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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-12
INDIAN MASSACRE IMMINENT
Chilkats nc Pyramid Harbor, Alaska
Terrorixing tho Whites.

Chilkats nc Pyramid Harbor, Alaska,
Terrorizing tho Whites.
Tacoam. WASH, Jan. 5.-Passengera
who arrived on the Al.Ki from Alaska
some of whom left Dawson as late az
December 3, report that the Chilcat In
dams are terrorizing the white inhabi-
tants Of Pyramid harbor. near Skag-
way, and have threatened to massacre
them.
The night before Christmas whites
appeared at the Chilcat village with a
big supply of whisky. which was sold
to the Indians without reserve. The
entire tribe got drunk Christmas, and
with knives and guns compelled all the
whites in that locality to leave. When
the Al-Ki left Skagway no blood had
been shed, but trouble was imminent.
On reaching Indian river the miners
where informed that two men, names
unknown, had frozen to death on the
Yukon between Fort Selkirk and Daw-
son. They were guarding scow load
of frozen dressed beef, and perished one
exceptionally cold night in November.
Several tons of mail for Dawson are
blocked at Lake Bennett. awaiting ice
transportation. The winter has been
90 open that Lake Bennett remained
unfrozen up to December 2S.
In October spectators cornered the
butter and tobacco market at Dawson,
and since then both articles have been
bringing from 81 to So a pound.
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WILL BE MUSTERED OUT.

Sixteen Thousand Soldiers ON tho List
which Was Decided On.
Washington. Jan. 5.-Secretary AL
ger today made public partial list OF
the regiments and other organizations
which, as result OF the signing OF the
Paris peace treaty, it has been decided
to muster out of the service. The list
includes IL full regiments and two in
dependent companies and three heavy
batteries Of artillery. approximating
$4,000 or more men, which, with their
present location. are as follows:
In Alabama. Sixty ninth New York,
Third Florida, both at Huntsville;
Third Tennessee, at Admission.
In Georgia, companies A and B. In
diana colored infantry, at Chicka-
manga; Third North Carolina and
Sixth Virginia. at Macon; Third New
Jersey and Fifteenth Pennsylvania. at
Athens.
In South Carolina, South Carolina
heavy battery, at Sullivan's island;
Fourth Missouri, at Greensville; SEQ
ond Tennessee, at Columbia; Ninth
Ohio, at Summerville.
In Texas, Third Texas. ct Fort Clark.
In California, Eighth California. at
Benicia barracks; heavy batteries 3
and G, California artillery.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-12
OLD GLORY EVERYWHERE.

Stars and Stripes Adorn the Wreck os
tho Maine.
Havana, Jan. lit developed today
that the company Of the Indiana rsgi-
ment which waved the Cuban flags dur !.
ing the parade was not arrested. a.
cabled last night. Investigation
showed that the flags were distributed
to them by Cubans in the crowd, and
the act of waving them was th0ughtless
and not prearranged.
twenty-five Cuban horsemen, we'll
mounted and armed. joined the column
at the Prado, rode to Central Park and
debouched into a side street. They
aroused considerable enthusiasm.
Three bluejackets from the Texas.
at about 1880 yesterday, rowed to tho
wreck OF the Maine and hoisted large
Stars and Stripes to the peak of the
wreck. The flag was saluted BY the
shipping in the hai Dor.
An immense American nag was als0
hoisted on top Of 2OO-foot spar ut
the naval dock, where it conld besssen
for miles around.
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CHINESE OF HAWAII.
Their Right to Return Referred to the
Att0rney-General.

Their Right to Return Referred to tho
Attorney General.
Washington, Jan. 6.-Assistant Sec
rotary Howell, of the treasury depart
ment, has under consideration the cases
OF several Chinese laborers and others
seeking admission to Hawaii. Under
the Hawaiian laws they were allowed
to visit their native country and return
upon complying with certain conditions
az to registration, ETC.. before leaving.
When the exclusion laws of the United
States with respect to Chinese were
applied to Hawaii, the question OF the
status Of those who had left the islands
was Immediately presented to the treas
ury. the inspector, Mr.. Brown, hold
ing that they were debarred. The Ha-
waiian supreme court, however. mas
held that they we've entitled to land,
and the question has been referred 70
Attorney-0eneral Griggs for an opin-
ion. About 800 Chinese will be de-
barred if the Inspectors decision y sus-
tained.
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DEWEY AND LEE.
Henry Watterson Names Them for
President and Vice. President.

