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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
NEWS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
Comprehensive Review Of the important
Happenings of the Past Week Presented
in Condensed Form Which Is Most
Likely to Prove Of Interest to Our Many
Readers

The Iowa legislature is in session. W.
/. Eaton, of Usage, was elected speaker
Of the house.
Tom Horn, the noted scout and Indian
fighter, is in Jail at Cheyenne, Wyo., on
charge OF murder.
One of the professors of anatomy al
Ann Arbor has discovered that the soul
is located in the spinal column.
The president has decided on the
nomination of George w. Biber as re.
ceiver of the land Office at Oregon CITY
Ore.
According to La Presse, the battleshir
Eassena is outfitting at Brest to take
President Loubet to st. Petersburg to
return the visit of the Russian car to
France.
King Oscar and the Swedish govern.
ment have decided to present a bill to
parliament permitting Iceland 10 have
an independent ministry with head.
quarters at Reikiavik, its capital.
thas been decided to present Admiral
Schley handsome gold and silver low.
ing cup on the occasion of his visit to
Knoxville, Tenn.
At Yokohoma a report has been re-
ceived from Seoul, Corea, to the effect
that Russia, without awaiting Koere's
permission, has pushed it's telegraph
line across the Toomen river into Korean
territory.
The Euclid Avenne Trust and Savings
Company, of Cleveland, o., has assigned.
1t is stated that improvements to be
made on the Baltimore & Ohio system
during the year will cost at least $780,
100000.
New York, Chicago and Boston capital
lists, including J. Z. Morgan, have pur-
chased controlling interest in the Sow
eregn Bank of Canada; capital, 81 ,0OO,-
600. 6
Pending an investigation which is now
being instituted, Gen. Wood has sus-
pended Miguel Gener, the mayor Of
Havana. Twenty-three councilmen OF
Havana have petitioned Gen. Wood to
remove the mayor.
Fire Monday morning destroyed row
OF wooden business buildings at La
Grande, Ore. Loss abont $14 900 insur.
ance about half that sum.
George Norris, editor of the Nanaimo,
B. c., Free Fress, probably the Oldest
active newspaper man in British Colum-
bia, died Monday afternoon, OF conges-
ton OF the lungs.
Private kilograms from Warsaw an
nounce the death of Jean de Bloch,
counsellor of state of Russia, political
economist and railroad expert.
bill granting Mrs. Mckinley frank
ing privileges for all her correspondence
has been favorably reported in the house
Similar privileges were bestowed on Mrs
Tyler, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Grant, Mrs
Hayes, Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. Logan.
News of the wrecking of the fishing
schooner Ajax at Welcome pass and OF
the drowning of one of the owners
named Henry Olson, has been brought
to Victoria by the steamer Native.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
WILL PROSECUTE STEWART.
He viii Have to Show Cause Why His License
Should Not be Revoked.

Tacoma, Jan. 10.-The state medicai
board, which has just concluded its semi
annual meeting in this city, has decided
To prosecute DR.. j G. Stewart, OF Seattle,
and will summon him to show cause
WHY his license should not be revoked.
DR.. Stewart has 10 daysin which TO pre-,
pare his defense. The summons VIII
recite several charges in connection with
the transaction by which DR.. o. v. Law
son. Of Seattle, paid $500 in cash and an
I. o. u. for 500, in the belief that ne
would obtain written answers 10 tne
questions propounded to the class OF aP-
plicants for medical licenses.
James F. Braid, advertising manager
of the Seattle Times, appeared before
the board and made complete COMES
sion of his connection with the swinaie.
He confesses complete ignorance OF tne !,
identify of the unknown "Dr. wilson,
the burden of his statement casting the
blame almost entirely on Dr.. Stewart.
A special session OF the state meoical
hoard has been called to meet in Seattle
February IL, to hear and decide the case
of DR.. Stewart.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
TAKING TEs rIMoNY.
Investigation Of the WalIa Walla Disaster Be-
gins At San Francisco.

