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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-06-08
FAILED TO AGREE.
Disbursement Has . Poor SHOW In ~
Pesce Congress.

Disarmament Has . Poor SHOW in ~.
Pesce Congress.
The Hague, June 2.-Both sections
Of the disarmament committee met to-
day and, az was anticipated, failed to
agree with regard to the questions Of
new inventions in armaments.
The drafting committee of the arbi-
tiation committee made some advance
this afternoon. The delegates submit.
ted their scheme, relating to an arbitra-
ton tribunal. The plan provides that
each country shall appoint single
arbitrator, to be selected by the SUI
preme courts Of the signatory powers.
The tribunal shall have . permanent
central eeat, aad be composed Of at
least three judges. who shall not be
natives OF residents Of countries be-
longing to the powers in disaccord.
The general expenses shall be shared
proportionatsly. In the event Of new
facts arising within three months Of .
decision, the same tribunal shall have
power to try again the questions in
dispute.
Recourse 70 the tribunal shall be
optional for the signatory powers.
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WAR IN THE SOUTH.
Severe Fighting on tho Island Of Min
danaO-Zamboanga Bombarded.

Severe Fighting on tho Island Of Min.
danaO-Zamboanga Bombarded.
Washington. June la special
cable. via London, was presented here
tonight for confirmation, but failed to
be corroborated in any way by official
advices. The cable had just been re-
ceived from Labuan, an island near
Borneo and a short distance from the
Sulu archipelago. 1t declared that
severe battle had been fought on the
island of Mindsnao between Filipino
rebels and Americans. and that Fam
boanga. the metropolis Of the island,
had been bonn barded and burned to
ruins. 1t also stated that the Ameri-
can navy blockading the port of Sulu
had denied admission to tramp Brit
ish steamer, and that the gunboat Cas-
tine escorted her seward. No credence
is put in the story here. as all admin
istration departments declare that Cap
tain Barker. in command of the feet
at Manila, on the flagship Oregon.
would have given notice before this
had the blockading of Sulu been be-
gun.
The dispatch was not taken serious
ly here, but may have some founda-
ton, as Labuan is in cable connection
with Singapore, and nearer the alleged
scene of fighting than Manila.
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BANKRUPTCY OF SPAIN.
5he VIII Apologetically Repudiats u.
tsrest on Cuban BOnds.

tOT0oS On OuO0O 0O00os
New York, May sl.-The Times'
London financial correspondent cables:
Paris has at last betrayed symptoms
Of tiredness. The French are marvel.
Gus people. the most painfully thrifty
in the world, but even they cannot
supply means for all the follies to
which they are invited to su bscribe.
Early last week some of their indus
trial paper structures began to crum.
BILE, and suddenly the bourse found
itself overloaded in many directions.
It has been sulky ever since, and
twice during the week it looked almost
disposed to abandon Spanish invest.
ments.
Poor old Spain seems about to
throw up the sponge and apologetically
Iepudiate. No one expected any gov
errment official to admit bankruptcy
squarely; your Spaniards has far too
much dignity to do anything of the
sort. But an indirect admission does
just as we'll, so the next debt coupon
is not to be paid until the cortes votes
the new budget with fresh taxes,
which is not job of lightning express
order. Worse still, in some respects,
the government has viciously kicked
the Bank OF Spain, SO that it may die
of i'll usage. Spain has no commerce
to speak OF, except what foreigners con.
duet. The Bank of Spain has there
fore. levied on the government by the
simple process of making it advances
as required out of increased issue Of
notes The security given consisted Of
Cuban bonds. treasury notes and 4
per cent redeemable bonds. The in.
terest on the Cuban bonds has been
frankly suspended, that on all the
other debt has been postponed. and
harder treatment than it, If possible
the redemption drawings on redeemable
bonds have been stopped. The result
is that the bank is stranded high and
dry. with assets of perhaps SIS, 600
represented merely by government
promises to "manana.
The only consolation is that the
redudiation was done with high Span
ish dignity. The government had no
more use for the bank, because it could
not get any more notes, therefore it is
left lying like spent mule.
The term of the French banks comes
next. They hold nearly the whole of
the Spanish external debt and some
Cuban bonds. and have made splendid
profits out of the business IN the past,
especially out of venturesome bears.
Both England and the United States
paid them heavy fines for rash sales on
the outbreak of the last war. We GER
tainly did. and for many years past
British bears have been periodically
trapped and sheared by these skillful
French fnanciers. They can therefore
afford to lose few millions and still
have enough for ''soupe maigre." But
lose they must, because their very
success in the past leaves them with
all the bonds and no market to negOti.
ate upon. The Paris bourse is conse.
quently pretty certain to be limp and
wabbly for some time. if it does not
actually collapse.
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CARRIED or Gold Nuggets.

