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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
Local News Briefs

SSos fS"O NJ NtO
An application has been made for the
appointment of E. II. Nash az admin
istrator of the estate of the late Patrick
Welch.
School election Saturday, May 8.
Directors only to be elected. the new
law requiring the directors to elect one
of their number to act as clerk.
Sheriff McCrary has engaged twelve
Japanese to cut wood on the Rapdes
and Carter places and has rented the
little Svanberg house for them TO ot-
cupy.
The pupils and teachers of the pri-
mary and intermediate departments of
the public school had a picnic at Ar
gyle Saturday. but rain interfered con-
siderably with their pleasure.
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OoiHc CuiiOSity 10 cApIeSscu ds W u
price that canneries will pay for sock
eye salmon this summer. One traI :
man in this county has refused an of,
of seventeen cents for sockeyes.
DIR. Muscott, of Lopez, has arranged
to make regular weekly visit here,
every Saturday afternoon, aud on
Wednesdays he will be at East Sound.
He intends to purchase fine gasoline
launch soon.
Another kiln will soon be operated
at Cowell's lime works if the necessary
additional help needed can be obtained.
There is steady demand i'm the Sound
cities for considerably more than the
present output of the works.
Gene G.. Gould has been elected as
one of the two lay delegates, or con-
mssioners, as they are called, from the
Puget Sound presbytery to the general
assembly of the PRESBYTERIAN church,
which meets at Los Angeles next
month.
Thomas & Simpson, of Whatcom,
bought twenty-five chains of Blakely
island tide lands at public sale here last
Saturday at the appraised valuation Of
S5 per chain. They have acquired title
to large part of Blakely island, where
they have large sheep ranch.
l.. B. Carter is arranging to build
quite an addition to his house on the
corner of Spring street and Argyle av-
enue, which he intends to occupy with
his family, and hs will then use his
cottage adjoining his store for the stor
age and display of new lines of mei-
chandise.
Rev. DR.. Massey, of East Sound, will
preach in the Methodist church here
next Sabbath, morning and evening.
After the morning service the COM
munion of the lords supper will be
administered. DR.. Harpst will also be
present in the morning service, and
will go to Roche Harbor in the after
noon.
The postmaster at Urban, Cotton
wood (or Sinclair) island, was arrested
at Anacortes the first of the week on
the charge of burglary. He is said to
have been caught in the act of enter
ing store and to have been shot in
in the leg by an officer. Quite an outfit
of burglars tools is reported to have
been found upon him.
Returns have been received from the
recent eighth grade examinations
showing that the following named pu-
pills of the Friday Harbor school passed
and are entitled to certificates admit
ting them to the first year of high
school work: Andrew Hansen, Lau
renee Randles, Roy Guard, Leslie
Douglas, Lyle King, John Sweeney,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
WAS. WITHOUT MERCY
SMITHS CAMPAIGN IN sAMAR
 IS REVIEWED..
Told a Captain to Allow Natives to Remain in Mountains to Starve After They Had Promis-
 ed Allegiance.

Manila, Jan. 15.-Six officers who served in the island of Samar testified today be- fore the court martial which is trying Major Edwin F. Glenn of the 9th Infan- try on the charge Of unlawfully killing seven prisoners of war in samar.
 The witnesses mostly detailed the ene- my's acts of barbarity, such as buryins persons alive, nutilating live and dead persons and torturing and murderinR prisoners and natives in sympathy with the Americans.
 The defense produced an order of Gen. eral Lukban directing the use of poison against Americans. The court admitted as evidence the captured report revealing additional features of the plot which led to the Balingfga massacre.
 The witnesses agreed that the policy of Brigadier General Jacob H. Smith was necessary and that it ended the insurrec> tion in Samar.
 Captain Smith testified that the friend ly natives who were refugees In the mountains in his district, petitioned to be allowed to return to the town and prom ised to support the Americans.
 Captain Swayne. said the witness, told General Smith they would die of starva- ton If left in the mountains, and General Smith. the witness added. said: Let them die. The sooner they are dead the sooner we shall have peace"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
AS FAR APART AS EVER
Engineers and L. 6 N. Management Have Come to No ConcIusion
 As Yet.

