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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28

Seattle, Feb. 23.-John Callahan,
miner employed at the Franklin mine.
was killed BY . fall down . 120-foot
shaft ON Tuesday night. He and sew.
eral other workmen were sinking .
new shaft, and after . blast had been
fred they advanced 70 the mouth OF
the shaft 10 replace some boards. Cal
lahan approaced too near and slipped
in, failing feet foremost. He lived
four hours.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28
School Book Bill.

BY vote of 81 to 80 the house Wed.
nesday went on record as favoring the
Gunderson school book bill. which, if
passed, will, at the end of the present
Westland school book contract in 1904.
90 away with the present uniform sys-
tenn OF public text books, and in the
meantime permit school districts to
purchase supplementary text books
and other necessary books not pro-
vided for in the existing Westland
contract.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 2l.-James
Reese & Sons have just taken Q con-
tract to build for the Canadian Devel-
opment Company a 100000 tow and
passenger craft to ply on the Yukon
river. The purchasing company 10 q
Chicago interest, of which w. H. Ison
n one of the chief executives.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28
KOBE HOSPITAL BURNED.


Victoria. B. c., Feb. 24.-The
steamer Idzumi Maru. which arrived
this morning from the Orient. brought
the news OF the burning of the hospital
attached to the Kobe university.
Twenty.one patients were burned TO
death, IL injured and several are miss.
ing.
The secret convention believed to
have been concluded between Russis
and China bids fair to prove q source
OF serious trouble in the far East. The
japanese piess accepted the report as
to the existence Of q secret Russo. Chi.
nese understanding without reserva.
tion. Both Marquis Ito and Mr.. Kato,
minister for foreign affairs, have ad.
mitted that the present situation can.
not be passed over, and instructions
have accordingly been sent the Japa.
nese representatives in London and Ber.
lin to ascertain the exact views OF the
governments to which they are accred.
tied. The minister OF foreign affairs
has dispatched an official telegram TO
st. Petersburg. asking for definite re-
ply regarding the alleged existence Of a
secret agreement.
Russian troops are committing depre.
dations along the northern frontiers Of
Corea. They often cross the Lumen
river and loot villages. carrying of
valuables as we'll a. grain and cattle.
Their excuse is they are pursuing Box.
ers. The Corean government has
lodged a vigorous protest with the Rus
sian minister for transmission to st.
Petersburg.
Yueng Wuan. Chinese reformer,
was shot down while teaching an Eng.
lish class in Hong Kong, q man sneak
ing in and firing four shots, all OF
which took effect. Another reformer
was shot the previous day.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28
In the Senate.

IN the senate Wednesday a resolu.
'ion was adopted directing the judici.
ary committee to draft bill making
ane state penitentiary self sustaining.
Inc resolution provided that the bill
snouid be so drawn as to prevent com.
petition between convict and free
labor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28

Sc. Paul, Feb. 24.-A sensation was
created at todsy's session OF the Ma
tional Creamery Butter Makers' Asso-
citation. when w. D. Collyer. Of Chi.
cago, ONE Of the judges Of the buttar
exhibit. lodged . formal complaint
with the executive committee charging
. Sc. Paul butter maker with Offering
him . $500 brlbs. The executive COM
mittse Immediately went into sxecu-
tive ssesion. and began the sxamina-
tion Of Witnesses.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28
Denial BY II. G. Otis.

Washington. Feb. 22.-Statements
having been published that General
Harrison Gray Otis was seeking the
office of pension commissioners, Gen.
eral Otis tonight authorized denial OF
the publications, saying that they
were without shadow of foundation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28
Bills Passed.