Investigation Of the WalIa Walla Disaster Be.
gins At San Francisco.
San Francisco, Jan. 10.-The govern
ment investigation of the loss OF the
steamer Walla Walla began yesterday
before local inspectors.
Capt. Benoist and Mate 1gnace, Of the
bark Max, stated that the weather at the
time of the wreck was hazy, but not
cloudy, and that the Walla Walla did
not change her course from the time she
was first sighted, four miles away, until
the collision.
The also testified that the lights on the
Max were burning brightly before and
after the collision. She drifted out OF
sight of the WaIla Walla Is minutes after
the collision. The crew of the Max did
not lower boats because they were busy
saving their own vessel and besides they
did not think the damage to the Wa!la
Walla serious. They did not know the
vessel sank un.il three days later.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
GREATEST GAMES EVER.
And Chicago Will Also Have the Greatest
Stadium in the Worlds History.

Chicago, JAN ia stadium which
will seat $1,000 people and excel any
other building ever erected for similar
purpose, is outlined in set of prelimi-
nary plans Just placed in the hands OF
Mr.. Harry J. Furber, Jr., president oi
the Olympian Games Association. The
structure, it is asserted, will house the
Olympian games to be held in Chicago
in 1904. The building will cover approx
imately IL acres, the arena being 800
feet long and 100 feet wide. The stadium
at Athens, where the Olympian games
were held in 1896, was but $40 feet long
and 100 feet wide. The stadium at
Athens seated betweed 45, 900 and so, 900
persons. A striking novelty in the way
of roof is provided for. The area over
the seats will be rooted in the usual way,
but the arena will be protected by roof
or left without one, with almost the ease
with which an umbrella can be opened.
The roof of the arena will consist of a
series of waterproof curtains arranged
on rolls, operated by electric motors.
The Olympian games of 1904, it is pre-
dicted, will be greater than any ever
held before at any period in history.
Athletics have advanced with the arts
and sciences. and where the ancient
Greeks had but few tests of strength and
endurance, there are now scores. The
ancient sports will be reproduced in
Chicago, but the modern games of all
nations will doubtless attract greater at
tention. There will be the old Greek
races and wrestling and the Egyptian
chariot racing, but also the modern fenc-
ing, boxing, wild cowboy racing-every-
thing in fact, except medieval jousting.
The athletic end of The games will be
under the direction of William Hale
Thompson and A. G. Spalding. The
formers duties will be the rounding up
of every sort of sport on the globe, and
Mr.. Spalding is to select the contests
which are to make up the program for
the month. Mr.. Thompson already has
men at work in Europe and Asia, as
we'll as in America, looking for the best
available athletic material.
President Furber feels assured that
the program at Chicago will be better
than that at Athens in 1896, or at Paris
in 1900, and with a view of adding
features not seen at Athens or Paris, it
has been decided to keep the stadium
open for month instead of Is days, as
was at first planned.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
WASHINGTON NEWS.
what Being Done BY the People Of Ou.
Growing and Prosperous State,

Seattle will soon have two automobil.
mail wagons.
M. T. Harrisohn has been appointed
postmaster at Spokane.
There is now on deposit in Whitman
county banks nearly 1000, 900.
The California Redwood Pine Com
pany will locate plant at Seattle.
The Pacific Coast Company will erec,
large building for its own use in Seattle
Matt Stanley, the noted catcher. will
play with the Seattle ball team the com.
ing season.
The North American Transportation
and Trading Company will spend half q
million In improvements at Seattle.
The financial report of the Walla
Walla fruit fair, held last September
side. )
to II.
A new X. P. lodge has been instituted
at Bremerton.
Seattle postofice receipts for the past
year were $228 ,437, an increase of $41,.
676 over the previous year.
The Seattle poultry show was decid.
ed success.
The transport Dix, from Manila, is
now at Seattle.
West Johnson, of Seattle, learned how
the old freight bill swindle is worked.
1t cost him $50.
Mrs. Susan Hunter Hancock, one of
the early settlers of Washington terri
tory, died at her home in Seattle, Thurs
day, at the age of 7S years. She came to
Washington in 1851.
While boring an artesian well at the
Great Northern yards at Everett, gas
was struck, a strong flow at first, which
still continues with less force. An at
tempt will be made to develop the we'll
as gas proposition. 5
The transport Manila will soon be sent
to the Puget Sound dry dock for repairs.
While David Hagee was crossing the
track in the Great Northern yards at
Skykomish he was struck by 4 yard en-
gine and severely injured internally,
and also had several ribs broken.
One thousand one hundred and forty
persons were arrested by the Walla
Walla police in 1901, and cash fines
averaging dollar each were collected.
AS the population of the city is about
10000, nearly one-ninth of the popula-
tion registered at the city hall in twelve
months. A
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
Won BUELOW'S SPEECH.
Reference to Chamberlain Causes . Great Stir
In the British Metropolis.


