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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-18
wAsHlNoToN's GOVERNOR.
Thanksgiving Proclamation Issued NJ
Olympia.

AhaHAsxASlHS PROCLAMATION Issued ut
Olympia.
Olympia, Nov. 12.-Hoyernor Rooers
today issued the following proclama-
ton:
"The people of Washington inhabit
region favored of God. Here has
been made a wonderful provision for
the sustenance and pleasure of man.
Nowhere can be found so wide diver
sity OF natural opportunities; forest and
shore. mountain and plain. maritime
privileges elsewhere unequaled; vast
forests, inexhaustible mines, fertile
fields, a mild and equable climate,
beautiful mountains and smiling sea-
here await in all their loneliness our
wish and pleasure.
Westward the course of empire
has taken its way
Times noblest offspring is its
last
added to these natural opportun-
tiles and vast increasing values special
and peculiar blessings have been be-
slowed upon us. The seasons have
been propitious, health is unimpaired,
our crops are the wonder of the world,
our mines most productive, and the at
tention of our countrymen has been
attracted to this state as the one. above
all others, most favored of God; and,
with all this, and more,
Peace like a river wide and free
o'erspreads the land
ssTbo< v,o have taor r,:xo- 4Lncr
marks of divine favor is we'll calculated
to inspire us with thanktulness and to
cause us to employ that aid which
alone can enable us to perform the i'm
portant duties devolving upon us, for
the very ends of the earth are come
down to us, and destiny has manifestly
given into our charge weighty and SOL
emn matters of high emprise.
"The recent discoveries of gold in
our own state and in the extreme
Northwest will, without doubt, in the
near future very largely increase our
population and our wealth. Pray God
we prove worthy actors in the drama of
the future.
"Now, therefore, in conformity with
time-honored and long established
usage, l, John r. Rogers, governor of
the state of Washington, do hereby APP
point Thursday, November 25, 1897,
as day of public thanksgiving, to be
observed with appropriate services by
all.
''Let us in our homes and in our
places of worship render thanks to God
for his abundant mercies.
''In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the great official seal of the
state of Washington.
"Done at Olympia this 18th day of
November, in the year our of Lord,
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven,
and of the independence of the United
States the one hundred and twenty
seventh. God save the republic.
JOHN r. ROGERS.
"By the governor:
"W. D. Jenkins, secretary of state. "
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-18
OUR GOOD OFFICES ACCEPTED

And at the Same Time Spain Asks I .
to Prevent Filibustering.
Washington, Nov. 12.-It is stated
on good authority that Premier Sagas-
ta's reply to Minister Woodford's note,
the full text of which was read at yes
terday's cabinet meeting, is eminently
satisfactory to this government. In it,
the Spanish ministry pledges itself to
correct the abuses of power in Cuba,
and gives assurance of its friendly feel
ing toward the American people. 1t
accepts our good offices in the efforts to
restore peace in Cuba, and in perfect
" respectful and friendly spirit asks
this government, SO far as possible, to
restrain insurgent sympathizers in the
United States from giving material aid
to the enemies of Spain in Cuba. The
reply intimates that but for the assist
ance given by filibusters from the Uni
ted States, peace would have been re-
stored long ago.
It is evident the reply made favora-
BILE impression upon President McKln-
lev and the mem bers Of his cabinet, and
it is not unlikely that one of the fea-
lures of his forthcoming message to
congress will be a discussion OF the
Cuban question, from which it will ap-
pear there is nothing in the situation to
Justify present interference on the part
of the United States.
Senior Dupuy de LONE. the Spanish
minister, called at the state department
and had q short conference with Assist
ant Secretary Day, presumably with
reference to filibustering operations 1t
is the practice Of the Spanish legation
to inform the state department OF the
intention of any party OF filibusterers
about to depart for Cuba, as soon as the
inform. alton comes to it through Its
agents.
The minister is making preparations
for the dinner to be given here to Senior
Canelejas, and is extending invita-
lions TO members of the cabinet and
other prominent persons in Washington
to attend. Saturday night has been
sat for the dinner.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-18
TERRIBLE CONFESSION
Mrs. Mack Tells in Court How
Her Lover Was Slain.
THORN FIRED THE FATAL SHOT
Preparations for the Hideous Deed and
Disposal of the Body Minute
ly Described.