The senate Tuesday passed the fol.
lowing: senate bill l63, to compel
dealers in seeds to plainly label them,
and to stamp on the label the year in
which they were grown; senate bill
20, fixing 10 hours a day as the legal
workingd day for females employed in
any mercantile establishment, laundry
hotel or restaurant senate; bill 81,
making the horseshoers' examination
law applicable to cities of the first, SEQ
ond and third class, instead of only to
cities of the first class. az at present.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28

San Francisco. Feb. 24.-A cargo Of
5000 tons of general supplies for the
army in the Philippines was taken BY
the steamer Wyefeld which sailed
Yesterday for Manila direct. The
freight transport Saoma which carried
horses from this port for the German
army in China and was later purchased
BY the United Statee government for
the transport service. left NaRasaki.
February l8 for this port. The trans
port Bufford, with returning volunteers
on board, left Nagasaki for San Fran
cisco on February 19.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28

johannesburg, Feb. 24.-The Beers
DESTROYED q culvert between Natal
Spruit and Kip river on the railroad
lust south of here. at dawn today.
They captured q train load OF food
stuffs, and after taking all they could
conveniently carry. set fire to the rest
OF IL and disappeared over the veldt.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28

Seattle, Feb. 23.-The first mail
from Nome arrived In Seattle at an
eraly hour this morning. II consisted
of six pouches containing about 1000
letters. The latest left Nome on No
vember 23.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28

Kansas, City, Feb. 21.-While kneel.
ing at her fathers grave at Elmwood
cemetery today, Dora Dezell. 10 years
old, was assaulted BY q negro. She
fought her assailant desperately, the
two struggling for nearly half an hour.
The negro was finally frightened away
by the approach Of . white man.
when the man reached Miss Desell
she was in . dead faint. Tonight she
z IN : serious condition. The negro
escaped.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28
THE CUBAN CONSTITUTION.
Sisned by All the Delegates Except Csneros
the Anti.American.

Havana, Feb. 24.-The Cuban con-
stitution, first submitted by the central
committee to the convention at the
public session of January 27. was sign
ed today. The president and vice-pres-
ident signed first and then the dele
gates. Senior Cisneros created sem
sation by refusing to sign. Several
delegates endeavored to dissuade him
from his course. but he was immov-
able. As the delegates retired, Senior
Tamsyo remarked: "We. are all Gu
bans, Senor." and Senior Cisneros re-
Piled: "Yes, when the time comes to
fight the America ms, we will fight
them together"
Senior Capote, president of the con.
vention, will deliver the document to
General Wood tomorrow. A copy in
English will then be sent to Washing.
ton.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28

A clause In Oswsld Ottendorfer's
Will ban union employees from . share
in $50. 900 left the force Of the New
York Stats Zeitung.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Little Business Done

Inc senate did but little busines.
o"rng sne session except discuss the
reapportionment measure. No meet.
ing OF the senate was held this after.
noon.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28

Inc Taft commission code requires
ss. aO.eis IN the Philippines to own real
estate worth 500 pesos.
~ Ashea Waba, an actress, who attend
s. 'ne matinee at the Crescent the
ef' s IN New Orleans, was fined SIS
io.; 10, refusing to remove her hat, in yio-
'A''on OF the high hat law.
o. Inc choir of the Messiah Episcopal
Iauh uich In New York went on . strike
flirting. - 'A = "
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28

Policeman Arrests His Son for Theft.
A Philadelphia policeman recently
arrested his son on charge Of theft.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-02-28

Will L. Wood. travelling salesman
for Pittspurg, Kan. meat hrm, COM
mitted suicide in Parsons, Kan. ho-
tel. He was short in his account.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-31

present University Of Dublin narrowly
escaped being established on this spot
because, being so central in the island,
it was considered a convenient place
for students to assemble. With the
exception of the bishops palace, now
a private residence, and single cot
tage, the cathedral stands alone. War,
revolution tribal feuds, industrial stag
nation fire, famine and pestilence have
done their work with exceeding
thoroughness. Not even a vestige of
the former city can be traced. The
parish of Clonfert. although q Irish
miles in circumference, contains a
very small population. 1t is dotted
about with a few private houses and
"a number of cabins; yet the land is
good and the scenery is of great syl-
van beauty. There is, indeed. no
part of Ireland that is fairer to look
upon.
One of the curiosities of CIonfert is
the yew tree avenue, planted in the
form Of a cross. This is supposed.
! judging from the size of the trees. to
be many hundreds of years old. In
deed it was possibly the approach to
some heather temple which existed
on the spot long even before the time
Of St. Brendan. 1t presents at this
moment remarkably beautiful ap-
pearance, and is certainly a unique
spectacle.
The war has greatly interfered with
the collection of the funds still neces-
sary to complete the restoration.
1t certainly would be a pity that an
ancient historic cathedral, which has
been used as a place of worship for
1,343 years. should be allowed to de-
cay. Clonfert cathedral having been
founded in the year sos, existed as q
place of worship SO years before ST
Augustine landed in England and
thus dates before Canterbury cathe
dral, York minister, Winchester cathe
dral, Westminster abbey, Salisbury
cathedral or many of the ancient
cathedrals existing at the present Gay
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-31
How to Fiqht Student Duels.

