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The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
MAY HOIST OUR FLAG.
Japan's Aggressiveness May Hasten
Annexation Matters.

Chicago, July IA special to the
Times-H Herald from Washington says:
The administration has taken steps
to keep its grip on Hawaii. Any agrees
sive interference on the part of Japan
will result in the landing of marines
and the hosting of the American flag,
with or without the raticfation of the
pending annexation treaty.
The administration, realizing that
some crisis might arise while the trea-
ty still hangs fire in the senate, has
taken steps to be prepared for any
emergency.
Rear-Admiral Beardslee will have,
when the next steamer arrives in Hon.
olulu, instructions giving him power to
act at the first sign of aggression on the
part of Japan, or trouble Of any kind
with which the local authorities are
not able to cope.
Rear-Admiral Beardslee will be
given sufficient force to carry out the
programme that events may force upon
him. It is definitely settled that the
battle-ship Oregon, now en- route to San
Francisco from Seattle, will be dis
patched to Hawaii as soon as she can
be prepared for the voyage. This will
give Admiral Beardslee three vessels
the Oregon, Philadelphia and Marion.
Japan has at present but one vessel in
the harbor at Honolulu, the cruiser
Naniwa. She has another cruiser at
San Francisco awaiting orders, which
may take her to the Hawaiian islands.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
ORDERED TO SAN FRANCISCO
The Battle-Shfp Oregon's Destination
After Taking on Coal.

The Battle-Ship Oregon's Destination
After Taking on Coal.
Port Angeles, WASH, July 14.-The
battle-ship Oregon has been waiting
impatiently for two days for coal to ar
rive from Comox. It came this morn
ing, and the custom house inspectors
were asked to hasten their inspection
as much as possible. But 800 tons
came and 500 were expected. This
may prevent the Oregon from getting
away for two or three days. 1t is now
definitely known that she is ordered to
San Francisco. The officers are of the
opinion that the monitors Monadnock
and Monterey will be able to cope with
anything the Japanese may send to Ha-
wall, and that the Oregon will only be
called upon in case of extreme necessi
ty. This is borne out by the fact that
the harbor at Honolulu will not &C.
commodate the Oregon. and she will be
under the necessity of lying outside in
a heavy sea. 1t is said to be so rough
outside the harbor that the battle-ship
would be unable to load coal from a
barge.
The department evidently expects a
crisis at Hawaii, for the orders for
every man-of-war on the coast have
been changed during the past week.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
HAS BLOOD IN HER EYE.
Japan IL Determined to Force Trouble
With Hawaii.

Japan 10 Determined Go FOrce AIOuDAS
With Hawaii.
New York, July IA dispatch to
the Herald from Washington says:
Hawaii has offered to refer to arbitra-
ton the immigration question pending
between Japan and herself, but the
Toxic government has SO far ignored the
proposition. Telegraphic information
to this effect has been received by the
state department, and it is therefore
possible to deny the report published
that Japan had agreed to arbitratre the
vexed question she is discussing with
the Hawaiian government. The prop
osition was made in the report sent to
the Hawaiian minister for foreign
affairs. Mr. Cooper, in answer to Mr..
Shimumura' last letter reiterated the
demand of his government that Hawaii
recognize the principle of monetary
liability as q motive of her action In
excluding Japanese immigrants.
The Hawaiians do not expect that
Japan would accept arbitration. In
fact, before Minister Shimumura began
correspondence with Mr.. Cooper in re-
lation to the matter, he declared that
his government would never accept ar
bitration. At that time neither he nor
his government had any idea that the
strong arm of the United States was
seen to be thrown around Hawaii, and
it was because of this ignorance, state
department officials say, that Japan has
assumed such a commanding tone in
her negotiations with the little republic.
It is said that Mr.. Shimumura in his
last correspondence with the Hawaiian
government, demands further explana-
ton in regard to certain details connect
ed with the immigration controversy,
in which he holds that Hawaiian au
thorities have committed an official
offense against his government. The
minister refused to admit the principle
of monetary liability, and insists that
the Japanese government does not want
to get at the real merits of the cOntro-
versy, otherwise it would acquiesce in
the proposition to refer the matter to
arbitration.
In view of Mr.. Cooper's refusal, it is
the general expectation in administra-
ton circles that whether the senate
ratifes the pending annexation treaty
or fails to take action during the present
session, this government will have to
settle the immigration question with
japan.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
! GASOLINE HOSTING ENGINE

