The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-02-15
ROCHE HARBoR.

Deputy Collector Culver and Lieut.
Ballinger seized q sloop at West Sound
Sunday night, belonging to Victor Nc
ConneiI, and with which he has Ions
been violating both the United States
and Canadian custom laws. The slOOI
was beached at the mouth OF little
creek when seized and as 1t could moi
then be f1Oated one of the men from
the launch WAS left in charge Of It and
the officers returned for 1t from Friday
Harbor about daylight Monday morn
ing. The sloop was taken over to Port
Townsend by the revenue launch,
Monday, Mr.. Mcconnell being taken
over at the same time to make his ex.
plantations, If he has any, to the collec-
tor.
Allen McCrary, father of w. H. Nc
Crary, of this place, died at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. w. d. Schnuck,
on East sound, Orcas island, Saturday,
the 10th inst, at the age of Is years.
He came of long line of sturdy patri.
OTIS and pioneers, his ancestors, of
Scotch and Irish descent, having been
among the early settlers of the colonies
when they still acknowledged allegi-
ance to the British crown. His grand
father was an officer i'm the revolution
airy army and the sword that he carried
throughout that historic trouble was
kept III the McCrary family as one of
it's greatest treasures until q few years
ago when it was unaccountably lost or
stolen. His parents were among the
sturdy and loyal pioneers of Southern
nd in, LOT "
i'm that state, section which was a
veritable bOt.bed of southern SYM
pathizers during the long period of
anti-slavery agitation preceding and
during the civil war, that Allen Nc
Crary was born. He was of a family
of seventeen children, fourteen SONS and
three daughters, all of whom were
staunch supporters OF the Union cause.
Several OF the SONS were In the Union
army, but Allen was unable to go be-
cause of physical disability. He was
seriously injured when quite a young
man by falling tree and never fully
recovered, and it was to the effects of
his injury at that time that the en-
feeblement of his later years was large
ly due. He was, however, such a
strong uniomst and abOlitionist that he
rendered active aid to the Union cause
and to fugitive slaves whenever OppOr-
tunity offered, and the assistance that
he gave in this way incensed the pro-
slavery element to such degree that
he was driven from his home and
obliged TO leave that portion Of the
state before the outbreak of the war.
He went to Texas and was married
there to Martha Ann Riley, who sur
wives him. In 1869 they moved to
Kansas, but returned to Texas after a
few years and lived there until 1887,
when they moved to this state, settling
first at Tacoma. Eleven years ago they
came to this county. They have four
children living, three sOns-W. H., of
this place, s. A, Of Seattle, and Wal
ter, of Orcas, and one daughter, already
mentioned. The interment took place
here Tuesday, the 18th inst, Rev. G. J.
KalIgren officiating.
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Mr.. and Mrs. s. nj. Capron, of Turin,
New York, father and mother of DIR.
V. J. Capron, Of Roche Harbor, ar
rived ut Roche Harbor, Monday, upon
visit to their sou, whom Mrs. Capron
had not seen for nine years. Mr.. Ca
prom had visited the doctor four years
ago in the Hawa ian islands. where lie
was then praciicing rs one of the gov
eminent physicians and health officers
and contract physician for two of the
great sugar plantations. Mr.. CaprOi
,, says that when they left their home in
New York SNOW was two feet deep on
the level, and when they were at Win
nepeg the mercury was dow to 40 be-
low zero. He says that times are gom!
in the east and money plentiful. Saw,
ings banks pay only per cent interest
OH deposits and many of them only 8
per cent and will not accept over 81 500
from any one person as an interest
bearing deposit. On time loans of sew
eral years OH good real estate security
money can readily be obtained at 3 pei
cent.