Oakland, CAL, May 31.-During the
progress Of a fire which partly de-
stroyed the fms residence Of William
G. Price, in East Oakland, thieves en-
tered and looted the building. Among
other things they carried of case
filled with gold nuggets and other val
liable mineral specimens. After the
fire small nuggets worth about $40
we're picked up on the lawn. The
value of the missing specimens Is nearly
$4,000.
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Fire and Birthstone.

Algiers. May s1.-The French
steamer Alosia, from Marsoilet for Pal
ermo and New Orleans, with 2S3 pas
sengers on board, arrived here with her
cargo Of sulphur on IRE. The cook of
the vessel was asphyxiated and several
passengers were burned.
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PRESIDENTS WESTERN TRIP.
Volunteers May All Be Modified in
Paul and Minneapolis.

Volunteers May All Be Modified in st.
Paul and Minneapolis.
Washington, May 31.-The presi-
dent has been anxious to meet all the
troops who served in the Philippines.
If this were practicable, and he has
agreed to 60 to Minneapolis and St..
Paul to greet the Minnesota volunteers.
With the possibility that the presi-
dent might be unable to continue his
trip further west, the Twin cities have
undertaken to arrange for mobilization
of all the volunteers as their guests.
The first troops are expected to arrive
at San Francisco the middle of June
and the last by August l. The jubilee
therefore probably will occur early in
August. The presidents acceptance OF
this invitation does not necessarily
mean that he has abandoned his con-
templated trip to the coast.
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Hastings. Neb., May 30.-A terrific
hail storm struck this city at $3.50
O'Clock this aftrnoon, and continued
Is minutes, during which time over
1000 panes of glass were broken, fruit
and grain Destroyed. chickens and birds
killed and injured and several persons
hurt
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Naxa From Gilmore.

Washington. June 2.-The following
dispatch received by the navy depart
nlent is the first news of Lieutenant
Gilmore received for over a week. and
is taken by the department. as hope.
full indication of his situation:
Manila, June 2.-Escaped Spanish
prisoners report seeing Gilmore and
some sailors we'll Gilmore is allowed
a horse"
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The Missouri house has adopted the
senate amendments to the state depart
ment-store bill and passed the bill as
amended. Tho bill levies q license
tax of from $500 to $500 on firms carry
ing more than one Of Is classes OF
goods. as classified In the bill. The
bill applies to firms in st. Louis, Kan
sas City and st. Joseph. It goes to
the governor for bis signature.
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sIEADMAN's DEAD BODY.
viii he Called Upon to "Do Time
In Illinois.

Will BE Called Upon to "Do Time
In Illinois.
Los Angeles. Cal,. May S1.-A
press dispatch from Joliet, ILL.,, states
that an officer will be sent to CaIifor-
ia to take Frank Steadman, now IL
an Quentin prison. back to lllinoi
when his term expires. Steadman,
who was sent to San Quentin under
the name of Frank Wheeler. was sent
to the penitentiaTy from Stockton in
1888 to serve five years for burglary.
He escaped and went East. He was
arrested for a crime in Chicago and
sent to Joliet. He escaped from there
and was captured in Los Angeles and
sent back to San Quentin to serve out
his term. In 1897 he killed W. r.
Kelly, q fellow convict at San Quen-
tin, and is now serving out life SEN
fonco
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rroeps for Aiask..