II Does tho work Of the Steam Engine
Better and with Less Cost.
The use Of gas and gasoline engines
in mines and for all power purposes is
very much on the increase. New uses
for them are being found every day.
They are being used quite extensively
for pumping, for hosting. and for other
work in mining. Mr.. w. +. Patrick
has an article in recent number OF the
New York Engineering and Mining
Journal giving experience with gaso-
line hosting engine at the Southern
Eureka mines in Utah. Mr.. Patrick
says:
1--WE have had the engine in use for
some time, and have found it highly
satisfactory and in the highest degree
economical. We are engaged in sink
ing, and of course only hosting inter-
mittently. Our engine is rated at 20
horsepower, and hoists load of ], 100
pounds from depth of 275 feet IN 40
seconds. Our consumption Of gasoline
has averaged only or gallons per hour.
The amount of water used in cooling
the cylinders is very small, as large
galvanized iron cooling tanks are pro-
vided with the engine, and only enough
water is required to replenish what is
lost by evaporation. In many OF our
Western mining districts water for a
steam plant would cost as much or more
than the fuel.
"The engine is provide, with cleo
trio and torch igniters, both OF which
work very satisfactorily. One man
can, by means of the self-starter, easily
start the engine alone; after starting it
requires no attention, except to see that
the oil cups are feeding properly.
"By means Of the operating levers
near the shaft, one man can hoist,
dump the buckets, run out the waste,
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

Wool-Choice foothill, 9@11c;. San
joaquin, 6 months SO Loo; do years
staple, 1000; mountain, 100 lac; Ore.
gon, 10@12c per pound.
Hops-8@ l2c per pound.
Millstuffs - Middlings, $16.5O@
co.; California bran, $14@14.5O Der
ton.
Hay-Wheat, ell; wheat and oat,
5000; oat, $7@8 river barley,
$5@6; best barley, $6@8; alfalfa,
$5@5.50 clover, $6@8.
Potatoes-New, in boxes, cog 9Oc.
Onions-New red, SIS q 75c; do new
silverskin, 85@$1 per GENITAL.
Fresh fruit-Apples, 2O@ soc per
small box; do large box, 500 soc Royal
apricots, 20@4Oc common cherries,
15@25c; Royal Anne cherries, 2O@ 500
per box; currants, $1.O0@1.5O per
chest; peaches, $4,000; pears. 2O@
40c; cherry plums, 10000 per box.
Butter-Fancy creamery. 3Oc; do
seconds, IS@19c; fancy dairy 1e@
TIC; good to choice. 13@14c per,pound.
Cheese-Fancy mild, new, SO; fair
to good, 7@7Hc per pound.
Eggs-Store, l2@14c; ranch, 160
1870; Eastern. 1904; duck, $50 per
dozen.
Citrus fruit-Navel oranges, 81
e.; seedlings, 75c@t1.25: Mexican
lines. $4.75@5. so; common lemons, 81
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
Portland Markets.

Wheat-Walla Walla, 65@66c; VAL
ley, &c per bushel.
Flour-Best grades, $3.50@3. 60;
grahram, 1925; superfne, $2.25 per
barrel.
Oats-Choice white, S8@40c; choice
gray, 81 SOC per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $16@ 16. 80;
brewing, $18@19 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, $3.50 per ton;
middlings, $2l; shorts, $d5.50.
Hay-Timothy, $10@13.50; clover,
S11.5O@12. so; California wheat, $lO@
IL; do oat, $l1; Oregon wild hay, 80 @
10 per ton.
Eggs-13@ 14c per dozen.
Butter-Fancy creamery, $50 400;
fair to good, SOC; dairy. 25@30c pei
roll.
Cheese Oregon, 11Hc; Young
America, 121ac; California, GO 1Oc pei
pound.
Poultry-Chickenss mixed, $2.50@a
per dozen ;broilers, ST. 5O@3. 25;geese, 81
$3.50; ducks, 81. 5O@3 per dozen
turkeys, live, 1Oc per pound.
Potatoes. Burbanks. 4O@
SOC per sack; sweets, $2.75 per centa
'or MERGED; new potatoes, 500 60e
per sack.
Onions-California, new, red. 9Oc @
81; yellow, $1.25 per GENITAL.
Hops-7K@8c per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, DC.
Wool-valley, 11@13c per pound
Eastern Oregon, 1000; mohair, 20'
per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wether'
and ewes, IA @2kc; dressed mutton
41ac; spring lambs, 81 per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy. 81; ligh'
and feeders, So. 50@3; dressed, s. q
4.25 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross. top steers, $2.75@S
COWS 1926; dressed beef, 4@51ac Pc
pound.
veal-Large, 8; small, 4@4Kc pc
pound.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing. Hopkins . Company's Review
of Trade.