Louisville, Ky. Jan. 1h-No agreement has been reached between the Grievance Committee of the locomotive engineers of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and General Manager Evans. a three hours conference late today proving fruitless.
 The men and the management are as far from agreement now as when the de- mands were first made. The committee will meet Mr. Evans again tomorrow and another effort will be made to ef- feet compromise. The engineers are in- sistent for the concessions they ask and the anaEement Is Obdurate in its re- fusal to yleld an inch beyond the offer made 10 give half of the increase asked for positively refusing to abolish the short dog runs and to make other changes asked by the men
 The/ officials of the railroad and the members of the committee mountain a complete silence as to what was said in the conference or as to the extent or na- ture of the conditions imposed by the conference offered by the railroad which are the causes of the hitch
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
and the joint" business muddisd ths local waters.
EWING AND KAvANAUGH
 COMING TO MONTGOMERY.
Ewing Says That He Voted for MT. Semmes and That Newman
 nid Alao.

Memphis. Tenn, Jan, 16-(Special.) )-- Montgomery's franchise In the Southern League still hangs fire and tonight there Is a doubt as to the party or parties that will operate the club in that city next summer. To the correpresent. President
 kavanaugh said:
 T called for a vote on the Montgomery
 franchise matter by mall last Saturday.
 The votes are all in. but as certain ques-
 tions have arisen concerning the original
 award of the franchise to Messrs. Rag
 land and Semmes. the result VIII not pc
 announced until these questions are set
 between the old league and the new league at Memphis and Birmingham con ferences was made with Caruthers. Ewing, representing the new league ana myself representing the present league. 1 have proposed to him that he and 90 1 to Montgomery and confer with Meesrs.
 Ragland and Semmes and settle tneir differences"
 Caruthers Ewing stated tonight that he | would visit Montgomery with President l Kavanaugh to settle at once and for all | the disposal of the Montgomery fran chise, but he would not name the date on which the visit would be made. He | said:
 There has been an effort to count Mir. Semmes out Semmes was interested with us in the formation of the new league and naturally we stick to him as General Carnes wishes; we want him to get that Montgomery franchise. I voted for him
 and Newman of New Orleans also assur- ed me that he would vote for Semmes. This gave us two votes, and as Montgom- cry was not allowed to vote on the ques- | ton. that fact prevented the 'Ragland contingent from carrying their point by two-thirds vote, as required by the
 League constitution. It will come out right, however, and Montgomery will be
 represented byI Manager Whistler; at | any rate. this much has been agreed on, regardless of the owners of the fran chfse."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
WASHINGTON INQUIRY.
Testimony Showing That Indepen-
 dents Ran Up Price.

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 dents Ran Up Price.
 Washington, Jan. 15.-Before the Sem ate Committee on the District of Colum- bia, President Mcfarland of the Board of District Commissioners testified today that on account of the increase ip the price of coal the District authorities would be compelled to ask to have the appropriation for fuel for schools doubled. He said that the District was now paying @ a ton for bituminous coal. N
 Robert L. O Brien, the Washington rep- resentative of Boston newspaper, who recently made an investigation of the reasons for the coal shortage in Boston, said that there had been a marked dim mutton in the Reading supply of coal in that city. He attributed this fact to the favoritism shown. to preferred clients, consisting largely of the towns on the line of that road. He expressed the opin- ion that the advance had been caused by the determination of the independent op- orators to charge all that the traffic will bear.
 During the session a letter was read from President Lore of the Baltimore and Ohio Railyoad saying:
 The railroads have been laboring un- der great difficulty on account of heavy traffic but notwithstanding this, un- derstand we have succeeded in placing in Washington during December a consid- erably large amount of coal than in the previous year and also after the settle ment of the coal strike an increase was also shown."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
INAUGURAL DETAILS
LEGISLATORS AND MoNT0oM-
 ERY CITIZENS HAD MEETING
At Joint Session Yesterday Afternoon Program Was Perfected and Legislaturs's Committee
 Thanked Local Men.

