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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
MUNICIPAL CONTROL.
Signs Point to Ownership of Transit
Lines by London.

London, Nov. 3.-The dispute be-
tween Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Yerkes for
the privilege of providing rapid transit
for the city of London may prove the
spur which London has needed toward
municipal ownership. The county
council includes an overwhelming
majority of progressists who are sup
posed to stand for municipal ownership
and who have taken hesitating steps in
that direction, but the feeling excited
by the Morgan erkes episode has at last
aroused the county council to sense of
what it was elected Tor, and an impetus
has been given to movement for
municipal control of public utilities
which cannot fail to have important
results.
At time when Americans have been
so deeply agitated over the coal ques-
tion it may be of interest to mention
that the fourishing city of Bradford in
tends to ask parliament for permission
to conduct a municipal coal supply.
The debate over the question in the
Bradford county council was most in
tersesting. Those who advocated a
municipal coal supply argued that it
was time the community ceased to be
at the mercy of the coal owners.
There was no reason, they averred, why
the city should not buy coal, like any
other purchaser, and deliver direct
from the railway station to the domes-
tic consumer, the city employing its
own men. The argument that COM
bination of coal merchants might estab-
listh boycott against the city was
answered by the statement that the
coal carried the day and the spectacle
will be witnessed for the first time in
history of municipal corporation sup
plying the residents of the municipality
with coal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
LAWS FOR ALASKA
ROOSEVELT WRITES AFEw n,
AGRAPHS. AK
They Strongly Urge Extens;on
Land Laws to That Terri,ox.
and Will Be Incorporated :.
His Annual Message to Con
gress---Injustice is Recopn,,,

Washington, Oct. 80. Preside.
Roosevelt has written two or three
agraphs in the annual message wb;at
he will send to congress next Decemha.
which are Of greater Importance -
Alaska than any communication ON Nv
subject of this territory that has heon
written by any president. In tboan
paragraphs Mr.. Roosevelt urges con.
gress, in the strongest terms, and with
emphasis that leaves No doubt of HI.
earnestness on the subject, that tho
land laws of the United States he avs
tended in their fullness to Alaska Ia
urges that no other measure of leoislo'
tion at this time is SO greatly needed
for the development of our possessions
in the far North.
In setting forth his views on the sub.
ject the president takes the ground that
it is unfair to withhold the enactment
Of laws which, while costing the
government little, mean everything to
the development of comparatively m.
settled regions. Alaska, he believes
has been treated with scant considera.
tion in regard to the land laws, and he
agrees fully with the views of those
who have been declaring for years that
some parts of Alaska are as capable of
profitable settlement as were the
present states of Montana, Wyoming,
Idaho and Nevada.
The recommendation made by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and actually put in
writing by him, means that if congress
takes the action urged upon it Alaska
settlers will be enabled to take up and
secure full title to homesteads of 800
acres each, and that the anomalous
condition which has obtained in the
district ever since its purchase from
Russia will be abolished. President
Roosevelt said that he would continue
his active interest in Alaska needs, to
the end that legislation in line with
his pronounced views may be enacted
by congress at the earliest opportunity.
The activity of Canadians in Yukon
territory has greatly impressed the
president. This impression was en-
phasized by visit from United States
Consul Saylor, in Dawson, who told
him of the rapid adavnce of prosperity
on the Canadian side of the border,
under the fostering influence Of
generous laws enacted by parliament
and carefully administered by the
Dominion executive department.
President Roosevelt is unwilling that
Alaska shall continue to suffer any dis
advantage which just and reasonable
laws can remedy. Several other recon-
mendations besides those relating to
land laws will appear in his forth COM
ing message.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
Antitrust Decision.

Newark, Oct. :30.-Vice Chancellor
Emery, in the court of appeals, decided
in suit brought by Hodges against the
United States Steel Corporation, and
granted an order restraining. the pro-
posed bond issue. The Steel Trust
undertook to issue 5000, 900, 900 in
bonds, upon taking over the property
of other corporations valued at $50, 000.-
600. 1t is this bond issue which
Hodges, as stakeholder of the Steel
Corporation, has successfully enjoined.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
HOP BRANDS REMOVED.
False Marks Hurting American Hop
Trade in England.