Henry Watterson Names Them for
Presidents and vice-Prssident.
Louisville, KY. Jan. 8. - Henry
Watterson. in leading editorial this
morning in the Courier Journal, under
the caption, "The New Years Outlook
for the Democratic Party" nominates
Admiral Dewey for president and Gen.
eral Fitzhugh Lee for vice. president.
In part, he says:
To come down to hard facts, old
horse-sense sitting in the rocker, the
issue of free silver being relegated to
the limbo of busted shades. the tariff
issue peacefully Ieposing upon the shelf
where the Cleveland administration
left it to wait for free trade under nav
conditions-the season of famine ended
and the season OF plenty arrived-what
are the Democrats to do for a national
platform and ticket?
There is but ore thing for them to
do. The voters have about made up
their minds that party pledges are fab.
ricated chiefly to be broken. Let the
Democrats, banking on this circum.
stance. put up ticket without plat
form; let them nominate candidates
for president and vice. president who
are a platform in themselves: and, if
they can induce the great admiral and
the gallant general to accept, here is
the card to win with:
For president-George Dewey. of
Vermont.
For Observation-Disclosures Lee.
of Virginia.
"Platform-The Stars and Stripes,
God bless them.
even now the Republican leaders,
who rarely fail to take time by the
forelock, and who never let 60 their
grip upon the shore line, are planning
to make their campaign Of 1900 on the
broad principle of national unification
and expansion. They are not going to
handicap themselves with any ancient
platform rubbish. High tariff is no
'onger wanted by the manufacturers,
for whom it was invented. The bloody
shirt, having served its turn, has gone
to the old clothes basket. The presi-
dent knows his business.
"At the opportune moment we shall
see William Mckinley and Joseph
Wheeler march down to the footlights,
hand in hand, the flag above them
beneath them emblazoned on a strip of
red, white and blue. The land we love
from end to end,' or words to that
effect. And then what? What are
the Democrats going to do about iii
How are they going to meet it?''
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A SOCIALIST MAYOR
John c. Chase Inaugurated
at Haverhi1l, Mass.
FIRST INSTANCE ON RECORD
Will Use His Power Strictly ON the
Line Of SOcialism-Specific REQ
ommend ations Made.

Haverhill, Mass. Jan. 4.-JOhn G.
Chase. elected on a socialist platform,
took the oath of Office as mayor OF
Haverhill today. In his inaugural
speech, Mr.. Chase assured the mem ers
OF the city g0vernmnt and the people,
that every atom Of power possessed
by the mayor would be exercised for
the defense and support Of principles
OF socialism. insofar as they may be APP
plicable to municipality"
The mayor then referred to the de-
STABILITY of preserving equal rights
upon which "the liberty and happiness
OF every man, woman and child are
conditioned, and asserted that these are
principles of attainment "only through
the establishment Of the cooperative
commonwealth" Continuing, Mayor
Chase said:
II believe that every power the mu-
nioipality possesses should be placed
at the disposal of the people in the in
terest of civilization. With that aim
in view. / submit the following recon-
mendations.
"First-The passage of an order %.
tablishing the minimum wage for
street employees at 81 for eight hours
work.
"Second-Union wages and condi-
tions to prevail in all brick and stone
mason's work performed under the di-
rection Of the street department..
"Third-All city printing to bear
the union label"
The mayor then took up the subject
of the unemployed, which he said had
developed from the displacement Of la
Dor by machinery and the concentration
Of capital, and was a question which
no municipality could solve. as it had
become a national and int, national
one.
"Yet," he said, some little relief
at least can be afforded by this city
government. /, therefore, recommend,
first that you proceed to secure tract
of land suitable for the raising OF food
products, and that such of the unem.
ployed as desire may be permitted to
use this land, the city to furnish proper
seeds and tools; second, the enlarge
ment of the fuel yard at the city farm
to such proportion as will permit all
who desire to earn, by their labor, such
fuel as they may require; third, the
appropriation of such an amount OF
money as circumstances may warrant,
to be used in providing employment
directly upon public works, not in COM
petition with the regular employees Of
the city, but upon special works, two
kinds of which l herewith suggest:
First, improvement of the park system;
second, construction of system OF BIZ
cycle paths through all principal thor
oughfares.'
Mayor Chase condemned the system
of contracting with the lowest bidder
for city work, and said the system should
not be tolerated. He said:
Low bids mean cheap work; cheap
work means cheap money and low
wages. and low wages lower the stand
ard of citizenship. The city should
perform its own work and furnish it's
own materials, giving employment to
its citizens
The mayor advocated Increased ap-
preparations for educational purposes,
and municipal ownership of the electric
lighting plants and street railways.
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SANTIAGO PROTESTS.