In the British Metropolis.
London, Jan. 10.-The stinging rebuke
administered to Mr.. Chamberlain, the
British colonial secretary, by Chancellor
Won Buelow, in the reichstag at Berlin
yesterday, for the references in Mr..
Chamberlain's speech at Edinburgh,
October 25 last, to the conduct of the
German army in the war with France,
1901, has caused intense and wide
spread irritation here and has markedly
increased the bitterness of the Anglo
German discord. The st. James Gazette,
which calls Count Won BuelOw "a swag-
gering Pharisse," says:
"His offensive speech has brought the
growing irritation between the two coun-
tries into a dangerous sphere and the
kaiser's telegram OF six years ago was
not more disastrous to mutual good relar
tions than this. 1t is an affront to q
British statesman who is trusted by the
country and through him to the country
itself. Our attitude of easy tolerance is
no longer compatible with our dignity as
q nation. Even if Won Buelow had been
the head of republican ministry de-
pendent for its life on tickle popular
opinion, there would have been little ex.
cuse for his gross perversion of facts and
breach of international comfy"
The st. James Gazette concludes with
the expression of belief that "the Phari-
saical impertinence of the German press
is profoundly distasteful to the kaiser,
who is manfully striving to stem the tor.
rent which is bearing his empire toward
the Niagara of disaster" and warns Ger
many that "both eastward and westward
of her there is menace which holds hei
armed to the teeth in sleeping vigilance
and when the expected catastrophe in
Southeastern Europe leaves her alone
between the upper and the neither mill.
stones she may bitterly regret the loss OF
the good will of this country which she
is now flinging away with both hands. !"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
Funston on Sick Leave.

San Francisco, Jan. 10.-Brig. Gen.
Funston has arrived here from Manila
on the transport Warren. Gen. Funs-
ton comes home on sick leave. While
his condition has much improved since
leaving Manila, he has not entirely re-
covered. On arrival here Gen. Funston
immediately went to Oakland TO greet
his family. He stated that he would re-
main here about two weeks, and then
visit his old home and friends in Kansas
for few days, after which he would go
TO Washington on important business,
the nature Of which he would not divulge.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
EXTEND RAILROAD.
Columbia Southern to Build From Shaniko 10
Bend, Oregon.

Portland, Ore, Jan. 1.-THE most
definite move toward the long-looked-
for extension of the Columbia Southern
railroad southwark into Eastern Oregon
was made Thursday, when E. E Lyttle,
May Enright and E. B. Deyeo fled arti-
cles of incorporation of the Columbia
Southern Railway Extension Company.
The object announced is to build an ex-
tension OF the Columbia Southern rail-
way from Shaniko to Bend, a distance
of about 100 miles, with branches to Ash
wood and Prineville. The amount of
the capital stock authorized is 81 .0OO, 900.
The extension will consist of line from
the present terminus of the Columbia
Southern at Shaniko in general south
ern direction, crossing Trout creek and
Crooked river, to point on the Des-
chutes river at or near Bend postoffice
in Crook county,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
RELEASE NOT YET ARRANGED.
Negotiations With Miss Stones Captors are
Still Hanging Fire.

London, Jan. 13.-The Constantinople
correspondent of the Daily Mail, wiring
January IL, says that negotiations for
the release of the American captive,
Miss Stone, and her com panion, Nine.
Isllka, have not yet been opened with
the brigands.
M. Gargiuli, the dragoman of the
American legation, and w. W.. Peet,
treasurer of the missionary society in
Constantinople (who have left the Sal
onlka for the interior to meet Miss
stones captors), have been instructed,
according to the correspondent, to
negotiate only with persons bringing
letters from Miss Stone, without which
1t would be impossible to be certain that
the prisoners were still alive.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
SEATTLE DEPOT
NOW REASON TO BELIEVE THAT
SOMETHING WILL BE DONE
In the Line Of Proper Terminal facilitiss-
Judge Burke Changes His Plans and
Returns to Seattle in Place Of Going on
European Trip-An Overhead viaduet
From Interbay.

