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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
suNDRv CIVIL BILL.
Agreed on by the COnferees and VIII
Garry $50, 100000.

Agreed on by the COnferees anu " III
Garry $50, 100000.
Washington, May 26.-The conferees
on the sundry civil appropriation bill
have agreed. The most important
amendment to the bill was that revok-
ing the order of President Cleveland,
of February %, 1897, setting apart
81 900, 900 acres of land as forest res
ervations. This is changed to provide
that lands embraced in reservations not
disposed of before March /, 1898, shall
again be subject to such operations as
they we're previous to the order of Feb
ruary %, or as they may be modified
by the president. The general provis-
ions for the government forest reserva-
tions are retained as provided in the
senate amendments. A provision is
inserted allowing settlers to take other
lands in the public domain.
The appropriation for Pearl harbor is
reduced to $4,000.
An amendment for improving Sal
mon bay, Wash, is stricken out. The
appropriation for government exhibit
at the Omaha exposition is left at
5000, 900, the $4,000 increase made
by the senate being stricken out. An
amendment for the investigation Of the
sugar production remains in the bill.
Appropriation for the improvement
of the Lower Mississippi river is in
creased to So, 933, 1873, and made imme-
diately available by contract or other
wise in the discretion of the secretary
of war. The net reduction from the
senate amendments is 100000. The
total of the bill as agreed to is $685.
622.65I,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
Buried in the Mississippi.

St. Louis, May 26.-The ashes OF
Rudolph Rosin were cast into the Mis-
sissippi river last evening, from near
the center of the Eads bridge. Rosin
had spent most of his life in the vicin-
ity of Cincinnati. About year ago
he visited his birthplace in northern
Germany and while there was taken
sick and died. During his illness he
prepared will in which he provided
that his body should be cremated and
his ashes returned to his Cincinnati
relatives, and kept by them until May
20, 1897, the anniversary of his birth,
and then thrown from the Eads bridge
of St. Louis into the Mississippi river.
Last evening well-dressed man
walked on the bridge from St. Louis.
He carried a small black box. When
near the center he stopped, opened the
box and emptied what appeared to be a
few handfuls of ashes into the river
below. Without priest or prayer, all
that remained of Rudolph Rosin was
thus cast into the great river.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing. Hopkins Company's Review
Of Trade.

Downing. Hopkins = ComPany's Review
Of Trade.
The past week has added materially
to the previously strong position OF
wheat values viewed from the position
of supplies and demand. The crop
prospect as whole refrigerated. but,
more particularly in California, where
drought and hot winds have caused a
reduction in expected yield of at least
25 per cent, as compared with last
year. Foreign crop prospects are much
poorer, especially in France, where
the estimted yield is $4,000, 900 BUSH
els smaller than last year, and conser-
vative grain dealers predict large i'm
portations during the coming crop
year. Values have been firmly held
and while no material advance has &C.
CURED, the market has gained in
strength and receives better support
than during the previous week. The
export demand is fair and improving.
Interior supplies are rapidly dimin-
ishing, and it is now a patent fact that
stocks will be reduced to the lowest
possible point before the winter wheat
harvest. Nothing but the absence of
a generous speculative support prevents
a material advance in values, but un-
der existing conditions, the scarcity OF
supplies in America and the increased
wants of importing countries, owing to
short crops at home, crop failures in
exporting countries other than America,
the ultimate result must be higher
values. The prospects of the spring
wheat crop are good, but not sufficient
ly so to offset the short winter wheat
corp, exhausted reserves and increased
wants from abroad. The tendency of
the market even without speculative
support seems slowly but steadily
higher.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
mARMrH roR coMroRr.

An old cat loves sunny corner and a
long nap, and this is natural and wise. The
genial warmth of the sun luIls to rest, and
while asleep, it may be curative to the cats
few ailments. Soreness and stiffness come
unon MS suddenlv-and put the machinery
ot the BODY out of gear. st. Jacobs Oil
goes suddenly to work upon the trouble,
and with it's warmth. like warmth to the
old cat. it lulls the pain to sleep. drives out
the onid, softens the stiffened muscles,
lubricates the machinery, and in short
time puts the whole body in good working
order. Soreness and stiffness are not much
to cnre bv the use of st. Jacobs Oil but, if
neglected, they take the form of rheuna-
tism which gives q great deal more pain.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
A Perfumed st.~. Eneot.

At the Royal Opera at Budapest .
new ballet has been produced called the
Red Shoes" In the course of this
ballet dance called the 'Rosenwalzer',
takes place, the dancers representing
white, red and yellow roses. While
the dance is in progress a delightful per-
fume of roses fills the whole house.
This is ingeniously effected by means
OF sprinklers, which send through the
ventilators an exceedingly fine spray Of
rose water.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
Market Quotations.

