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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02
Monax for Cubans.

Washington. Feb. 22.-Eforts are
making with every prospect Of success
tc reconcile the radical element among
tia Cubans to the proposition Of the
government to pay the soldiers Of the
Cuban cause IS, 100000.
General Gomez arrived today in Ma.
tanzas. making his way very slowly to-
ward the capital. What is proposed 10
that the United States shall sanction
tho floating of bonds by the Cuban mu-
inequalities or provinces to the amount
of 81, 900. 600, which sum is to be paid
over to the Cuban troops, in addition
to the s., 0O0.000 to be paid by the
United States.
Data. it is said here, will b pro.
duced by the Cuban assembly TO show
that every cent Of this sum was az.
pended in legitimate war expenses.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02
A Large Deficit.

Victoria, b. c., Feb. 22.-F G.
Cotton, minister Of finance for British
Columbia, submitted his budget to the
legislature this afternoon. The budget
shows a deficit Of $847, 723. and esti-
mates that tie new government has to
start with balance on the wrong side
of $64, 900. Estimates show q con-
siderable cutting in the salary list. A
new loan will be negotiated for 81. $780,.
600.
No more large tracts Of land will b
sold for speculative purposes. but
leases granted instead Loss 81 feve.
nue. by the abolition Of the mortgage
tar will be met By an increase on the
incoms tar.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02
HUNDREDS HOMELESS.
Insurgents Attempt to Make
Good Their Threats.
SCORES OF BUILDINGS BURNED
A Night of Terror at Manila-.A,uerfcan
Troops Control the
Situation.

Manila, Feb. 24.-Last night wal
one OF terror to thousands of inhabit
ants of Manila. the rebels making gooo
their Oft-repeated threats to the extent
OF burning scores Of buildings. They
wounded an officer and three men by
firing through windows during the ex.
element.
At 8 O'Clock an incendiary fire oc
cured in block of brick buildings
occupied by Chinese in the Gale Ia
Costa, in the Santa Cruz district. A
stiff breeze was blowing, and the in.
flammability of the structures caused
the blaze to spread with alarming
rapidity.
The city fire department was hope.
lessly incompetent. and the English
volunteer brigade from Santa Mesa
was summoned, and with modern en-.
CINE. pumping adequate streams from
the canal, succeeded, after four hours
of work, in getting the blaze under con.
troll.
Meantime the entire block and the
greatest part of two others across the
street were Quilted. Hundreds of in.
habitants were rendered homeless.
Impediments were placed in the way
OF the firemen, and the hose was Gu,
five times. This resulted in all the ma.
tives being driven of the streets. those
in the immediate vicinity of the blaze
being co1ralled in vacant lots and
guarded until the excitement was over
In many instances the natives were
insolent. and paid no regard to the or.
ders given them, and the soldiers were
compelled to use harsh measures. The
butts of their rifles and their bayonets
were freely applied.
Shortly after midnight another big
fire was started in the Tondo district,
where the natives are thickest, and
when the filemen and soldiers attempt.
ed to work regular fusilade of rife
and revolver shots was fred from the
windows and roofs of buildings.
All night long the fire spread through
the Tondo district, sweeping away
rows of houses and devastating acres
OF territory. The damage is inestima-
BILE.
With daylight, punitive measures
were decided upon, and the Americans,
although tired after their sleepless
nights work. soon cleared the district
of every native, after a slight resist,
ance.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02
FOR STATE INSTITUTIONS.
House Appropriation Bill Passes tn,
Senate without Discussion.