New York, Nov. 12.-Tbe startling
announcement in the morning papers
that Mrs. Mack had confessed the MUIR
der OF William Guldensuppe and i'm
plicated her lover, Martin Thorn, was
confirmed when court assembled by
Judge Weller, who is assisting District
Attorney Young in the prosecution.
After Thorn entered the courtroom
his counsel informed the prisoner of the
confession of Mrs. Mack. Thorn's face
flushed.
Mrs. Mack entered the courtroom at
about 10 o'clock. Thorn eyed her
closely. - She was soon placed on the
stand and began the recital of her story.
She said Guldensuppe was known as
her husband. Thorn boarded with
them. Quarrels in the family were fire.
quent. On one occasion Guldensuppe
kicked Thorn down stairs. Thorn
thereupon fired at Guldensuppe with a
pistol, but did not hit him. On another
occasion Thorn said he wanted to kill
Guldensuppe, but the witness objected,
and told him to kill her.
Gradually Lawyer Weller led the
witness up to the events of Friday
morning, June 25, the day on which
the crime was committed. Witness
said she and Guldensuppe left New
York about 10 A. M. and after cross
ing the ferry they boarded a car for
Woodside cottage.
II had key to the house," she said,
land opened the front door. l told
Guldensuppe to examine the house
while I went into the yard. He went
up stairs and I heard shot. Thorn
came running down, and when he met
me, said: / have shot him; he is
dead He was excited and was half
Dead" said the witness.
Witness said that at O'Clock in the
afternoon Thorn had various parts of
Guldensuppe's corpse tied up in parcels.
When they were ready to leave the cot
tage, she took one package and Thorn
took another, both going to the ferry
| where the head was thrown overheard.
On June 26 they returned to the cot
tage for the remainder of the body,
which they also threw into the river.
During the recital of this story Thorn
listened to every word with his lips
closely compressed.
Attorney Weller asked Mrs. Mack:
''Why do you make this statement"
She replied: 81 don't want to have
it on my mind"
She then said: II make this state
ment Of my own free will. No promise
of mercy has been made to me, but l
wanted to clear my mind; / don't care
what they do with me-"
During the cross-examination by At
torney Howe, Mrs. Mack admitted that
the Woodside house was rented for the
sole purpose of killing Guldensuppe;
that she decoyed him there, and that
she bought the material in which parts
of the body were wrapped. Adroitly
the lawyer made the witness own up to
the most damning and cold-blooded
preparations for getting rid of her lover.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-18

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE cabinet
gave considerable attention 70 the ice-
bound Behring sea whaling neet Two
plans have been decided upon. Ono Is
to send the Bear from Seattle, which
vessel cannot get ready for two weeks,
and another IL to send the Thrasher, :
whaling vessel, now st San Francisco.
The Thrasher can. be provisioned at
once and sent Immediately on her
mission.
u is stated there is good supply o.
proyisions at Point Barrow.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-18
MURDER At CARSON.
United States Attorney Jones Kille,
by . Boy. SIS