Legislators and >Montgcmsry business and professional men joined hands yesterday af- sernoon in arranging the details of the inan- suration of Governor Jeiks next Monday.
 The joint committee of the Alabama Legis- iature. appointed to have charge of the cere- monies attending the inauguration. met at m behalf of the Montgomery Commercial and industrial Association The meeting was held et the rooms of the association and was called to order by Chairman Alex Rice
 The Legislative Committee. consisting oi senators Fraser and Arlington and Represen' tatives BankheaA of Walker, Wood of Macon McDonead of Barbour and Arlington of Mont. gomery. were present
 MT. Bankhead of Walker is Chairman of thu Committee from the Legislature and the chafr was yielded to him by Chairman Rice when ne had called the meeting to order.
 Mr. Rice. addressing the members of thu Legislature said that in view of the shor' time the Legislative Committee would have the committee of Montgomery citizens had made out e program of inaugural ceremonies and had arranged details which 1t WAS ready to turn over to the legislators.
 The subcommittee having charge of tho details of the work then submitted reports Chairman A. c Forbes of the Committee or Music and Parade. showed progress Chair. man D. B. Joseph. IT,. of the Committee or Hal and Decorations, reported his work wei In hand; Chairman Phares Coleman of tht Committee on Reception reported. and Chair man ]. K. Jackson of the Floor Committed said everything was in good shape.
 Representative Bannkhead in behalf of him self and associates. thanked the Montgomer, committee for the progressive spirit shown 1T arranging the ceremonies and congratulated the committee upon the excellent manner ir which ali of the details had been arranged He said the Legislative Committee desired tc place itself at the disposal of the Montgomery committee and would approve and endorse everything done up to this time.
 It was agreed that the Montgomery com. nittee would have charge of all details oi the inaugural ceremonies except those which are to take place at the State Capitol.
 After the legislators retired the Committed on Arrangements remained in session com. pleting the details of the ceremonies.
 The committee will arrange for the attend ance of four military bands. e Mobile band o twenty five pieces. an Anniston band of twen' ty pieces. the Auburn Cadet Band of twenty two pieces and the Montgomery Military Band
 If the plans of the committee are success full. i,6o0 soldiers of the National Guard will reach Montgomery Monday morning to partici- pate in the great military parade.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
RESTRICTS THE OUTPUT
EFFECT OF UNION IN ANTHRAX
 CITE REGIONS.
The Erie Company Introduces Testi- mohy to This Effect-Mr. Mitchell Makes Statement
 to the Commission.

Philadelphia. Jan l5.-Most of the testi-
 mony presented to the anthracite coal strike commission today was of a cor
 roborative nature.
 The Erie Company. which has not yet concluded It's case. produced numerous
 witnesses to prove that the miners union
 is responsible for the ai!egeda arcstriction
 of the ..-.rd coal production. The Erie
 Company controls the Hillside Coal and
 Iron Company and the Pennsylvania Coal
 Company.
 During the examination of Edward But
 ton. foreman employed by the latter company. the fact was adduced that the practice of restricting the number of cars
 to be loaded daily by one man had been
 In operation as far back as 1895. long be- fore the United Mine Workers of Amer lea entered the anthracite region. The unions responsibility rests with the en- forcement of this rule and not with its inception.
 Chairman Gray. who has been i'll at
 his home in Wilmington. Del. for sew | eral days, was present today. HS thdJOilty OA thC WkthCSSSS WSAS mine foremen, who testified that the | unicn was detrimental to discipline at the collieries; that mining is a comparatively | healthy occupation and to acts of law lessness committed during the recent | strike.
 | One witness. William Zorne of Dun | more, contract miner, testified that he lshad been prevented by the union from | performing a certain contract, the driver 1 refusing to furnish him with a sufficient number of cars.
 President Mitchell explained to the
 commission that the union regarded with l disfavor the practice of miners in 'secur- | ing certain work by proposal, In the first place. he said. the lowest l bidder always secures the contract, and
 he employs as many helpers as he deems
 necessary. paying them smaller wages than they would otherwise receive. Tn l many cases one contract miner has em- pioyed from twelve to fifteen laborers | to do the work while he would act as su- perintendent, performing no part of the actual mining This the union consid- cred unjust to the other men, besides in-
 creasing the probability of accidents as the contract miner could not pay proper | attention to many different jobs. Mir.
 Mitchell said also that he had been in-
 formed that saloon keepers some times
 secured these contracts and never enter ed the mines, but left the work to the laborers.
 M. P. Blauvell, Auditor of the Hillside Coal and Iron Company. and of the Penn sylvania Coal Company, offered numer-
 otis statistics showing the average earn
 ings of the men in the company's em-
 ploy and produced figures to show what
 the earnings would be if the collieries
 worked full time and ten hours a day
 for year. Counsel for the miners ob-
 jected to this as evidence, but Chairman
 Gray decided that as the statements were
 compiled from office records, they were
 admissible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
Ryan Whips stift.

