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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

Seattle defeated Everett in game at
the latter place Sunday by a score of
2 toe.
Emir Ali Adam Khel, called Amerali,
native of India, a soldier in the British
army during the war in China with the
Boxers and afterwards deserter, was
found drowned in Lake Washington near
the shore opposite North Point, Satur-
day. Indications point to murder.
A Colfax dispatch says Chief Saltese,
of the Occur d. Alene Indians, is dying
with pneumonia at his home in Desmet
mission, twelve miles east of Tekoa, on
the reservation. He is 80 years old.
He has been chief of the Couer d. Alenes
for forty years and has done much for
the uplifting of his tribe. 2
The Ferry Baker single mill at
Everett has started up, after having
shut down for repairs.
The threatened strike of all the build
ing trades of Spokane has been averted,
through the good offices of the carpenters
union, which effected a compromise be-
tween the journeymen and the master
plumbers.
A block of land on the hill overlooking
Spokane has been purchased by All
Saints Episcopal church, and will be
used for the erection of two handsome
new buildings for st. Stephens school
for boys, which is conducted under the
auspices of the church. 6
Four masked men entered the Great
Northern section house at Mead, about
10 miles north of Spokane, and held up
and robbed five Japanese. They secured
about $35, four silver watches and some
clothing.
The North American Fisheries Com
pany at Anacortes is receiving a consign-
ment of seventeen carloads of tin plate.
This is the first year that the company
will make its own cans. Latest improved
can-making machinery has recently been
installed.
A deed conveying the Seattle & North
ern railway and terminal lands at Ana
cortes 10 the Seattle & Montana Railway
Company, which is the Great Northern
coast line, has been placed on record
with the county auditor of Skagit county.
The consideration was 81 100000
Adolph Linick, of Chicago, in letter
to Hon. M. j. Corrigan, of Port Angeles,
states that according to the request of
Col. Coolican, who died in Chicago last
week, his body will be cremated and his
ashes brought to Port Angeles and scat
tered in the harbor of the city he loved
80 well in life. Arrangements are being
made to carry out his wishes with fitting
ceremony. 5
Renton has fixed saloon licenses for
the coming year at $500.
West Seattle has decided to incorpo-
rate as city of the fourth class.
The Seattle Electric Com pany has APP
piled for franchise for line through
the village of Renton to the new brick
yard.
BY an almost unanimous vote Golden
dale, Klickitat county, will change its
form of government from that of a city
to town of the fourth class.
Capt. Bell, of the United States secret
service, says that Seattle has been
flooded with counterfeit silver coin. 1t
is largely Canadian coin, or rather coin
bearing the Canadian stamp, and is of
all denominations from the half-dime
up. There is also q considerable guam
tity of counterfeit United States coin of
every denomination. 4
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
TOWAGE WORKERS.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF AIMED.
ICAN FEDERATION
Issues Proclamation Calling on All Citizen Work.
men to Organize For Resistance Of the En-.
eroachmentsof Capital on Liberty Of Our
Republican Institutions Unable Thus F.,
to Secure Adequate Protective Legislation.

Washington, April 22.-The executive
council of the American Federation of
Labor, before adjourning sine die, issued
the following proclamation
"To all the wage workers of America
"Greeting-The constant struggle in
which the wage earners of our country
are continually engaged for the attain.
ment of the rights and mitigation of the
wrongs they daily endure renders IT
irrespective of trade, nationality, locality.
sex, politics, color or religion. Hope for
Justice and right now and hereafter. a,
well as perpetuation of the liberty of our
republican institutions, lies in organized
labor.
individual effort of wage Garner in
this day of concentration of industry
and wealth is absurd as well as suicidal.
"Injunctions of fragrant, unjustifiable
and outrageous character are continually
issued and honest, law-abiding and faith.
full citizen wOrkmen are thrust into
prison from periods of one to nine
months.
Thus far we have been liable to per.
suade the congress of the United States
to enact law that shall protect rights
and liberty of people engaged in indus
trial pursuits and many, of course, have
interpreted this failure on the part of
congress to be warrant and authority
to extend the use, or, more properly
speaking, abuse of writs of injunction,
so that the scope of each writ still
further invades our constitutional guar
anteed rights. This impending and
growing danger, therefore, compels us
to appeal to workers and to all people of
our country, SO that the true feeling of
all may be expressed and registered so
that the public opinion of the people of
our common country may more definite.
ly impress itself upon the minds of our
national congress and state Legislatures"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
CONSIDERING TERMS.
Boer Leaders to Hold Conference-Three Weeks
Before Negotiations Can Be Resumed.

