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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-09-13

Bath, Me-, Sept. 7.-Hon. Arthur
Sewall died of apoplexy at $50 A. M.
today, at his summer home, Small
Point. about IL miles from this city.
He was "a years of age. Mr.. Sewall
had not been in good health for some
time, although he was not considered
to be seriously ill. He had been ad.
vised by his physician to rest as early
as last June. and he attended the Dem.
ocratic national convention July 4,
against the advice of his doctor. He
appeared to have suffered no i'll effects
from the journey. however. and waa
passing the summer quietly at Small
Point. when the fatal stroke attacked
him last Sunday. The unconscious
ness which followed the attack contin-
ued until death came.
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murder In llontsns.

Butte, Mont, Sept. 8.-Bullus Par
rott, an old.time rendsnt OF Des,
Lodge county, was murdered about IA
miles f,om here some time last night.
when discovered this morning, Parrott
Law on the floor of his store with his
hands and feet bound and . towel
bound tightly around his face. The
money drawer was open and the cash
eoue. Tho robbers did not make 9
thorough search Of the place. ~ moth
ing was disturbed but the cash drawer.
There II no clue 70 the murdersss.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-09-13
TROPICAL HURRICANE
Expected Storm Strikes the
Florida Coast.
MUCH DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
Two Vessels Were Stranded and It II
Feared Their Grows Were
Washed Overheard.

Miami, Fla, Sept. 10.-A tropical
hurricane. which has done much dam.
age on the islands of Jamaica and
Cuba, struck the Florida coast Wednes-
day. the wind at one time reaching q
velocity of nearly 100 miles an hour.
1t is feared that the crews of at least
two vessels were swept overheard about
80 miles south of here.
Inc barkentine Culboon, Of st. John,
N. B.. laden with 800, 900 feet OF lum.
Der, is ashore five miles south of Casy.
foot light, about 80 miles south Of Mia
mi. She is waterlogged. The Gull
boon was driven by the force of the
waves over one of the reefs forming the
inner passage, and is lying in IL feet
of water. Nothing has been heard OF
her crew. The Culboon encountered
the hurricane Wednesday morning. At
1920, after losing her rudder and
nearly all her canvas. the vessel was
hurled upon the rocks.
Three miles south of Culboon is a
disabled lumber bark which stranded
during the night of the 9Th. The
crew, it is feared. was swept overheard
during the storm. The vessel has q
windmill. and is consequently thought
to be Norwegian.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-09-13

Havana, Sept. l0.-The mayor OF
Trinidad. province OF Santa Clsrs. has
wired to the military governor from
Casilda for assistance, claiming that
cyclone yesterday destroyed all the
crous of the district and that the peo-
ple are destitute. Efforts will be
made to relieve the situation.
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5 Indianapolis. Sept. l0.-Tbomas
Potten and his niece, Annie Potten,
aged Is, were drowned in White river
near Wayerly. The girl had gone in
bathing and got beyond her depth. and
her uncle went to her rescue.
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Vienna. Sept. 10.-During the Aus.
trian military maDeuvers today. on the
borders of Galacia and Bohemia, big
gun exploded. killing four men out
right and fatally wounding Is more.
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st. Johns. N. F.. Sept. 10.-Reports
from Northern Labrador reveal the ex.
istence Of great distress among the
shore men, owing 10 the ice remaining
ON the coast 10 long. Many vessels
have been crushed in the foes. losing
their supplies and fishing outfits. The
others are meeting with bus poor sue
cess. The Labrador cod fishery u .
virtual failure.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-09-13

st. Petersburg. Sept. T.-The war
Office has received . dispatch announc-
ing that the Chinese troops have with
drawn from the vicinity of New
Chwang to Tiao Yao Chow, where they
are entrenching.
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HURRICANE IN TEXAS
Devastation !. Extends 100
Miles Into the Interior.
COAST sTREwS WITH VESSELS
Galveston. and 5000 People
Lose Their Lives. t...

