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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
Eight Officers and Seventy Men Give Up
the Fight.

Manila, Feb. 14.-An insurgent COL
onel, Simon Techon, seven insurgent
officer and 70 men, with 80 guns,
have surrendered Internationally to
Captain Coolies. of the Thirty fifth regi-
ment, at San Miguel de Mayumo.
In fight at SibuyaD, Batangas, the
rebel general, Malbas is reported to
have been killed. Six insurgent off,
GERS and 30 men were captured.
Mariquina is the scene OF an i'm
mense peace meeting of the Federal
party.
The Women's Peace League met at
Judge Taft's house today. SenoIita
Poble attempted to introduce resolu-
tion requiring the release of the impris-
oned insurgents. Mrs. Taft and other
ladies spoke on a resolution urging the
insurgents to surren Ter. This was
adopted instead of Senorita Poble's.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21

indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 1s.-Albert
Nelson, aged Is, employed a. an ami.
NAL keeper at the Geological garden.
in this city. VAS killed by q Bengal
tiger today. He entered the tigers
cage and was attacked by the beast.
A terrible struggle followed in which
Nelson was torn In Q hundred places.
Red hot irons were thruss into the
blood thirsty animal, but not until
seven bullets had been fired into its
body did IL release its hold on its VIC.
tim. Nelson was dragged from the
cage more dead than alive, and was
hurried to the city hospital, where he
died as he was being csrriei'in. The
tiger was not fatally wounded. Neil.
son had been employed by the Zoo
company three years. He was in
charge OF the lions cubs, and IL IL sup
posed opened the tigers cage by mis-
take.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21
SPAIN IS AGAIN CALM.
But Martial Law Will Continue Throughout
Carnival Week.

Madrid, Fec. 18.-The minister of
the interior, Senior Urgarte, in the
course of an interview, asserted that
calm reigned in the provinces and that
If the same pacific behavior Of the peo.
pie continued after the carnival next
week, martial law could be discontin-
ued in Madrid and thioughout Spain.
except in Catalonia. Madrid remains
perfectly calm, although the talk OF
the probable change of ministry after
the carnival is very strong.
All the troops have been withdrawn.
and the censorship is less vigorous, but
no reference to the disorders of the
past few days is permitted to appear.
All dispatches are now revised and de-
layed. The streets are now guarded
by only the ordinary number of police.
The weather is bitterly cold and not
conducive to mob manifestations.
There is not the slightest foundation
for the statement circulated in the
United States, on the authority of q
news agency that the government had
placed restrictions on the sending of
messages regarding the royal wedding.
Two persons were killed and several
others wounded yesterday at Grenada.
The count and countess of Caserta
arrived at Hendays. France, today.
They met with no special incident en-
route and continued the journey to
Nice.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21
OVERPOWERED THE JAlLER.
Nine Prisoners in the Spokane County Jail
Escape-Officer Gave Pursuit.

Spokane, Feb. 19.-Arthur Spencer,
of San Francisco. charged with imper.
sonating. United States officer. and
eight other prisoners overpowered
Jailer Thompson in the Spokane county
Jail this morning and are now at large.
Thompson says he was seized from
behind by prisoners who were hiding
behind door. was beaten in insen-
sibility, robbed of keys and revolver
and gagged to prevent an Outcry.
When the jailer got loose he took q
Winchester and went out to look for
the escaped men. He spied q citizen
who. frightened by the jailer's appear.
ance. started to run. The jailer gave
pursuit and began to shoot at the man,
who finally was rescued by jury out
for an airing.
Posses have been sent out every
where. but not one of the Jail breakers
has been sighted.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21
HAILED As fR|[hD}
FiliPinos Warmly Welcome Amer.
icaR Commissioners.
WHEN on THEIR FIRST TRIP NORTH
Judge Taft and His Associates Have Gone to
Bacolor to Organize Provincial Govern.
ment-Bulucan Will Next Be Visited

