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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
ARE ORDERED OUT
Telegraphers of Two South
ern Railways Strike.
TROUBLE COMMENCED LAST FALL
1t Grew Out of the Refusal of Ohicials
of the Companies to Con-
slider Grievances.

Atlanta, Ca, April 14.-The threat
ening trouble of the telegraphers and
other station employees of the Southern
railway and Alabama Great Southern
railway, which has been pending for
several months, came to head here
today, when President Powell, of the
Order of Railway Telegraphers, called
on the telegraphers to quit work.
The trouble commenced last fall,
when the telegraphers of each division
appointed committee to 60 before the
division superiptendents and ask set
tlement of certain grievances. Hear
ings, they say. were refused them, and
an appeal was made to General Super
intendent Harrett, at Washington, and
later to Vice-President and General
Manager Cannon. The officers of the
order state that no satisfaction was re-
ceived from these officers, and the
grievances were finally taken to Presi-
dent Speyer, whose secretary said the
president was too i'll to consider the
matter at this time.
President Powell says the commit.
teemen selected to represent the men
have been dismissed to the number of
more than 20, and that dozens of men,
bels of the Order of Railway Telegraph
ers have been discharged because of
their membership. He says the last
communication to the officials Abf the
company contained an offer to arbitrate
the differences. Railroad officials say
the strike has caused them no incon-
venience and has not interfered with
traffic. In statement which Plesi-
dent Powell has issued he says:
1.-The strike was inaugurated for the
following purposes:
TO secure reinstatement of its
members who were discharged by the
Southern railway; for the right to be
heard through committees in the ad-
justment of individual grievances; for
set of rules and rates of pay to gov
ern train dispatchers, telegraphers,
agents and other station employees in
their employment, discipline, etc.; IL
consecutive hours work per day, where
one or two telegraphers are employed,
including one hour for dinner; 10 con-
secutiye hours, including meal hour, in
all relay dispatchers' offices and offices
where more than two dispatchers are
employed; eight consecutive hours for
train dispatchers; pay for overtime; to
abolish the practice of compelling
agents to load cotton and the perform
| ance of other manual labor; minimum
wage scale of $45 and $50. per month
for operators and $3.50 for dispatchers;
fair and equitable rules regarding pro.
notion"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
BY POPULAR. VOTE
House Favors a Change in the
Mode of Electing Senators.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Resolution to That Effect Adopted By
Vote of 24O to 15-Talbert'a
Tactics Denounced.

Washington, April 16.-The house
today, by a vote of $40 to Is, adopted
4 resolution for constitutional amend
ment providing for the election of Uni
ted States senators by direct vote of the
people. Fourteen Republicans and one
Democrat voted against it. By the
terms of the resolution, the amedment
submitted to the legislatures is as fol-
lows:
''The senate of the United States
shall be composed of two senators from
each state, who shall be elected by di-
rect vote of the people thereof for a
term of six years, and each senator
shall have one vote. A plurality of
the votes cast for candidates for sena-
tor shall be sufficient to elect. The
electors in each state shall have the
qualifications requisite for electors of
the most numerous branch of the state
legislatures, respectively.
when vacancy happens by death,
resignation or otherwise, in the repre-
sentation of any state in the senate,
the same shall be filled for the unex-
pired term thereof in the same manner
as is provided for the election of sena
tors in paragraph /; provided, that the
executive thereof may make temporary
appointment until the next general or
special election, in accordance with
the statutes or constitution of such
state"
The remainder of the day was devoted
to the consideration of private PEN
sion bills. During the course of the
debate there were several sharp attacks
upon Talbert, of South Carolina, for his
course in delaying action.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
CHINESE REIGN OF TERROR.
Powerful viceroys Protest to the EN-
press Dowager.