Houston, Texas, Sept. 1.-THE West
Indian storm, which reached the gulf
coast yesterday morning. has wrought
awful havoc in Texas. Reports are
conflicting. but IL is known that an ap-
palling disaster has befallen the city OF
Galveston, where IL Is reported, .
thousand or more lives have been blot.
ted out and q tremendous property
damage inflicted. Mssger reports-
from Sabine Pass and Port Arthur also
indicate heavy loss of life. but the
reports cannot be confirmed at this
hour.
The first news to reach this city from
the stricken city of Galveston was re-
ceived tonight. James O. Timmins. of
Houston, superintendent OF the Ma
tional Compress Company. arrived here
at 8 O'Clock from Galveston. After
remaining through the hurricane ON
Saturday he departed from Galveston
on schooner and came across the bay
to Morgan's point. where he caught
train for Houston. The hurricane,
Mr.. Tmmins said. was the worst ever
known.
The estimates made by citizens OF
Galveston was that 1000 houses, most
of them residences, have been de-
stroyed, and that at least 1000 people
have been drowned. killed or are miss
ing. Some business houses were also
destroyed. but most of them stood,
though badly damaged.
The city. Mr.. Timmins AYERS. Is
complete wreck. 90 far as he could see
from the water front and from the Tre-
mont hotel. Water was blown over
the island by the hurricane, the wind
blowing at the rate OF so miles an
hour, straight from the gulf, and fore
ing the sea before il in big waves.
The gale was steady one, the heart
Of 1t striking the city about o'clock
yesterday evening and continuing with.
out intermission until midnight last
night, when 1t abated somewhat, al
though it continued to blow all night.
In the bay the carcasses OF nearly 200
horses and mules were seen, but no
human body was visible.
The scenes during the storm, Mr..
Timmins said. could not be described.
Women and children were crowded
into the fremont hotel, where he was
seeking shelter, and all night these
unfortunates were bemoaning their loss
of kindred and fortune. They were
grouped about the stairways and in the
galleries and rooms OF the hotel. What
was occurring in other parts of the
city he could only conjecture.
Provisions will be badly needed, as
great majority Of the people lost all
they had. The waterworks power
house was wrecked and a water famine
is threatened, as the cisterns were all
ruined by the overflow Of salt water.
This, Mr.. Tmmins regards as the most
serious trouble to be faced now. The
city is in darkness, the electric plant
having been ruined.
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Shanghai, Sept. 7.-About 1900
British Indian troops have been landed
here, making altogether 1000 of such
troops and l ZOO camp followers at this
port.
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Cohasset, Mass, Sept. 1.-THE ex-
cursion steamer John Endicott, ON the
Boston and Plymouth line, struck q
sunken rock just east Of Minots Light
this afternoon and tore . hole In her
side, % that she was obliged 10 run
full steam for the shore on North Scit-
nate, wbsrs sbe foundered. There
were ON board 600 passengers at the
time Of the accident bat BY the hasty
uss OF all hsr life boats and with the
assistance from the boaSs near BY,
every psrsnn aboard was saved.
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On the Louisiana Coast.

New Orleans, Sept. 10 The storm
which has been expected for several
days materialized today and all the
southern coast of Louisiana has been
swept. The sea water has backed up
to the Mississippi river levees on the
east bank. DR.. R. BurfOrd and Super
intendent Richard Quinn, government
officers at Fort st. Philip. went down
the river in catboat Thursday even
ing. but today the boat was found float
ing bottom up. They have unquestion-
ably been drowned. The damage to
crops from sea water is large.
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russell Sage gave picnic to poor
children at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Inc native rebellion against the
nutch In Sumatra is now said TO be at
An end after lasting 27 years.
Inc sultan of Turkey has ordered the
construction of Telegraph line be-
tween India and Constantinople.
). l.. Wilkinson, 81 years old, Of
iannery, Pa. has married his II year.
ula sweetheart with whom he Quarrelsd
~ years ago.
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Managua, Nicaragua. Sept. 8.-Lo-
Gusts and other insects are destroying
the growing corn crop in parts of MIC
aragua. Fungus 10 doing much dam.
age to the coffee trees in the depart
ments of Matagalpa and Jenotegba.
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Tapachula, Mex. Sept. 8.-Advicss
from Guatemala show restlessness and
paralysis OF business, because of the
expected breaking ont of revolution.
President CAbrera's position is admit
ted to be insecure J
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A New York man who was knocked
insensible by brick during parade
30 years ago has just received an apollo
qy from the man who threw it.
To relieve the poor of Dublin Baron
Iyeaph will build artisan dwellings IN
congcsted tenement district OF the
city. The cost will be over $50. 900.
Ulridi Ruppecht committed micide
on his wife's grave at Norwich, Ont.
The latter died from poisoning three
weeks ago and murder was suspected.
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Chinese troops withdraw.

