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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
TEN LIVES LOST.
Terribly Fatal Explosion at Mime
apOlis OIL Works.

Terribly Fatal Explosion at Mime
apOlis OIL Works.
Minneapolis, April 27.-Eight men
and two women we're killed by an ex-
plosion at the plant of the Northwestern
Star Oil company, at the loot of Sixth
avenue, about IL 80 a. m. The dead
are:
W. II. Davis, president of the COM
pany.
G. II. Durin, general manager.
S. w. Mitchell, Cashier.
Jacob Domm, bookkeeper.
Miss Caroline Record, bookkeeper.
Harold G. Colborn, clerk.
Miss Ella M. Roundy. stenographer.
David Dacey, foreman.
John Impomonsky and Joseph La
Fond, laborers.
The explosion came without an in
stant's warning, and second after
the conclusion the walls had been
thrown down and the entire structure
was a mass of flames.
Not person i'll the Office escaped
alive. Five workmen engaged on the
second floor were thrown twenty feet
In the air, and these were the only per-
sons who escaped.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
Big Timber Deal.

Woodland, WASH, April 24.-Ons
of the largest timber deals that has
ever been made in this part of the state
was completed last week, when 2.160
acres of timber land was sold for $780,
900. In addition tn this, 2.297 acres
in the same county sold for 100000.
The purchaser is Congressman Forndey
Of Saginaw, Mich, who already holds a
considerable amount of timber land in
this state. The Vancouver & Yakima
Railroad contemplates building twelve
miles of new railroad and several spurs
to reach this section.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
UNDER ELKINs LAW.
order Enjofns ANY Determination
Against Small Shtpners.


chicago, April 27.-Judge Grosscup
mas entered an order in the United
states court of appeals enjoining six
railroad companies from discriminating
against small shippers in the Western
territory. The decision is especially
important, as being the first under the
new Elkins law. The government, ac-
cordlng to the decision, is entitled to
the injunction against the defending
railroads under the commerce act as
we'll as the Elkins act. The ruling an.
plies to IA railroads which were covered
by the proceedings instituted in the
federal court. Six OF these companies
were defendants in the local court. The
others are under the jurisdiction of the
federal court of Kansas City. Judge
Grosscup announced that he and Judge
Phillips we're of one mind relative to
all the points involved.
The decision holds that the govern
ment has the right to bring an action
In equity to restrain the railroads from
discriminating. either by furnishing
lower rates or giving rebates to favored
shippers. 1t further declares that while
each judicial citizen has a right to such
relief in his own behalf, in cases like
those under consideration the injured
persons are so numerous, and the in
jury to each is 30 enthusiastically small
that 1t is the duty of the government to
act for them under the power specific
ally conferred by the statutes. The
Elkins law is held to be simply declar-
atory of the substantive rights which
existed before, and an injunction would
lie under the interstate commerce act.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
RIVALRY OF WESTERN TOWNS.

Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Portland,
throb with enterprise and rivalry. Nor
can they be called boom towns-not
now. Ten years ago they were In
the very heyday Of municipal intoxi-
cation, expanding in a most extraordi-
nary manner; and they were shortly
sorry for their excuses. The crisis
Of 1893 left them all PROSTATE, their
rich men poor, pretentiOus buildings
half completed, and boom additions to
towns behind for taxes. Unlike the
mushroom towns Of early Kansas,
however, they had genuine reasons for
being, and a superb natural strength
that brought speedy convalescence, so
that to-day the visitor finds them rev.
cling in the full joy of life. There Is
something immensely attractive in the
pugnacity with which Seattle adj
vances her fine new shipyard, while
Tacoma counters with low death rate
and enormous wheat shipments. and
Portland opens her batteries with an
uneQualed fresh water harbor. One
soon enters into the spirit of the anil
mated population combats and climate
battles and prevalence-of-cr crime Skin
mishes. With what enthusiasm Spo-
kane, acquiring a new -four mill, hurls
1t, figuratively, in the teeth Of her ri
walls! Fairhaven offers battle with it's
salmon industry, and no one who visits
Washington can escape the belligerent
banner of Everett-the smoke from
her manufacturing chimneys. Every
city on the coast has made up it's
mind firmly, if not quietly, to become
the metropolis of the West.
Oftentimes the rivalry has it's hui
morous side. While in Seattle l heard
much of Mount Rainier, the splendid
volcanic peak which rises cloudwhite
southeast by south of the city. 1t is
one of the most magnificent of Ameri-
can mountains, now set apart, with
wise forethought, as a national re-
serve. The people of Seattle are proud
of Mount Rainier; they regard it as a
special Seattle attraction. When l
reached Tacoma one of the first things
to which my attention was called was
Mount Tacoma. rising gloriously in the
southeast. 1t struck me that it bore
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