London, April 19.-The government
leader, A. J. Balfour, in the House of
Commons made the following statement ::
CATER two conferences between Lord
Miner, the British high commissioner
in South Africa, and Lord Kitchener
and the Boer delegates at Pretoria, Lord
Kitchener, while refusing to grant an
armistice on military grounds, has
agreed to give facilities for the election
and maintaining of representatives of
the various Boer commands to consider
the position. The Boer leaders have
therefore left Pretoria to carry out this
plan"
Mr.. Balfour added that it was not ex-
pected that communication between the
Boer leaders could be resumed in less
than three weeks.
Mr.. Balfour's statement made gener-
ally favorable impression.
Pretoria, April 2l.-Gen. De Wet has
gone to Hebron, Orange River Colony |;
Gen. Botha, the Transvaal commander
in-chief, has gone to Vryheld, Transvaal,
and Gen. Delarey, together with Mr..
Steyn, ex-president of the Orange Free
State, has gone to Klerksdorp, Trans
vaal. They have arranged to meet the
burghers at different rendezvous and SUBJ
nit the British terms. 1t is believed the
Transvaalers will everywhere accept the
terms, as they are in no way anxious for
winter campaign. The only difficulty
likely to occur will be, it is thought, with
the Orange Free Staters, many of whom
are expected to prove recalcitrant.
In the meantime there will be no ces-
sation of hostilities. The delegates are
expected back to Pretoria the middle of
May, and in anticipation of their return
they have given orders here for new
clothes, provisions, etc.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
Prince May Be Regent.

London, April 2l.-The Rotterdam
correspondent of the Daily Chronicle
says that he learns that the queen
mother will decline the regency because
she wishes to nurse her daughter, and
that the Netherlands government will
propose that Prince Henry become re-
gent for six months. 1t is now admitted
that Queen Wilhelmina has typhoid
fever in addition to other complications
and that her condition is such as to
cause grave anxiety.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
Goins to Thunder Mountain.

1.-THE Northern Pacific Railroad has
published a map of the Thunder Noun
tam country in Idaho, with good de-
scription of that great mining camp. also
complete information about reaching
Thunder Mountain by railroad and stage
routes. Also the cost of getting there.
This map will be mailed on application
TO A. ID. Charlton, Portland, Oregon, or
Chas. s. Fee, st. Paul, Mimi, or to any
agent of the Northern Pacific Railroad
COMPANY"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
Australians En- Route to Coronation.

Victoria, B. c., April l9.-The steamer
Moana of the Canadian Australian Line,
from Sydney, New Zealand and Homo
lulu, brought upwards of 200 passengers,
many of them distinguished Australians
on their way to London to attend the
coronation ceremonies. The other two
liners of the line will be crowded with
passengers. bound also to London, when
they arrive in the next month. The
steamers booked to San Francisco are
also carrying many passengers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
Spokane prohibitionist. Active.

Spokane. April 19.-The prohibition
lists of this county have declared their
intention of putting full ticket in the
field next fall, and have already begun
their campaign by organizing into what
is called the Spokane Prohibition ALI
ance. John g.. Woolley, candidate for
president on the Prohibition ticket, will
deliver lecture here May 10.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
Socialist Is Elected.