Downing. Hopkins . Company's Review
of Trade.
There was not much activity or bust.
ness in the wheat market during the
past week partially owing to the very
not weather throughout the the states
EAST of the Rocky mountains. On &C.
count of the temporary strength OF the
corn market prices advanced 2 cents,
out the advance did not hold and the
close was at about the same as week
tgO.
The July returns of the departments
If agriculture indicate the everage con-
lition of spring and winter wheat COM
bined are $40. which is 81 points
higher than last month.
The Orange Judd Farmer says:
In the spring wheat district the
month has been wholly favorable and
previous high condition of the crop, IL
fully maintained. The present condi-
ton, 93.2, is practically the same as
report d last month. Should it 60 to
harvest with no future drawback, there
abundance in the situation to justify
an expectation of $50, 900, 900 bushels,
with nearly 200, 900, 600 bushels in the
Dakotas and Minnesota alone. This,
with reasonable certainty OF at least
315, 900, 900 bushels of winter wheat,
makes possible this year total wheat
crop of 575, 900, 600 bushels.
For the past week the decrease in the
visible supply was 874, 900 bushels,
and the total is now but 16,6O9,0OO
bushels.
The weather was the controlling in
huence in the corn market during the
last week. There was renewed activity
over a range of about / a cents. Dur
ing the first part unreasonable tempera-
ture and lack of moisture prevailed
throughout the entire corn belt. This
induced liberal buying for speculative
account, forcing prices up cents from
last weeks finish. Later, when nor
nal conditions set in, the early buyers
took profit, resulting in one cent de-
cline. Sentiment is decidedly less
bearish. Conservative operators prefer
buying on the weak spots, believing
that only a moderate crop can be raised
with perfect conditions from now on,
while all the accidents favor the hold
err Receipts at primary points fell Oh
sharply, but promise slightly larger
next week. The cash demand was dis
appointing.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
rrauence 81 war On Toys.

Within the past few weeks Ger
man factory which makes lead toy SOL
diers, has received 50 many orders for
Turkish and Greek soldiers for next
Christmas that it announces through
the European press its inability to FIJI
any more orders this year. The makers
Of toy uniforms, games, pictures and
similar toys are also running overtime,
making specialties illustrating the
Turco-G Greek war. Even the textile in
dustries are preparing to reap the gold
en- harvest and material Of every i'm
aginable description in Turkish and
Greek designs is being manufactured in
large quantities.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
A Hercules Hosting Engine.

and in such work as ours, or at small
mines, have time to do the tool sharp
ening and timber framing.
''The machinery is noiseless and
safe. The gasoline tank is placed out
side the engine loom, underground, and
below the level of the engine bed, and
the gasoline is drawn up as needed by
a small pump placed on one side of the
engine. This arrangement prevents all
possibility of an explosion. In fact, I
consider it safer and more economical
than steam, and when the hosting is
done, it can be shut down and there is
absolutely no consumption of fuel and
no possible danger Of explosion.
The illustration given herewith
shows type of engine very much in
use in mines throughout California,
Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Mexico, Utah,
Montana, Nevada, etc. 1t is built by
the Hercules Gas Engine Works, of San
Francisco, in all sizes, from two to two
hundred horsepower. The engines are
built extra heavy, the hosting drum
being the same base as the engine, and
geared direct. The levers operating
the hoist are positive in action, and are
within easy control of the operator.
About three thousand of these engines
are in use in different parts of the
country, and in every instance have
demonstrated their superiority over
any other power for the purpose used.
They are also made to burn distillate
oil, which reduces the fuel cost very
materially, and where water and fuel
are scarce, the saving in these items
quite often enables the property to be
worked where otherwise the expense at
tendant upon operating steam engine
would preclude it.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
HOw's THIsY

