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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
NEWS OF THE DAY
Interesting Items from Various Parts Of the
world-Resume OF the Less Important
Happenings Of the Past Week In Con-
densed Form.

During the past fiscal year 730, 798
immigrants arrived in the United States.
The grand prize for the airship race
at the st. Louis exposition has been
fixed at 500, 900.
Thousands of acres of cultivated land
adjacent TO Hannibal, Mo-, are under
water, and the loss to crops is enor-
nous.
Not being concerned in the Brussels
sugar conference. the United States has
not been invited TO the cZar's anti
trust meeting, which is sequel to the
Brussels convention. d
Hamud Bin Mahomed Said, sultan of
Zanzibar, is dead.
Paul du Chaillu, the famous French
explorer, is about to start on a five
wears trip through Russia.
The new army uniform will be worn
after the first of January, according to
recent order of Secretary Root.
The ladies of Cape Town presented
Mrs. Steyn with 1000 before she
sailed for Europe with her sick hus-
band, the ex-president of the Orange
Free State. b
The De Windt exploration party has
left Nome for Seattle.
One hundred and fifty passengers
were badly shaken up in street car
collision in Chicago.
Crops were damaged to the extent of
$400, 600 in the vicinity of Sank Center,
Mimi. by hail and wind.
Richmond 2. Hobson, of Merrimac
fame, rescued lady who was drowning
in the Mississippi river at st. Louis.
A section of country around Grand
Forks, N. D., was swept by a heavy
windand hail storm, and much damage
was done to property.
The remains of Lord Pauncefote have
been inferred at East Stoke, England.
The Brown Palace hotel at Denver
has been ordered sold to satisfy a mort
gage of $685.
Forty thousand Russian troops
paraded in honor of King Victor
Emanuel of Italy.
Mail advices from the Orient show
that only two men out OF 140 escaped
when the Chinese cruiser Kaichi blew
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
In UTAH
MINE EXPLOSION KILLS rH,pr,
FIVE MEN.
Careless Miner Entered Powa
Magazine With Lighted Can
die, and Terrific Concussion Of
the Explosion Was Felt Two
Miles Away.

Park City, Utah, July l7.-Tbis c;,r
and camp are plunged in the deenest
grief that they have ever experiences
The cause of their sorrow is an acciden.
that occurred last night in the Dalv'
West and Ontario mines-an accidan+
that brought death to 35 men, 30 in the
Daly-West and six in the Ontario
The disaster was the result of an exnlo.
sion occasioned by John Burgy, miner
going into one of the magazines of the
Daly-West with a lighted candle. His
act cost him his life, and the lives Of
many other miners. His own BODY was
blown to atoms. Not fragment of bis
remains have been found. All the
other victims are recognizable, their
faces being easily identified by rels.
tives and friends.
The explosion occurred at IL D. M.
and in twinkling the most deadly gas
was being generated throughout the
mines. 1t crept through every tunnel.
shaft and incline, and in very short
space of time scores of miners found
themselves face to face with death.
1t lis not known how much powder was
exploded. but whatever amount there
was there went off in terrible concus.
sion. The shock was something terrific
and was heard for long way. although
it was nearly 2 o'clock before it was
known in Park City, distance of three
miles.
When it is stated that horse was
killed at the mouth of the Ontario tun-
mel, two miles away, some idea of the
force of the explosion may be had.
The animal was in use at the entrance
to this part of the mine, and was hurled
against the walls and machinery with
such violence as to be killed outright.
That the loss of life was not far greater
than it is seems marvellous. The work
of rescuing the imperiled and dead was
quickly and heroically undertaken.
Men were brought to the surface Just as
fast as the disabled machinery would
permit. The victims had to be brought
up the shaft in one compartment
cage, one of the compartments having
been wrecked by the explosion. Every
man who went down with the first res
cuing party was overcome by the deadly
gas, and it was with the utmost Difficult
ty that the machinery was kept in mo-
ton. Over in the Ontario, which is
connected with the Daly-West, six men
are dead. Eight escaped by the way Of
the Anchor tunnel. Two of the dead
are rescuers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
GOVERNOR ROSS ILL.
Dawson Official Stricken With
Paralysis.