Milan, April 2l.-In the election held
here to fill a seat in the chamber of
deputies, Signor Turassi, the Socialist
candidate, was elected with 1883 votes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
Bad Blaze at Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 2l.-A de-
structive fire visited the southwestern
part of this city, leaving waste section
OF dwelling houses almost quarter OF
mile long and block wide, and doing
damage to the amount of $75, 1000. The
burned district is bounded by Twenty
fourth, Twenty-fifth and Jarboe streets.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24

Newburg, N. Y, April 2l.-Gov. Odeli
and small party have started on .
Southern and Western trip in the pm
vate car Convoy. The governor will be
gone five weeks and will visit Monterey,
San Francisco, Tacoma and Seattle, re-
turning on the Canadian Pacific.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
Heavy Rain in WalIa WaIIa Valley.

Walla Walla, April l9.-At midnight
rain had been falling constantly for FIVE
hours and the Walla Walla valley is
thoroughly drenched. The heaviest storm
OF the season has occurred, and great
benefit will result to grain and fruit. A
great deal of anxiety has been felt for
crops, which has now been 'allayed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
A Tug L.omhins.

New York, April 2l.-Plans are being
made to merge the various towing COM
panies doing business in New York har-
Dor into one company. Several lines are
said to have given options good until
May Is. The capital involved is 81, 0O0,-
600 and the feet of tugs controlled will
aggregate 500.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
Treadsold Surrenders 1000 Claims.

Dawson, Y. T., April 19.-Under the
terms of the receut order from Ottawa,
Treadgold will abandon 4, 1000 claims, and
he will get none that are allowed to lapse
hereafter. As consequence, all here
are elated and the gold Office is rushed
with men stampeding to the abandoned
claims, which are now open to entry.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24

Chicago, April 10 The business OF
the Chicago worlds fair corporation is
to.be wound up aud surplus of abou
$3.50, 600 divided among the sharehold
ers. This will amount to about As cents
share. The city Of Chicago will receive
1925 900 on its IS, OOO. 900 holding.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
Clarkson Nominated.

Washington, April 1S.-The president
has nominated James s. Clarkson to be
surveyor of customs of the port of New
York.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
WHERE SMALLPOX RACES.
Whole Villages in China Devastated by Epidemic
Diseases

Washington, April l9.-United States
Consul McWade, at Canton, has cabled
the state department as follows:
"Whole villages on the banks of
North river. in the vicinity of Echick-
wanfu are devasted by smallpox. Fat
shan is suffering from cholera and
plague"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-02-08
SURPRISING NEWS.

The practice of keeping things
out of the paper" makes it very diff
fcult for daily newspaper to do its
duty and give all the news. There
are interested parties ready to throw
themselves into the breach at every
important occurrence, and importune
the newspapers not to publish the
facts. There is hardly week in the
year when the newspapers of the city
are not called upon to suppress some
news item, and sometimes it happens
several times in a week. Men will
even ask and expect an item of news
to be suppressed when the entire COM
munity is already talking about it.
They will ask the editors and pub
fishers not to mention certain occur
renee when, as matter of fact, its
publication would harm no one.
If the paper declines to "leave
out'' the item the applicant becomes
very indignant if it yields, and con-
temporary later publishes the news it
never occurs to the gentleman that
he has injured the legitimate business
of newspaper, and he ought to apol-
ogize and do so no more. On the con-
trary, when local newspaper leaves
out' an item, which appears later
in an out-of-town journal, the very
men who ask for its suppression are
the first to say, "You must read such
and such papers to get the news"
Did it ever occur to the men who
request newspaper not to publish a
certain item that it would be Just as
reasonable to ask a merchant not to
make a certain sale? You are asking
the newspaper to omit its most at
tractive feature, and to become tedi-
Gus and perhaps tiresome, merely for
your benefit. Possibly you may have
business relations with the newspa-
per. That certainly gives you no
right to make exactions which amount
to the same thing as if some one de-
manded that you dispense with the
most desirable part of your business.
The newspapers get tired and sick
of being importuned to keep things
out. The reporters get discouraged,
the newspaper readers, hearing of
something which ought to have ap-
peared on time, make derogatory re-
marks at the apparent lack of enter
prise manifested by the journal that
has been worked and imposed upon.
In A nearby town, says an ex-
change, the women of a prominent
church advertised to give an ice cream
social and that all the women would
wear bloomers. The men turned out
in full force, including a hundred
who had not been inside of church
since they were christened. The wo-
men kept their word, but the bloom
ers were red roses pinned to their
belts.
GENERALLY THE person who is
fond of secret is the one who doesn't
think enough to keep it.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-02-08
RESISTING THE DEVIL.