Row of Corn Twenty five Miles Long.
A row of corn twenty-five miles long
was, 1t is said, planted last spring
by farmer in Kansas. 1t was not
straight, but in a circular form. He
commenced in a fifty-acre field and
went round and round in circle until
he had planted the whole In single
row, which commenced at one Of the
edges and terminated in the middle.
When preparing the ground he plowed
In the same way.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
MORE PEOPLE DEPORTED.
Drastic Measures Adopted in Fin
land TO Maintain Order.

Stockholm, April 81. Dispatches
from Hlesingfors announce that further
explosions have been ordered under the
decree published April Is prescribing
measures for the maintenance of order
in Finland.
The persons who have been instruct
ed to leave the country include ex-Sen-
ator Mechelin, two editors, former
English consul, Eugene Wolff. and
several leading men of the young Fin
nish party. They have received notice
to leave Finland within week, other
wise they will be deported.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
Good Earnings OF Big Hotel.

The lessee Of New York hotel who
thought he had earned enough to re-
tire from business and enjoy his for
tune In leisure recently had an offer
for his rights in the business that ha
has built up. After consultation with
his attorneys he settled on $S,00O,0OO
as reasonable sum, says the New York
Sun. There was no formal consent to
sell for that amount, but that was the
figure that seemed just after hurried
view of the situation. There came from
the intending purchasers an intimation
that they were willing to do business
Immediately ON that basis. Luckily
nothing definite was done until the law
yers set out to make more thorough
investigation as to the value of the prop
erty, based on the income 1t yielded
annually. On that basis the hotel was
vastly more valuable than 1t had at first
been considered. The proprietor's per-
sOnal profit for the last eight years had
averaged $1000,000. In view of these
profits the price placed on the hotel was
increased to figure which it was quite
impossible for the syndicate to pay. In
view of the large amount he found him
self to be earning annually, the proprie-
tor was quite satisfied to remain in har-
ness a few years longer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
Smallpox Germ Discovered.

Boston, April 27.-The Globe an
nounces that DR.. William Thomas
Counselman, of Shattuck. professor of
pathological anatomy in Harvard med
ical school, has discovered the germ
that causes smallpox. The discovery
is announced by physicians who have
been aware of DR.. Counselman' 8
achievements, as one of the really great
ones in medical history, and the most
important one made in Boston, rival
ing the discovery of ether as an anes-
thetic
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
PREVENTED A WAR.
Leslie M. Combes Successfully In
tervened in Central America.

LtBlkc WI. SOIuUCb 0uCCCb5luhy
tervened in Central America.
Washington, April 24-United States
Minister Leslie Com bes was the means
of preventing a war between Guatema-
la and Salvador. A letter from Presi-
dent Estrada, of Guatemala, transmit
ted to the state department by Mr..
Com hes, reads, in part:
"There is no doubt whatever that
the good offices exercised by you had a
great influence toward restoring peace
between US, and have the satisfaction
OF rendering to you, in the name of
Guatemala, my most heartfelt thanks
for your work"
The minister in his response declared
that anything the United States Dip
lomatic representative might accom-
plish toward conserving the peace
would be done.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
MERGER DECREE WILL STAND
Opinion Expressed by OMciai OF Del
aware & Lackawaha.

New York, April 27.-Mr. b ID.
Caldwell, vice president OF the Della
ware & Lackawana railway, is stopping
at the Bristol hotel in this city, cables
the Berlin correspondent of the Herald.
In AN interview he is quoted as say
ing that the recent Northern Securities
merger decision would doubtless stand,
despite the appeal, though he considers
the Sherman antitrust law lnequita.
BILE. He believes that the decision VIII
affect other leading trunk lines.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

singular resemblance to Mount
Rainier. and l said as much.
1T Is sometimes called Mount
Rainier" said my informant; "but If
you call 1t anything but Mount Ia
coma over here you can't get anything
to eat"
And so the mountain is the dear
scenic possession, under separate
names, of two cities.-Century.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
Colorado Launched.