DR.. w. M. T. Seifert, student OF
the Breslau, Marburg and Kiel univer-
sites of Germany, and principal in
nine duels, talks in Denver at length
about the German universities in gen
eral and dueling in particular. Six
deep scars across his left cheek are
souvenirs of his college life and duel
ing escapades.
4 have been in nine duels," he said,
fighting in each case for the honor OF
the club of which / was a member. 1t
was in the second duel that l received
this scar" said he, indicating partic-
uIarly deep scar with his finger, "but
[ fixed my opponent in that duel 'hors
de combat by chopping piece out Of
his skull with my rapier. When we
chip a piece out of mans skull we
always save it as a souvenir, and If it
is large enough we have it set in a
silver case and wear it as a watch
charm. Duels are frequently fought.
in spite of the opposition of civil and
university authorities, by the members
of rival clubs and it is not an unusual
thing to find members who have been
in as many as fifteen dueIs. Of
course deaths sometimes result, ana
then the offending parties are shut up
in a fortress for several months.
During one duel that | attended
one of the contestants slipped in
pool and fell forward onto the point
of his opponents rapier, causing his
instant death. His opponent i'm
mediately gave himself up to the
authorities and, by expressing great
sorrow for his deed, escaped with
few months imprisonment The duels
are fought for the purpose of accHs-
toming the men to face death for the
sake of a principle or an idea, and also
to develop their will power If a man
is unable to protect himself and sees
his opponents rapier coming for his
face, he is not allowed to dodge bat
must stand still and receive the
wound or else defend himself with HIS
rapier He is somewhat protected by
iron spectacles over his eyes and By
silk around the throat, right arm and
over the heart.
"Dueling contests are not the only
form of amusement, however, as our
beer duels' are almost as interesting
and less dangerous. These are con-
Quoted by one of the officers of the
club. One, two, three says he, bring
ing his rapier down on the table; the
beer duelists then see who can drain
half-quart of beer the quickest, and
the one who is defeated is called Bier
Junge' for the rest of the evening"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-31

the oldest commercial schools in the
country, has found 1t expedient TO es-
tablish a department for training ad.
vertiSement writer's.
Autom obiles have become very
scarce in the city proper of London in
consequence of the application of an
old ordinace forbidding self-propelled
miles an hour.
A majority of the manuscripts re-
ceiyed by the Harpers in competition
for place in the series of Il monthly
novels of American life were by wo-
men, though all but two of the II
chosen were by men.
Recent dispatches give the outline
OF a new system of suburban railways
between Chicago and st. Louis. utiliz-
ing various stretches of road already
built and filling in the gaps until the
whole district is covered
The governor of North Carolina
has decreed that all petitions for the
pardon of conYicts must first be ad.
vertised for some length of time il
the newspapers of the locality where
! the offender lived or where the crime
was committed
The British people are giving an IN.
usual amount of attention to the sub
! ject of reducing intemperance. Not
only is the matter discussed in re-
ligious circles but reform legislation
respecting it has become a question
in national politics.
The will Of Susan Virginia Field,
widow of Associate Justice Stephen ).
Field. provides for the transfer to the
United States government of the large
mansion and grounds facing the CAPT
ton on First street southeast, in the
block to. the north of the library OF
congress, on condition that the United
States shall acquire the rest of the
block as a site for a building for the
Isupreme court.
A woman preacher in Indiana says
"Czolgosz should be secluded from his
fellOw-countrymen and be put under a
long and most rigid system of intel.
lectual and moral discipline; subjected
to such duties and such training as
would tend to normal manhood, and all
this should be done in the spirit OF
meekness. Every kind of death pen
atty is a relic of barbarism, is IN
necessary, and should be condemned
by every good citizen"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-31
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

