the class of '53. General
Payne is largely identified with rail
roads and other corporations, being a
director of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy road, and other large concerns,
and a director of the Boston Institute Of
Technology. He was an intimate
friend and associate of Professor Walker,
the financial authority.
It is not known when the commission
will meet and organize. When organ
lied, however, it is believed Senator
Wolcott will be made president. 1t is
believed the commissioners will not go
abroad before May l, at which time the
new ambassadors will be at their posts
and render the special ENJOYS the assist
ance necessary in the contamination OF
their mission.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
Market Quotations.

Portland, Or, April 16, 1897.
Flour-Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, 81. 10; Benton county and
White Lily, $4.10 graham, $40; SUI
perine, $2.75 per barrel.
Wheat-Walla Walla, 74@75c; Val
ley, &c per bushel.
Oats-Choice white, 10000 per
bushel; choice gray, 37@39c.
Hay-Timothy, $14.0O@ 1900 per
ton; clover, $11. 50@12.5 so; wheat and
oat, $1O.OO@11.OO per ton.
Barley-Feed barley, $17.5 per ton;
brewing, $l8@19.
Millstuffs - Bran, $14.5O; shorts,
SIC. so; middlings, $26.
Butter-Creamery, 40c; dairy, 25@
271ac; store, Tx @30c per roll.
Potatoes-Oregon Burbanks, 60 @ roc;
Garnet Chilies, 65@75c; Early Rose,
8O@85c per sack; sweets, $2.75 per
GENITAL for MERGED; new potatoes, Sc
per pound.
Onions-$2. 10000 per GENITAL.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, So. 500
800; geese, $4.OO@5. 90; turkeys, live,
Hobo; ducks, $6.O0@7.OO per dozen.
Eggs-Oregon, 12c per dozen..
Cheese - Oregon, 1Oc; Young
America, 121ac per pound.
Wool-Valley, 12c per pound; Eastern
Oregon, 6@8c.
Hops-9@ 1Oc per pound.
Beef-Gross, top steers, SCOOPS so;
cows, $2.25@3.O0; dressed beef, AZ @
SIC per pound.
Mutton-Gross. best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 3.5O@3.75; dressed NUT
ton, &c per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice, heavy, $4,000
4.25; light and feeders, $2.50@3.OO;
dressed 81. 5O@5.25 per cwt.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22

When Noah blew his horn, the camel
bumped himself to get aboard, and by
curious freak he stayed bumped all his life.
Lumbago or lame back humps a mans
back simply because he cannot straighten
himself on account of the stiffness and sore
moss accompanying the ailment. Nature
helped the camel to his hump for special
purpose. Nature will help a man to get
lid of his hump right off if he uses ST.
Jacobs Oil, because the character of the
trouble is such that it needs just such a
remedy to warm, soften and straighten out
The contracted muscles. From the time of
Noah down to the present time men have
nad lame backs, but only since the intro
luction of st. Jacobs Oil has the best cure
ior it been known. Lumbago really dis
,bles, but st. Jacobs Oil enables one to at
lend to business without loss of time.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, Hopkins Company's Review
Of Trade.

Downing, Hopkins Company's Review
Buyers of wheat have been slaughter
ed this week and many holders have
loosened their grip on hitherto we'll
held lines, believing as they did, in
the many crop reports telling of damage
in the Southwest, and more particularly
in stories from Indiana and Eastern
Missouri. Their faith appears to have
been misplaced. They received no as
sistance from the general public, and
people who are chronic sellers saw the
opportunity and persistently fought
the campaign, and their efforts have
met with success. The result has been
a severe liquidation of the previously
existing speculative interests, and there
can but be little doubt that the mar
ket at the close of the week is more
nearly evened up than at any time IN
several years past. Wheat has lacked
a good cash demand for some time, and
without it there is only the conclusion
to be drawn that value should decline.
The fact that red wheat commands
high premium has not had the slight
est effect in preventing or even staying
the depression that set in early in the
week and which caused loss of 5 cents
in the future deliveries and proper
tionate break in the cash grades. A
great many inclined to the belief that
the break was due to manipulation and
not from legitimate causes This theory
is rather doubtful and can be ques-
toned. The market is always more or
less subject to manipulation, but to the
extent of the decline that has occurred
this week does not seem probable. We
are of the opinion that the current
weakness is due to disappointment with
the rate of flour consumption, which
is smaller than had been expected, and
with the larger arrivals than had been
looked for, and, although the public is
suffering this disappointment, it has no
need to despair, for, at the slow rate OF
current consumption, the world ends
the crop season lower in supply than in
any season before since the price was 80
cents bushel for an average of sea-
son.
For various reasons it is apparent
that the present price is to be temper
airy only.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
REFoRMs NEED MORE THAN A DAY

TO bring them about, and are always more
complete and lasting when they proceed with
teady regularity to contamination. Few
IF the observant among US can have failed to
notice that permanently healthful changes in
The human system are not wrought by abrupt
md violent means, and that those are the most
alutary medicines which are progressive.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the chief of these
Dyspepsia, disease of obstinate character, is
,bliterated by 1t.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
The Hide In Evidence.

