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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
SORROWFUL TALE
ABOUT MISSING STEAMERS PORT
LAND AND JEANNE.
Revenue Cutter Thetis Forced Her
Way Through Ice Floes Seventy
five Miles Into Arctic Ocean,
but Saw No Sign of Either of the
Vessels There.

Port Townsend, WASH, July 3.-The
Pacific Coast company's steamer SEN
ator has arrived here from Nome on her
way to Seattle, and brings sorrowful
tale about the missing steamers Jeanie
and Portland. Captain Patterson said
that before he left Nome on June oath
the revenue cutter Thetis had returned
there after a fruitless search for the
steamers Portland and jeanne. Cap
tain Healy of the Thetis told the SEN
ator's captain that the cutter had
forced its way through the ice foe, sew
enty five miles into the Arctic ocean
and had seen nothing whatever of the
missing steamers. The officers of the
cutter mad scanned the unbroken field
of ice with sea>glasses in every direc-
ton, but saw nothing whatever of them.
Captain Healy of the Thetis frankly
told Captain Patterson that he believed
the vessels were lost. And even if they
were afoat they would experience great
difficulty in escaping being crushed in
the ice when it breaks up. Captain
Patterson said that the steam whaler
Belvedere, which was reported to have
seen the Portland and jeanne in the ice
has not been to Nome at all. The only
news that reached Nome at all was a
report from the Indians of .the Diome-
des islands that they had seen passen-
ger steamer imprisoned in an ice pack
and swept northward through Boring
straits. The revenue cutter Thetis took
on supply of ocal from the cargo of the
schooner Americana anchored at Nome
and started off again in what is thought
to be hopeless search for the two
missing steamers.
Seattle, July 3.-According to San
Francisco dispatch there is still some
doubt as to the safety of the two miss
ing steamers jeanne and Portland. The
steamer st. Paul, which has just ar
rived there from Nome contradicts the
news brought to Seattle by the steamer
Centennial. The officers of the st. Paul
say the whaler Baylies arrived at Nome
June 20. after being at the Diomedes
islands. The natives there told the
officers of the Baylies that the steamer
Belvedere had passed there between the
1st and the Sth of June. After the
Belvedere had passed the natives say
the jeanne was in the ice foe with all
the passengers of the Portland on board
her, the Portland having been pinched
and sunk
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
INVESTIGATE TITLE.
Officials Will Look Into Panama
Canal COmpany's Rights.

Washington. July Assistant At
torney General Charles w. Russell is
completing his preparations and within
a week will start for Paris to investigate
the ability of the new Panama Canal
Company to give to the United States a
satisfactory title to concessions and
property on the isthmus.
When this preliminary work shall
have proceeded to certain point, the
attorney general, according to the pres
.ident's expressed wish, will probably
go over and personally look into the
matter. He has asked Senator Spooner
to 90 along and assist him, in view of
the senator's we'll known familiarity
with the matter and the attorney gen.
erals opinion of his ability, and hopes
that he will go.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
REV. FRANCIS |. PATTON, D. o.
Who Has Resigned the Presidency Of
Princeton University.

Who Has Resigned the Presidency Of
Princeton University.
To crafty his desire to devote the
remainder Of his life to literary work,
Professor Francis l.. Patton, d. D., re-
signed the presidency Of Princeton
University. 1t Is understood that he
expects to publish an extensive treat
Use on ethics. Woodrow Wilson, pro-
fessor Of Jurisprudence and politics.
will succeed him.
Francis Landey Patton has been at
the head Of Princeton University four
teen years and during that time the
number Of students, the staff Of pro-
fessOrs and the number Of buildings
have been doubled. He Is so years old
and is a native Of Bermuda. After his
ordination to the Presbyterian minis
try In 1865, which followed courses at
University and Knox Colleges. Toron-
to, and Princeton Theological Semi
nary. he was for two years pastor of
New York congregation, thence went
to Nyack and later to South Brooklyn.
From 1872 to 1881 he was Cyrus II.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
HEROES IN HOMESPUN
WE'RE AS CHIvALRtC AS MAILED
KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS.
Henry watterson Pays an Eloquent
Tribute to Harrison's Men In Hunt
ing Shirts Who VanQuished the In
dians on the TippecAnoe.