Portland, Or, May 90, 1897.
Flour-Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, s.. 90; Benton county and
White Lily, $500; graham, $40; SUI
perfne, $2.75 per barrel.
Wheat-Walla Walla, 74@75c; Val
ley, 76c per bushel.
Oats-Choice white, 38@4Oc per
bushel; choice gray, S7@39c.
Hay-Timothy, $l3.OO@14.O0 per
ton; clover, $11.50@12.50; wheat and
oat, $11.00@12.00 per ton.
Barley-Feed barley, SIC. so per ton;
brewing, $l8@19.
Millstuffs - Bran, $14.5O, shorts,
SIC. so; middlings, $3.50.
Butter-Creamery, Soc; dairy, 20@
22hc; store, TN @3Oc per roll.
Potatoes-Oregon Burbanks, So @ 40c;
Garnet Chilies, $4,000; Early Rose,
35@4Oc per sack; sweets, $2.75 per
GENITAL for MERGED; new potatoes, 11ac
per pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, 81. 500
ais; geese, $4.00@7.00; turkeys, live,
121ac; ducks, $4.O0@6 90 per dozen.
Eggs-Oregon, 10a Ollie per dozen.
Cheese-Oregon, 11Hc; Young
America, 12Hc per pound.
Wool-Valley, 12c per pound; East
ern Oregon, 6@8c.
Hops-1c per pound.
Beef - Gross, top steers, So. so;
cows, 2.50@3.OO; dressed beef, SO
61c per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3.0O@3.50; dressed NUT
ton, 4 y q DC per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice, heavy, $4,000
4.50; light and feeders, $2.50@3. 90;
dressed $5.OO@5.5O per cwt.
Veal-Large, 81 @4c; small, 4H@
SC per pound.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
. DANGEROUS LETHARGY.

The iorerunner of train of evils, which toe
often eliminate fatally, is inactivity, or leth-
ease, diabetes, gravel, or some other dangerous
integral disease of the organs themselves, to be
apprehended, but drops.c cal diffusiOns from the
blood, rheumatism and govt are all traceable
to the non-removal from the blood by the kid
neys of certain impurities. Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters depurates the blood, renders the
kidneys active and prevents their disease.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ! .,

STATE OF 1 oa1s' 6 GDTy OF TOLEDO IS
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
senior partner of the firm of F. ]. CHENEY & 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 ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1886.
g., A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J.CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
Theosophy ana Coal.

Four years ago certain masculine,
short-haired theosophioal ladies were
advised by Mahatmas to bore for coal
on the Red Bluff, st. Kilda, Melbourne.
says the Sydney Bulletin. About
R8, 600 cash and 1000 feet Of borinas
have been put into the venture, and
about thirty tons Of rich ocean mud and
excellent road metal taken out, but no
coal.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
Florence Is Happy.

San Francisco, May 26 The decis-
ion of the United States supreme court
was received by Mrs. Hinckley, of this
city, today with undisguised satisfac-
ton as it virtually settles her title to
the Blythe estate forever. The appeal
taken to the supreme court by the
Kentucky" Blythes from this state
was their last effort to secure their al
legged rights as against Mrs. Hinckley
who, being an alien, had no legal right
to inherit property in this country,
according to the construction Of the
law of inheritance.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

Terre Haute, Ind, May 26.-The
trustees of the Coates college for wom-
en-, founded by the late John Coats, of
Grenncastle, made an assignment to-
day. The liabilities amount to $I4,-
600, while the assets consist chiefly of
unpaid subscriptions to the college.
which will be hard to realize upon.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
Durham Arrested A gain.

San Jose, CAL, May 26.-Sheriff
Lyndon is in receipt of kilograms from
Lagrange, Tex, which indicate that
possibly Durham, the murderer SO
much wanted, may be under arrest
there. Last night telegram was re-
ceived from Sheriff Lossein, of La
grange, saying Durham is in Jail
there. This afternoon the following
came from the sheriff at Lagrange:
Description of Durham corresponds
with your description given the Pink
erton agency. His identity was given
away by Furgason, a chum of his, to
whom he made the statement of being
the murderer from California
A warrant has been wired to La
grange.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

indiscriminate use of the knife. Read.
ing of the many cures made by SIS
S., I determined to give that medicine
a trial, and after I had taken it a few
days, the cancer became irritated and
began to discharge. This after awhile
ceased, leaving a small scab, which
finally dropped off, and only healthy
little scar remained to mark the place
where the DESTROYER had held full sway.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
No More Hot Boxes.