POWerful VfcerOys Protest to the Em-
press Dowsger.
Shanghai, April l6.-A full account
has been received here of the meeting
on March 8 at Peking between the en-
press dowager and the grand council.
Protests were read from the viceroys
and governors of nine of the lS prov.
inces against the policy of the empress
dowager. These officials are the great
est provincial authorities in China.
They declared unitedly that, if the en-
press dowager persists in prosecuting
the refOrmers and continuing her reign
of terror policy, the Chinese under
them will rebel against the Manchus.
The viceroy at Marking says he has
l4O, 900 Hunanese troops who are anx-
ious to fight the Manchus, and he fears
he cannot control them. The vice.
roys who united in this remarkable step
represent the provinces of Kiang.Su.
Anhui. Kiangsi, Human, Hupeh, Che.
kiang. Fookien, Quangsi and Kwang-
tung, with an aggregate population of
$50, 900, 900.
Until this protest had been made,
the dowager empress had been having
things quite her own way. Though
she has desisted from her purpose to set
up new emperor, yet her wrath to-
wards those who opposed her has shown
no abatement. 1t is unbounded. Kin
Lien-Shan has been captured in the
Portuguese colony of Macao, off the
South China coast, by Lii Hung Chang's
detectives. Mr.. Kin fled from Shang-
hal last month. He is the manager of
the national system of telegraphs in
China, and headed the petition signed
by 1900 notables against setting up a
new emperor. Probably he will be
decapitated. An English law firm
here has been retained to defend him.
The government has trumped up
charges of defalcation against Mr.. Kin,
who is really very able and enlight-
ened man.
On March instructions were wired
from Peking to 500 Chow, capital of
Kiang-Su, to arrest and put to death
the reformers Weng T'Ung-Ho and
Shen Pong. These men had been in
very important positions in Peking,
but were easily captured in 500 Chow.
The chief reformer. Kang Yu Wei, has
fled to Singapore. The empress dow
ager has offered 100000 for his body.
dead or alive.
1t is said that there is an official
list, prepared by the Peking govern
ment, of the names of 800 reformers
who are prescribed. A special list of
over 80 names exists of those who are
to be killed as soon as they are cap
tured,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
GATES THROWN OPEN
Formal Dedication ofFrance's
Great Exposition.
THE SHOW IS FAR FROM READY
tster Millerand-Comp and
Extcnt Of American Exhiblts.

Paris April 1.-THE exposition OF
1900 is open. but 1t will be ut least .
month before anything but buildings is
to be seen. The days ceremonies were
peculiar mixture of sumptuous splen-
dor in the Sale des Fetes, and wide
spread confusion elsewhere. Nothing
could have exceeded the picturesque
stage setting in the beautiful building
In which the ceremonies were held, the
gorgeous uniforms of the diplomats and
soldiers, the splendid orchestra and
chorus and the magnificent effect pro.
duced by the grand staircase, up which
President Loubet proceeded to view the
exposition, lined with some 200 picked
men of the Republican guard, with
Jackboots, white breeches, cleaning
cuirasses and horse-hair plumes stream
ing from shining helmets. At the top
OF this stairway was a room, the in
terror of which could be seen from the
Sale des Fetes, and this was hung with
priceless gobelins from the Louvre.
Into this splendid apartment President
Loubet entered and walked down the
avenue to his boat. This part of the
days arrangement was perfect, but the
rest was chaos.
The weather today was luckily all
that could be desired. Fourteen thous-
and guests had been invited to the
function, and they had, because of the
fine weather, only the dust to endure.
Had the day been wet, the unrolled
paths OF the exposition grounds would
have been turned into mass of mud.
The afternoon was holiday in Paris
by general consent. and host Of
country people crowded into the city
to swell the multitudes, who from an
early hour serged in the direction of the
exposition and took up positions along
the route of the presidential procession
and at the approaches to the grounds.
The immense number of guests prac-
tically swept the central streets clean
of cabs. of which an unbroken stream,
several deep, drifted slowly toward the
gates between noon and 2:30 p. M.
Drifted is the correct expression for the
rate of progress, because the traffic ar
rangements were SO inadequate that
hundreds of vehicles did not reach the
exposition at all, and the occupants
were either left stranded en- route or
were Obliged to abandon their carriages
and proceed ON foot. This was the ex-
pedient ordinarily adopted, even by
several members of the diplomatic
corps and two gorgeously attired off,
cials of the Chinese embassy, after
hastily walking several blocks. arrived
in the Sale des Fetes just in time to
hear the cheering at the conclusion of
the ceremony.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
FIGHTING IN NATAL.
BOer Attacks on the British Line
StubbOrnly Resisted.