San Fernando, Province OF Pampan.
ga, Island of Luzou. Philippines, Feb.
l4.-Bacolor and all the towns adjacent
to the railroad, which names are his
toric on account OF the fierce battles of
the earlier periods of the American 90.
cupation. turned ont to welcome the
United States Philippine commission
as it procee led -northward, on its first
trip to organize provincial govern.
ments. At every station, including
the hamlets where the train did not
stop, there were bursts of music from
the native bands and cheers for the
American commission and the partido
federale. The crowd at Malolos, the
former seat of the insurgent govern.
ment, was smaller, in proportion to
the population, than at the villages.
At all the stops addresses were deliv.
cred by the natives, and responses
were made by Judge Taft. the presi-
dent of the commission; Professor
Worcester, General Flores, Chief JUS
tice Arellno and DR.. Tavera. president
of the Federal party. The natives re.
peatedly declared the people were be-
ginning to understand the purpose of
the Americans. adding that the com.
missions acts showed it's promises
would be kept.
Judge Taft told the people of the
towns in Bulucan province that a pro-
vincial government will shortly be
established there. The American party
alighted at San Fernando. passed un.
der an arch of welcome and was
greeted by the military and hundreds
of children waving American flags and
singing "Hail Columbia The entire
American party was then driven to Ba.
color, capital OF the province of Pam.
panga. where they will be cordially
entertained tomorrow, and until apply
ing the provincial government to Pam
panga, there will be public discus
sion of the laws enacted.
General Grant received information
that band of Tarlac insurgents is ap-
preaching for the purpose Of harassing
the people of Bacolor. He has sent
scouts out after them.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21
NEGRO WAS LYNCHED.


New Orleans, Feb. 19.-Tbomas
jackson. a Negro, was lynched today
at st. Peter, 20 miles above this city.
for series of crimes. This morning
he visited the home of Alexander Bour-
geOis. the engineer of the drainage
machine on Bellepoint plantation. some
distance from the plantation quarters.
He told Bourgeois the manager wanted
him, and the engineer mounted the
tricycle. with the Negro. jackson
stabbed the engineer in the back and
threw the body into ditch. He then
returned to the house and butchered
Mrs. Bourgeois and her two babies and
ransacked the house. Two boys visit.
ing the family hid In the woods. After
the negro's departure the boys went to
St. Peter and gave the alarm. return
ing with q mob of several hundred
men. The negro was tracked to his
home and fully identified by the boys.
He was hanged and his body riddled
with bullets before the sheriff arrived.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21
IN A DtATH TQAp
Sixty.five Miners Are Entombed
No Hope for Them.
CAUSED sY An EXPLOSION or Gas


Vancouver. B. c.. Feb. lS.-Sixty.
Eve miners are imprisoned In No. Q
shait Of she Cumberland coal mine on
Vancouver island. The only exit 10
the mouth Of the shaft which 10 filed
with huge volume Of fame. There
ls considered to be no possibility fo1
the unfortunates 10 escape.
Details Of Disaster Measer.
Details of the disaster are meagsz.
The Cumberland mine Is near the vil.
lage Of Union. about 80 miles north
Of the town Of Nanaimo. Tn, only
telegraphio communication from Un-
ion IL by . single government wire,
and little 10 known OF the tragedy in
the mine except that terrible sxplo-
sion occurred in No. Q shaft of she
Cum berland about IL o'clock this
morning. Following the explosion the
shaft caught fire, and the IS miners
who were working half q mile from
the entrance were caught In death
trap. A relief party from No. 8 shaft
made brave but futile attempt ut .
rescue. They were headed OF BY the
fire and could not reach the imprisoned
men. The attempt at rescue was made
through No. shaft. but the flames
prevented any development Of the per-
iloua venture.
The Cumberland mine Is ono OF the
properties of the Union Colliery Com
pany, situated near Comox and
reached from Union bay by the private
oolliery railway crossing the Trent
river on which tho memorable bridge
disaster occurred . year or two ago.
1t has been singularly fortunate here
tofore in immunity from disaster and
was counted An especially safe mine to
work IN BY reason Of the character Of
the formation in which the coal IL
found there, and the manner in which
1t had been opened up. No. 8 shaft.
the scene Of the disaster, was bottomed
in October, 1898, at Q depth Of S14
feet. 1t 10 we'll constructed and tim.
bered. with q mud wall. the pit bot
tom being timbered with 12xl8 sawn
hulks, built solidly together. l6 fees
wide and IL feet high. The shaft IL
located close to the railway. and the
ventilation of the mine Is effected by .
14x5.foot Guibsl fan. which, when run
TO its full capacity, gives $4,000 cubic
feet of air circulation per minute.
The air enters by the haulage slopes
and is divided into ssperats splits. the
main split being at the point where
No. 2 branches of the main slope. +.
part of the air going down each slope.
Further down each Of these slopes the
air 10 again split, and sent to the work.
ings east and west OF the respective
slopes.
A second explosion occurr cd in No.
8 shaft tonight, but 1t had been OK.
pected, and all the men had left the
workings. There were no casualties.
This explosion prevents any further
efforts being made to rescue the On.
tombed miners through No. 8 shaft.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.