Philadelphia, April 27.-The Ar,
mored cruiser Colorado was launched
at Cramps shipyards in the presence
of distinguished gathering OF officials
from Washington and the state of Col
orado, including its entire congressional
delegation. Miss Cora Peabody, daugh-
ter Of the governor of Colorado, christ
ened the vessel.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30
POrtIand's Scandals.

,.I rortiand, Or, April 24.-Further
tSbs o of deliberate jugglery with
- oounty's funds show that the coun-
J,,, commissioners gave thousands Of
v Gials In exchange for warrants pre-
c oUusiy declared to be worthless by the
III One case of tax reduction is
OoN sl'25O, 900 was cut down to $751;
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-30

The next time you feel Respondent,
look out the window. Within two min
utes you will see something to make you
thankful.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-01
WEAVING REVIVED.

Mis- Gertrude NJ. Bayne OF New
York has devoted herself to endeav-
oring to revive the art Of coyerlid
weaving. once peculiar to eastern
TenEez see. II is pointed out that Am
ericaa art found its earliest expression
in this direction, and that these quaint
coveriid5 combine most appropriately
with the colonial style OF furnishing
Natural color.ngs are used and their
produy ton is a secret which Miss
BayIc 7eCuIeI with 10 little difficulty
from the country people.
Want lark furnishes rich brown;
hicko y. a pleasing yellow; chestnut
affords blue, and sycamore purple.
The lue pot, which was an import
ant factor in the success of the old
weave rs, has been started from one
which vas set" four generations ago
and has been kept going ever since.
After many months of inquiry after
the secrets of this remarkable dye,
Miss Bayne says she gave up all hope
of starting a blue pot independently,
and borrowed her start from the ven
cradle pot just mentioned
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-01
The John Hay Type of Diplomat.

That was so highly distinguished a
compliment paid to the secretary oil
state on Saturday by one of the ablest
of the justices of our supreme court
that it requires annexation. Speaking
at les Moines, Justice David ]. Brewe,
remarked:
The diplomacy of the government
is now on the highest plane. Not the
Machiavelli and Tallyrand type, but
John Hay typo marks this government
among the most unselfish and most
honest nations of the world"
Honest, OF course: unselfish, accord.
ms as you understand the word; unso.
phisticated, not by long shot.
A popularity of the diplomacy de-
scrlbed by the eminent jurist as of the
John Hay type is that its intellectual
tinenes5 is quite as remarkable as ii il
were ostentatiously mendacious in its
demonstrations.
Add to its sanity, safety, and stabil
ity the quality and habit of success
and you complete lac definition of the
diplomacy practiced by the Hon. John
hay TO the establishment of some for.
eign offices abroad and to the immense
oontantment O: the American people
The greatest po2ce-.oyers on earth
New York Sun
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-01

the largest turbine yet constructed,
and the Essen station will thus con-
tain the largest steam-driyen general
ing unit in the world A turbine of
less power. of the same pattern, has
been recently tested at Frankfort and
its operation proved very satisfactory
According to these results the makers
claim that the new turbine will oper-
ate with but 1875 pounds of steam per
net kilowatt-hoIr. The generating
unit will occupy much less space than
for a steam engine set. The whole
set-turbine, alternator and genera
tor-measures fifty-eight feet long but
only ten feet wide and the same
height, this includes the length of the
turbine which measures only twenty
three feet long for a capacity of $500
kilcwatts. The foundation is disposed
so that the group is not at a great
Height above the ground level, and it
can be taken care of from the floor of
the station, so that the usual platforms
and staircases will be dispensed with
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-01
hiorseiess Hurry-Call.

The most important practical apph
cation of the automobile at present is
a physicians carriage. An automobile
concern in New York recently COM
piled some records of the cars it had
sold to city and country doctors. In
more than forty cases there was not
one where physician had returned
to the use of horse after having tries
an automobile, and in the majority of
instances the physicians reported the
motor car to be more economical. by
direct comparison. without counting on
its greater power of accomplishment.
Rural physicians. especially. declare
it to be boon that enables them To
cover twice as much territory as form
erly, and yet have leisure.-Every,
body's Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-01
BIGGEST IN THE WORLD.