A Chicago man who sued street car
company for $4,000 damages for killing
his 50, 900 St. Bernard dog, which was
said to be one of the largest in Amer
lea, brought into court as one OF his
exhibits handsome rug made of the
skin and the head of his dog. The
jury were seemingly greatly impressed
by its appearance, but gave verdict
for the company.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
500 REWARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure knows to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being cOnstitu-
tional disease requires constitutional treat
ment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tent strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have SO much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
Of testimonials
Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
God-send to me.-William B. Mcclellan,
Chester Florida, Sept. II. 1895.
A pound of phosphorus heads 1,000,-
900 matches.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
Ier,.lation in wisconsin.

The Wisconsin senate has passed
bill providing that no foreign corpora
ton which is member of trust be
permitted to enforce any contract In
the state. 1t also adopted an amend
ment to the general election law to al
low the gold Democrats place on the
ticket and to enable them to retain
their party organization The house
rejected bill for the taxation Of
church nrOpertY.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
Bad Fire ut St. Louis.

st. Louis, April IA five-story
building on Main street and Park ave-
nue., occupied by the St. Louis Refrig-
orator q Wooden Gutter Manufacture
ing Company, was partially destroyed
by fire this forenoon. The loss is $780,
600. Two firemen and boy were in
jured by falling walls, but not fatally
hurt.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
War Vessels Now Being Built.

There are now in process of building
for the British navy eighty-nine YES
sells; for the French, thirty-three; for
the Russian, thirty nine; for the Ger
man, nineteen, and for the Italian,
thirteen. Of these vessels which are
being built by Great Britain, forty
eight are torpedo boats, while of the
others powers Italy is the only one that
is building any, and she only one.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22

The Canadian department of agricul-
ture estimates the population of the
Dominion to be 5,125, 438, gain Of
rather less than 800, 900 since the CEN
sus of 1891. In 1890 there were two
states of the Union that exceeded Can
ada in population-New York, with
5,997, 1858 inhabitants, and Pennsylva-
MIA, with 5,258,O14.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
Raising the Backs Of Psws.

A device for frightening the backs OF
pews when the same are too low mas
been patented by church-goer OF Sandy
Lake, Pa. It consists of brackets be-
ing grooved to receive the end OF q
panel, and having a recess in the sides
of the upper part of the bracket to re-
ceive the top rail. Clamps in the CEN
ter of the panel strengthen the attach
ment, which can be rendered as orna-
mental as may be desired.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
Rival Seap0rts.

Hamburg has passed Liverpool with
in the last few years in the tonnage Of
it's foreign commerce. Liverpool still
is far ahead in the matter of coastwise
trade by sea, and, owing to that fact.
the total tonnage of shipping entering
and clearing in year is greater in the
English city.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22

It is the custom in the Rothschild
family to purchase six pearls, each
costing elOO, at the birth of each girl
baby. Upon each birthday six more
pearls are added to the original nest
egg, so that when the young woman
makes her debut into society casket
Of magnificent gems is presented to
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
Leprosy Congress.

The German government is sending
out invitations to an international con-
gress on leprosy, at which DR.. Koch,
the eminent bacteriologist. will pre-
side. Sweden, Denmark, Norway and
Russia have already intimated their
intention of being officially repre-
sented.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
Some Things That Never Sleep.

Naturalists have discovered that
there are several species of fish which
never sleep, and that many species of
flies are awake from the time they are
Matched until they die. There are
some dogs and cats, also, that appar-
emily never sleep-that is, at night.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
The News From Tacoma.

Tacoma. April 1.-THE state board
OF horticulture is in session in this city
today. The members criticised the
small appropriation to continue their
work, only $4,000 being available.
Idaho's appropriation was $10, 500 for
the same work.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22

Harriet Maxwell Converse, the In
iian chieftain, is soon to start out on
occurring tour, her subjects being the
history and traditions Of the red men.
She is a fluent speaker and able writer.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
Ruined by tho Famine

Among the greatest sufferers from
the Indian famine are the jewellers in
Delhi, whose business is ruined, as
hardly any marriages take place, and
verybody wants to sell ornaments in
stead of buying.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD.