The bill by Baumeister changing tho
name OF Lewiston. in Asotin county To
Clarkston. was passed Wednesday.
other bills we're passed as follows:
House bill 60, providing that prosecu.
lions under the pilotage law be insti.
tuted in Jefferson county; house bill
AZ. limiting the coroner to q charge Of
$76 for burial expenses in all cases
where no claim is made upon the state
OF the deceased person; senate bill 81,
ior the relief OF 6. w. Geiger, q land
cruiser. The bill carries an appropria.
tion OF $40. A bill giving King coun.
ty an additional judge of the superior
court was also passed.
Several minor house bills were
passed, including one making q defic.
iency appropriation of So, 200 for the
office of the state superintendent oil
public instruction.
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To Stop Cane Rushes.

New Haven, Conn.,, Feb. 16.-The
Yale faculty has abolished the time
houored custom of granting holiday
to the undergraduates on Washington's q
birthday. The action of the faculty
has excited much discussion among
the undergraduates, and an attempt
will be made to have the day restored.
February % is annually the date when
the Yale sophomores wear high hats
and carry canes for the first time, and
when the freshmen rush" the sopho-
mores and "take" the fence.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21
CHICAGO HOTEL FIRES.
Attempts Were Made to Burn -Four Structures
Robbery During the Excitement.

Robbery During the Excitement
Chicago, Feb. 16.-Flamss were
started simultaneously on four floors of
the Palmer House this afternoon. and
45 minutes later were discovered on
two floors in the Great Northern hotel.
Two men supposed to be hotel
thieves were seen to run from the
Palmer house. During the excite
msnt, $500 worth of jewelry was stolen
from one of the rooms Of the Great
Northern. About the same time,
blaze of light was discovered in the
Sherman house. Another fire of sus-
picious origin had been discovered
only "a hours before. The fires con.
vince the police that an organized
gang of incendiaries is operating in
Chicago. Good descriptions have been
secured of the two men who were seen
running from the Palmer house. and
q number of detectives are at work on
the case. The four fires, with the cir.
cumstances attending them, were:
Palmer House-Four fires started
simultaneously in baskets Of linen on
different floors. Towels saturated
with kerosene weIe found. The fire
was extineuished BY guests and EN-.
ployes. Two suspects were seen. but
allowed to escape. Damage nominal.
Great Northern Hotel-Simultan.
eous fires were discovered on the II. and
] floors. Odor of kerosene on II floor.
]. s. Friest, OF New York, reported
that $500 worth of jewelry had been
stolen flom his room. Damage of
81 500 by fire and small panic among
the guests.
Sherman House-Tha blaze was on
the upper floor and was attended with
little commotion. Damage, 500.
Hotel, Grace-Fire of suspicious
origin discovered in a linen closet.
Damage nominal.
The most dangerous FIRE in the
Palmer house was on the fifth floor.
It was extinguished at personal risk
by John M. McWilliams. Jr., senior
at Princeton university. The police
agree that all the fires were incendiary
and tonight every ir4,ortant down.
town hoetelrv vas guarded by detail
Of officers in plain clothes. watching
for the men suspected Of having started
the fires. These officers. as we'll a.
the hotel managers. have the theory
that the blaze Was started by some dis
charged hotel employe who wished 10
satisfy his grudge and was able to do
% through his intimate knowledge OF
opportunities.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21
Silk Weavsrs Locked Out.

Scranton, Pa, Feb. l4.-The strike
of the 1000 silk workers In Scranton
has resulted in lockout. The mill
owners and managers today declared
they will not reopen their mills until
the girls are willing to resume at the
wages which were offered nearly two
weeks ago and in which there was
concession of 25 cents q week to each
employe. The strikers are determined
to STAY ont until their demands shall
be granted. They have sked all silk
workers in the country for moral and
material assistance, requesting them
20 strike If the mills at which they
are employed handle material from the
Scranton mills
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21
BOILER.MAKER'S GOOD LUCK.
Bonds Mine in North for Quarter Of Mil.
lion Dollars.