The eloquence Of Henry Watterson
was employed recently in an address
on the Tippecanoe battlefield near La
fayette, Ind. 1t was memorable
gathering. Hundreds drove many miles
to hear the great Kentuckian and were
well rewarded. He said:
Travelling from out the twilight OF
the past into the radiance Of the pres
ent, and tracing as we go the history
Of the country along the glorious but
rugged route of battlefelds by the
glare of faggot flame and rifle fash. 1t
seems ages since Tippecanoe; since
Harrison and his hunting shirts met
and vanquished the hOrdes of the two
Tecumsehs; yet, are there men still
living, and here to-day, who, II they
were not contemporary with the event
and It's valiants, can distinctly recall
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
BATTLESH|P WASHINGTON
One of the New First Glass War
Vessels Will Be Named
After This State.

Washington, July 2.-The state OF
Washington is among those that Will
be honored by having a battlsship OF
the first class named after her. The
official notice came when the secretary
of the navy made the announcement
that the four new battleships author
lied by congress are to bear the names
of Washington, Tennessee, Louisiana
and Connecticut.
The names are chosen in accordance
with the wishes of President Roosevelt,
who desires to show his love for the
West and South by such action. Sew
eral other states that have We'd vigor-
ously for the names are somewhat dis
appointed over the announcement, as
it is considered high honor to be thus
advertised on the seas.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10

Mccormack professor Of theology in
the Seminary Of the Northwest at Chi
cago and was at the same time pastor
of the Jefferson Park Presbyterian
Church. In 1873 he was elected mod
orator Of the Presbyterian General AS
sembly. His charges Of heterodoxy
preferred against Professor David
Swing, the most popular Chicago
preacher of his time, were dismissed
by the Presbytery Of Chicago. but later
were sustained by the Synod OF ILL.,
nois. thus firmly establishing DIR. Pat
ton as a theological scholar and logi-
clan. The chair at Princeton known as
the Stuart professorship Of the rela-
ton Of philosophy and science to Chris
tian religion was founded for him and
later he was elected to the Stuart pro-
fessOrship of ethics. In 1888 he was
chosen to succeed DR.. McCOsh as
president of the university. DR.. Pat
ton Is an uncompromsing foe Of liberal
Presbyterianism and declares the BIZ
BILE should be accepted as the infallible
word of God.
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pears to be but an incrustation over
one vast mine Of gold and silver and
precious stones. Life'is lottery with
more prizes than blanks.
But in land where there are no
titles or patents Of nobility, money is
bound to serve as the standard of
measurement; and precisely as consti-
tutional government, political and re-
ligious freedom, were uppermost In the
minds and hearts Of the pioneers who
sleep here, Is the acquisition OF wealth
uppermost In the minds and hearts OF
their sons and grandsons. In other
words, as have elsewhere put 1t, the
idiosyncrasy Of the nineteenth century
was liberty; the idiosyncrasy of the
twentieth century Is markets. The
problem before us. therefore, involves
the adjustment Of these two; the recon-
Citation Of capital and labor, Of NOR
atty and dollars. the concurrent ex-
pansion Of the principles Of the COnsti-
tuition and the requirements of COM
uerce.
The hunters Of Kentucky, the pio-
neerS of Indiana. united as brothers In
the bonds of liberty, fought the battle
of Tippecanoe. 1t was not great bat
tie as battles go. but 1t proved mighty
In its consequences; the winning and
the peopling of the West; the ultimate
rescue of the Union from dissolution:
the blazing of the way to the Pacific.
They were simple, hardy men. They
set us good examples. They loved their
country and were loyal to Its institu
tons. They were comrades in hearts
and comrades in arms. Be 1t ours to
bless and preserve their memory and to
perpetuate their brotherhood!
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
FIERCE FIRE.
Chicago Visited BY Destructive
Blaze.