Tho oder of tansy is q positive pre-.
yentiyo Of moth invasion,
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CHAPTER XII.
THE DOVE TAVERN.


had never before and have never since
in cold blood struck violently an unarmed
man. God knows l recoiled as felt the
plates of this fellows skull give beneath my
fist, and, though / knew my act to be a
righteous one, and that had l been discov-
cred l would have had foot of cold steel in
my vitals, l could not at once overcome the
feeling of having committed murder.
Whether or not the man was sentinel
could not tell. The shiftless way of leaning
his gun against tree and humming made
me doubt it, but it mattered little-he was an
obstacle whose removal was necessary.
was fairly sure there was more to overcome
beyond, but resolved to try strategy in pass
ing unless driven to open violence, and even
then my fist should not be my mainstay.
With my temper inhamed, it boded i'll for
the man who crossed me; with my pulses
slow and even, it went against my grain to
spill human blood, especially that of one
doing his duty, and this fact alone would
have made me poor soldier for the ranks.
Now l unshipped my sword, drew my
cloak about me, and walked on as openly as
though / was an officer of grand rounds" f"
1t was miserable going. In the darkness
seemed to find and stub every stone and
shoot into as many brambes as might be
discovered in ten-acre wood lot. passed
unchallenged through the shallow ravine,
and was wondering if by chance had al
ready cleared the lines, when the works of
| an advanced redoubt rose against the dim
sky, and at the same instant there came the
ring of musket and voice called: Halt!
Who's there?"
1t was not my plan to halt, or answer
either, for that matter. / had located the
voice to the right, but could see no one, and
was fairly sure that only the noise of my
progress had been marked, and not myself.
Therefore l swung toward the left and hur-
ried along as rapidly and silently as could,
soon having the pleasure of hearing the SEN
! tinel stumble across my trail some distance
| in the rear.
had now the redoubt to flank, and, as the
| woods had been cut down at its front as well
as on either side, there was an open space for
| me to traverse. Here lowered my dignity
| by getting on to all-fours, and, holding my
| blade betwixt my teeth, crept slowly on
ward, taking advantage of every stump and
| fallen tree as post to malt and listen. But
| these latter were none too frequent, and
| used at least an hour in getting the few
| hundred feet which lay between the works
| and the abatis protecting them. Having
| gained the abatis, / rose and felt my way
| through the tangled branches of the felled
| timber, making deal of noise / thought,
| but finally got past and into the woods be-
| yond. These woods proved to be but strip,
and narrow one at that, for soon came to
| a road which served me only in showing my
| location, as ] knew of one crossing from the
| kingsbridge road to another leading to the
village of Greenwich.
1 was well satisfied with myself ard my
| progress, considering that the worst was
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OVERWHELMED THE BDERS.
Lord Roberts Drove Them Back
from Karee Siding, Where They
Had Entrenched Themselves.
JoUBERT SUCCEEDED BY GEN. BoTHA.
The Latter becomes Commander-in.ChIef
OF the Trsnsvsal Eorces-Mafeting ON
March 10 WAS Reported In Good Spirits
and Food Holding Out-President Steyn
Issues Warning Burghers.