A young village merchant stepped out of his
And left Rev Johnsing alone in the store;
As the tradesman walked out, the devil walked
And sat himself down by the parson unseen.
"say, Parson." said he. sin your tramps after
Your own has been lost, and your vamps are in
God don't ask his soldiers to be marching round
With clothes torn in tatterts and feet on the
ground.
Look upward, my brother. there's long boots
Just over your head, worth eight dollars and
more;
If you, think 'twould be theft these luxuries to
Just leave them, and take the cheap low-quar-
tered Shoes"
The preacher looked longingly at the long boots,
I'm all the good things there Is nothing so suits
My wants in this store: See those long legs"
They'd answer for shoes, pants and vest, don't
you see.
''This must be the devil who asks me to hook
Eight-d0lar long boots I'll resist the old crook;
A pair OF cheap shoes, worth two dollars or less
Would hardly be stealing, I'm bound to confess"
Thus quieting conscience the cheap shoes he
slows
Down deep in his pockets, and proceeds to doze
The merchant returns old Theology wakes
And homeward his way, all alone quickly takes.
That night as he stood in low-quartered shoes
drest,
And thundered the truth straight at every black
breast,
Each worshipper trembled at theft's awful fate,
And shouted when JOhnsing brot on the escape.
He told how that day he resisted the sin,
By taking low shoes when high boots were within
The reach of his clutches, and nobody there,
He said mo" to the devil, and took the cheap
pair.
MY brother, my sister, be firm and say No.
When old Mr.. Devil comes 'ticing you so;
Be sure always eight-dolar boots to refuse
You'll never miss heaven in low-quartered
RhOea.n
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-02-08
A w0MAN's LETTER.

Girls ways are a mystery to men.
They admit the fact frankly, and it
is only a very occasional man who
tries to make himself or his friends
believe that he understands the other
sex. The proverbial womaH's mo-
which means yes and which after
all these years is only just beginning
to be comprehended by masculine
minds is only one of long array of
woman's ways" that are difficult
for men to solve. They have decided
that the best policy is to let them re-
main unsolved that perhaps these
little mysteries are just part of life
and are meant to be.
There is one funny little thing
about girls, however, which men are
not content to let alone. They can
not see any sense it; it is not even
amusing or interesting in any way,
and it consequently puts them in bad
humor, and it is the way girls write,
not their style of handwriting entire
ly, though that is one cause of COM
plant, but to them, the unjustifa-
bic, meaningless numbering of pages.
To see man struggling over one
of those angular hands, fighting his
way through the first page, then try
ing to make the bit of gossip which
breaks off suddenly at the foot fit on
to new recipe for his chatting dish
began on the second page; to see him
struggle over it for awhile, turn with
growing despair to the third page
that begins with "the weather is
COLDER" etc., and at last find the
piece of gossip finished on the fourth
page-such a sight is worth price
of admission.
But let his wrath have time to cool
little and then watch him read a
second letter from another girl. This
time he gets bravely through the first
page, with its ms and MS and us
and is all exactly alike, reads with
interest the last line, "Agnes thinks
you are" and turns at once with an
air of wisdom and serenity to the
fourth page, where he continues, "a
little yellow dog that had seen its
best days" He fairly jumps from
his chair. Has the gentle Agnes
gone mad? He reads a little further
and finds his mistake.
Then he turns in relief to the Sec
ond page to see what Agnes really
thinks he is and finds "tied with pink
ribbon and done up in tissue paper"
This is somewhat better. He really
believes he would prefer being tied
up with pink ribbon than to be "a
yellow dog that had seen its best
days." but still the opinion is not en-
tirely satisfactory or the one he had
cherished vain hope that Agnes had
of him, and he naturally vents his
disappointment and chagrin on his
fair correspondent.
1t is not for a woman to say that
woman's ways are not good ways.
She believes in her sex and is willing
to let him struggle with their attempts
to understand her actions. But in a
little thing like this she believes wo-
men are making mistake and that a
reform in letter writing would be to
their credit.
1t is growing custom now to
write straight along, with no skipping
about in a helter skelter fashion, and
it is to be hoped that we may grow
more and more into this commendable
fashion and by so doing retain the re- |
spect of our masculine friends.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-02-08
ADVANTAGE OF SMALLPOX.