Seattle, Jan. IA special from st
Paul to the Times says:
"Most gratifying news for Seattle haI
leaked out here owing to the fact tha
Hon. Thomas Burke, general counsel fol
the Great Northern Railway Company
in Washington, has cancelled his Euro
pean trip which involved half dozer
nations on the other side of the Atlantic
and to consume period of six months
time.
"While nothing definite could be oh.
tanned from Mr.. Hill direct, it was
learned through one of his confidential
advisers that Mr.. Hill has been studying
the situation in Seattle since settling the
great fight which he had on hand last
year with the Hartman interests, and
as evolved a scheme of gigantic proper
tons in behalf of the union depot prop
Osition and the railway terminals at this
point.
"While the new plan does not alter
materially the general plan outlined
heretofore published touching the new
union depot and the great railway term.
inals, it does add to the situation most
materially not only in the line of addi-
tional facilities but most extraordinarily
in the line of expense.
Most important Of All.
81 CHANGED to meet Judge Burke and
made an effort to obtain some informa-
ton from him, but while the Judge was
chary of what he said, he did not hesitate
to admit the outlines of the new scheme
and to say that it was 80 important that
he would cancel his European trip and
be back in Seattle by about the Goth of
January in order to help push the same
to cOnsummatiOn.
"Judge Burke admitted also that
nothing 80 important has ever happened
to Seattle since the Great Northern
Railway Company first entered the city
as this new scheme of MIR. Hill will
prove to be-
''Just how the new scheme handles
freight on the Great Northern between
Everett and the freight location in the
southern part of your city has not been
made plain-but apparently there is to
be new line built so as to care for the
immense freight which will be stored at
Everett as against the arrival and de-
parture of MIR. Hills great steamers now
promised to be in commission not later
than October next.
"This will probably occur by the build
ing of an inland route striking Interbay
at the proper point and then from that
point to South Seattle the chances are
that it will be an overhead viaduct.
There are those who freely say that it
will cost IS. .OOO, 900 instead of 81 SOC, ,0O0."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
NEED MORE MONEY.


British Parliament May Consider Q Small
Tariff on Imports. t..
London, Jan. 1.-THE approach OF the
reassembling of parliament and the ne
cessity Of meeting difficult financial sit
uation is bringing out much discussion ~
to the means Of recasting the system OF
taxation.
The Daily Telegraph, In its issue of
Friday, suggests the possibility OF small
tax on all imports. -
The Times, commenting on letters
contributed to its pages by the statisti-
clan, Sir Robert Giffen, who advocated
the replacing of the heavy income tax
by q system of increased Indirect taxa
ton and who estimates the ecoming deficit
at ElO, 900 900, expresses approval OF Sir
Roberts ideas and thinks that increased
taxes upon tea and sugar might be i'm
posed, with the restoration OF the shill.
ing duty on corn, and this latter might
even be doubled. The Times also sug
gests q tax of one penny q gallon on
petroleum and Of one shilling per load
ON timber.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
HEAVY LAND SALES.
Spokane Capitalists Buying Large Tracts in
Whitman County.

Colfax, Jan. IA heavy sale of farm
lands was made Saturday by J. A. Per
kins, agent for the land department of
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com
pany, who sold to d. I. Ham and G. L..
Hoffman, capitalists Of Spokane, 2,4OO
acres of unimproved lands near Endicott,
for an average of $500 per acre. The
land will be improved, and rented.
Messrs. Ham and Hoffman bought $500
acres of land in Whitman county Satur-
day for an aggregate consideration of
$32, 800. The land was bought for spec
ulation, the buyers declaring the
price at which it can now be bought too
low and material advance in. prices
will occur before spring. They predict
the largest immigration ever known to
this country in the spring, and as there
is no land offered for rent the people
coming into the country will be COM
PEELED to buy if they wish to engage in
farming.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
THANKS 70 HILL.