Chicago, July Fire DESTROYED the
buildings at 3O5-O7-O9-11 Wabash ave-
nue., causing losses aggregating over
1925, 900. For time the fire threaten
ed widespread destruction, and it was
only through the utmost efforts that the
flames were prevented from spreading
to the department stores of Siegel,
Cooper & Co., fronting on State street,
and separated from the burning build
ings by only narrow alley. Much ex-
element was caused among the guests
at the Auditorium hotel, directly across
Wabash avenue from the burning
buildings, and at the Auditorium an
mex. The guests were aroused from
their slumbers at O'Clock in the morn
ing, when the fire had gained such
Roadway that it threatened other build
ings in all directions. On the Wabash
avenue side the flames belched out in
10 the avenue so fiercely that it was
considered unsafe for trains on the els-
waited loop to pass, and for over two
hours all traffic on the loop was sus-
pended.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
/ SEVERE STORM
,sTATES PORTION OF WEST
y ERN NEW YORK.
Rain and Floods Pile Up Heavy
Damage List in the Empire State,
telegraph Wires Down and Rail
road Tracks Washed Away in
Many Places.

prfaIo. n. Y. July "A terrible
land rain storm swept over Western
WIZ WIN York at an early hour yesterday
N~ vino Rivers and creeks rose rap
W., overAowing their banks and sweep
.u! owav houses and barns and live
la .ect The loss will reach into the
ssnndrads of thousands of dollars. Tel
l n" and telephone wires are down,
'sd communication with small towns is
ala E#rnlt. This city was not in the path
u =! ,bp storm. At Arcade, the food
u .nsod the loss of one life and did a
Snndred thousand dollars damage to
nronertv. Minnie Lopez was drowned.
There were many narrow escapes.
4, Yorkshire. near Arcade, the APP
anrroaches of the bridge were washed
ar,sv and miles of roadway were SO
a,Ilied or buried in debris that they
ill have to be rebuilt. At Sandusky
.ro houses were washed away, and from
orerv direction come reports of livestock
t;lled The loss to individuals mounts
rprv high and the loss to the towns from
the destruction of bridges and roads
also will be very heavy.
At Batavia the damage to farm lands
il very great, while Warsaw and Attica
suffered severe loss from floods and rain.
Pike was inundated to a depth of four
feet and the damage in that place
alone will amount to over quarter of
million of dollars.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
COMPROMISE SOUGHT.
saucan Not Anxious to Assume Too
Much RespOnsibilitv


Rome, July The vatican il s,r;v
ing to find compromise between salts.
tying the desires of Washington as set
forth by Judge William H. Taft GOV.
ernor OF the Philippines, and relieving
the holy see from direct responsibility
tor the withdrawal of the friars from
the Philippine archipelago. Several
plans ito this end have been discussed
by the vatican authorities. The most
acceptable of these is that the generals
of the four religious orders concerned
having been informed of Washington =
request, shall themselves order the
withdrawal of their dependents, who
now number about 500.
This plan would necessitate a letter
from the general of each order to Gov.
TAFT, pledging the writer to this action.
or the insertion of clause in the con.
tract between Judge Taft and the vati-
can that steps to this end would be
taken Immediately by the generals,
when they were aware of the wishes of
the United States. The vatican would
thus be under no odium, the pope mere
ly accepting an accomplished fact.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
DANISH TREATY SCANDAL
House Committee Found No Evi.
dence That Christmas Bribed
Congressman.

Washington, July 2.-Chairman Dali
zell OF the special committee of the
house which investigated the charges
IN connection with the purchase of the
Danish West Indies, has submitted the
report of that committee. After de-
'alllng the charges and showing that
'hnstmas had repudiated the alleged
report on which the charges were based,
'Ie committee sums up the results OF
'lelr investigation as follows:
That there is not the slightest SEM
Oance OF evidence that any member of
'ohgress, either directly or indirectly,
was offered any bride, or was paid any
'aluaole consideration of any kind to
vote Tor the adoption or ratification OF
treaty OF sale of the Danish West In
1eS 10 the United States. There is
1o' the remotest ground on which to
nf"" an inference or on which to base
conclusion that there was any corr
aup' or wrong doing on the part OF
Jul ~ public officials in connection with
n le negotiations and purchase of the
pahish West Indian islands. 1t is plain
LII iohd peradventure that the bribery
nn 'eged IN the report could have existed
% cpNhere save in the imagination OF
II; n'is'lias, since the whole burden OF
j. H. story is that he had no money. 1t
~ evidence that he had to borrow in
tb;e 'r 10 pay his passage home from
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
CHICKEN CREEK.
New Gold Field on American Terri
tory Reported Rich.