BOer Attacks on the British Lines
Stubbornly Resisted.
London, April 14.-A special dis.
patch from Glands Laagte, dated yes
terday, says:
Fighting was renewed beyond
Glands Laagte this afternoon. The
Beers steadily advanced upon the Brit
ish positions. There was continuous
rife fire and the Boer big guns were
in action. The British replied effec-
lively, and after two hours fighting the
Beers were checked"
Glands Laagte and Wepener still
monopolize attention. At both places
q series of indecisive actions are oc-
curing. The Boer report of the fight
ing April 10 at Glands Laagte AYERS
that the advance on the British camp
was made with the loss of only three
mules and two horses, while the Brit
ish losses, says the same report, must
have been heavy. The bombardment
lasted all day.
Nothing has been learned regarding
the rumor of Colonel Baden-P Powell's 3
death. nor is there anything tending to
show how long the general advance to-
ward Pretoria will be delayed. In the
absence of exciting developments, pub
lie interest centers more upon the per-
sonality of the new commanders, and
in the supposition as to who the next
general will be to be sent home.
The announcement of the reoccupa-
tion of Smithfeld by the burghers, just
received, is no news, as the small Brit
ish force at that place withdrew thence
after the Reddersburg affair.
1t now appears that General Brabant
himself is at Aliwal North, and that
only portion of his column is at
Wepener.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
Work Train Wrecked. 4.

Redding, CAL, April 14.-In the
wreck of Southern Pacific work train,
five miles below Cottonwood, tonight,
three railroad employees were killed and
three injured, two probably fatally.
The work train was backing from
Hooker to Cottonwood, and the caboose,
followed by five fiat cars, left the track
The cars rolled over the caboose, crush
ing'it into the ground and killing three
of its five occupants.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
Was Not 4 BOer Leader.

Pretoria, April 16.-United States
Consul Hay, in an interview, says the
report that Captain Reichmann, the
United States military attache, partici-
pated in the fight near Sanna's Post 10
absolutely false. Captain Reichmann,
it is said, was occupied most of the
time attending upon the wounded
Dutch military attache, Lieutenant
Mix, who has since died. Consul
Hay has no doubt that Reichmann has
been confused with the American Lieu
tenant Loosberg, of the Free State ar
tillery, who took very active part in
the fight.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
British Reverse at Ashantee,

Accra, April 13.-Uncorroborated re-
ports are in circulation here and at
Cape Coast castle that the governor of
Kumassie is in the enemy's hands.
The greatest fear is felt for Cape Coast
castle, if a reverse has been sustained.
and if the rebellion continues. 1t is
understood that Sierra Leon has asked
for gunboat, but the troops there are
not in sufficient numbers to leave the
colony.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
u. A. Porter Resigns.

Washington, April 16.-Owing to
the continued ill health of John Addi-
son Porter, secretary to the president,
he has rendered his resignation, and
the president has accepted it, to take
effect May / next. George B. Cortel-
you, of New York, the present assistant
secretary to the president, has been
appointed to succeed him. Mr.. Cortel-
you was born in New York city, July
o6, 1852. His grandfather, Peter Cor
telyou, for 40 years member of the
type founding firm of George Bruce q
Co., and his father, Peter Cortelyou,
Jr., were prominent figures in New
York business and social circles gen.
Grafton ago.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
chicago raiIors win Fight.