Against Sending Customs Money to
characterization Is Critical.
Santiago. Jan. 6.-Meetings were
held at all the political clubs last night.
and even the most conservative people,
those favoring the annexation OF Cuba
to the United States, were astounded
at the orders from Havana for the CEN
tralization of customs money there.
The past 48 hours have completely
altered the situation of affairs here.
The province had gradually settled
down, and was contented with the or.
der of things prevailing, recognizing
the benefits conferred. Now there is a
complete change. and there is no exag-
geration in saying that the situation
is critical. and that spark would set
up blaze which would plunge the
province into insurrectiion.
It is generally admitted that if !, 200
men we've suddenly discharged from
the public works, such action would
probably cause a revolt which would
be hard to quell.
Major General John r. Brooke, gov
ernor-general of Cuba. is apparently ig-
noring General Leonard Wood, in COM
mand here, and is cabling direct to his
subordinates. He has ordered the col
lector of customs to bank no money,
and the commanding general OF the
province has ordered his officers to
close several minor offices, including
that at Bayamo, practically shutting
of the mail of the regiments there.
DR.. Castillo will accompany General
Wood to Washington, representing
British interests in Santiago, to lay
these matters before the president.
Woods work here is now more thor.
oughly appreciated by the Cubans.
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SENT TO THE SENATE
The Peace Treaty Leaves the
Presidents Hands.
CONTENTS NOT MADE PUBLIC
both Houses Adjourned Soon Out OF
Respect to tho Memory OF
Senator Morrill,.

Washington, Jan. 6.-The first SEES
sion of the senate after the holidays &C.
cupled only 30 minutes. although in
that brief time two open sessions and
one executive session were held. The
galleries were filled with spectators be-
fore the senate convened, the general
expectation being that the peace treaty
would be presented. The senatorial
members Of the peace commission ap-
peared on the floor and were given a
hearty greeting by their colleagues.
In the absence of the vice. president,
Frye OF Maine. the president pro tenn.
called the senate to order. The chap
lain in his invocation said:
We come together under sense of
bereavement by the absence of the
senior senator from Vermont. whose
wise counsel and loving presence shall
no more enrich the proceedings of the
chamber. We bless thee, O Lord, for
his noble life, for his example to all
men, and we pray that his spirit may
ever abide within these walls"
Scarcely had the clerk begun to read
the journal Of the last session of the
senate when Davis moved that the fur
ther reading be dispensed with. The
motion prevailed.
Frye, who was in the chair, immedi-
ately recognized Major Pruden, secre-
tary to the president, who held mes
sage from the president of the United
States. The message contained the
treaty Of Paris. On motion of Davis
the senate then went into executive
session, in order that the treaty might
be referred to the committee on foreign
relations. In few minutes the SEN
ate reconvened in open session, and
Allison an nounced the death of Senator
Morrill,. The usual resolutions were
adopted. and as mark of respect the
senate adjourned until tomorrow.
The house spent today considering
the bill to define and punish crimes in
Alaska. and provide code of criminal
procedure for the territory. Sixty
seven pages were com pleted today. and
the bill was made continuing order
until disposed Of, not. however, to in
terfere with appropriation bills or
other special orders. The house adj
journed out of respect to the memory
of the late Senator Morrill,.
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Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. 4.-Mrs. Luz
cretia Kent, q widow, met her death in
4 manner horrible in the extreme. Her
fate was revealed when a friend. enter
ing the house, found her dead body.
One hand was pinioned inextricably
under heavy folding bed. The body
was decomposed. showing that death
had occurred several days ago. When
found the woman's broken hand was
still clasped in the bed - in black
smiths wise. How the accident hap
pened will never be known definitely.
The woman lived alone in the house.
and that accounts for the tardy dis
covery Of the body.
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chinese 1mprison Catholics.