London, April kruger has ap
parently made up his mind not to
wait until the British are ready to
advance before resuming hostilities.
He sent a force of Beers to Karee
siding, IA miles south of Brandfort
and only 81 miles from Bloemfontein.
They intrenched themselves there on
three kopjes, but Lori Roberts dis
patched an overwhelming force
against them, which drove them back
to Brandfort. Indications are not
wanting that President Kruger in
tends to make some attempt to sup
port his threat to retake Bloemfon-
tein.
Gen. Roberts losses ut Karee were
10 killed and 167 wounded, including
eight officers.
Lord Roberts reports to the war Of
fee that he had received news from
Col. BadenPowell at Mafeking up to
March 10, when the general health of
the garrison and its spirits were good,
the locally-made gun, searchlight and
ammunition were working well, the
food was holding out well and the
paper currency which the British com
mander has issued was satisfactory.
From Cape Town it is reported that
President Steyn has gone to Pretoria
after, according 20 refugees, issuing
an order that all British burghers re-
fusing to join the Boer armies shall be
shot. The stories of refugees, how
ever, are notoriously unreliable. The
news from elsewhere is meager
though the last reports from Natal in
dicated the speedy clashing of the OPP
posing armies.
Gen. Botha Succeeds Joubert.
Pretoria, Apri! lien. Louis
Botha has been appointed to sue
ceed Gen. .Ioubert as commander-in-
chief of the Transvaal forces.
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passed, but my pride underwent sudden
fall when, as l was putting my leg over the
snake fence, a voice came out of the dark
ness:
Halt! Who goes there?"
"a friend, but without countersign
Where are your returned, easily, though
l made mighty start.
Then stay where you be, or firei''
Very good! Come to me-" ] answered,
swinging myself back and retreating to a
tree near by, and from that to another.
1t gave me infinite relief to hear the
tramp of a horse, and know the man was a
mounted vidette, and in the course of a few
| seconds he went by me to where had an
swered him, though by then 1 had retreated
along the line of the road and was 40 feet
away. Hating his horse, he again chal-
lenged, but, on receiving no answer, fired his
| pistol into the woods and began cursing like
| pirate.
/ knew there would be trouble now, and,
indeed, the echo of the shot had scarce died
| away when l heard galloping coming from
either direction as his fellows hastened to
| join him. 1t would not do for me to linger
| in the vicinity, so / leaped the fence and
crossed the highway above him, gaining the
| opposite timber just before another horse
man swept by toward the point of alarm
At this juncture thanked my stars for
three things: First, for the wet and black
| ness of the night; second, that the lines /
had run were the third or inner lines, COM
paratively lily guarded and but half
manned, established to be used only in case
of the fall of the outer defenses; and, third.
that my present destination lay not beyond
| the next obstruction. / never would have
dared attempt the passage of the barrier
gates, as they were called, strong and
continuous work across the neck of land be-
low Fort Washington; and even had this
been possible, the outpost of the British
army at Kingsbridge would have fioored
anything without pass or wings. There,
in the faceof the army of Washington, now
but few miles distant, it would have be-
come almost matter of creeping betwixt
| the legs of the sentinels
l was not possessed with great curiosity
regarding the outcome of the trouble had
raised on the road, and got myself away from
its locality as rapidly as was consistent with
rough ground, thickly growing trees and
| underbrush and pitchy darkness / felt was
safe at last, safe from immediate disaster,
and then awoke to the fact that, save from
being warm instead of cold, / was in about as
miserable position as any man unhurt and
shaking free foot could well be. had eat
en- but little during the day, and a man of
my size and activity soon hungers, though
! as yet my hunger had not become a serious
matter. was drenching, without shelter
and without prospect OF shelter, ard miles
from any possibility of helping hand To
stumble onward might land me in some diff
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Corporate Corruption.

The law which Mr.. Bryan urged
upon the Kentucky legislature, and
which is already in effect in Nebras-
ka, prohibiting corporations from max
ing contributions to campaign funds.
is admirable in purpose, but proba-
bly, impossible of enforcement. So
long as legislatures have something to
give corporations so long corpora
tions will buy lawmakers, and the ca
siest way to buy them is to make the
deal with the party boss at once.
Nine-tenths of the debauchery of the
suffrage in the United States springs
from enormous campaign funds COL
lected from corporations, but the
way to cure this evil is not by impo-
tent prohibitions of campaign con-
tributions, but by removing the in
centive to making them. Every step
toward general public ownership of
public utilities means that few more
corporations have been taken out of
the bribery business.-Chicago Jour-
nal.
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The Thrilling Experience of a BIind
Native of India with 3
Wild Tiger.