Chicago, June Finder direction
from the war department, BIigadieT-
General 7. II. Anderson. commanding
the department Of the lakes. has or.
dered company &. Seventh United
States infantry. to Alaska The COM
many il stationed at Fort Sheridan.
Captain G. s. Farnsworth 10 IN COM
mand. The soldiers are to do garrison
duty In place Of Z company Of the -Four
teenth infantry. which has been with
drawn and sent to Manila.
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Operation on tho Queen.

today says: Queen Victoria has de-
cided to undergo an operation for cata-
ract when Professor Hermann Pagen-
stelcher, director of the opthalmio hos
pital at Wissbaden. thinks the proper
time has arrived. The operation will
be performed either at Osborne or Bal
moral. probably after the parliamentary
acaainn
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Yellov Jack Appesrs.

New Orleans. June 1.-The Loui-
siana state board Of health gave notice
tonight to several other boards OF
health that the autopsy showed that
Miss Johanna Grille. who died here
Sunday. had yellow fever. The board
Of health declares that no other case in
New Orleans II in the sllghtest degree
suspicious.
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A Washington dispatch says II can
be announced. semi-ofdcially, that the
Canadian government will receive :
rebuke from England in regard to tbs
Alaskan boundary controversy. and
hat then tho whole thing will b set
lied By arbitration.
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Marietta, O., June la handcar on
the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
railroad was struck by an extra through
freight near Colville today. and was
thrown high in the air with it's four
occupants, section hands. Two OF
them. William Bashnell and Otis
Dodd, were instantly killed. Thomas
Flaherty, section foreman, was proba-
bly, fatally injured. The other man was
severely injured. Fog prevented the
men from seeing the train in time to
escape.
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Clai,n Jumpinx 10 Stop.

Tacoma, May s1.-According TO .
letter from st. Michaels. q request was
recently sent to Captain Walker,
stationed at that place, to send force
Of soldiers to preserve order in Cape
Nome district, it having been reported
that there Was considerable claim
jumping and that bloodshed was liable
to result. Captain Walker conferred
with the United States commissioners
at st. Michaels and decided tbat tho
latter should 60 to Golovin bay and
omen court. A small detachment of
soldiers accompanied the commissioner.
According to the letter. court was to
have opened about March or s, the
com missioner having announced that
he would be in the district BY that
time, armed with copy Of the laws
relating TO mining territory owned By
the United States.
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Indian Agent Calls for Troops.

Anaconda. Mont, June LA spe-
cial to the Standard from Miles City.
Mont, says: Agent Clifford. at the
cheyenne reservation, has called for
additional troops. and so men have
been sent from Fort KeoRh. The ON
GERS will not talk. and the cause OF the
reuuisition is not known.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-06-08

The Hague, May S1.-The drafting
committee, or subcommittee OF the
arbitration committee, met today and
discussed tie Russian scheme. adopt
ing, with slight notifications. the
first SIX articles.
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Washington. June LIS secretary AL
ger tonight cable General Otis to adj
wise him at once what further REIN
forcements he may need after the ar
rival of all the regular troops to be dis
patched to the Philippines to replace
the volunteers whose time is out. Sec
rotary Alger has furnished General
Otis detailed information as to the
plan of assignment of regiments to his
command. Pending General Otis re-
port, final decision on further augmen-
tation of Otis report will be deferred.
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Tilley's Body Found.

Manila, June 1.-Brigadier General
Smith. who was sent with a detach-
ment of troops on a gunboat in search
Of Captain George II. Tlley, of the
signal corps, reported missing at Esca-
lante, island of Negros. sent the body
of Captain Tilley to lilo lilo today on
board launch. The body of Captain
Tilley was buried later in the day with
notable ceremonies. English friends
of the captain joined with his COM
rades of the signal corps in arranging
for the funeral. and heaped wreaths Of
flowers upon the coffin Of the dead SOL
dior
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Fond On Lac. Wis. June 3.-Wil-
liam Skinner and Arthur Pratt. young
business men Of this city. wert
drowned in Lake Winnebaeo last night
By the caysising Of ! beat
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MEMORIAL DAY IN MANILA.
Graves ON Battery Knoll Decorated by
Soldiers.