White Horse, Y. T.. July 21.-The
steamer Columbian has arrived from
Dawson with Governor Ross on board,
suffering from paralytic stroke on the
right side received AT p m, ON the
18th.
He has been unconscious most of the
time. This is the first attack and his
condition Is serious. He may not re-
cover. He is accompanied by his
second son. The governor was removed
to the home of Mai. Snyder, officer COM
mandlng the district.
Physicians Pare and Nicholson are in
attendance.
The governor is very popular and has
been in charge of many public works
which may suspend operation in eonse-
quence of his illness.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
FR|AR QUESTION.
Secretary Root Maintains That
They May Be Expelled by
Force.

London, July 1.-THE Rome cores
pondent of the Morning Post declares
that the failure of Judge Taft's negotia-
tions with the vatican is attributed
there to the opposition of the heads of
the orders especially to the Jesuit Car
dinal Stienhuber and the vatican is de-
clsred to hGve sacrificed a splendid OPP
portunity.
Judge Taft submitted the precise
terms of Secretary Roots's communica-
ton to the vatican. 1t is long, ex-
haustive and formal document, embody-
ing ell the contentious of the United
States and covering the salient points
in dispute. In effect, it leaves the
matter in statu quo, and transfers the
scene of action to the Philippines,
where the matter will be argued out.
The chief point is the statement by
Secretary Root that the friars must GO,
and il would be no violation of the Paris
treaty to expel them by force.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
LEGAL TANGLE.
SnohOmish County Cities Puzzled
Over Police Justices.

Everett, July ia matter relative
to the city judiciary is being agitated
here which may result in something of
revolution. 1t is urged that not only
Everett, but several other Snohomish
county towns are maintaining the office
of police justice under appointment by
the city council, in strict violation of
the provisions of the state constitution,
which sets forth substantially that the
state judiciary shall consist of one SUI
preme court, superior courts, justice of
the peace courts and such other courts
as the legislature may deem fit from
time to time to create and establish,
and that the the justice of the peace
shall have jurisdiction in all cases aris-
ing under city ordinances and regula-
tons. Since no other courts have been
created except those named, the action
of the city council in appointing IA po-
lice judge and giving him jurisdiction
over its laws and ordinances is regarded
as an expressed violation of state law.
Again it is urged that since the supreme
court of the state does not recognize any
such inferior court as a police Justices.
created by "a municipal body, that any
one tried by the police Judge in the
strict sense of law would not be tried at
all, and if committed to Jail, could he
released on a writ of habeas corpus
without the least difficulty.
The city elects one justice of the
peace, and the council appoints police
Judge who tries cases for violation Of
city ordinances.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
MACKAY IS DEAD.
The San Francisco Bonanza King
Passes Peacefully Away Far
From His Old Home.

London, July 2l.-John w. Mackay,
of San Francisco, who has been suffer
ing from heart prostration since Tues
day last. died at his residence at Carl
ton House Terrace, at $50 O'Clock
p. m.
Mr.. Mackay's condition had improy-
ed, but the patient had bad night,
and this morning consultation was
held by three physicians. Mr.. Mackay
grew worse as the day progressed. De
was unconscious most of the time and
died very peacefully. The immediate
cause of his death was heart disease.
The right lung was found to be con,
gested, and the symptoms indicated
pneumonia.
Mrs. Mackay. her mother and Coun-
tess Telfner were present with MI
Mackay when he died. and Princess
Galitro Colona arrived from Paris han
an hour after her stepfather's death.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
PUGET SOUND PORTS.
Immense Increase of Exports for
Past Fiscal Year.