Chicago. April 16.-A secret meet
inc of the Merchant Tailors q Diapers
Exchange was held last night. When
the meeting broke up it was announced
that the members of the exchange were
opposed to receding in any particular
from the stand taken in the fight with
the Journeymen Tailors' Union in their
demand for the back shop system.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
Attempted Murder and Suicide.

Carbondale, ILL.,. April 16.-Gus
Young, a prominent young man OF
Murphysboro, shot and wounded Mise
Kate Van Clooster and then blew out
his brains in q temporary fit OF jeal.
ousy. Young was real estate man
and the lady was q member of one o.
the best families of Southern Illinois.
She will recover.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
Plague Riots In India.

Bombay, April 14.-PIague r1ots
have taken place at Cownpore, where
the segregation camp has been DESTROYED
and 10 persons have been killed. The
rioters killed five constables and threw
their bodies into the burning camp.
Order is now restored, but all business
is suspended and the populace is sui
len. Troops and volunteers are patrol.
ling the city, guarding the mills and
fact0riRa
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
J.panese Refused a Landing.

San Francisco, April 14.-Thirty-
three of the 219 japanese steerage pas
sengers who arrived on the steamer
Belgian King, few days ago, have
been refused q landing by the immigra.
tion officials, but have appealed to the
secretary of the treasury. and, pending
q reply from Washington, will be held
here. The principal reason for their
rejection by the officials is the discov-
cry of evidence that the japanese came
here as contract laborers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
Vanderbilt Inh eritance Tax.

New York, April 1.-THE appellate
division of the supreme court today
handed down a decision in the matter
OF the appraisal of the estate OF the late
William K. Vanderbilt. An order OF
Surrogate Fitzgerald, declaring a Ger.
tain fund subject to the Inheritance tax
law was affirmed. This was fund OF
So, ,OOO, 900 held in trust for the benefit
of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
MashOna in More Trouble.

Cape Town, April l6.-The admiral
in charge of the British feet in these
waters has refused to permit the Brit
ish steamer Mashona, Captain john
ston, to proceed beyond Durham. The
agents of the vessel announce that the
cargo destined for Delagoa bay will be
landed at Durham.
The British gunboat Partridge on
December captured the steamer Ma
shona, which had sailed from New
York, November 8. via st. Vincent,
November 6, for Algoa bay, loaded
with -four for the Transvaal. The ves-
sci and the foodstuffs were subsequently
released on bond and the prize court on
March Is rendered verdict that q
portion of the cargo was condemned,
but that the steamer was formally
released.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19

New York, April 14.-When Jehn
Holstead, a well-known tea merchsn mt,
died last May, he bequeathed sums of
money to numerous public institutions,
and the residue of the estate to Cooper
Union. 1t was supposed that this resi-
due would amount to $25, 1000. An in
ventory of the estate, however, shows
that Cooper Union will receive $780,
O00
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
BUILDING COLLAPSED.
Three Persons Killed and Number Ii
jured in q Pittsburg Accident.

jured in u Fittsburg Accident.
Pittsburg, April 14.-Without warn
ing and with rush and a roar, the
four-story brick building at the corner
of Second avenue and Wood street col
lapsed today, burying in its ruins a
number of people, three of whom were
taken out dead, five were badly hurt,
and several others slightly injured.
The building was occupied by the
Armstrong, McKeIvy Lead & Oil Com
pany. 1t was being remodeled by Con-
tractors McGovern and Lyte, who were
converting the lower floors of the corner
store and that next door into one large
room. About 48 feet of the middle
partition had been removed, and steel
girders, supported by heavy iron posts,
were in place, and the finishing touches
were being put on the remodeled work.
The firm this morning began the trans
fer of its stock from one room to the
other, and apparently centralized the
heavy weight of the leads and oils about
the middle of the structure. The col
lapse began by the second floor break
ing through, carrying with it the two
floors above, making breach from top
to bottom through the center of the
building.
The fact that the rear portion of the
building on Second avenue did not col
lapse saved many lives. 1t was in that
part of the building that the offices
were located, in which there were about
10 persons. Those who were in the
rear portion of the building heard the
crash and ran out of the side door into
Second avenue and escaped. The loss
of the firm will be about $40, 900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
AGAINST THE CANAL.
Senate Declines to Consider the Mica
ragua Bill.