by q Boy. ~
Carson, New, Nov. II. THE entire
state has been startled and shocked at
the murder late this afternoon OF
Charles A. Jones, United States distric,
attorney, by Julian Guinan, the le.
year-old son Of a we'll known physician.
The prominence of all connected with
the affair, the peculiar attendant cir.
cumstances, and the suddenness of the
tragedy make it one of the most sensa.
tional happenings in the history Of
Nevada.
Jones' death was caused by bullet
wound in the head, and for time mys.
terry surrounded every circumstance
connected with the killing. At first II
was thought that Jones had committed
suicide, but no weapon being found on
his person nor near the scene of the
shooting, it became evident that his
death had been caused by another, and
an hour later young Guinan surrendered
himself at the sheriff's office and con.
fessed to the killing. *
The statement of the youth, who il
now in Jail, is to the effect that imme.
diately prior to- the shooting. he had
observed his sister talking to Jones,
with whom his father had forbidden
association, when he saw DIR. Guinan
approaching. Believing trouble to be
inevitable when the two men should
meet, the boy procured a Winchester
rifle and stationed himself at window
OF the house, as he says, for the pur-
pose of protecting his father. Upon
encountering Jones, DR.. Guinan said
to him:
This is the last time l shall ever
warn you against keeping COMPANY
with my daughter
Jones jeered at the doctor, in com.
ment upon this warning, and slipped
his hand in his right-hand pocket.
Guinan states that he had often heard
his father threaten to kill Jones and
that the district attorney always carried
a revolver, which, he believed from
Jones' action, was about to be drawn,
and he fired at Jones in anticipation oil
an attack upon his father.
= Jones fell forward dead, the bullet
having entered above his right eye and
passing out at the neck behind. Miss
Guinan, seeing Jones fall, threw her
self upon him and embraced the dead
body. When the coroner took charge
of the remains, Jones' hand was still
in his pocket, but no weapon was found.
Jones was about 33 years old, was
married and left widow and child
at his home in Reno, whence he came
this morning on official business. He
was necessarily in Carson much of the
time, and while here his attention tc
Miss Guinan occasioned SO much talk
that DIR. Guinan had been aggravated
into making threats against Jones,
which indirectly led to the latter's
murder by the doctor's son. Jones had
served as district attorney during one
of the most stormy criminal sessions
ever held in the United States court in
Nevada, rendered notable by the prose
cution and conviction of those con
cerned in the notorious robberies al
the United States mint.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-18
THANKSGIVING PROcLAMATIo
Thursday, November 25, Designated by
Governor Lord.

Thursday, November e5, Designated by
Governor Lord.
Salem, Or, Nov. 1.-THE annual
Thanksgiving proclamation for the
state of Oregon was issued by Governor
Lord today. Following is the full text
of the document:
GAS the year draws to close, it is
fitting that the people of our state rem
der grateful acknowledgements to the
Giver of All Good, for the many bless
ings and mercies vouchsafed to US dur.
ing the past year. Public peace
has been maintained and social order
prevails throughout the state. We
have escaped famine and pestilence,
and every form of public calamity. Our
school system is charging the domain
of knowledge, and our charitable insti-
tutions are extending relief to the
needy and distressed. We live under
conditions that are favorable to educa-
tional progress, social reforms and polit.
ical advancement; that secure equal
political rights, and the blessings OF
civil and religious liberty; that pre-
serve the public order, and maintain
the national credit; that stimulate in
dustrial activity and encourage COM
mercial enterprise; that foster self-de-
pendence and individual worth; that
offer opportunities for intellectual
achievements and material prosperity.
and that insure the advantages of a free
and enlightened government. We have
every reason to rejoice and raise our
voices in praise and thanksgiving
Gin conformity. therefore, with the
proclamation Of the president OF the
United States, and in compliance with
time-honored custom, I, William P.
Lord, governor of the state of Oregon,
do hereby designate and set apart
Thursday, the 25th day of November,
1897, to be observed as day Of thanks
giving and prayer. In heartfelt recog
milton of abundant mercies, recon-
mend that the people of the state re-
frain on that day, as far as may be,
from their usual vacations, and that
they assemble in their customary places
Of worship, and offer devout thanks to
the Ruler of the Universe, and implore
his continued care; and protection.
Done, It the capitol in Salem, Or,
this 9th day of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety-seven.
In Japan the locks are placed upon
Aln :.-h ;,,okoad NJ an tha door
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-18

Washington, Nov. 10.-There was
conference at the White House today
attended BY Secretaries Gage, Long
and Alger, Commodore Melville and
Commander Dickens, of the navy, and
Captain Showalter, commander OF the
revenue service, to consider means for
relief of the American whaling feet
said to be icebound in Behring sea. 1t
was decided to send the revenue cutter
Bear to the relief of the whalers.
Orders have been issued to put the
Bear in. commission for the voyage.
and Captain Showalter says she will
be ready to sail IS soon - she can Dc
proyisioned, which will take but .
short time.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-18

London, Nov. 0.-The British steam
or Harvood has arrived at Gibraltar,
with her machinery ont of order. She
was last reported at Savona, october
IS. A dispatch from Fluahing says
that the British steamer St. CnthDert,
Captain Fitzgerald, from New York
for Antwerp, is ashore at Parademarks
Wielong.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-18
Penftenffary for Life.