A. Pigg is proprietor of a hotel in
Topeka.
Point Barrow, Alaska, is to have a
postoffice, and will get it's mails once d
year.
At all seasons of the year o'clock
in the morning is the coolest hour of
the day.
Ireland claims the distinction of
having had the first electric railway in
the United Kingdom.
The Columbus (O.) Evening Press is
to remodel Presbyterian church into
a new home for itself.
The common council of Grinnell Ia,
has decreed that no man shall treat"
another in that city
Harrisburg, Pa, is at work to secure
a suitable memorial for John Harris,
the founder of the city
Over one-third Of the manufactured
goods which are made in France are
the products of female labor.
With the early penmakers the prob
lem of a point was the most serious,
and long time elapsed before it was
definitely solved.
Seventy-seven tribes are represented
in the LOOT pupils in the Indian train
ing school at Carlisle, Pa, the Senecas
leading in number
The will of W. H. H. Smits, the first
engineer who ran an engine on the |
New York Central, disposes of an es-
tate of more than 100000.
The new Anchor line steamer Gala |
leria, on its last arrival at New York, |
had on board $4,000 boxes of Maca-
roma, a record breaking cargo Of this
food.
Vesselmen complain of the condi- |
ton of Niagara river and the Tona- |
wanda harbor, and congress will |
probably be asked for an appropriation
to dredge them.
PIERCE school, Philadelphia, one of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-31
South Africa.

Winston Churchill in a speech at
Leicester denounced the government s
conduct of the war in south Africa
which he characterized as a bIunder.
General Butler was relieved of his
command and place on half pay
General French was appointed to
succeed him as commander of the
first army corps.
A force of Canadian scouts surpris-
ed boer lager near Balmoral. The
beers fed after a short fight. The
Canadians had two killed and an
officer and two men wounded.
Mr.. Kruger has received a report
from Mr.. Schalk-Burger that the
greater part of Cape Colony is in open
rebellion, and that the beers have
armed $4,000 Afrikanders within the
last three months.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-31
FROM HICKORY MIssoURIAN.


'POssum!
And sweet p'tater!
Walnut taken on subscription.
But no last years walnuts-mind
that.
Squire Underwood has got the la
grippe again.
Clayt Honeysuckle. Same old storJ
Drunk. Two dollars and costs.
You don't want to forget that first
class Porto Rico molasses at Scallen-
berger's.
Miss Birdie Thistlewood, the belle
of Hawville, is visiting our wife. Miss
Birdie is beaut.
Uncle Hank Bradshaw brought us a
pair of Siamese twin peaches the other
day. Uncle Hank knows where to
take his curiousities.
Mort GuthriGge, Jim Eckroyd, Arth
Loomis, Rod Bunker, and Jeff Chit
wood went to the campmeeting in the
Turtle Ford neighborhood last Sunday.
We can't see any change in them.
Yves Davis drove into town Iast
night and his team ran away With him.
Yves was a good deal bunged up and
one ear was nearly torn off. Everybody
says the horses were scared at Uncle
Hold Arkwright's hat. The animals
had never seen him in new one be-
fore.
Willis Hopperdyke and Morg Petit
bone got into an argument in Lige
Adkinsons barber shop the other even
ing, each one claiming to be next
Lige didn't want to have no fuss, and
he told them to settle it between them
selves. One word brought on another,
and finally Morg made a pass at Willis,
him on the cheek. Willis
came back at him, landing hard on
the lower lip. Then Lige said he
couldn't shave either of them with
their faces in that condition, and he
put them both out of his shop. The
boys have asked us not to say any
thing about their little scrap, but that
amt the kind of a paper we're run
ming. If you object to seeing your
name sin the Missourian, young chaps,
behave yourselves. If you don't
well tell on you every time, by gin
ger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-31
LULLABY.