Port Townsend. WASH. Feb. IA
mining deal was consummated here to-
day of more than usual interest. owing
to the amount involved, and that it
transfers q man from the ranks of pov.
erty to affluence. Erick Molander, q
boiler maker, of this city, who had in
vested his earnings in Mount Sicker,
B. c.. mining property by hiring
claims staked for him on extension OF
Tyee and Lenora claims. has bonded
his holdings to London and Paris in.
yestors for S250,0OO. The papers were
made out and signed today. Molander
spent last season at Nome, but failed to
make his fortune. He returned on the
steamer Charles Lana, and when her
boilers gave out and the vessel was in
danger of swamping. he repaired the
boilers go that the steamer, with 800
passengers. reached port in safety, and
for which he was presented with $500.
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Composer Nevin Dead.

New Haven. Conn.,, Feb 19.-Eth.
Gilbert Nevin, musician and composer,
died suddenly here today of heart dis
ease. Mr.. Nevin came to New Haven
about five weeks ago to be associated
with professor Parker, Of Yale univer-
sity, in his muscial work. Ethelbert
Neivn was born in Nevinacre. Pa. in
1858. As q copmoser, Mr.. Nevin at.
tanned name hardly second to any
musician, and his songs are known
throug ghout the continents. Among
these are "The Rosary" 'Narcissus. :"
"Good Night" GOOD Night, Below.
cd" and an arrangement OF Helms
"The Heiden Roeslein." :"
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is N (Ap[ (OlO|II|
Dewet Engaged a British Force
Near Philipstown.
CROSSED ORANGE RIVER AT SAND DRIFT
The lnniskiIlinss Charged the Enemy Who Lsit
Five Killed and Six Wounded
Ten Boers Were Captured

London, Feb. l6.-The war office
has received the following dispatch
from Lord Kitchener:
"Pretoria, Feb. 15.-Our troops are
now engaged with Christian Dewet's
force north of Philipstown, which we
hold, Dewet having crossed the Orange
river at Sand Drift, apparently moving
west.
French, reporting from q point Is
miles southeast Of Ermelo. states that
q large force of the enemy is being
driven on the Piet Ref. their efforts to
break back having 80 far been frus.
trated. The Inniskillinps charged the
enemy, who left five killed and six
wounded on the group5 Ten Beers
were captured, and there was q large
capture Of wagons, carts and cattle.
Our casualties were one killed and five
wounded"
The Evening News prints dispatch
from Cape Town. dated Thursday,
February IA, which says:
"The government here is advised
that Christian Dewet and ex. President
Steyn entered Cape Colony and occu.
pied Philipstown. The British attack.
ed them yesterday and drove them out
of the town with loss.''
Cape Town, Feb. l6.-A Boer COM
mando crossed the Orange river yester.
day. in the Philipstown district. 1t 10
reported that Dewet was in command.
Van Wyksvlei WAS occupied Monday
by 800 Beers who were retreating from
Calvinia. The Beers are reported in
force "a miles west of Carnarvon. A
Boer convoy of 65 wagons and As pris-
oners has been captured north OF Am.
sterdam.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21
Nav Arrest Without . Warrant.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. l8.-In the suit
Of John B. Bennett against Secret Serv.
ice Agents Flynn and Berriman and
Deputy United States Marshal w. 8.
Blair, who were charged with malic.
ious trespass assault and battery In
connection with the arrest of the plain
~, Judge w. NJ. Achin, In the Unit
cd States court, handed down an i'm.
portant. opinion. He makes . precs-
dent in deciding that United States
marshals or their deputies can make
arrests in emergency cases without
warrant.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21

Tucson, Aris. Feb. 18.-Gsorgo
Whsaslsy . wsll-known mining man
and two Mexican miners were bousd
dead In their tent, one mile from The
mining camp Of Sohults, 50 miles frsm
Tucson. When found the parties he'd
bssn dead for several days. lndioa-
lions point to death from charosal
fumes. Some believe that the men vsse
poisoned. The body Of one o. ~
Nexicans was being consumed ~ ~
vhen ths remains were disoovsge1.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21
Cause Of Disturbances.