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Cvtarrh that cannot be cured by
halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business trasactions,
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O..
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Tsledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold
by all druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls family pills are the best.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

Butter-Fancy native creamery,
brick, TIC; ranch, 10@12c.
Cheese Native Washington, 100
lie; California, 9Hc.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 17@18c.
Poultry-Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 1917 Ollie; spring chickens, 81
$3.50; ducks, So. 50@3.75.
Wheat-Feed wheat, $25 per ton.
Oats-Choice, per ton, $21 @22.
Corn-Whole, $50; cracked. per ton,
$40; feed meal, $40 per ton.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
$40; whole, $3.50.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beef,
steers, &c; COWS, 51ac; mutton sheep,
&c; pork, 61ac; veal, small, 6.
Fresh Fish-Halibut, SO &c; salmon,
40 sc; salmon trout, 7@1Oc; founders
and sole, 3@4; ling cod, 4@5; rock
cod, DC; smelt, ~ @4c.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
Horse Power of Lightning.

A recent thunder storm in the neigh
borhood of Berlin afforded an opportu
nifty of measuring precisely the power
of flash Of lightning. The expert
mentors took as basis the amount Of
iron fused by fash of lightning, and
according to the statement which they
have published, the power of fash of
lightning is on an average equivalent
To 7. 900 hOrsepO
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
SOUND REASONS FOR APPROVAL.

There are several cogent reasons why the
medical profession recommend and the public
prefer Hostetter's Stomach Bitters above the
ordinary cathartics. It does not drench and
weaken the bowels, but assists rather than
action is never preceded by an internal earth
quake like that produced by drastic purga-
tive. For forty-fve years past it has been q
household remedy for liver, stomach and kid
ney trouble.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
Not an Omcia1 Day.

The governor of Illinois is not re-
quired to work on Sunday. It seems
strange that such question should
have been raised. But it came before
the supreme court with reference to
figuring up the time allowed him by
the constitution in which to act upon
bills after the adjournment of the gen.
eral assembly. The supreme court has
decided that Sundays are not official
davS
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
Ice-Breaking Ships.

Vice-Admiral Makarow, of the Rus
sian navy, has been studying the1 con
struction and use of powerful ice-break.
ing ships. At recent meeting OF the
Imperial Geographical Society at ST..
Petersburg he expressed the belief
that with two such ships, each of
$1,000 horsepower, acting together, a
line of free water communication could
be kept open in winter to the port OF
St. Petersburg. and he added that they
could even force their way through the
glacial ocean if the thickness of the ice
did not exceed IL feet.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
Crocker,s Coudition A1.r,n,n..

San Francisco, July l4.-Friends Of
Colonel G. F. Croker are thoroughly
alarmed. They no longer conceal the
fear that he cannot recover. He was
exceedingly weak today, and required
frequent nourishment. The physician
in charge, while not ready to admit
that death is near at hand, says his
case is not entirely hopeless. There
appears to be no abatement of the par.
alysis in the right side.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

The latest estimate Of the population
of the globe has been made by M d.
Amfreville, who places it at 1,479, $780,
900. The number of inhabitants to the
square mile in Asia is 4S; in Africa,
Is; in America, s; in Oceanica, and
the polar regions, 8; in Australia, l..
The yearly increase of the population
of the earth is about 5 to every 1000.
At this rate the population doubles
every 1879 years.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

The tariff bill is likely to be q good
deal more easily recognized by MEM
beers of the house when it comes back
to that body than was expected at first.
The important changes which the
finance committee recommended have
not been accepted by the senate, and in
the one important schedule remaining,
that of wool, it is believed that the
house rate on first and second class
woods will-be restored, or at least rates
approximate to those named in the
house bill adopted.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

Fusion between the Populists and
Democrats seem to be thing of the
past. Populist leaders are everywhere
expressing their disgust with the uncer-
tan attitdue OF the Democrats on all
national issues. Not only are large
numbers OF Democrats in every state
where there is a campaign this fall re-
fusing to accede to the demand for the
support OF the Chicago platform and its
doctrines, but large number of Demo-
Gratis in congress are abandoning the
ffee-trade theory and supporting . high
protection.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
D,Aumale's Three wills.