House Appropriation Bill Passes the
Senate Without Discussions.
Monday morning the members of the
Washington legislature. had all re-
turned from their junketing trip to
Walla Walla, and quietly settled down
to hard work.
The senate went into committee Of
the whole. with Senator Schofe cid in
the chair for consideration of house
bill No. $40 to appropriate $166. 600
for dormitories at the state univer-
sity. kitchen at the penitentiary and
dormitory and biological laboratory
at the agricultural college. Without
any discussion the bill was passed.
Governor Rogers notified the senate
that he had signed concurrent resolu-
tion No. z, in relation to the election
Of United States senators by popular
vote.
New bills introduced were: Amend.
ing certain acts in relation to defining
q homestead; an act amending acts re-.
lating to foreign corporations in the
laws of 1890: providing for the organi-
cation and regulation of banks and pre-.
scribing an emergency.
At the afternoon session senate bill
No. 10S, providing for the reformation
and employment Of state prisoners,
passed, but the emergency clause
failed, whereupon Senator Preston gave
notice Of reconsideration of the vote
defeating the emergency clause. This
bill is to give the governor power to pa
role any convict who has served one
year in the penitentiary. provided such
prisoner has never been imprisoned
before, and is not serving a life sem
tence. After paroling, the convict is
free to 60 into any part of the state or
even out of it on obtaining the Cover.
nor's permission.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02

In the house Monday petition was
presented from the Seattle chamber of
commerce asking that penalties and
interest on delinquent taxes be remit
ted If the taxes are paid in 1899.
A petition was presented from citi-
zens of Cowlitz county asking for an
appropriation to protect property ada
cent to the Lewis and Cowlitz rivers.
New house bills introduced were:
Relating to the duration Of judgments;
appropriation bill aggregatlng 81, 49,
40; relating to log and timber booms
in streams; for the protection of con.
testants on mining claims; providing
the manner of levying and collecting
taxes Of mining corporations; relating
to probate practice; authorizing the fish
commissioner to transfer to the United
States the fish hatchery at Baker Lake,
in Whatcom county; relating to
changes of venue; relating to the kill
ing and disposition of certain animals;
relating to abandoned and abused ami
mails; authorizing any person to take
up and care for such animals and to
hold prior lien thereon fol the ex.
pense incurred.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02
WASHINGTON BOYS IN IT.
Hot Skirmish ut tho Waterworks Neal
Manila.

Manila.
New York, Feb. 23.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Manila. says: The
eEemy were concentrating all day at
the waterworks and in front of Kings
brigade. They became SO nagging in
front of Kings position that the gen.
eral sent two companies of the First
Washington infantry over the Pasig
river. They swept the country for two
miles and then swung over to the river
bank, opposite the insurgent trenches
facing the American position at Ma
cati, and opened flank fire on the in
surgents across the river.
Two guns OF the Sixth artillery, under
Lieutenant Ecott. pounded the insur-
gent positions, while the troops from
Macati charged and drove the enemy
before them. Fifteen Filipino dead
were found and tour wounded. Two
American soldiers were wounded BY
the explosion of Springfield rifles.
The declaration of Aguinaldo that he
has made humane war is a fabrica-
ton. In the past few weeks the Red
Cross has been like red flag to the
insurgents.
Captain Pierce, of McArthur's staff.
testifies that he has been shot at by
sharpshooters SO times in the provi-
sional hospital. Not an ambulance or
litter came which was not a signal for
q shower of bullets.
The surgeons of the hospital corps.
who were giving aid to the Filipinos
as we'll as to the American wounded,
were q target for the sharpshooters. A
wounded man who was being carried
from the field was killed by insurgents
concealed in q tree. The Red Cross
people are now going armed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02
a FILIPINO PLOT.
Rebels Have Been Planning . General
Uprising-Death to All Foreigners.