Cologne, Jan. 1.-The volks Zeitung
announces that il has received news
Of the imprisonment Of German Catbo-
lio missionaries by Chinese 1t Hia, IN
Shan Zee, about 20 miles southwest Of
Ping Yang.
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WORKS SMOOTHLY:


Cub0ns Well rleased With American
Rule NJ Havana.
New York. Jan. "a dispatch to
the Tribune from Havana says:
American rule in Cuba works smoothly
Generals Brooke and Ludlow are Begin
ming the reorganization of the civil adj
ministratlon satisfactorily. The Gu
bans are we'll pleased. Part of the
Spaniards are sullen. but the CONNER
cial classes are satisfied with the new
regime.
The understanding is that no men,
bers OF the former autononiist cabinet
are to be included in General Brooke g
proposed council Of advisors They
are all unpopular, and lack confidence
OF both elements.
Civil Governor de Castro. by order
OF the military authorities, has abol-
ished the use of passports and OF
stamped paper in the government office.
They were annoyances.
Prompt steps have also been taken
for improving the section of hygiene.
The chief interest on Monday CEN
tered at the custom house. Colonel
Bliss was assisted by the treasury ex-
pert, Mr.. Donaldson, who will be in
charge at Santiago. The merchants
had prepared for change. Since noon
on Sunday 10 vessels had entered the
harbor with cargoes, for discharge un-
der the American tariff. The first
vessel was the Norwegian schooner
Kitty, from Mobile. with general mer-
chandise. A Spanish ship, the MeA.-
CO, of Barcelona, arrived in ballast.
Among Mondays arrivals was the Seq
uranca, from New York, with merchan-
disc. American shippers seem to have
improved their opportunities. Some
confusion resulted. as no tariff rates
had been translated into Spanish.
That deficiency will soon be corrected.
The importers had secured American
money with which to pay duties.
The postofice service for the city and
foreign mail shows improvement. The
confusion still is due to inefficient en-
ployes. The decentralization in the
island service cannot be remedied i'm
mediately. Chief Director Rathburne's
first order after taking charge was to
abolish the ranking privilege, which
has been grossly abused.
A mistake made in Washington in
printing q -cent stamps for American
correspondence has been remedied by
selling the stamps for two cents.
The police service is being slowly Or
ganized. No general disorder exists.
Two or three homicides during the last
two days Rare been of the ordinary
kind. and have had no significance.
Cubans and Spaniards are getting along
together pretty we'll. Some fears Of
social Generalization. of which Ameri-
cans complain, will be corrected when
the police organization is more ad-
vanced. The military authorities do
not want to use troops for duty of this
kind.
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Esti,natee for New Warships,

Washington, Jan. 5.-Secretary Long
has completed detailed estimates for
congress for the Is new warships he
recommended to be constructed in his
annual report. The figures are for
armament and arm01 for al the ships,
&l4. 1853, 400, and for construction and
engineering, $50, 100, 90.
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Carlinville. ILL.,, Jan. Early this
morning the tipple and top works OF the
CarlinviIIe coal shaft. situated just out
side Of town, took fire and burned
fiercely. There seemed from tie very
start no chance of saving them from
total destruction. Between 20 and 80
men were in the mine. and IL WAS only
after herculean efforts on the part OF
the mine managers and those OF the
miners who escaped At the first alarm
that the entombed miners were MI re-
leased from their perilous position. The
property losses aggregate only few
thousand dollars.
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"ihor News Ite,,,s