Have you had smallpox? If you
have and you have recovered from
the terrible disease without your eye
sight or hearing being seriously af-
fected, as is very often the case, you
may congratulate yourself that small
pox attacked you, for you will prob
ably, barring accidents, live consider
ably longer and enjoy better general
health than if you had never had the
disease.
1t is a remarkable fact-one of
natures peculiar compensations--that
people who have suffered from small
pox generally live longer than people
who have not. Why this should be
the case there is only an improved
theory to explain, and the theory is
that the microbes which go to make
smallpox, being very powerful and
pugnacious, swallow up the microbes
of many other diseases which they
find in the systems of the persons
they attack; hence, by contracting
smallpox severely you stand good
chance of eliminating from your sys-
tenn other diseases which would seize
upon you at some time or other, and,
likely enough, prove fatal.
At the same time it must be admit
ted that smallpox is not scheduled as
a preventive medicine, and the num-
Der of persons it either kills, mains
or inhicts with mental incapacities is
probably greater than the number of
persons whose lives it prolongs.
At the same time it is a fact that
the disease, though one of the most
terrible known to medical science,
does you great deal of good if you
are capable Of throwing it off without
suffering after effects of more seri-
Gus character than being pitted with
the queer little marks it almost in
variably leaves behind to distinguish
its victims.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-02-08
A TRAGEDY OF THE WOODS.

A story which comes from the
Adirondack region is worthy of a
place among Mr.. Seton -Thompson's S
romances of animals. A young wo-
man staying at one of the hotels went
for walk one day and wandered off
into the woods, where she lost her
self. Searching parties were sent out
for her as soon as she was missed, of
course, but the Adirondack Noun
tains are rather extensive territory
over which to hunt one small woman,
and seriousness was added to the sit
uation by the fact that cold weather
had set in and the wanderer was like
ly to die of cold if not from hunger
before she could be found. Finally,
however, she was discovered, safe
and we'll, though much exhausted by
her journeyiugs; and the story she
told was as strange as anything in
fiction.
When utterly worn out and chilled,
she had encountered a deer, who
seemed to take in the fact that she
was, if not of his own sort, at least
fellow-creature in distress. He stood
by her moment as she lay on the
ground, and then laid himself down
beside her, where the warmth of his
body kept her from freezing as effec-
tually as fire would. When the
searching party was heard approach
ing, he started up and stood at bay,
and was shot where he stood.
There is really nothing more
strange in this than in the well-au
thenticated stories of children be-
friended by bears and wolves in simi-
lar situations. 1t is, however, essen
TALLY dramatic in its climax, and so
to pessimist it might seem that this
is the history of the wild animal in a
nutshell. When let alone he is more
than likely to be mans best friend,
but he generally gets shot for it in
the end.
MY DEAR" remarked the very
fresh young man, "you remind me
of an imitation diamond"
why so?"
''You are so brilliant"
"Very complimentary"
"Oh, nc"
"And you," rejoined the knowing
maid, remind me of an emerald"
Why ?"
You are so green"
Few MEMS trousers get baggy at
the knees from saying their prayers.
FINE FEATHERS make girl feel
like a bird.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-02-08

HE-"Would you accept me if I
could lay the world at you feet 7"
She-No, of course would not.
1 will relieve you of that. I am not
standing on my head, am II"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-02-08

RECENTLY A public school teacher
wrote tie sentence "Them boys
are sliding down hill, and requested
some one in the school to correct
and why" One bright youngter
held up his hand, and, on being ask
ed, said: "Correction-Those boys
are sliding down hill. Why-Be-
cause they can't slide up"