Washington, July lS.-The ports of
Puget Sound increased their exports of
breadstuffs to foreign countries by more
than so per cent. during the fiscal year
which closed. on June 80, e. record far
surprising that of any other customs
district in the United States. Indeed,
there was actually decline in exports
of breadstuffs during the past year from
the country as whole, amounting to
more than $62 900, 900, or about % per
cent. The only port in the United
States that made gain in breadstuffs
shipments last year anywhere near as
large as that of the Puget Sound region
YVES San Francisco. The gain at that
port was something like 35 per cent.
over the record of the year before.
Only seven customs districts in the
United States made larger foreign ship
mente of grain and -four than Puget
Sound last year, those districts being
New York, Baltimore, Boston, Newport
News, Philadelphia, New Orleans and
San Francisco. Although San Francis
co.'s exports of this kind exceeded the
Sounds by nearly $1,000 900 the gain
in the northwestern district over the
record of the year before was, rs al
ready stated, much greater. In fact, the
June shipments of breadstuffs from the
Sound were slightly larger than those
from San Francisco, the respective
figures being 1859, 500 and s$647 400.
The total exports of an breadstuffs
from Puget Sound during the year We're
$l2,646, sos. and those from San Fran
cisco sl7 1885,, $40. In exports of wheat
the Sound district was seventh during
the past fiscal year, the shipments
amounting to $S.624 500, as against
sl0,27l, 94l from San Francisco. The
Sound was sixth in foreign shipments
of wheat -four, however, with record
of sS,6s6, 7ss. San Francisco being
about 1925 900 less. The Sounds ex-
ports OF oats were 1921 ISL, as against
the insignificant figure of 1896 for
San Francisco.
A remarkable advance was made by
the Sound ports in the shipments OF
raw cotton during the past fiscal year.
The district advanced from twelfth TO
eighth place among the principal cotton
exporting districts.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

John and Zera, the infant sons of
John Smith. a well-known implement
dealer of Walla Walla, were burned to
death iL a barn there. The children,
aged three and five years respectively,
were playing with matches in an oat
bin, into which they had climbed.
They set the straw on fire and were
cremated before the horror stricken
mother could reach the scene.
The thirty-third annual meeting of
the Grand Lodge, Independent Order Of
Good Templars, came to close at
Seattle, after very successful session
lasting four days. The principal events
in the stay of the delegates were re-
ception to the visitors, a trolley party,
the concerning of grand, lodge degrees
upon Ga candidates, the annual election
of,officors, at which N. O. Baldwin was
reelected grand chief templar, and the
excursion to Chautauqua.
Col. Geo. G. Lyon, formerly prom
inent Republican editor of Seattle, is
dead at his home on Queen Anne hill.
His death occurred from heart failure
brought on by la grippe
c. +. Mohundro, pioneer of Eastern
Washington, is dead at his home near
Latah.
Edward Ewart, aged 20, the first
white child born in Whitman county,
is dead at Colfax.
An action has been commenced to
quiet title in several mining claims in
the Stillaguamish district. 4
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
HILL MYSTERY.
Man Who Died at Los Angeles Mem
her Prominent Family.

Los Angeles, CAL, July Is. The
mystery surrounding the old man
known as Charles Hill, who died at the
Good Samaritan hospital in this city
May II, and to whose credit $142 600
was subsequently, found in savings
bank, has been solved. Leon F. Moss,
attorney for the public administrator,
returned from Boston, bringing positive
proof that the mans name was Salem
Charles, and that he was member of
family which has been prominent in
Massachusetts for nearly 200 years.
The estate will be divided among
eight heirs of the deceased all
nephews and nieces. fhe most promi-
nent heir is Hon. Salem ID. Charles,
chairman of the board of street COM
missioners of Boston, and a prominent
politician. Another prominent heir is
the widow of the late Henry ID. Hyde,
the famous Boston attorney.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
QUEER CONFUSION.
Lake Michigan Goes Through re-
culiar Performance.

Chicago July l6.-A phenomenon
known to Geneva and Swiss lakes as
"seiche,' has made its appearance az
Lake Michigan. In a queer CONFUSION
the lake sent big wave landward, ana
resi- 1ents along the shore suddenly
found the water tapping at their door
steps. All along the lake front inc
waves swept up over the breakwater Q,
over the beach. Steamers were tosseu
about at their docks. smaller craft were
thrown on the shore, boats were broken
and in several instances loss of life war
narrowly averted. Two boys bathink
north of Lincoln park were saved ai'.'
they had been carried out by the receu-
ing wave. A fisherman was rescued :!
the Evanston life-saving crew, ano
another bather, an Evanston boy "as
pulled out of the water as he was :"
danger of being drowned.
At the weather bureau the barome''
indicated sudden high pressure ioI
lowed by an equally sudden drop.
wave of heavy atmospheric pressu,st
passed over the city. and as IT STU
the lake, mo, ing from West TO Ins ad
the water was pushed back and dasn, -
up over the land and then recedeu -
the normal water line.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
Chinese satisfied.