Rebels Have Been Planning . General
Uprising-Death to All Foreigners.
Washington. Feb. 23.-The follow
ing dispatch was received this afternoon
from General Otis:
Manila, Feb. 2S.-Adjutant-G Gen.
eral, MISUNDERSTANDING issued by
an important officer of the
insurgent government at Malolos, Feb
ruary 10, 1899, for execution during
that evening and night in this city:
'First-You will go dispose that at
o'clock at night, the individuals Of
the territorial militia at your order
will be found united in all of the streets
of San Pedro, armed with their balos
and revolvers, or guns and ammuni-
ton. il convenient.
Second-Philippin families only
will be respected. They should not
be molested, but all other individuals.
Of whatever race they may be, will be
exterminated without any com passion,
after the determination Of the army Of
occupation.
+" 'Third-The defenders Of the Phil
ippines in your command will attack
the guard at Bilibid and liberate the
prisoners and 'presidiarios, and,
having accomplished this, they will be
armed, saying to them: Brothers,
we must avenge ourselves on the Ameri-
cans and exteIminate them that we
may take our revenge for the infamy
and treachery which they have COM
i SktoA N
upon them; attack with vigor. All
Filipinos en- masse will second you.
Long live Filipino independence.
/" 'Fifth-The order which will be
followed in the attack will be as fol-
lows: The sharpshooters Of Tondo and
Santa Ana will begin the attack from
without and these shots will be the
signal for the militia Of Troso. Binon-
90. Quiato and Sampaloe to 60 ont into
the street and do their duty: those Of
Pace. Ermita and Malate, Santa Cruz
and San Miguel will not start out until
IL O'Clock. unless they see that their
com panions need assistance.
'Sixth-The militia of Tondo will
start out at o'clock in the morning;
if all do their duty our revenge will be
complete. Brothers, Europe contem-
plates. we know how to die as men,
shedding our blood in defense of the
liberty of our country. Death to the
tyrantsl War without quarter to the
false Americans who have deceived us
Either independence or deathP -
The portion of General Otis dispatch
indicated by dashes the officials were
unable to decipher tonight. There is
no Fourth" paragraph of the insur-
gent statement as furnished to the
press.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02
Colorado Anti-Trust Bin.

Denver, Colo, Feb. Ex-Governor
Thomas today sent special message to
the legislature urging legislation to
prevent the contamination Of the con-
templated smelter combine or the
formation Of any trusts in Colorado.
The senate passed the anti-tFust bill
with one dissenting vote.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02
Milileoe fov opatu.

Washington. Feb. 93.-This was
suspension day in the house. The sen.
ate amendments 10 . number OF pTi.
vats pension bills were adopted.
Cannon, chairman Of the appropria-
tions committee. by the direction OF
his committee. moved the passage un-
der suspension Of the rules Of tho bill
for payment Of so, 600, 900 to Spain.
After discussing the measure under
the Commute rule. the bill vas passed.
2l9 70 q.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02
Manila IL Quiet.

Manila, Feb. 23.-The transport
Newport has arrived from lilo lilo with
dispatches from General Miller to Gen.
eral Otis. She reports all quiet at lilo
lilo. The American troops there are
occupying the suburbs of Jaro and
Molo. business has been resumed gem
orally with the outside world, and
there has been no fighting since Febru-
airy IL. All is quiet at Manila. The
heat is causing some Inconvenience, but
nc casualties have been reported.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02
I,.utenant- Colonel Fife Acquitted.

Tacoma, WASH, Feb. 24.-Private
advices from Manila say that Lieuten-
ant Colonel Fife, of the First WASH
ington regiment. court-martialed on
charges of into xication, has been &C.
Quilted, the charges proving utterly
without foundation.
When the charges against Fife were
refuted, the case against Captain Ehr-
Itch was Immediately dropped, as there
was no evidence of his guilt or of any
reprehensible action.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02

Two deer were killed at Beaver Hill.
81 Coos county. Or, recently. The
snow drove them out Of the woods, and
Il resident Of town shot them fsom ,
window q his dwelling.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02

Washington, Feb. 9s.-It is said
Gomez is now arranging with General
Brook for the distribution of the
81, 00O, 600 which It is expected will be
paid to the Cuban troops within .
ah0rt time
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02

Washington, Feb. 2s.-Ths ad-
vance guard Of the North Atlantic
suuadTon, composed Of the flagship
New York and the battle-ship Indiana,
arrived It the Bermudas today. Tho
souadron will proceed to Havana.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02
"'nor News Itema.