All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. Tea Garden Drips'' is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. 1t is for sale
by first-cass grocers, in cans only. Manufac-
tured by the PACIFIC COAST SYRUP Co. All gen.
turer's name Autographed on every can.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
Seattle, Wash, April 16, 1897

Seattle, WASH, April 16, 1897.
Wheat-Chicken feed, $27 per ton.
Oats-Choice, $1,000 per ton.
Barley-Rolled or ground, $40 per
ton.
Corn-Whole, $40 per ton; cracked,
$4,000; feed meal, $4,000.
Flour Jobbing)-Patent excellent,
$3.50; Novelty A, 81. so; California
brands. $4.90 Dakota, $685.; patent,
$40.
Millstuffs-Bran, $14.O0 per ton;
shorts, $18.
Feed-Chopped feed, $500 per ton;
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $50.
Hay-Puget sound, per ton, $1,000;
Eastern Washington, $14.
Butter = Fancy native creamery,
brick, 22c; select, 22c; tubs, 23c;
ranch, 1917.
Cheese-Native Washington, 12c
Observation-Disclosures, per ton, SIG. SO
@18; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets,
per sack, Soc; turnips, per sack, Coo;
rutabagas, per sack, soc; carrots, per
sack, 40@50c; cabbage, per 100 lbs,
$3.50; onions, per 100 lbs, 1926.
Sweet potatoes-Per 100 lbs, "a. 90.
Poultry-Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 1O@ 1Oc; ducks, Sc @6. so; dressed
turkeys, 15c.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 12c.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beef,
steers, &c; cows, 61ac; mutton, sheep,
SC per pound; lamb, SC; pork, &c per
pound; veal, small, &c.
Fresh Fish - Halibut, 1900;
salmon, 5@6c; salmon trout, 7@1Oc;
founders and soles, 3@4c.
Provisions-Hams, large, IL u; hams,
small, 11Ac; breakfast bacon, 1Oc; dry
salt sides, exc per pound.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22

The proportion of blood to the total
body weight is about one to ten. In
the infant the relative quantity OF
blood is less that in the adult and is
diminished in old age.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22

soon pronounced
her incurable. A
celebrated New York
specialist then treat
ed her, but she con-
tinued to grow worse
and when informed
that both her aunt
and grandmother had
died from cancer he
gave the case up as
hopeless.
Someone then re-
~ n ~
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22

Chicago, April 1.-THE Illinois
steel works at South Chicago resumed
operations this morning. About 100
rail-dnishers whose striking involved
9, 500 men, were not re-employed. The
finishers were not upheld BY officials
Of the union.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22
San Francisco, April 16. 1897.

San Francisco, April Is, 1897.
potatoes-Salinas Burbanks, 9Oc a
$l.1o; Early Rose, 65@75c; River Bur-
banks, 50@75c; sweets, $1.5O@l.75
per GENITAL.
Onions-$3. 1903. 70 per Genital.
Eggs-Ranch, 10 4 ola 16c per dozen.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 1870; do
seconds. 12@12Hc; fancy dairy, lac;
seconds, 10Hc.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 6x@7c;
fair to good, 81 Gee; Young America,
7@8c; Eastern, 14@14kc.
Wool-Choice foothill, 100 ISc; San
Joaquin plains, sole; do IL months,
Sole per pound.
Hay-Wheat and oat, 5000; best
barley, $6.5O@8.OO; alfalfa, &5@8;
clover, $6@8; compressed wheat. $7@
$50; do oat, $6@7 per ton.
Tropical Fruit-Bananas, $1.OO@
400 per bunch; pineapples, e2@4.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, navel, $40
3. 80; seedlings. do, 75c@$1.25; COM
mon lemons, 75c@ $1,25; good to choice,
t1.6O@I.75; fancy, 81. per box.
Apples Good to choice, 9126. ca;
fancy, scat per box.
Hops-8@12c per pound.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22

and though little hope remained, she
begun it, and an Improvement was no
dced. The cancer commenced to heal and
when she had taken several bottles ii
disappeared entirely, and although sew
eral years have elapsed. not sign Of
the disease has ever returned.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-22

The men who design war maps have
experienced slight dash of the return
of prosperity.