Peking, July ls.-Gen. Yen SHE,
the governor of Chilli province, and the
Chinese foreign Office have decided 10
accept the terms proposed for the with
drawal of the foreign troops from Tien-
tsin, and will so notify the ministers,
unless the dowager empress disapproves
OF their action. This determination
was a surprise to the ministers, who ex-
pected. the Chinese would endeavor to
obtain better terms.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
FOURTEEN DROWNED.
Walters and Mattresses Meet With
an Addident.

Portsmouth, N. H.. July 1S.-A 49,
foot whaleboat, containing walters and
mattresses employed at the Oceanic
house, Isle of Shoals, who had gone out
in the bay on pleasure trip, in charge
of Skipper Fred Miles, capsized during
sudden sauall and IA of the occupants
were drowned. The other three were
rescued by fishermen, who put out from
the shore in their dories.
The victims were all young people
whose ages will average 20 years.
Most of the Massachusetts, girls were
school teachers who have passed the
summer vacations here for several years
in serving as mattresses in the hotel.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
OIL TANKS BURN.
The Jennings Field Threatened
With Destruction,

New Orleans, July l7.-News from
Jennings, La, says that the fire at Jen-
nings we'll No. 2. is still raging, but
that the gate valve has not given away.
Those who are fighting the fire are now
planning to surround the burning we'll
with a boiler and TO attempt TO snuff
the fire out with steam.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
TRACY TRAVELLED
SHERIFF CUDIHEE'S PLANS END
ED IN FAILURE.
After Waiting Till Daylight for Out
laws to Emerge From Lonely
Shanty, Deputies Advanced TO
( the Attack, But Found the Hut
Was Vacant.

Ravensdale. July l9.-The chase Tor
Tracy is off for the present. Many
small bits of evidence lead to the belief
that the convict is making his way over
the Natchez trail Others believe that
Tracy is still in this wilderness part of
King county. Rumor had him badly
wounded and in great distress. Care
fnl investigation makes it doubtful If he
was wounded at all in the fight at Cow
ington. The bullet that he complained
of was one he received in fight in
Oregon some years ago and which some
times gives him great pain.
OF all places Of retreat none is per-
haps so nearly impenetrable as this
Sawyer lake region. 1t is a mass OF
tangled underground which defes even
a trained woodsman.
Ravensdale, July lS.-Sheriff Cudi-
hee, with six guards, waited until 10
o'clock a. M, for Tracy or either of his
companions to come from the cabin in
which they were supposed to be secret
ed. Growing impatient, the sheriff
ordered an attack upon the place, and
the guards closed in, firing as they adj
vanced.
Not sound came from the cabin and
when Cudihee, followed closely by In
dian Jack Williams, cautiously pushed
in the door, they found the place
empty. There were evidences that the
house had been inhabited very recently,
and it is now believed that the outlaw
and his desperate companions crept,
one by one, from their place of i'm
prisonment during the darkness of the
mornings early hours.
Sheriff Cudihee was dumb-founded,
and hurriedly called a consultation OF
his men, and ii was decided to scour
the woods about Sawyer lake, III the
hope of gaining a clue to the direction
the three men had taken.
The pursuers have worked all along
with the theory that the convict was
wounded. and it is believed that he
cannot get far away
A boat has been reported missing on
Lake Sawyer, not far from the cabin,
and il is almost certain that the desper-
aOoes TOOK JndJ means OF escape.
Seattle, July l7.-Tracy has made
another of his famous doubles and got
back near the line of the Northern
Pacific. He made bluff at crossing
the Natchez Pass trail, travelled it up
several miles, and then swung north
from Fuller's ranch over bride path.
This would land him back in the
White river valley, about two miles
from Enumclaw.
Tracy's trail up the Natchez pass road
to Fuller's ranch has been followed.
To that point the outlaw has been seen
and positively identified. Here he
turned TO gain Enumclaw, after having
made a circle of Is mills and completely
bewildered his pursuers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24

Wichita, Kan, July II. -Geroni-
mo, the noted Apache Indian chief,
now living near Lawton, Okla, says he
will undertake the capture of Convict
Tracy, who has been having sport with
the officers of Washington and Oregon
for several weeks, provided the war de-
partment will permit
A request for permission to leave his
reservation has been forwarded to Wash
ington. Geronimo offers to go west on
his own account to pursue the bandit.
The chief led several hundred Indians
in an escape from General Miles in
Arizona about Is years ago. His cap
ture cost the government over So, 000,-
600.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
IN CHINA
ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE BREW
ING IN CELESTIAL EMPIRE.
General Tung Flu Hsiang, with
Thousands of Troops. and Prince
Tuan, With His Boxer HorOes,
Threaten the Dragon Throne
and Cause Apprehension.