So rich was the Due d'Aumale that
he had to make three wills to properly
provide for the disposition of his prop
erty. One of them relates exclusively
to that part of his property which is in
France, while the other deals with the
wealth deposited in England, possibly
from motives of precaution.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

! The French minister of war recently
offered prize for the swiftest bird in
fight from Periguoux to Paris-310
miles There we're 2746 entries and the
winner did the distance in seven hours
and "a minutes.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

A new method of testing the hard
ness of steel balls has been devised.
The balls are dropped FROM fixed
height on a plate glass set at an angle;
if properly tempered they rebound
into one RECEPTACLE, and if they are too
soft, they drop into another.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
Big Contract Awarded.

Washington, July 1.-The war de-
partment has awarded the Pacific
Bridge Company. of Portland, Or, the
contract for constructing the mortar
battery at Marrowstone Point, Puget
sound, at $l63, $50.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

A lady while travelling from Tyrone
to Altoona, Pa, had her pocket picked
in car, and she was hustled of miles
from her destination because she had
not money to pay her fare. There were
fourteen men who witnessed the act,
and not one of them had the manliness
to lend her fifty cents.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

Marie Theresa's equestrian statue, re-
Gently unveiled by Emperor Francis Jo-
seph. at Pressburg, is said to be the
first monument erected in Hungary to
a sovereign OF the Hapsburg line, which
has ruled over the cor ntry for 81
years.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

The first public library in England
was founded by the corporation Of Lon
don some 300 years before the British
museums was established. Cromwell
borrowed books from this institution
and forgot to return Them
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

Russia has Al, 800 public schools,
while Germany, with only half the
population, has 5000 schools, with
nearly three times as many pupils as
the Russian.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22
YIN In aGraye.

Almost parallel to the Jacob z. Da'
Wis will discovery turns up in Indiana,
for after lying in mans coffin Tor
nearly 80 years. will has been ex-
humed at Leavenworth, in that state,
and it's terms are liable to increase
troublesome litigation among the heirs
of the man who had the document bur-
led with him.
Jacob Kissingen was the man. The
will was found by accident, because
when Kissingen died, although the will
was believed to have been made, no
body could find it,. So the heirs went
to law and have been at it for three
decades.
A few days ago dispute arose which
could be cleared up by the family BIZ
BILE. So the old grave was opened and
the book taken out. 1t was in good
state of preservation, and, when
opened, to the surprise of everyone, dis
closed the old mans will.
By the terms of the document found
in. the grave the property Of Kissingen
was divided equally among five chill
dren, one of them resident of Ger
many, and born of Kissingen's first
wife, And this is where the new trou-
BILE begins. None of the four American
heirs ever heard of the fathers first
marriage, and not one of them guessed
that he had brother in Europe.
The German heir, Of course, has
been in ignorance, too, of the exist
ence of his American brothers, and the
property and money bequeathed to him.
If he presses his claim now, it is said
that the four brothers who live here
will have quite hole in their purses
when they pay him what is his by his
fathers will.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

A man in balloon four miles above
the earth can plainly hear the barking
of dog.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

Near Boise City, Idaho, 400 feet be-
low the earth's surface, there is SUBJ
terranean lake Of hot water, Of ITO de-
grees temperature. It has pressure
enough to ascend to the top door Of the
houses. and will be piped to them for
heating purposes.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

In 1895 statistics Of visitors to Paris
were kept by the police, to whom pro-
prietors of hotels and boarding houses
had to make returns. These statistics
were: English, 43,373; Americans,
42,817; Germans, SO, 242.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-07-22

A wine cask which holds 81, 900 gal
Ions, and is the largest ever built, may
be seen at Maltermora, Cal. The steal
hoops around il weigh 100000 psundA