When the somber night is dumb,
flushed the loud chrysanthemum,
Sister, sleep!
Sleep, the lissom lily saith,
Sleep, the poplar whispereth,
Soft and deep
Filmy floats the wild woodbine,
Jonquil, jacinth, jessamine,
Float and flow.
Sleeps the water wild and wan,
AS in far-off Toltecan,
Mexico.
See, upon the sundial,,
Waves the midnight's misty pail,
Waves and wakes.
AS, in tropic Timbuctoo,
Water beasts go FLASHING through
Lilied lakes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-31
SLUMBER TOWN.

When night looks down On the wake
full earth,
With plying, starry eyes,
She sees it wearied by toll and mirth,
And troubled with tears and signs;
So HUSH" she murmurs, "tis dream
ing tide,
On, reck not Of fortunes frown,"
And gently, gently she sunders wide
The portals Of Slumber Town
1t lies in shadowland strange and vast,
This city that all may find,
There lips long wooed may be won at
last,
And pitiless eyes grow kind;
The poor may chance on a dow'r OF
gold,
The vanquished laurel crown,
And voices, hushed in aforetimes old,
Re-echo in Slumber Town.
Boston Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-31

praiser Of the port CT New York.
Lieutenant Colonel c. H Whipple
was assigned to duty in Manila as
chief paymaster in the Philippines.
Several small bands of insurgents
are trying TO concentrate in central
Luzon, the result of General Ma.vers'
efforts at recruiting.
General Chaffee in a letter to a
friend declared it would be necessary
to keep a large force in the Philippines
for twenty-five years. He thinks Tai:
may resign.
The war department officials will
increase the force in the Philippines
if necessary to uphold the ciyi
authorities Of the islands. Gov. Taf
is to be given all the help he wants.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-31
Foreign.

Plague is raging in Fuchau, China.
A Paris dispatch states that the Gre
tan question is to be reopened.
The duke of Hamilton will wed Miss
Nina Poore, an English beauty.
Lord Kroner and Lady Katherine
Thyme were married in London.
The pan-American congress began
it's sessions in the City of Mexico.
Santos-Dumont may attempt to cross
the Atlantic in an airship in 1902.
A statue to Gladstone was unveiled
at Manchester, John Morley making
the address.
Lady Randolph Churchill's sumptu-
Gus quarterly, the Anglo-Saxon Re
view, ceases with the current issue.
Colombia insurgents were defeated
by government troops in a battle near
Bogota. One hundred rebels were
killed.
Patrick McHugh, an Irish member
of parliament, was released from Kill
mainham Jail and given a popular re-
ception.
John Redmond was given an en-
thusiastic farewell at Cork before his
departure for America on a mission
for Ireland.
Gen. A. w. Greedy, chief Of the
United States signal service, arrived
in London on his way home from the
Philippines.
The German Industrial Union met
in Berlin and took steps to consider
the formation of an anti-American
customs union.
Bishop Sbaretti was appointed by
the pope delegate extraordinary to the
Philippines to settle the church prop
erty question there.
A British iron and steel combina
ton, with a capital of 100000, 900 lis
being formed to stop the invasion OF
British territory by American manu-
| facturers.
/ Macedonian offers to mediate with
Miss Stones kidnappers are taken as
confirmation of the theory that the
Macedonian committee instigated hel
abduction.
The bishop of Nova Scotia de
clared in the Halifax church the duke
of York was expected to attend thai
the belief in the divine right of kings
is dead-and I thank God for it,
The British cruiser Pylades reports
that she has annexed Ocean island
west of the Gilbert islands. The isl
and, which has hitherto been a British
protectOrate, is rich in phosphates.
The Russian minister of the interior
has officially proclaimed famine con
ditions in five more districts il
Samara province-Samara district
| Bogoulminsk, Navonusssensk Nico
laevesk and Stavropol
A young Philadelphia and a baro1
who is well known on the French turf
fought fuel with swords in Paris a
the Pare des Princes. Both are adep
fencers. The American was pricket
on the right hand and the baron!
cheek was scratched. The doctor.
stopped the duel. The quarrel arosc
from the Americans outspoken admir-
alton of young actress the baror
was escOrting to race course.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-31
A Vanished City.

A Vanished City.
There is now no city of Clonfert;
there is not even a village. In ancient
times a city did exist, and was eel
ebrated as seat of learning. The