Kansas City. Jan. 15.-Tommy Ryan. the middle-weight champion, knocked out Billy Stiff of Chicago in the fourth round of a ten-round bout at the Delaware Club tonight. Ryan fought without his usual caution. trying for a knockout from the start. In the first round he sent Stift ing the count Ryan followed with a right to the kidneys and Stift went to his corner in distress.
 Stiff came up strong for the second round. however, and made fair showing in standing off Ryan's whirlwind rushes In the third Stiff hugged Ryan to gain time. At the beginning of the fourth, Stiff was rushed to the floor and rested nine seconds. As he arose Rysn, like a flash, whipped his right to the jaw, put ting Stiff down and out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
CHANGES IN STAFF BILL.
Secretary of War Second in Command
 to President

Washington, Jan. 15.-The Senate Com mittee on Military Affairs today authOriz- ed favorable report on the general stan bill which passed the House a week ago, but amended 1t in several particulars.
 One of the amendments agreed on con stitutes the chief of artillery a member of the general stan and gives him the rank of brigadier general. The effect of this amendment if incorporated into the bill will be to the interest of Colonel Wallace F. Randolph who is now the artillery chief. Another amendment gives the Secretary of War, after the President, direct supervision of the army. through the chief of stan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16

Elegantly electric lighted dining cars are run on trains l and between Birmingham and New Orleans Lebanon Junction and CincIn- aau; also on rains and between Montgom- cry and GutfamN, Ky. Service a Ia carte.
 New and ha..Sssomsly built chair cars (seats free) operated trains i and { between Cincinnati and New Orleans. High back seat coaches and chair cars are also run on all through trains between Cincinnati Louisville, St. Louis Evansville. Memphis. Nashville and New Orleana
 Train No. carries through Pullman sleep CTS from Chicago Cincinnati and New York to New Orleans.
 Train No. carries through Pullman aleep- CTS from Cincinnati and New York to New Orleans and Chicago to St. Petersburg; also through tourist sleepsrs to San Francisco leaving Montgomery st s:& D. m Tuesday
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
GROUP For Sale by E. 6. Fowler and
 F.v, Hunter.
FIRED A SHELL AT FORT
German Cruiser Takes a Shot at Venezuelan Stronghoid-Gom-
 maudar TvuIaiuu c%tou

Puerto Cabelio. Jan. 15.-The German cruiser vineta at sunset last night fired shell at La vigia,. the fort crowning the hills behind this port The shell. which was fired because men were be- lieved to be in the fort exploded without causing damage.
 The people Of Puerto Cabeilo were at loss last night to understand the action of the German cruiser Early this morn ing. however. Commodore Scheder sent the following communication to the Vene- suelan authorities through William H. Vokmar. acting American consul here:
 Referring to my letter of the 9th in- stant, have to inform you that fired a shell yesterday at Fort La viga because, against my explicit prohibition. the pres ence has been observed there of unau- tborized persons Judging from reports those persons were soldiers."
 The statement of the German Commo- dore that there were unauthorized per- sons in the fort is denied by the author ities here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16

Southern Pacific. 'S~'S ana ess rom New Orleans to New York and ci1 s.,nh3u and St. Petersburg to ChfcaRo me kir. orect connection at Nashville with throsek sleeper to St. Louis s't"Usa - Irsin Ne [ carries through Pullman sieep- CTS rom New Orleans to New York c.inciS natl and Chicago without change
 All through trains make close connaction. sa clncinnati Evansvtlle St. Louis and New Or West ' A@sN @Aa~
 For further information pertaining to Fatos. and " R. R.. or write or ean oa W. L. BEAsLEY, Passenger Agent. Union Station
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
FRANCHISE MATTER
 STILL HANGS FIRE
Judge Kavanaugh States That Ala Votes are in, But Other Questions
 Have Arisen and Blocked Way.