Gladwin, Mich, Nov. 10.-Ben.
iamin Num- and Roy Num-, father and
con. were both sentenced to life inn
nrisonment in the state penitentlary
today. Their crime was numbering
Curtis Wright.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-18

Glasgow, Nov. H. Official Of
the ioiners' union has posted notices
in all the shops Of this city forbidding
members to hang doors made IN the
United States. or to use manufactured
ioinery imported from America
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-18
Oregon.

Oregon.
The brickyard at Weston has sold be-
tween 600, 900 and zoe, 900 bricks this
year. ss
A hunter the other day brought in
to Salem Monaghan pheasant, the tail
of which measured 81 inches.
A farmer Of Goshen has 900 turkeys
in pasture at his farm. The turkeys
eat, twice day, two bushels Of wheat.
An Umpqua sportsman turned loose
five pair of wild turkeys on the head
waters of the Umpqua river the other
day.
Twenty Monaghan pheasants for
breeding purposes have been shipped
from the Willamette valley to Harvey
county.
The two warehouses in Mission,
Umatilla county, have received 4OO,-
600 bushels of wheat this. season.
About half of this has been shipped.
An artesian we'll that is being sunk
on Fred Haine's Cow creek ranch, in
Harvey county, is now down 480 feet,
and the water has risen to within six
inches Of the surface.
The work on the railroad bridge
across the Santiam river, between Spi-
Ger and Solo, is progressing. All of
the piers have been completed, and the
other work is being pushed.
Joseph vey. . sheepraiser of Butter
creek, Umatilla county, lost 900 OF his
IA, 600 head of sheep while his bands
we're ranging on the mountains be-
tween Grand Ronde and Hilgard re-
Gently.
The sheepmen Of Morrow county
have made up fund Of $1,000 for the
purpose Of sending detectives into
Grant county to ferret out and prose-
cute the persons who have been shoot
ing sheep.
II was reported in Salem last week
that the surveying party now ont in tho
Cascade mountains, back Of the San-
tam country, operating under State
Senator Al0nzo 0esner, Of Marion
county, had made rich find Of gold
bearing quarts.
The warehouses in Elgin arc getting
90 full Of grain that night force has
70 BE- used to pile each days receipts
no HIGHER, 50 40 to mako room Tor the
next days business. Unless more
shipping il done soon, it will be neces-
|sary 70 raise the roofs
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-18
rAou...f,. 81 shcep burned.

Fort Worth, Tex, Nov. l2.-Three
thousand sheep were burned TO death N
Crosby county by prairie hre- Inc
damage to ranchers is enormous
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-18
NORTHWEST BREYITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All tho Cities and Towns Of
the Thriving Sister States
-Washin <tOn.

From All tho Cities and Towns Of
the Thriving Sister States
Warrington.
The town of Grey in Whitman county,
Is to have Touring mill.
The Adams County bank paid out
$50, 900 for wheat last week,
Yakima orchardists are offered so
cents a box for apples this year.
Pasco horse dealers shipped $50 head
Of "beef" horses to Linnton this week
for the cannery.
The Spokane city sinking fund COM
mission has recommended the issue of
$500. 900 in municipal bonds to take up
outstanding warrants.
Throughout Eastern Washington
thousands Of sacks of wheat are lying
in the fields, because Of the lack of
storage room in the warehouses.
In Sprague 5000 bushels of wheat
are being marketed daily. The Sprague
roller mills do business Of $500, 900
annually, and the business men want a
bank.
The Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany paid to the Cowlitz county treas
urer last week 81, 105.92, which was
one-half of the company's personal
taxes for 1897.
The Mckee Company, in Yakima
county. is trying sagepuller that re-
quires four horses and two men to op.
crate it. but the machine clears easily
six more acres a day.
A mast and part of the deck Of ship
have washed ashore at the Westport
bathhouse. They are supposed to be
parts of the Orion, the vessel that was
run down few weeks ago.
The city of Everett has commenced
suit against Snohomish county to re-
cover 81, 500. so penalties and interest
on taxes levied by the city on delin-
quent taxes which the county treasurer
has collected, and which the county
now withholds.
Quite number of stockmen of Kit
titas county started out ON a stock
round up last week. The demand for
horses for the Klondike trade is reviv-
ing the horse-raising industry to some
extent, though the prices being paid at
this time are low.
It is reported in New Whatcom that
B. A. Seaborg. of Astoria, who owns
five Columbia river salmon canneries,
has decided to establish large cannery
in Whatcom county, and is now pre-
pairing to commence construction, but
has not determined whether to locate
at Whatcom or Blaine.
There are now 374 prisoners at the
Walla Walla penitentiary. At the
jute mill extensive repairs are still
going on, 30 prisoners being employed.
The mill will start about the middle
of November, and will run all winter.
Thirty persons are engaged in hauling
clay from near Dixie. About 1.000,-
900 brick are on hand at the yard.
The county auditor of King county,
in Seattle, began lease auction of
about $4,000 acres of school lands.
Leases were let for five years, payment
being collected for one year, or one
fifth of the total amount bid. The
average rent for the lands let was not
quite 70 cents an acre. The total area
leased was $4,000 acres. for $645.50
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-11-18