Dawson, July 6.-Reports from
Chicken Creek, the new gold stream on
the American side, continue encourag-
ing. Since navigation has opened a
great many men have gone into the
camp from Dawson, and no vacant
ground is left anywhere on the creek
bottom or on the benches of the stream,
and many OF the tributaries have been
staked.
Claims are exchanging hands on
Chicken for thousands of dollars, and
some have sold for as high as $50, 900.
Scarcely any pay has been taken out
this year, but prospecting has been
done on number of the properties,
and the success there has spread faith
in the creek as whole. Claims in
that district, since they are on the
American side, comprise 20 acres and
are several times as large as those on
Canadian territory in the Yukon. Pack
trains are carrying supplies to Chicken
from Dawson over the new government
rail to Glacier, and then following an
old trail from there. A government
trail is also being cut from Eagle, and
there is an old trail from Fortymile and
another from Valdes leading to- the
camp, so Chicken is by no means lack
ing in routes for entrance.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
STATE CAPITAL NEWS.

OLYMPIA, July 5.-A notable wedding
of the season. occurred here on July "a,
when Miss Eva May Weir, only daugh,
tsr Of Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Weir, OF
OLYMPIA. and Mr.. William R. White,
sacond son OF Hon. o. c. White, were
united in marriage. Both parties to
the ceremony are prominently known
throughout the'state, the father OF eacn
having been secretary of tine territory
aud state, respectively, members OF tne
rnner house of the state legislature
,nembers of the constitutional conven-
ZION and Mr.. White served two terms
as state printer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
FIFTEEN KILLED.
Two Electric Cars Loaded with
Pleasure Seekers Collide.

Utica, N. Y, July 5-On the electric
road near Gloversville last night there
was collision between two cars crowded
with passengers, by which 10 persons
were killed and 20 injured.
For a distance of four miles north OF
Gloversville the Mountain Lake rail-
way, an electric road connects Glovers-
Vile with popular place of resort or
picnic ground. AS it was the Fourth OF
July the place was crowded with
pleasure seekers. Last night the cars
were filled with people coming home
from the grounds. :.
At 80 p. M, about two and a half
miles north of Gloversville two cars,
one bound north and the other SOUTH
collided. They came together head on,
with terrific velocity. AS result 10
persons were killed outright and 20 in
iured. the latter more or less seriously.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
One Thing Certain.

"Do you know" said the thoughtful
man, who was always devising some
way to become fabulOusly rich in a
short time. that the two great oceans
contain something like 100000 tons
Of silver In solutiong
SIS that SOL" returned the practical
man.
"It is" said the dreamer. docs not
such an extraordinary fact as that
bring some wonderful new idea to your
mindw
ut does" admitted the practical
man. ''It gives absolutely convincing
evidence of something have long sus-
pected.'
what is it?"
"That silver is not good to drink
Brooklyn eagle
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10