ragua Bill.
Washington, April 14.-An effort
was made in the senate today by Nor
gan Dem. Ala to displace the present
unfinished business, the Spooner Phil
ippine bill, by the substitution in its
stead of the Nicaragua canal bill.
While Morgan's motion failed, Is to
33, the Philippine measure had mar
row escape from being displaced by the
Alaskan civil code bill, on motion of
Carter (Rep. Mont.), the motion being
defeated on a roll call, % to "a. The
feature of the days proceedings was an
exhaustive discussion of the Quay case
by Burrows (Rep. Mich.).
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
rorn.do,s Work I'm Texas Town.

Dallas, Tex, April ia special to
the News from Royse. Tex, dated April
l6, says:
"A tornado struck this place at mid.
night, and it IL believed that several
lives have been lost. Eight houses
were wrecked, and at this hour the
greatest excitement prevails.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19
Chile Importins wheat.

Santiago de Chile, via Galveston,
Tex, April l7.-In consequence Of the
poor crops, wheat prices are advancing.
and the situation will allow large i'm.
uortations from California
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19

Kansas City April, 17.-ManageI
Manning, of the Blues. has closed .
deal with Pittsburg for Pitcher Chum-
my Gray. formerly Of Buffalo, purchas-
ing him for $3.50.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19

The fire of genius is frequently ex.
tinguished by having cold water poured
ON it.-Chicago Daily News.
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Money-Order system for Nome.

Washington, April 1.-THE post
office department. has arranged to pro.
vide first-class money order system
for Cape Nome, Alaska.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19

Chicago, April 16.-The Illinois
Manufacturers Association, at its meet
ing last night. took the stand that there
should be an early revision of the war
revenue tax.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19

One pound of cork will support .
man of ordinary size in the ~atA,-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19

"feat Britain's naval estimates
amount to $50, 900, 900.
buffalo Bill says $4,000 laormons
Wyoming.
b;t!' steamer Prairie, with American ex.
.,.. p.'s ior the Paris exposition, has
arrived at Havre.
10; ~ costs S4, 400, 900 a year to main
w;I! W. the "A royal palaces of Emperor
sm milam throughout the German
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-04-19

At a meeting of the De Beers com
pany Cecil Rhodes said annual profits
of diamond mines in Kimberley are
$40, 1000, 900.
Public sentiment in England insists
upon absolute supremacy of Great Brit
ain in the Boer states after the wars
end.
A private cablegram from Port ol
Spain, Venezuela, says the British con-
sui at Bolivar. named Lyons. has been
assassinated
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-28
SLOAT'S
VEGETABLE
Has cured thousands
that had given up hope.
It will cure you.

Mr.. w. A. Terrell, Special Representa-
tive of The Mutual Life Insurance Conn
pany of New York, Agency at Atlanta,
Ga, says:
81 feel that it is a duty I owe to the
manufacturers of Sloats Vegetable Bit
ters to say that the Remedy is all the pro-
prietors claim for it. For years 1 have
been a sufferer from Indigestion and Dys-
pepsia, so bad at times that the least
food in my stomach would completely up
set me and render me unfit for business.
Any one who has suffered with Dyspepsia
and Indigestion know of that terrible in
describable feeling it produces, keeping
one constantly gloomy and dependent.
This has frequently been my experience
sirce being a victim of this dreadful dis
ease Sloat's Vegetable Bitters has com