S0l01Or0s
Manila, May 31.-MemoIial daT was
celebrated at Battery knoll, where
Scott's guns were planted against the
Filipino trenches in the first days OF
the fighting at Manila. Nearly 800
soldiers lie buried there on the bleak
mound surrounded by rice fields, rough
boards marking the graves. A few
soldiers who could be spared came to
Battery knoll, dirty and bronzed. bear
ing flowers with which to strew their
comrades graves. A silk flag was
placed above each mound.
Just before sunset few hundred
Americans gathered in circle around
Battery knoll in blue and brown uni
forms. The guns of the monitor Mon
,dnock doomed a significant reminder
pf the nearness of war. Just as the
Eixth artillery band began dirge, the
thunder of the Monadnock's guns
ceased, while "tars" sounded from the
bugle.
Charles DENLY, Of the Philippine
commission, presided at the exercises.
He spoke briefly Of the peculiar SOL
emnity of the day to Manila. The
chaplain of the British cruiser Power
iul made the invocation. Chaplain
Pierce, of the Twenty third infantry,
and Chaplain Cressey. OF the Minnesota
volunteers, delivered orations. and the
soldiers sang appropriate hymns. Al
Ter 'taps'' had been sounded, the SOL
iliers took the flags from the graves to
send to the relatives of the dead.
Similar services were held over the
dead in Pace cemetery this afternoon.
Colonel DENLY was the orator on this
occasion. The graves were decorated
with a vast quantity of magnificent
flowers. High mass tor the dead
Roman Catholics and communion were
celebrated in the morning. Orations
were delivered by Father McKinnon
and Chaplain Stevenson, of the Idaho
regiment, Methodist, and Peter Nc
Queen, a Congregational clergyman, of
Boston.
Most of the business places in Ma
Mia were closed in observance Of the
day. The American and many foreign
flags were displayed at half-mast.
The graves of soldiers and sailors
buried at Cavite and lilo lilo were also
decorated today.
The Day in Havana.
Havana, May 31.-Decoration day
was observed here in a notable man.
ner. At 9 O'Clock in the morning Mrs.
Estes G. Rathbone and a committee Of
women who had been selected tor the
purpose were taken in Rear-Admiral
CIomwell's launch, escorted by de-
tachment of marines. to the wreck of
the battle-ship Maine, where they
strung the skeleton of the unfortunate
craft with ropes of laurel and wreaths
of flowers. Mrs Lucien Young repre-
sented the navy at the decoration OF the
graves of the sailors and soldiers in
tered in the Colon cemetery, at II
O'Clock. Mrs. Patterson and a COM
mittee representing the Maine Associa-
tion participated in. the ceremony. A
grea: many flowers and wreaths were
placed upon the graves of the heroes.
Similar exercises took place at the
Quemados cemetery.
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Sc. Thomas, Ontario. June Robert
Lindsey 8 Co. q department store was
burned last night. Los, t1l0. 900.
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Covsrack. England, May S0.-Ths
ninth attempt to 6oat the American
liner Paris was made this evening. and
proved an utter failure Her bow %
Absolutely impaled BY the rocks. Five
tugs we're used in the endeavor to tow
tho Paris on, three others standing b
tor an emergency.
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"'nor News Items.

Minor News Items.
,ba; O0seVelt's rough riders will hold
2. nrst annual reunion on june
nE 5sg
n.an ne Westinghouse Electric Com.
tro,io mas received an order to eqaip. .
Atlar.: me between Philadelphia and
Gen. equestrian statue Of Major
ns,L q, John F. Hartranft in Capitol
with :; harrisburg, Pa, was unveiled
WI impressive ceremonies.
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Tho contract for distributing govern
ment seeds this year has been let Dy
the agricultural department 20 ons..e1
P.rLer. Of Santa Clara. CAL, Tor s6o''
900.
For the irst time in u years. 4
W. Wagner. ! prominent Citizen 9 ou.
cvr,s. o., Is able 50 speak. e loo J.
:. g. a6aicted with Illness which lei'
q, mnte while holding little
child a his lap 1scsntly be was seized
nth ! sudden desire to speak % neT'
srd q his surprise was able 70 % -
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-05