Seb0... "'a"r News Items.
known van Bach Mills, the well.
wiesbaaIOm composer and pianist. died in
Tho Germany, aged 60 years.
ragua ca ,e.i,minary report of the Mica
will ill" ,e canal commission shows that i
build the eI cae about 1886. 600. 900 to
CT afff oira reports of the condit;o,
feached tho Manila and Porto Rico
officers o 'le war department. from the
deuartnentIa.n anding the troops in those
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Mrs. John Quark, aged 100 years,
died at her home near 0alena, III.
Lieutenant Commander Sumner G.
Payne. United States navy, retired,
died in Ashville, n. G.
James Mcdonald, aged 100. resi-
dent Of Chippewa Falls, Wis.,, died #
st. Joseph's hospital, Milwaukee,.
A PittsbuIg company has received :
contract from the United States govern
ment to re-equip MORO castle n Hay.
ana.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-21
Phoenix Assurance Co.,
OF LONDON.
j. F. PAUL., Manager for West yitginia.

position and the faculty hesitated. but
permission was finally given. Then the
youngster stood out upon the floor and
made his first war speech He dwelt
upon the governments need for the SER
vices OF It's stibng young sons, and de-
clared It to be the duty OF oil who could
to rush to the front. When he had I'm
ished he read series Of resolutions.
setting forth the situation in sober
phrase and concluding with this SEN
tence: I'VE therefore drop our books
to fight our country's battles" To this
was appended muster roll bearing
the names Of twenty-five students
Before he went to the front Hender.
son enlisted 1O4 more volunteers. and
thus the career OF this typical American
soldier, professional man and statesman
was begun. Though he could have had
a captains place. he said he was too
young, end so was made second lieuten-
ant. Twice he was wounded once iii
the face when he was under fire and
once below the knee, which made fN1-
putatIon necessary. Nevertheless ne
returned to the front. though wearing
a timber leg, and when the war was
over he was colonel at twenty-five.
After that he. studied law, served as
internal revenue collector fsr the Du-
buque district, and seventeen years ago
was elected to Congress. Colonel Hen
derson g now fifty.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-21
The International Sunday School Lesson
October 81, iSoO. Ezra VIII 2t-32.
Ezra's Journey to Jerusalem.

October %, I80O. Ezra VIII 2t-32.
Ezra's Journey oJcrusaIcm.
Ezra was savior of Judaism. 1t
was a crisis In the national life. Sew
enty years had passed since the return
from the captivity zerubbabeI the
Prince of Judah. had left the little coll
ony In Jerusalem; had gone buck to
Babylon. his birthplace, to end his
days, The defences of the city were
stin unfinished. There was u sort of
creeping paralysis of indifference in
church and state. There was no en-
thusiasm, no sturdy faith. There was a
widening gap between mobiles and rus
ties. Paganism was making subtle I'm
roads. The days of the Hebrew state
and religion were numbered. Then APP
peared the second Moses" The mo-
blllty of Ezra's personal character and
his worth to his. nation can hardly be
overestimated. He put an imprint up
on his church which It bears to this
day. And as Christianity is evolved
| from Judaism, Christianity itself may
be said to bear to some extent the
marks of the good scribe
The character and achievements OF Ez-
ra would furnish material for shining
and patriotic lyric. He was such stun
as reformers are made Of. He had
prepared his heart to seek the law OF
the Lord and to do 1t and to teach IN
Israel statutes and Judgments. lie
was n man who could bring things to
L., NJ Fn0pt OnfnVDFp HE con-
dItIons. So that heather monarch put
n carte blanche order into his hOpds for
such supplies and money as might be
necessary to the success Of his enter
prise. Ezrn's splendid faith and cOur-
age shine out in the very Inception OF
hts delicate and dangerous enterprise.
His path shines brighter as he crosses
thousand mile OF BedouIn-intested de-
sert, 1t reaches its full splendor as he
enters the Holy City and discharges his
duty with answering and noble pa
triotIsm. EEra's discretion is shown In
his three days pause at the river Aha
va, and his careful inspection OF his
company and his reinforcing It with
representatives of the priesthood, be-
fore starting on the march. His declln-
| ing the armed cavalcade supplied by
the king to guard the caravan was
triumph Of faith and prayer. The dan
gers were real and great. The fact that
the company was treasure-lOden was n
matter OF common report, and there
were robber bands in the way. But the
Journey was essentially religious one.
Ezra believed that the educational pow
er OF the movement would be discount
ed II he leaned upon the arm Of flesh.
He had an assurance Of safety before
he started. How modest the record:
so we tasted and besought our God for
this and he was entreated OF u.s."