This is a story of blind man who,
unarmed, laid his hand upon free
tiger and lived, unhurt, to tell the tale;
lived to wish that he were dead. 1t is
the most extraordinary adventure
even in the thrilling annals of beast
ridden India.
The tiger was man-eater of Mysore,
for which the government had offered
a reward of 500 rupees.
Many were his exploits. He would
bound into a crowd of travellers on the
high road and bear one of them away,
or snatch the driver from the seat of
creaking bullock cart.
He would even enter villages and
break into huts with great blows of
his powerful paws and drag forth his
prey.
There was a poor Dher, low-caste
man. who was not allowed to live in
the village, but dwelt with his wife
and baby in low hut on its outskirts.
He was poor, extremely poor, anN
blind.
One night this man was walked by a
strange shutting, snufiing noise in the
hut.
Upon the nameless odors of an In
dian interior two new smells impressed
themselves. He knew what they meant
later.
The man called; no voice answered.
Night was as day in his sightless eyes.
He crawled about the hut with blind
mans noiseless step, feeling his way
with tremulous extended hand.
He neared the corner of the hut
where his wife lay, prone upon the
floor, and stopped. Wrist deep his
inquiring hand thrust itself into deep
fur.
In flash he knew; he had heard and
smelled the tiger in his hut; had
punched the great man-eater's ribs. He
waited for death
One startled instant the tiger waited
then bounded from the hut, quick to
suspect danger in the blind mans ap-
parently bold advance, leaving the man
unscathed.
The Dher was left alone. Lower he
stopped, until his hands rested upon
the lifeless forms of his wife nd child
were dabbled with the red blood that
gushed from their mangled bodies
where the great brute's noiseless paw
had fallen.-Wide World Magazine.
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CRITICISES THE UNIONS.
Member of the Industrial Commission
Says Chicago Labor Men are Enforc-
Ing Their Own Laws.

Chicago. April 1.-"From the evi-
dence we have heard it appears that
the statutes are not being regarded in
Chicago's labor contest" said Chair
man A. +. Clarke, of the Industrial
sub-commission. 1.-The labor men
seem to enforce their own laws with
out respect TO the laws by which all
are bound. I will not say that the
contractors and manufacturers are en-
tirely without blame. 1t is very evil
dent, however, that the situation in
Chicago is most desperate and some
thing must be done. L am completely
at sea as to what recommendations
will be made by the 10 members of
the Industrial commission who have
been hearing witnesses of this city,
but we all agree that there must be
more regard for law. The labor
unions, in my opinion, can not win by
striving to enforce their laws by vio-.
lence
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SWEETS FOR SOLDIERS.
War Department. Recently Shipped so
Tons of II, Inclnding Lots of Candy,
to the Philippines.

Washington, April 1.-There. is Il
demand for an increase of the sugar.
ration to the soldiers in the Philip-
pinees, and the commissary depar.-
ment is preparing to meet it. The al
lowance now is Is pounds to 100
rations. and this will probably be in
creased to 20 pounds. The depart
ment has just made a shipment of so
tons of such sweets as are in demand
there by the soldiers, including a large
order of the best candy, intermixed
with a good allowance of chocolates.
This order will be followed by larger
one, and chocolates will again hold
first place. These confections are of
course not n part of the army ration,
but are for purchase by the officers
and soldiers.
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VOL. XIX.
WAKING DREAMS.

Between mine eyelids and mine eyes,
Like red and satin poppy leaves.
Lie soft the dreams OF Paradise
They linger when my spirit grieves:
They quench the fever in my brain,
And kiss my hopes to life again.
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes.
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes,
Like star-beams melting into peace,
Drift on the visions out OF skies
Wherein eternal years increase;
] lose my anchorage TO earth,
And feel the light OF second birth
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes,
With loves bright mystery and grace.
My precious friends without disguise,
With benedictions in each face.
Walk slowly midst the trees and flowers.
Or sleep within the garden bowers
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes.
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes
wandering spirit sweet as sleep
Comes singing where the daylight dies;
And tuneful founts of tears aIeap
Begem the path her footsteps trod
In hers my dim-eyed soul saw God
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes
live and conquer. see and know
o let my spirit on this wise
Along the trackless confines go.
No other universe so sweet
AS this-forever bright, complete
Between mine eyelids and mine eyes
-Rev. Frank w. Gunsaulus, in Chicag go
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