One of the most wonderful Of recent
inventions is roller bearing for car
wheels which does away with the use
of lubricants. There will be no more
hot boxes. One wheel has had test
of ITO, 900 miles in the West without
the application of drop of oil.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
Ants with Human Habits.

The German traveller Won Ihering
has discovered in Brazil species of
ants which have regular summer and
winter resorts. In winter they live on
the ground, in summer in big nests con-
structed on trees. in order to escape the
danger of inundation when the snow
melts and the rivers rise.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
Replying to Mr.. Cleveland.

Tx PRESIDENT C1eveland'S recent crit
icism of the fact that the Republicans
are pushing for prompt action on the
tariff has led to a review of the first IS
months of his second administration in
which the business Of the country was
paralyzed by failure to act on the prom
ised tariff measure. This review places
in rather bad light the criticisms of
Mr.. Cleveland upon what he terms the
''hot haste" of the Republicans in car
rying out their tariff pledges. 1t is as
follows:
March, 1893-General strike began
among the clothing cutters in New
York; strike of employees on Toledo &
Ann Arbor road.
April, 1S9S-Strike of 1000 workers
on Fair grounds at Chicago.
May, 1S93-Strike of 10000 coal
miners in Ohio; failure of large mum.
Der of Western banks, following the
failure of the Columbia National bank
at Chicago.
June, 1893-Runs on savings banks
in Chicago and failures of numerous
banks in various parts of the country.
July, 1S93-Announcement of sus-
pension of work in 800 silver mines in
the United States; numerous bank fail.
ures; four bank failures in Denver;
runs on other financial institutions;
numerous business failures; many
bank failures in the West and all other
sections of the country.
August, 1s9s-Failure of numerous
commission houses in Chicago; failure
of Madison Square bank in New York;
riots in New York and encounters be-.
tween anarchists and socialists only
prevented by police; close of long and
unsuccessful coal miners strike in
Kansas.
September, 1s93-Strike of 'Big
Four" employees.
October, 1S93-Trocps called out in
Alabama to suppress riots of railroad
strikers.
November, 1S9S-Strike of railroad
hands in Lehigh Valley, numbering
several thousand; strike of 10000 hat
makers at Danbury, Conn.
December, 1893-Riots in Pennsyl-
vania mining regions.
January, 1894-Strike of many thou
sand potters in New Jersey against re-
duction of wages; Secretary Carlisle
offers a 500, 100000 loan for public
subscription; striking miners in Penn
sylvania destroy property at Brantsville
and elsewhere.
February, 1S94-Sale of $50, 900, 900
of bonds by Secretary Carlisle; many
large silk factories in New York close
on account of strike; all the mines of
the Massillon district closed by strikes;
assemblages of riotous unemployed
workmen in Boston dispersed by police.
March, 1894-General strike among
silk weavers at Paterson, N. j.; West
Virginia striking miners burn railroad
bridges; riots at Paterson, N. j., among
striking silk weavers; United States
troops called upon to quell q riot at
Denver; state troops ordered to Cripple
creek for the suppression of mining
troubles; Coxey's organization marches
towards Washington.
May, 1894-Further bloodshed in
the coke regions Of Pennsylvania.
August, 1894-Woolen mill employ
ees strike in Utica, N. r.; employees OF
20 mills strike ct Fall River.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
A Gentleman's weight.

A stranger upon being presented to
Speaker Reed asked his weight. "Two
hundred pounds" was the reply.
You must weigh more than that, -
said the candid visitor. mo gentle
man ever weighs more than 400
pounds" responded the speaker, SOL
EMMY.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

According to the deductions of a well
known astronomer, we receive as much
light from the sun as could be emitted
by $50, 900 moons.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

A doctor says that probably half the
deafness prevalent at the present time
is the result of children having their
ears boxed,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

Philadelphia has a greater mileage
of electric railways than the whole of
Germany, according to the electric
world.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

Some English reporters now take
notes at night by the light Of tiny
incandescent lamp attached to the
W3istcOat
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

size of a small pea.
1t grew rapidly,
shooting pains ran
in every direction.
I became alarmed
and cons ulteda
good doctor, who
pronounced it can.
and said thatit
must be cut out
This l would not
consent to, having
Nexxf ~ ~
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

Great Britain is coming more and
more to the opinion that Russia's occu-
patton of Constantinople is inevitable.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
HOME PsoDUcrs 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 tirst-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac-
tured by the PACIFIC COAST SYRUP Co. All gen.
uine "Ted Garden Drips'' have the manufac-
turer's name autographed on every can.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
WASHINGTON LETTER
PROSPERITY DELAYED BY The
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS.