Tie fsna nac n; Chandler, widow Of
at her bo Michigan statesman. is dead
to- ChaOdIee.ih Detroit. During Sena.
As. Cbsns,s career in Washington.
satersaina. Was noted as a social
etrespona.'o The Omaha Bee from ito
Indicate then s, in Northern Nebraska
zen badlv do we winter-wheat crop hal
asn y damaged by the recent cold
MI be w., many q. localities the orov
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02

Tacoma, Wash. Feb. 94.-Captain
Burns, who attempted to foat the
0lenmorag, is going to try to descend
to tho Andalena and bring up the bod
iee Of her crew, and also raise the ship.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02
THE PRINTER LEFT OUT.
No Provision Made for Him In ApprO
priatiOns.

No Provision Made for Him In ApprO-
priations.
In the Washington legislature Tues
day the committee on appropriations re-
ported q general appropriation bill ag-
gregating nearly $4,000 but this
bill does not include the item of state
printing and binding. which has here
tofore called for amounts ranging from
t46, 900 to $50. 900 for the biennial
term. This omission was due to the
fact that the state printing matter is
at present an open question, as several
bills have been intro duced to reform
this branch of the state government.
In the senate the capitol building
bill. being placed on final passage.
passed by vote of 81 to .. The bill
was Immediately transmitted to the
house, and reached the governor before
night.
In the senate were introduced the
following bills: For the the efectual
prevention of cruelty to animals; reor-
ganization of state militia; relating to
the improvement and Strengthening of
navigable rivers; providing for the APP
pointment of state bank examiner;
for making definite and certain the
boundaries of incorporated towns or
cities OF the fourth class; Withdrawing
school lands from sale and providing
for the leasing Of same; providing for
the installation of the Charles w. (7if-
ford condensing system in the state
institutions, and appropriating $4,000
for this purpose; regulating the allot-
ment and expenditure of the road and
bridge fund in counties in which there
is a city of the first class; to regulate
licenses and prohibit the sale OF intoxi-
cants in :cordance with local petit
tions; relating to the sale OF lands ai-
lotted to Indians; providing for the
auditing and allowance OF expense
accounts for state and county officers
Senate bill 96, appropriating money
to pay judgments against the state.
was passed.
The railroad committee submitted
report on senate bill 136, regulating
freight rates, to which several amend.
ments were recommended, raising the
proposed rates to be charged about IA
per cent
In the House.
The Washington house passed the
following bills Tuesday: Repeating an
act relating to the termination OF cer-
tain tenancies: providing for the regu-
lation Of the riding Of bicycles and tri-
cycles in cites, and declaring m emef-
esncy; providing for the manner OF
changing the name of Incorporated
cities and towns; repeating an act re-
latine to the board Of pardons; relating
70 protection Of food fishes; amending
an act g TO civil actions in superior
courts; amending An act relating TO-
negotiable paper; relating to the -
sicnment Of mortgages; amending IN
act relating to the suficiency and jus
tiacation q bail and suTsties; amend
inn = act relating to gaTnishmentss
relating to the removal Of improve
ments from mortgaged property; reiat-
Fine % the disposition Of personal prop
orty IN csrtain Gases; amending an act
relating to the bonds Of prosecuting as-
k0RDnYn.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02

City Of Mexico, Feb. 24--A delega-
ton Of Kickapoo Indians from the
United States are in the city. The
group, in tribal costume, attended the
presidents reception last night. They
are here to solicit from the Mexican
government an allotment OF lands to
which the remnant of the tribe desires
to emiQYato.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02
More SNOW in Colorado.

Leadville, Colo, Feb. 24.-The
snow storm continues and the railroad
trains are at standstill. People who
have left Breckenridge and other
towns on the South Park line, which
no trains have reached for several
weeks, say provisions are very low IN
those places, and many people will
starve unless relief reaches them very
soon.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02

The house Thursday pass ed the con-
current resolution relating to the use
of Pacific coast coal by the navy de-
partment of the United States, under
suspension Of rules, and also the bill
providing for Incorporation of ceme-
terry associations.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-02

The British ship Drumlanyig. from
Liverpool for Vancouver, has put into
Montevideo partially dismantled IN Z
gale.
The republicans In the Spanish
chamber have decided to begin at once
q, energetic campaign against the GOV.
ernment.
The bark Coloma, from Chemainus,
b. G.. for China. has arrived ct Port
Angeles, WASH, leaking badly. Cap
tain Jensen reports IS feet Of water IN
the vessels bold
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-16
In Moments OF Perm.