Victoria, 3. c., July lS.-Far away
in Ninghsia, walled city OF Mongolia,
General Tung Flu Hsiang, ex-Boxer and
leader of many thousands of Chinese
bannermen Prince Tuna, ex Boxer and
leader OF the hordes who planned to
massacre all the foreigners in Peklng
during the TIME of the horror OF the
Boxer outbreak. and Ian kung, another
notorious Boxer leader, are armlng
their thousands of followers, including
the army of General Tung Flu Hsiang
which was ordered disbanded by the
government, but which took its arms
and refused to disband, and a rebellion
is being planned which has for its OBJ
ject the invasion of Peking and the
placing of Tung Flu Hsiang on the
Chinese throne This is the startling
news received by local Chinese in
letters from China.
From Peking correspondents reports
are received that the relatives of Prince
Tuan there are greatly alarmed as re-
suit of his intended coup, for his union
with the rebels means the falling of the
hHJlC Oll Vic llCSh VI 1llE anu oiNlitDt
parents, sons, daughters and all family
connections - determination of men,
bers of the family within reach of Pek-
ing. One, of the family is Christian,
and she informed the missionaries re-
Gently that death was near to her as a
result of the intended action of Prince
Tuan.
Tung Flu HAang's life has been de-
clared forfeit to the throne, he having
defied his rulers, and now all Picking
knows that he is planning desperate
game, and even looking to the throne
for himself That he will act soon is
regarded as certain by the Chinese, for
he cannot maintain his army long in
idleness. They are now seeking to form
an alliance with the rebels who are in
the field in South Chilli, where the acts
of the troops sent against them by the
government has aroused the rebels to a
barbaric fury. A massacre took place
at Wei Hsien, in which 1900 innocents
were killed. The towns people seeing
soldiers and fearing attack closed the
city gates. This excited suspicion of
the troops. The people fed to the south
gate, and met another section of the
imperial troops-and death.
The Peking correspondent of the
Shanghai Mercury reports that 1000 OF
these unarmed, innocent, helpless
women and children were slain-an in
justice which brought hundreds of viii
layers to the rebel ranks.
There is much alarm among the Chi
nese merchants at Peking, according to
their letters for the belief is growing
that troublous times are soon to come
again for China. and in this connection
the future acts of Tung Flu Hsiang are
more to be dreaded than any of the ex-
listing disturbances. There are, how
ever, disquieting elements to be consid.
cred. Two great secret societies are
growing in favor and numbers. the pur-
pose of one being the restoration of the
emperor, and of the other the complete
overthrow of the Manchus and the
browning of Chinese ruler.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
Elevator Burned.

Moscow, Idaho, July 1.-THE Pa
ciic Coast elevator caught fire here and
a confagration of nearly $50, 900 result
ed. The Pacific Coast elevator was
valued al SIS, 900. the amount of in
surEnce being unknown.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-07-24
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Steamship With Nearly Two Hun
dred Passessers on Board
Cut in Two and Sunk.

Hamburg, July 2l.-The steamship
Premius, with ls5 passengers on board
was cut in two and sunk by the tug
Hansel on the Elbe at 1890 O'Clock
this morning.
Only about 80 on board were saved.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-19
! NEED 4
 l POCKET KNIFE?

A real good one-One that carries double warranty and allows you to be the judge. Such knife is made by the .tRobeson Cutlery Co.," and we're their agents for this city then again this stores liberal guar antee of syour money back if you want it'', makes buying doubly safe and insures you bottom prices for same quality at all times. Nearly 100 patterns to $2.O0.
 Waterbury Hardware Co.,,
 2O6 Bank St.