THREE various times have [
started to write one of those New
Years editorials about the bles-
sings of the past year and the
promises of the new, and precisely
the same number Of times have [
finished the effort with rich brown
roast and gloom by the bucketful.
One of them finished with advo-
eating the private assassination of
per- urers as an act Of patriotism.
Now what do you suppose can
be the matter?
[ was intending each time to
give some wholesome advise and
deprecate the existing difficulties,
in short to show how easy it is to
place ourselves above these little
mishaps which involve the loss of
honor, liberty and name. [ see
the editor of the Anamosa Prison
Press can do it all ight-but then
he is a Christian and publishes
articles roasting the Governor of
Colorado for pardoning too many
criminals.
See, there [ go again. [ am
about the most unchristian, I'M
regenerate-well, I shall have to
quit this New Year sermon bust
ness. 1t is almost impossible to
write a satisfactory New Years
sermon at II o'clock p. III. in a
) by Z cell-when you have the
grip.
I pass.
Happy new year to you all if
you can make it so.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-05

| HAVE hesitated to publish
many Of the complimentary notices
which this paper receives, but
when it is considered that to
the outside readers the identity
of the editor will remain I'M
known, the apparent conceit
of their publication is dimi-
nished. Hans Miller, my CO.
laborator Oh the local page, also
stongly urges their publication,
and many Of my friends among
the prisoners insist that it is a
duty | owe both to the paper and
to them, to let the readers Of The
MIRROR know what the real editors
say. One thing, however, wish
to strongly disclaim: Some of the
gentlemen who have read the last
semi-annual report Of the institu-
ton have found that it shows our
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-05

style Of trimming trees to take on
conventional forms. Should you
enter one of those gardens you will
be overcome with a sense of op-
preston at seeing rows of trees Of
exactly the same height and
spread, and every one of them I'M
natural. They have been shipped
and trimmed and clipped until
they are no longer trees, but a
species Of statuary.
The aim Of the modern reformer
lies along the same lines. He
takes bunch of human bodies
and souls which are as different
as it is possible for human bodies
and souls to be, and by a process
Of shipping and trimming he
moulds them into things which
are neither human or animal-but
merely a sort of machine-made
Frankenstein, which will be likely
to turn upon and rend it's manu-
facturer at any opportunity.
These little bells are turning
out men and women who are alb
normal, which is the next step to
insane.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-05

ever since the old idea of a
physical hell has been abolished,
there have been fewer cases Of re-
ligious insanity" says the London
Spectator.
OF course [ don't know who
abolished the idea Of physical
hell, but ! am sincerely glad that
it was abolished. Now, if some
body would only come along with
sufficient authority and good will
to abolish hell itself - as we'll
as the idea-there might be a gen
eral increase of peace and harmony
on earth.
But that is not in line with the
idea of modern reformers. The
modern reformer is working
largely along entirely different
lines. His principal desire is the
establishment of little private bells
in which human minds are to be
moulded into the particular
dwarfed moulds which the afore-
said reformers consider appropri-
ate.
This style of human gardening
have a prototype in the French
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-05

WE have in the United States
two great political parties or per-
haps three. The dividing lines
between them are not very de-
stinctly drawn as far as national
issues are concerned. It seems
that the principal and most burn
ing question of the various parties
is-who shall have the offices.
But lately momentous questions
have arisen to confront all true
lovers Of the country. These ques-
tons are of such import as to per-
haps in the near future involve the
nation in the most serious internal
and external complications. They
are also issues which have never
before confronted the people.
Hence no party has committed
itself to any particular line Of &C.
ton.
Under the circumstances it
is interesting to note the action
of the people and the papers in
deciding on their course.
Is it not remarkable that the
leaders Of one party should be
practically unanimous on one side
of the question, while those of the
opposite are practically unit on
the other? Perhaps you will say
that it is not at all remarkable,
since the leaders are the politi-
clans, and their party organization
is the means by which they obtain
office.
Well, that may be so. But if it
is, then you are contending that
the great men Of the country set
the preservation Of the integrity
of their party above the welfare Of
the country.
But then comes the question:
will the people do likewise? VIII
they follow their leaders, and vote
for the candidates Of a party merely
for the sake of it's name, without
considering whether the new policy
which it stands for is such as
would meet their approval? Let
us hope that no mere empty party
name will decide the mass of
American citizens in this vital
matter, but that they will intelli-
gently consider the questions
themselves and let their votes fol-
low their Judgment.