London, Oct. American hop
dealers will further their own interests
in this country if they can put stop
to the impositions which it is alleged
some of,tneir number are now practic-
ing on their British customers. AS it
is, the entire trade is in danger of get
ting bad name here.
According to Adrian H. Stokes. sec
rotary of the Hop Trade association,
hops bearing false descriptions have
been coming from America in large
quantities of late. They have been
labeled as coming from district we'll
known for producing hops of high quail
itv, while they have actually been
grown in inferior soil. The date of the
growth appears to be also misrepresent-
ed, and the two sins put together
amount to felony in the estimation of
the association. Official marks show
ing the true origin OF the hops have
been removed in the course of transit
and the fictitious one substituted.
The discovery was not made before a
wideawake excise officer told large
firm of brewers that their beers were
degrees below the standard gravity, and
that he wanted an explanation before
he instituted prosecution which might
entail heavy damages. The brewers in
question have reputation which they
would not care. to sacrifice for money,
and they Immediately summoned all
the experts in the establishment to con-
fer with them, and after gallons upon
gallons of beer had been subjected to an
analysis the trouble was traced to the
hops. The Hop Trade Association has
now taken the matter in hand, and a
big reward will be offered for informa-
ton that will lead to the conviction of
any one found guilty of the practice of
removing the official marks referred to.
The New York chamber of commerce
will be also asked to cooperate with
the association in their effort to put a
stop to this practice, which, it is an
ticipated, would be very prevalent this
year in consequence of the failure of
the hop crop in England.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT.

The following prices are being offered
to the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots on the dock or in
the car at Seattle:
Grain-Oats, $2l 20 ton; barley, $21
ton; wheat, chicken feed, $22 ton
bran, SIS ton; shorts, SIG ton.
Hay-Puget Sound, 5000 ton;
eastern Washington, $l2.5 ton; alfalfa,
$3.50.
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch S7@39c.
Poultry-Live hens, 13c Id; old
ROSTERS, S@9e; ducks, 12H@13;
spring chickens. 16@17c; geese, S@1Oc
Live Stock-Choice beef cattle, COWS
SIC Id; steers4@4hc; sheep, SIC
hogs. nc; calves, 5@7c; spring lambs,
ohc.
Butter-Native creamery, SOC; east.
ern, 26c.
Cheese-Native, 12k@l3c; Califor'
MIA, 12@14c.
Northwestern Washington, clean
l3c; dirty, 10@1lc; Eastern Washing
ton, S@10c.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
TOUR OF MINES|
ARBITRATION COMMISSION HAS A
BUSY DAY.
Spent Eight Hours Investigating
Actual Workings in the Scranton
District 49, All Appeared Deeply
Interested, but Refused to Ex-
press Opinions.

Scranton. Pa. Oct. 31.-The seven
commissioners appointed by President
Roosevelt to adjust the differences ex-
listing between the anthracite mine
workers and their employees made a
tour of the mines of the extreme upper
coal fields, and saw every step taken in
the production of coal, from the time it
is blasted from the ground. hundreds of
feet below the surface, up to the point
where it is sent to market ready for the
use of the consumer.
The arbitrators had an interesting
day and returned to their hotel at 80
o'clock, grimy from coal dust and tired
after eight busy hours of observation
and investigation. The trip was nov
city to most of those in the commission,
some of whom had never been in the
hard coal regions.
The commissioners displayed the
greatest interest in every feature of the
coal mining and went about their work
in manner that was pleasing to be-
hold. The mining superintendent ac-
mpanied the commissioners. The
seven arbitrator had to endure many
discomforts, make their way through
wet places in the mines. almost crawl
along some of the gangways in the
workings, and pass through clouds OF
coal Dust in the breakers. Notwitb-
standing this their eagerness for infor-
nation was not diminished, and they
expect to put in another days hard
work in this vicinity.
1t would be unfair to say that one
commissioner displayed more interest
than another, but it can be truly said
that Bishop Spaulding asked more ques-
tions than any one of the others. He
was usually the center of group and
asked many questions of those who are
employed in and about the mines.
All the commissioners were good lis
teners, but poor takers when it came
down to getting an expression from
them on any feature of the mining
business. From their ACTIONS it is GER
tain they have agreed not to say any
thing as to what they think of the ques-
tion that will come before them. Sew
eral persons approached one or another
of the commissioners during the day
merely for the purpose of having him
say what he thought of something he
saw, and in each case the inquirer was
rebuffed.
Previous to going to the mines short
drive was taken through the town to
give the commissioners an opportunity
to view the homes of the mine workers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
WILD MINING RUSH.
Boise Is Stampeded by News OF
Discovery.