why Business Activity Cannot Resume
Pending Tariff observation-disclosures
ing Washington Gossip-A Reply to
Mr.. CleyeIand's Recent Criticism.
e. F. PARSONS, Special Correspondent.
Washington, D. C.-Those Democrats
and Populists who have taken advan-
tage of the suspension of activity pend
ing the tariff legislation to criticise the
Republican part for the delay OF pros
perity," have been knocked out in the
first round by plain statement OF facts
by two or three leading Republicans
who show the impossibility of resump-
ton of manufacturing while new tar
iff is pending.
"Of course it is absurd that such
complaint should be made and that
people should think it worth listening
to-" said Chairman Dingley, talking OF
these criticisms cit is certainly un-
reasonable to assume that business &C.
tivity in manufacturing lines could re.
vive pending action upon tariff rates. .
''Is it not fact, Mr.. Dingley, that
the knowledge that a tariff change is
in immediate prospect proves more de-
pressing to the manufacturer than any
other condition."
"Momentarily, yes. l do not know
that the word depressing is just the
one, but certainly it does have the eff
feet of making it impossible for him to
make contracts even where he can meet
them, and of making it difficult to get
contracts at all. Dealers are unwill-
ing to make contracts for future deliv-
cry of goods during the tendency of the
tariff bill because they do not know
what the rates of duty on imported
goods of the same class will be. Man.
ufacturers are unwilling to make con-
tracts during the pendency of the tariff
bill because they do not know what
they will have to compete with in for
eign goods nor do they know what they
will have to pay for the raw material
which they bring in from abroad for
use in manufacturing.
$50 the present period is probably
the most difficult one for the manufac-
turer to do business, to say nothing Of
the impossibility of increasing business
or adding to the number of employees"
eyes. Then it ought to remembered
too that importers are rushing goods
into the country at the greatest posi-
bic speed. and that nearly years sup
ply of foreign goods will be in the
warehouses of the country by the time
the new law goes into effect in spite of
everything we can do to prevent it.
This means that the manufacturers will
not be able to resume activity to any
great extent for several months yet.
The people ought to understand this.
| have no doubt that the new law will
bring increased activity in manufacture
ing, and thus produce prosperity in
every branch of industry. But it is
unreasonable to expect that this can
happen either before the new law goes
into effect or Immediately after it, since
the stock of foreign goods will be so
great that the demand for home manu-
features cannot begin until this enor-
nous accumulation of foreign goods is
absorbed by the people of the country"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

The banks of Newfoundland are
formed by the sand, ice and stone
brought from the north by the ice
bergs.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
Too
Much KNIFE!

The use of the surgeons knife is n.
coming SO general, resulting fatal,
in such a large number of cases, az !,
occasion general alarm.
Mr.. William Wa1po1e, of Walshtovu
outh D akota, writes; "Abou,
three years ago, there came under
my left eye a little blotch about n.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
cy Wallace, Marquette, Kans., Dec. II, 95.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

a well-known artist declares that n
nlnety-pine cases out Of hundred the
left side Of the human lace IL the mora
perfect in outline.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

Alonzo Lowe of Greenfield, Ind, has
lifted one of his horses clear of the
ground, and he can shoulder alone and
carry barrel of sugar.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
Gladness Comes

With better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
zeal ills, which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts pleasant 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
~ 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. It 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 skillful
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
bed and gives most general satisfaction.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

A French florist has offered 81, 200 to
any one who can produce plant which
will yield blue roses.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

Nordau, the prophet Of degeneracy,
declares that America is the land of
the future.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

A caterpillar is SO greedy that in one
month it usually devours six thousand
times its own weight in food.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

Northern papers are just awakening
to the fact that Mississippi is fattening
few cattle for the Chicago markets.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

A French statistician has calculated
that the eye travels about 5000 feet in
reading an ordinary-sized novel. No
wonder the eye gets tired.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
Legal Status Of Dogs.

Take now Oregon Blood Purifier and
keep we'll this summer.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03
strerrthenine Cherbourg

It is stated that 1000, 600 francs are
shortly to be expended upon new de-
tense works on the isle Of Pelee. at
ChorhOurp
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

About twenty-five acres of land are
necessary to support one man on flesh
meat.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-06-03

Marysville, May 26.-Early this
morning premature blast occurred in
the Dannebroge mine at Browns val
ley, IL miles east Of here, which re-
suited in the death of young mirer
named Butler and the serious injury OF
another miner.