Darwin has shown that the fear OF
man is an acquired. and not a native
instinct, and from this we may infer
that with other acquired instincts it
would more readily be lost or fall into
allegiance than those instincts that are
Unborn. With strange surroundings
animals tend to lose these acquired in
stincts, as is well shown By the cow
ardice of the house dog in a strange
house, the unruliness of the horse in
strange harness, ana the like The
land bird in mid-ocean. being bereft OF
its accustomed landmarks. loses with
them its acquired instincts until the
sight Of land restores its confidence In
itself and gives it back an its faculties.
4 tameness from a similar cause has
often been noticed in Wild animals
during commissions Of nature floods
and fire, and it is Well known that
panic. such, for example. as is pro-
dueed by a fire at sea falling into the
water or a pestilence win bring into
allegiance all a mans acquired instincts
and reduce him to the primitive in
stincts of a brute beast.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-16

"Yes. yes. ! know" he grcaned, COW
ering his face with his hands and
dropping shudderingly into his seat
But was eLared for this Would
to heaven had kept my blindness and
my happiness"
1t was useless. His heart had gone
to the beautiful Lulu. and gradually
the music began to madden my soul
gradually, gradually, till a certain
morning. when ! sprang like tigress
al his throat
That brought the end They took
me to a madhouse; then followed a
wedding in which Lulu figured as a
bride; then my broken hearted moth
er's death. The countess had won the
game The mesalliance was at an end
Is it wonderful that the violin still
has power to temporarily madden me?
New York News
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-16
The Toothsome Octopus.

The use of the octopus as food is,
according to one of our correspond
ents, not new idea. In the fish mar
ket in Jersey this year the blue
gowned women with white starched
caps who preside over wet slate slabs,
usually covered with little heaps of
wrinkles, limpets, aumers, and razor
fish, have already added the octopus
to their usual stock You may have
your choice of him., writes the CORE
spondent either dried and smoked to
the semblance of scraps of waste
leather, or fresh and shimmering. a
tangle of repulsive. formless members.
They say that he is good-'Ah! yes,
the eat-o-nine-tail he is very good.
seu'-but they say the same of the
limpet and the spider crab. You ask
for lobster the supreme delicacy Of
Jersey. All, no! there is no lobster
m 'seu the cat-o-nine-tail he have
eaten him all This is how they ex-
plain the absence of Holsters in all the
picturesque island hooks where a lob
ster lunch al the hotel pavilion is an
important item of the DAYS enioy-
ment. Certainly, The octopus is there
in large quantities this year. and any
visitor who is gastronomicdlly venture
some might easily get the opportunity
of new and cheap sensation. Lon
don Truth.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-16

Ia keeping with its past unapproacha able
record, Union Pacific Il. r., the Great
Overland Route. will, on October 18th,
place in service an entirely new. strictly
frst-class limited train TO be known by the
old familiar name of The Overland Linn
tied . This in addition to the present ex-
cellent schedule which will be continued.
The NEW OVERLAND LIMITED will
leave Salt Lake City daily at LIB a. M,
Ogden Is ,. m, arrive Denver a. m,
Omaha 7:l5 p. m, and Chicago 80 a. M,
IN ample time for all eastern connections to
New York, Boston, Washington, etc, and
be the most hand omely eluipped and fast
est train ever given 10 the estern people
As usual there will be no change Of cars to
Denver, Omaha and Chicago, and only one
change to principal eastern cities. Further
particulars at aompany7s Office "Old
Stand, F." 2ol Main street, Salt Lake City.