the spirit of those times; the aspects,
the very familiar features Of those
valiants; the atmosphere, the form and
body Of an epoch, when, from Faneuil
Hall, in Boston, from Raleigh Tavern,
in Virginia, to Fort Wayne and old
Vincennes upon the confines Of this
bOrderland the redskin and the red
coat alike stirred to its depths the
heart Of the young republic.
There were giants in those days, and
there was need that there should be.
No vestibuled trains, nor palace coach
es waited to fetch them hither; no
noisy procession. with banners waving
and brass bands playing, marched
forth to honor their arrival. They jour-
neyed for the most part afoot. They
picked their way through trackless
canebrake and wooded waste, across
swift-running, bridgeless streams, their
fintlOcks their cOmmissariat
Liberty in Their Hearts.
They had quilted what they regard
ed as the over-crowded centers of the
pOpulous east to seek the lonely but
rOOmier wilds of the far West, keenly
alive to the idea Of lettering their con
dition, having fine sense of pure air
and arabic land; 1t may be for town
sites; but their hearts beat true to the
principles OF civil and religious liberty,
and they brought with them two accou-
trements Of priceless value, the new
made Constitution of their country and
the well-wOrn family Bible; for they
were GOdfearing, Christian soldiers;
heroes in hOmespun as chivalric and
undoubting as mailed knights Of the
cross; hating with holy hate the In
dams and the British; revering the
memory Of the patriots and sages who
had made the Declaration of Independ-
ence, warm with the blood Of the revo-
luton, the echoes Of Lexington and
Bunker Hill. of Kings Mountain and
Yorktown still ringing in their ears.
Our lot has been cast in easier times,
has been laid on broader, larger lines.
We live In an age OF miracles. We
gather the fruit Of the tree which
these, our fOrefathers. planted. From
the ashes Of their camp fires rise the
school house and the court house The
church marks the spot where the block
house stood
Marvellous Meta m or phosis.
Opportunity and peace and order and
law are the portion of the poorest.
Struck by the wizard hand of Progress.
the sleeping beauty. Solitude, has
awakened a metropolis; touched by the
finger Of modern invention, the prairie
and the forest. as by enchantment,
have revealed their secrets and poured
their riches into the lap Of labor. Upon
but hubble Of small provinces, each
claiming for itself a squalid sovereign
ty, and held together by a rope of sand.
rises proudly, grandly, securely a ma
ton built upon the arm foundations
of an indissoluble compact Of States.
cemented forever by the blood OF pat
riotic, brave, homogeneous people.
We have become a nation of mer-
chant princes. Money is SO abundant
that men are giving 1t away In sums
Of startling magnitude. 1t seems so
easy to get that men are on system
putting 1t In the way of a kind OF re-
distribution back to the sources whence
it originally came. Shall we see the
day when 1t will no longer corrupt?
II familiarity breeds contempt, we
surely shall. The earth's surface ap-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
Lake Washington Canal.

Washington, July 3.-The secretary
of war has appointed the engineer
board authorized by the new rivers and
harbors law to determine upon route
for the Lake Washington canal and
the board will begin its work almost
Immediately. Little doubt is enter
tanned that the new board will endorse
the route by way of Salmon bay, dredg-
ing upon which has already been be-
gun. The secretary of war has also Sc
iected the board for making the surveys
for the proposed work on the upper
Columbia river.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
important Ruling.

Pawtucket, R. l., July 4.-By deci-
sion in the district court here street
railway men during a strike have a
right not only to protect themselves
but also the passengers and property
of their employers by the use OF hre-
arms against the violence OF MODS.
Five motormen and conductors OF the
pawtucket Street Railway company
arrested on the charge of carrying con-
cealed weapons we're ordered discharged.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
Havana Franchises.

parL oungstown, o., July 5.-Messrs.
cat, * ioung of this city have received
in CV ,egm from their representative
bsr Oupa announcing that franchises
tbae oeen granted them authorizing
raiIno" construct and operate street
Ths lines in the city of Havana
,2s on franchises are said to be worth
ebisoo and include all the fran
IN the city of Havana.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
Cars Ran Away.

Boulder, Colo, July 5.-.In an acct
dent on the Chautauqua street car line
at about IL o'clock last night, one
woman was killed and 20 persons in
iured. The cars were heavily loaded
and chain brakes used on the trailers
failed to hold the train. 1t rushed
down the hill with tremendous velocity,
the train overturning at a bend in the
track.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-10
Meteor Loses.

Eckenfoorde, Prussia, July 4.-Em-
peror Williams schooner yacht Meteor
was beaten here for the fourth time
by the British schooner yacht Cycely
in the long run from Kiel. The Clara
was second and the Meteor third. The
Meteor is the yacht christened short
time ago by Miss Alice Roosevelt.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-01-25
The vos.ry of st. Andrew.

A meeting OF the vestry OF the
Parish OF St. Andrew was held last
evening in the Cathedral vestry.
After the reading and approval Of
minutes, motion was made and
passed that the Church Wardens be
hereafter respectively known as the
S-nior Church Warden, represent
ing the Dsai or Rector, aud the
Junior Church Warden, represent
ing the people, so as to conform
with American methods. Officers Of
the vestry were then nominated and
elected, w. O. Ahfook as secretary
aud Geo. H. Haysslden as treasurer.
There being no other business, the
mseting adj journed.