Fargo, N. D., Jan. 1.-The features Of
the Tri-State Grain and, Cattle Growers
convention here yesterday were the ad-
dress of Mr.. Hill and the adoption Of
resolutions commencing President Hill
for his work on behalf of the Northwest.
The resolutions were adopted almost
unanimously by the convention prior to
the arrival of Mr.. Hill. An attempt was
made to have these particular resolutions
stricken out, but the attempt failed, and
the resolutions stand as the sense of the
convention. The resolutions adopted
are in part as follows:
ut is the sense OF this meeting there
fore, that in resisting attempts OF the
Union Pacific railroad and its allies on
the one hand, and the Canadian Pacific
and Its feeders on the other, to secure
control OF the Northern Pacific railroad
James Hill has performed a notable
public service and once more displayed
the far-sighted and business-like policy
that has characterized his long career as
the great developer of Northwestern re-
sources and the most watchful guardian
OF Northwest interests.
"Mr. Hill built great transconti-
mental railroad througha wilderness that
has grown through his efforts into the
richest empire on earth, and never asked
bonus or subsidy. He has connected
that railroad at one end with q fleet of
vessels that carry American products to
the Orient and bring back the Oriental
trade to the Northwest and to the whole
nation, and at the other end with ship
ping facilities by water to the Atlantic
seaboard all this, too, without a dollar
OF bonus or the semblance of a subsidy.
During all the years of railroad build.
ing there has been a regularly marked
reduction of freight tariffs, according as
the volume of traffic increase warranted
1t, and uniform disposition to make
temporary sacrifice for the permanent
of the country. In view
OF this record, and in recognition OF the
and upright course of James
j. Hill in his dealings with the farmers
Of the Northwest, we congratulate the
country on his success in preventing the
absorption of the Northern Pacific bv
Union Pacific interests on the one hand
and Canadian Pacific on the other,
and express our confidence in the pur-
pose and ability of Mr.. Hill to give to
the states of Minnesota and North and
South Dakota the best and cheapest
facilities to be had by the
people of any section of the nation"
At the afternoon session Mr.. Hill made
\ speech in which the railroad merger
was discussed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
DISCUSS RATE REDUCTION.
Officials Of Northwestern Roads in Confer
ence at s.. Paul.

st. Paul, Jan. 14.-Representatives of
many OF the Northwestern roads are con-
ferring in the general Offices of the Great
Northern over the rate reductions pro-
posed by the Great Northern and the
Northern Pacific. The lines represented
include the 500, St. Louis, Northwestern,
Milwaukee, Cedar Rapids and Burling-
with explanation of the proposed
changes by representatives of the Great
Northern. The conferences will continue
until Wednesday. Following the session
none of the traffic men in the conference
was willing to give an opinion or any in
formation on the proposed changes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
CUBA TO CUBANS.
United States Protectorate win End After the
24th OF March.

Havana, Jan. 1.-THE United States
protectorate over Cuba and government
control of the islands will cease on March
"a. 1t has been decided that on that
date the president-elect, Senior Palma,
will be sworn into Office and the installa-
tiOn of other Cuban officials will imme-
diately follow.
1t is expected that the United States
will at once remove the troops that have
been quartered at various places and
Cuban independence will then be left in
the hands of the citizens of this country.
Garrisons have already been withdrawn
from several posts and United States
troops are being concentrated at points
convenient for embarkation.
A general air of satisfaction ia preva-
lent, but there is a tendency among
many of the leading merchants to agitate
the question of annexation to the United
States for future consideration.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16
WANT THOSE TRANSPORTS.
Great Northern and Pacific Mail Interests Aftel
Government Boats.

Washington, Jan. 13.-If the report is
Urue that j. j. Hill is negotiating, or
about to negotiate, for the purchase of
army transports for use in connection
with his Northern railway interests, he
is certain to encounter competition from
other would-be buyers, in case congress
follows the advice of Secretary of War
Root by selling the transports. Tnforma-
ton was obtained that the Pacific Mail
Company is looking toward negotiations
of the same kind. Mr.. Hills reported
intention is accepted, of course, as pos
sessing the greatest significance for Seat
tie and the whole Puget sound region,
and in case he enters the field with the
other prospective bidders for transports,
the contest will incidentally be one be-
tween the commercial interests of San
Francisco and Seattle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-01-16

Rome, Ca, Jan. 14.-In a collision
which occurred between passenger and
a freight train on the Southern railway
at an early hour Sunday morning, near
Reeves station, 20 miles north of Rome,
Nine. Lillian Nordica, the singer, was
injured, her accompanied, E. Romaine
Simmons, sustained bruised hand, an
engineer was killed and three other en-
ployes of the road were injured