In Japan the locks are placed upon
the lamb instead Of on the door.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-13
GRASS LINONS.
fhey Differ Somewhat From Those
in Vogue Last Year

Last years abundance of grass lnons is re-
peated, but the new ones are all easily dis
tinguished from the old. Last years linons
were plain, while the current crop is plaided
striped and figured. So see that your lnon
is marked in this way, if ever 50 family else
you Will be considered as wearing hold-oyer
goods. In the linOn OF a gown seen lately
was a faint yellow stripe, and pale yellow
silk lining was supplied for both skirt and
bodice. The skirts fullness was arranged
in side plaits at the hips and the linon of
the bodice was accordion plated. Corn-col-
ored satin ribbon was arranged to suggest a
the arms, and finished in a large bow in the
middle of the back with streamers to the
skirts hem. Another bow was put at the
back Of the high velvet collar. and mauve
ye.vet belt confined the waist.
Among the new goods that are meant to
have brilliant Innings are some very novel
lmes of the basket order. and with the
m9st striking of these the word basket is
far from being a misnomer. They are so open
that you could not carry strawberries in a
basket made of them without losing good
many berries. But that proves nothing, for
II the berries were sweet you would be likely
to lose good many, no matter what sort Of
a basket you carried them in. Some very
clever and expensive fabrics are shown with
a foundation Of brilliant color overlaid with a
so carefully managed that the two surfaces
seem to be really distinct, and the extreme
Wilderness of the basket-weave proyokes wonder
and admiration. Such a weave unsupported
by foundation would never stand making,
and to make up something that apparently
will not stand up is to command admiration
is 1t not?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-13
LOurR-inc Gowns.

Now perhaps. at the moment, in spite of
the brown linen revelations in undergarments
and the augmenting splenGors of the millin-
cry displays. nothing is more refreshing to the
already footsore shopper, her brain dazzled
with money changing and close bargaining,
than those chosen corners of the big shops
where tea gowns and breakfast neg1gees are
displayed. There is so much doing in this
quarter just now for revival of a fashion
has sprung up Unexpectedly, women have de-
c;ded that it is both pretty and appropriate
thing to breakfast in artistic volantes crown
their heads with caps and rather make func-
ton of the early toilet, that none but the
family see.
For this reason we find. in both elaborate
and simple styles the most charming break
fasting robes. which something of a cross
between the wrapper and the too elaborate
tea gown. With each and every one, though
a cap is worn. whether the wearer is a
debutante or the mother of a dubutante. The
cd women, however, rather affect caps
that tie under the chin, while the spinsters
and young married women cling to the CO.
0uettiSh tonknots snocds of ribbon and bow
knots or fats Of flimy lace and muslin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-13
I FlounCeS From Hem to Waist.
Is -
E Even the Extremists of Fashion Open Their
g Eyes.

shears and say good-by to the skirt.
From the foot to the belt of the skirt
each flounce is shaped without any
fullness and is cut on the cross. The
fiounces are piped with white and edg-
ed with lace. Really, though, the new
skirt is pretty enough. In fact, it may
be called elegant without eXaggera ton.
1 am told that the early Victorian
period is responsible for this newest
creation. and that the grand DANES of
that date used to wear very nearly
the same sort of skirt. The more l in
veSigate the question, however the
more l learn that this is not true.
There may have been an occasional
skirt of this sort, but it was never gem
eral. We may be initiative, but in this
one instance what we have initiated