Boise, Idaho, Nov. ga wild MIN
ing stampede was caused in Boise oy
the word of the discovery of a big pooy
of marvelously rich ore ten miles eas'
of the city in the Black Hornet District
At midnight every livery team and sau-
die horse in tie city had departed ,ol
the scene of the discovery. The ieage
is seven feet wide and the value OF INC
ore obtained from it is estimated az
$4,000 a ton. j. V. Mehargue' Oh
Anaconda, who is operating four elaine
for a syndicate, found the new VEN
while digging trench. Meharguo
brought the first news to the city, cau''
ing the most intense excitement.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
FIRST DECISION.
Award of Commission Will Date
Back TO November I.

Scranton. Pa, Nov. 1.-The first i'm
portant action by the anthracite coal
strike commission, which is arbitrating
the differences existing between the
miners and their employers, was taken
when it was announced by Carroll d.
Wright, the recorder of the commission,
that if any award affecting the existing
rate of wages should be made the
award shall be effective from November
l. 1t was fully expected that this ques-
ton would come up before the arbitra-
tors. but the action of the commission
ers shut off any possible controversy
that either side may have desired to
raise. The miners wanted the new
scale, if one is made, to date from the
time they returned to work, but the
operators left the matter to be decided
by the commission. The mineworkers
are perfectly satisfied, however, with
the decision of the commission. The
strike has been off only one week, and
most of the men have not worked more
than four or five days. The announce
ment of the commission was contained
In the following resolution:
''Vote unanimous that if the COM
mission, at the conclusion of it's hear
ings and deliberation, make any award
affecting existing rates of wages, such
award shall take effect from November
/, 1902"
The commissioners spent the entire
day in continuing their inspection of
the mines and the mining region about
Scranton. They visited the Evansville
eolliery, operated jointly by the Dele
ware d Hudson and the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western companies, in
the forenoon and the afternoon was
spent in riding through the region on a
special trolley car. The commission
will spend Saturday in the vicinity OF
Wilkesbarre, returning here in the
evening.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
THIS TRUST FAILED.
Receiver for the American Electric
Supply Company.

New York, Nov. 1.-Frederick X.
Day, of Elizabeth, N. j.. has been ip'
pointed receiver OF the American Elec-
trio Supply Company, combination oil
plants and factories supplying nearly
everything needed for the complete
equipment of electric roads. The action
was taken at the instance of F. c. Ho'
lings. a creditor to the extent OF s2o,'
365. The increase in the price of raw
material, which made it impossible TO
deliver goods on long time contracts al
the prices at which the contracts were
taken, is said 20 be responsible for the
trusts failure, after brief career.
The company was incorporated last
June, under the laws of New jersey
with capital of 81, 100000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
Wealthy Alaskan Disappears.

Seattle, Nov. 4.-Friends OF JONI
Sich, wealthy mining man IRON
Alaska, are greatly worried over o N19
strange disappearance. With S4o'VS Se
in checks and money IN his person ~
left the Seattle hotel Saturday anu ne
not been seen since. Where ne VIZ
after he left the hotel is mys'ei..
E. W. soron reported the disappsS' a
ance to the police last night anu ;,od
search was instituted which has iai ;ss.
to reveal the whereabouts OF the it'' n
ing man. The police are inciineu .be
think lightly of the matter pu. oinI
friends of SIGH are continuing care
search for him.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
TO GENERATE POWER.
Big Plant to Be Established on Puy-
allup River.