Little Rock, Jan. 15.-(Special J. The vote on the Montgomery fran chise matter is all in. but as certain questions have arisen concerning original award of franchise, the re- suit will not be announced until the questions are settled.
 As the settlement at Memphis and Birmingham was made wlth Caru- thers Ewing representing the new league, I have proposed to him that he and I go to Montgomery and con- fer with Messrs Ragland and Semmes and settle these questions.
 W. M. Kavanaugh.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16

The above telegram was received from Judge Kavanaugh at a late hour last night in response to a request from the Advertiser in regard to the local fran chise. It seems that certain agreements were made between Judge Kavanaugh representing the Southern League and Messrs Caruthers Ewing and General Carnes representing the outlaw league at the Memphis and Birmingham peace meetings that have not been given to the public. What these agreements were may be known on the arrival of MT
 Ewing and Judge kavanaugh in Mont gomery which will be tonight as they were scheduled to leave Little Rock and Memphis at midnight last night The telegram from Little Rock in The Advertiser of yesterday morning stated that New Orleans and Shreveport alone had not sent in their votes. the other fve-Atlanta, Birmingham, Nashville, Memphis and Little Rock-having voted yes" Under the constitution of the Southern League a two-thirds vote was necessary before the Montgomery fran chlse could be abrogated and a new franchise granted. There were seven votes to be counted-Montgomery of course not votng-and six were neces- sary to make the required tWo-thirds
 Shortly after noon yesterday Mir. Rag land received a telegram from the Shreve- port peop.e stating that the, had cast their vote to abrogate the Montgomery franchise and 10 regrant the Montgom- cry franchise in the name of w H. Rag land. Leaving New Orleans out of the question this made the six votes neces- sary to make the two-thirds required by the constitution of the league-Shereve- Memphis and Little Rock. From this 1t would seem that the Montgomery franchise is undoubtedly placed again where tt was before the outlaw league
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
Champion Jeffries Explains.

Salt Lake. Utah, Jan. 15.-The Herald tomorrow will print a signed statement from Champion James J. ferries concern ing his recent bout with Jack Munroe at Butte Mont. Jeffries declares that Mum roe not only did not knock him down. but during the entire four rounds did not land clean punch. Jeffries says that he was deliberately jobbed out of the fight, as the third round, in which he sent Nun roe to the mat for an eight-second count, was cut short fully a minute.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
Final Settlement.

THE STATE or ALABAMA Montgomery
 County.--probate Court
 Notice Is hereby given that ". M Murdock. adTninistrator of the estate of Emma V. Mur- dock. deceased. has fled hts account and vouchers for final settlement of his admin sst1akion Of said estate and that the 9th day ck February, l9Q3 has been appointed for said settlement J. B GASTON, gra-St Judge of Probate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
MERGER OF GOULD ROADS.
Plans on Foot for Organization ot Security Company. -.

Security Company.
 New York. Jan /1b.-George J. Gould, according to The American, has ordered his attorney to make final drafts of the charter for the Securities company under which he is to collect all his railroad properties east of the Mississippi
 The company will be organized under Pennsylvania laws. as MT. Gould be- lieves that by getting a charter in that State he will be in better position to fight the Pennsylvania Railroad.
 The capital named in the charter will be nominal. but there will be a clause authorizing it's increase. The first move will be to take in the several small roads about Pittsburg. which form the entrance to that city. As the Wabash and the other roads are taken in from time to time the capital will be increased in pro- portion--until with bonds, 1t reaches $SOO,- 00o,00
 Friendly rivalry is only civilized Jeal- otlaV.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
Stockholders ,Meetina.

Ile annual meeting of stockholders of the TalAAssee and Montgomery Railway Company wflN 20 held at the office of the company in enc City of Montgomery. on Wednesday, Jan. &lgS 9o3, at i2 o'clock noon.
 The election of Directors will be had and such @&5er buninesE may legally come before said n1eattng. VIM. E. ELSBERRY. Cashier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
Stockholders Meetinq

The regular annual meeting of the People's 2 Cotton Factory for the election of Board of Dlrsctors and for the transaction of any other business that may come before # win ho held in the office of Greil Bros. Co, Mont- gomery. Ala. Jan. 2oth. at 8 o'clock p. m.
 T. L. JONES.
 es Secretary and Treasurer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-16
SPECIAL NOTICES.
FUNERAL NOTICE.

WALKER-The friends of MT. and Mrs. wn- Ham T.. Walker. Mr. l.. N. Woodruff and Miss Augusta H. Woodruff are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of the formor rom his late residence. POI Alabama Street at 3 o'clock this (Triday) afternoon