New York, Feb. lS.-A special to
the Times from Washington says:
The disturbances which General
Weyler is now trying to quell, are not,
it is said by persons familiar with the
situation. of either Csrlist or Republi.
can origin, although both parties are
no doubt active in trying to take ad-
vantage of the trouble. 1t is declared
that the uprising is in reality an out
break of the discontented. Those tax.
ing part in it comprise all classes of
malcontents. and its causes are like
those which brought about the French
revolution.
Poverty has been increasing, the
burden of taxation has been growing
heavier, and the laboring Glasses are
ripe for revolution. At the same time
the ruling dynasty is unpopular. All
these complications and a number of
others have brought about a widespread
feeling of unrest. and great events are
looked for in Spain unless the incipient
revolution is quelled. Spain has been
tending toward a rebellion for some
time.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21

San Francisco, Feb. 16.-Mrs. r.
Fl. Osgood. Of Seattle. who arrived in
this city on the Oregon express this
morning. has reported to the police
and railway officials that she was
robbed during last night Of $4,000
worth Of jewelry. She stated that the
gems were in . leather bag which she
suspended from her neck. but that
they were taken while she WAS sleep
ing. The police officers have arrested
man On suspicion.
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SIX WERE KILLED.


Winnemucca, New. Feb. l9.-The
eastbound overland limited Southern
Pacific train, officially known ~ No. ..
was wrecked at $50 o'clock yesterday
morning ut q point % miles west OF
this place. while running at q speed OF
90 miles an hour. the train went into
q washed out culvert. and the result
was the worst wreck known on this
division of the road. Six persons were
killed and six injured.
The disaster occurred at q point
where an embankment 8 feet high
crosses q ravine. Melting snow from
the mountains caused . heavy rush Of
water which broke through the en-.
bankment some time during the night.
The washout was about rs feet in
width. and into the raging torrent the
tll-fated train plunged without warn
ing. The engine nearly cleared the
break before the rails gave way, the
tender falling back. The mail car
and composite car followed into the
chasm, the composite Car telescoping
the first Of the Pullman sleepers nearly
half its length.
Two sleepers and the dining car 70.
mained on the track.
The bodies OF two men, evidently
tramps, who were stealing q ride, are
In the wfeckage.
Train No. 4, the eastbound express,
was following the limited train very
closely, and the rear brakeman of the
latter had only q few minutes in
which to flag No. 4 and prevent rear
end collision.
At 7:20 A. NJ. q special train left
this place for the scene Of the wreck,
carrying doctors and nurses, and the
injured were given every attention pos
sibie, being taken to the hotel at Mill
City, the nearest station. The dead
and injured were later taken back to
Wadsworth on a special train. and
will be carried on to San Francisco.
1t will be two or three days before
the track can be put in condition 80
that the running of trains may be re
sumed. 1t will be necessary first to
build trestle across the chasm in
which the rocked cars are lying.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21
Engagements With Insurgents.

Manila, Feb. 18.-Colonel Cronin,
and 80 of the Thirty-third regiment
have located 100 insurgents at Candon,
South Ilocos. Captain Green with so
men. met force of the enemy at San
ia Maria. The insurgents. who were
commanded by Tino, hid behind stone
walls on a steep mountainside. There
was hard fighting for three hours.
Then Tino abandoned his position and
retreated southwark.
Gold discoveries of some importance
have been made in the province of Le.
pantO.
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TeIesraphed 4 200 Miles.

London, Feb. 14.-Professor John
Fleming, lecturing at Liverpool yester.
day. said he had Signor MarcOni's per-
mission to make the first mention of
the fact that on the first day of the
reign of King Edward VII Marconi 40
oomplished the astonishing feat of send-
ING wireless messages between St. Gath
er,nes. Isle of Wight. and tho Lizzard,
200 miles. Perfect communicates
has eiuce been established.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21

Washington, Feb. l8.-Generals ].
n. Wilson, Fitzhueh Leo and Theo.
dore Schwan will be retired tomorrow.
the last named on bis own appIicsion.
Colonel A. s.. Daggett, Fourteenth in
fantry, will bs promoted TO brigadier.
seneralehip, succeeding schwan, and
will be retired Immediately.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-21

San Francisco. Feb. 19.-Suicides
were epidemic in this city today.
Three men suffering from despondency
took their lives. A. Lewis, . shoe
maekr in ill health. ended his life trou.
bles BY asphy xiation. Robert Nc
Ksnna. painter. quarreled wish his
wife and swallowed dose Of arsenic.
A. Moeller. baker, who srievsd over
the death Of son, who was killed In
the terrible football accident last
Thauksgiviag. took carbolic acid.