Seattle, Nov. 3.-Another large water
power is to be developed for the pur-
pose of supplying Seattle, Tacoma and
other Puget Sound points with electric
power. The plant will be located on
the upper part of the Puyallup river, in
township II north, range 8 east, and
township u north, range 6 east, about
% miles from Tacoma and As miles
from Seattle. 1t will be owned and de-
veloped by the Pierce County Improve
ment Company, Washington corpora
ton recently formed for that purpose.
The corporation has acquired land
and water rights for about nine miles OF
the rivers length.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
German Exhibit at st. Louis.

Berlin, Nov. 3.-The German govern
ment has decided after long delay, to
make an adequate representation at ST..
Louis. Home Secretary Posadowsky,
within whose jurisdiction the business
comes. has shown recently a strong
official and personal interest in the fair.
The cabinet at his request has inserted,
it is understood, an item of $500, 900 in
the budget to defray the expenses of the
German exhibits at the fair.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
Tacoma Quotations.

Wheat-Bluestem, 74c; club, 800.
Oats-$22. 5O@24 ton.
Barley-Feed, whole grain, $3.50
ton; rolled, $23.50@24.
Hay-Timothy, east of mountains,
$14@l5 ton; clover, $1l.50@12; al
falfa, $l0@1l; wheat hay $l2@13.
Beans.-No. / small white, SIC;
large white, sac; Lima, 4Ac; Bayo,
$3.50; pink, sac.
Observation-Disclosures creamery, soc;
ranch, 24@25c.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, SEC; eastern csc.
Cattle-Steers, $4@$5.50 per cwt.
COWS, s3.75@$4.00.
Sheep-$S.00.
Hogs-s5.50@$6.25.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

The strike OF telephone llnemen ana
electricians at Seattle has been settled.
John Leary has given $12, 800 to
Trinity parish. Seattle to help complete
their new church in place of the one
recently destroyed by fire.
Three men were killed while engaged
in clearing out tunnel where cave-in
had occurred on the Chuckanut Creek
cutoff division of the Great Northern
railroad.
The Lumbermen's Exchange Build
ing now being erected at the corner of
Spring street and Second avenue, Seat
tie, is to have it's vestibule and hall
ways finished in white onyx from the
quarries located in Stevens county in
the eastern part OF the state.
Col. 1. H. Hathaway, chief quarter
master, and Col. Timothy +. Wilcox,
chief surgeon of the Department of the
Columbia, Z. S. A. has gone to Port
Townsend. They will visit the army
posts in that vicinity and look into the
question of securing an adequate water
supply for Fort Worden, Fort Flager
and Fort Casey.
The receipts of the local United
States assay Office at Seattle, for the
month of October are the largest of any
during the current year, $2,S07, zoo. 4S
having been deposited for assay during
the month. Attaches of the office pre-
diet that the month of November will
show an even larger gain. Four boats
are still to arrive.
school building at Satsop has been let.
Over SIS, 900 in fines were collected in
the Seattle municipal court during
October.
DR.. J. F. Bredenick committed sui
eide at Colfax by swallowing two
ounces OF carbolic acid.
Lewis L. Parrot died at Goldendale
Sunday. He was nearly "a years old
and was one of the earliest settlers of
the Kitatats valley.
The United States department of ag-
riculture has arranged to send a number
of oak trees to j. w. Patterson, the sup
erintendent of the University of Wash
ington grounds. The trees will be
planted both for the sake of identifying
the campus and to test the ability of
oaks to grow in this climate.
A delegation of 20 mining and bust
ness men of Valdes called on Judge
Wickersham at Tacoma, to urge the es-
tablishment of federal district court
at Valdes. Judge Wickersham prom
Used he would use every effort to have
the government approve of the project.
After the conference was over banquet
was rendered Judge Wickershnam by
his guests.
The Kent public schools reopened
Monday morning, after an interval of
one week caused by the burning of the
school building. Chucrhes and lodge
halls will be used for the grades, while
the high school will be given the use of
the entire town hall. g.
William II. Brewster, auditor of
Clarke county, is dead. He was i'll but
three days.
Gong Gee is now in Jail at Seattle on
the double charge of attempting to
smuggle in brother Chinaman and
about so pounds of opium on the gov
eminent vessel Gedney.
State Grain Commissioner Arrasmith
says that four-fifths of this years wheat
crop has already been sold. He states
that this is the earliest selling ever
known in the state of Washington.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
MAKES GREAT TINE.
Cresceus Clips Eleven ard Half
Seconds OF Worlds Record.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 3.-Creseus
was sent against the worlds two-mile
trottiHg record of :2S IA, held by
Onward Silver, and without apparent
effort completed the circuit twice with
out break, in ALI fiat, chipping IL
IA seconds off the former record. Both
the horse and Mr.. Ketcham, who drove
him.. received an ovation from the large
crowd present.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
Rival Cannery Combine.

Vancouver, B. c., Nov. 3.-All sal
mon canneries outside of the combine
recently formed and known as the
British Columbia Packers Association.
are being formed into separate rival
combine with the exception of two or
three English-owned canneries managed
by H. Bell Irving.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
Important Test Case.

Washington, ID. c., Nov. 4.-The
case of Opisso Ycaza, Filipino who
was refused citizenship on racial
grounds, will come up this week in the
supreme court of the District of Column
bia. The case is regarded as highly
important, because it involves the right
of the natives of the Philippine archi-
pelago to become American citizens.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-06
NEWS OF THE DAY
interesting Items from Various Parts OF Che
WorId-Resume Of the Less lmportaHa
fiappeninss Of the Past Week in Coz
densed Form.

Count Leo Tolstoi is again reported
seriously i'll.
Alfred f. Jessup, of New York, now
head of the testing laboratory in the
supervising architects office of the
treasury department, has accepted the
position of chief assayer of the Chinese
mint at Tientsin, China.
f. q. Weeks. president of the Aetna
Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn.,,
is dead.
Tie plant of the American Mailing
Company, Chicago, was damgaed $780,
600 by fire.
The king of Siam whose son is now
here, will,visit the United, States prob
ably in January.
The postoffice at Reedsburg, Wis,
was robbed of 81 600 in cash besides
registered letters and stamps.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Marion Jones, daughter of Senator John
T. Jones, of Nevada, to Robert Far
quhar, of Boston.
Burglars completely wrecked the safe
IN the postoffice at Steece, Ohio, and
secured over 81 200 in stamps, cash and
government bonds.
1t is now asserted that Mr.. Kruger
has abandoned his irreconcilable atti-
tude and intends to seek permission to
return to South Africa.
Arrangements are announced to have
been completed by cable for another
tour of the United States by Sir henry
Irving. 1t will begin in New York, in
October, 1908.
number of former Boer command
ants and British officers have offered
their services and those of 1000 men,
half of whom are British and half Boer
soldiers, for service in Somaliland.
Gold to the amount of 80, 900 pounds
has been withdrawn from the bank of
England for shipment to South Africa.
About 1000 shipyard joiners on the
northeast coast of England have struck
work as a protest against five per
cent. reduction in their wages.
The budget for the city of New York
for 1893 will be $97, 1913 005, a decrease
of 81 ,5OO,56 from the expenditures OF
1902.
Robbers wrecked the safe in the
bank of Buffalo county, $. d., but fed
without securing any money. 1t is
supposed they were alarmed by the ex-
plosion.
Robbers dynamited the safe in the
bank at Prairie City, Ia, and secured
$4,000,
The Castellanes will pay their debts
on the monthly payment plan, accord
ing to decision by New York court
in the noted Westheimer claim.
A feet of the biggest steamers on the
great lakes, whose total cost will exceed
$4,000, 900, is to be built for the
United States Steel Corporation through
the Pittsburg Steamship Company.
Victor Herbert, the musical COM
poser. has been given verdict against
the Musical Courier for $4,000, Tor
calling him musical pirate, without
originality.
A cable message from Manila says
that Philip Dinwbiddle, the we'll
known American correspondent, has
been appointed by the Philippine COM
mission as governor of Isabella
province, one of the largest and richest
in Luzon.
The United States court of appeals
has affirmed the decision of the circuit
court, that the Chicago board of trade
can control its quotations, and that no
one has the right to use them without
complying with the regulations of the
board regarding the distribution.