1t is reported that the largest steam
turbine in the world is soon to be in,
stalled in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS gem
Grating station at Essen. 1t is needed
10 run n 5,0n0.kilowatt alternator ami
3 l,500-Silowatt direct-current gener-
ator at the same time. These two
machines have been built by the
Brown. Boveri Company which then or
dered the turbine that must supply
$500 ktlowatts of output to run the
two machines, This will no doubt be
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-01

Rev. Jno. S. Cox, of Wake. Ark,
writes, For II years I>suffered from
yellow Jaundice. | consulted a num-
Der of physicians and tried all sorts of
medicines, but got no relief. Then
began the use of Electric Bitters and
feel that | am now cured OF a disease
that had me in its grasp for twelve
years. If You want a reliable medi-
cine for Liver and Kidney trouble
stomach disorder or general debility
get Electric Bitters. It's guaranteed
by A. l.. Burgan. Only soc
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-01

Our little daughter had an almost
fatal attack of whoopiRg cough and
bronchitis" writes Mrs. w. K. Havi-
land, of Armonk, N. Y, but, when all
other remedies failed, we saved her
life with DR. Kings New Discovery.
Our niece who had Consumption in
an advanced stage, also used this won
derful medicine and today she is per-
fectly we'll" Desperate throat and
lung diseases yield to DR.. Kings New
Discovery as to no other medicine on
earth. lnfallible for Coughs and
Colds soc and s1.00 bottles guar
anteed by A. L. Burgan. Trial bottles
free.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-01
A Love Letter

Would not interest yiu if you're look
ing for a guaranteed Salve for Sores
Burns or Piles. Otton Dodd. of Pom
der, Mo. writes: Il suffered with an
ugly sore for a year, but box OF
Bucklen's Arnica Salye cured me. Its
the best Salve ON earth. 25e at A. l.
Burgan's drug store.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-10-01
Broke into His House.

S. LIE Quinn of Cayendish. VT, was
robbed of his customary health by in
vasion of Chronic CONSTIPATION. When
DR.. Kings New Life Pills broke into
his house. his trouble was arrested and
row he's entirely cured. They're
guaranteed to cure. CSC at A. L. Bur
gan's drug store
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-08-01
HUNTERS HOT SPRINGS.

Is well known resort in Montana on the
main line Of the Northern Pacific Railway.
1t is just the place for those travelling to
Montana to rest for day or a week.
The baths are fine, good for neuralgia,
rheumatism, dropsy, dyspepsia, stomach
troubles, liver and kidney diseases, etc.
The elevation is 1000 feet above sea level
at the base of the Crazy Mountains, and
the scenery is charming. Trout fishing in
Yellowstone river and the creeks near by
is good.
There are private and plunge baths, at
tendants and physicians, the accommodate
lions are not elegant and luxurious, but
plain, clean and comfortable, the prices
reasonable-$2.5O per day, $500 per week
and you are made welcome, summer
and winter.
All through trains west-bound and the
Twin City Express east-bound, stop at
Springdale, the station for the Springs.
Free carriages meet trains.
Address either Chas. S. Fee, Genl Pas
senger Agent, Northern Pacific Railway,
St. Paul, Mimi, or J. E. Mccormick,
Hunters Hot Springs. Mont, for rates
and additional information.
wonderland 1902 describes the
Springs and will be sent by Chas. S. Fee,
st. Paul, Mimi, for six cents, to any ad-
dress.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-08-01
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

In laying the cornerstone Of the great
lava arch, the gateway to the Yellowstone
Park, at Gardiner, on April "a, 1903, said
The Yellowstone Park is something
else in any civilized country is there to be
found such tract of veritable wonder
land. where at the same time not only
the scenery of wilderness, but the wild
creatures Of the Park are scrupulously
preserved as they were, the only change
being that these same wild creatures have
been SO carefully protected as to show
literally astounding tameness. This Park
was created and now is administered for
the benefit and enjoyment Of the people.
The only way that the people as a whole
can secure to themselves and their chill
dren the enjoyment in perpetuity of what
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-08-01

the Yellowstone Park has to give is by
assuming the ownership in name of the
nation, and by jealousy safeguarding and
preserving the scenery, the forests, and
the creatures. At present it is rather
singular that a greater number of people
come from Europe than come from our
own Eastern States to see it,
Gardiner, the Gateway to the Park, is
the terminus of the Northern Pacific
branch line from Livingston at the bound
airy of the Park, and park tourists change
from trains to stage coaches at that point.
The park season extends from June LIST
to September 18th. Send six cents for
Wonderland 1907 and park folder and
map. Chas. S. Fee, General Passenger
and Ticket Agent, ST. Paul, MINI.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-08-01
A FLOWER BOOK OF REAL FLOWERS

The YELLOWSTONE Park Flower BOOK,
published by the Northern Pacific, is a
beautiful creation. 1t contains eleven
specimens Of real flowers, in natural COL
ors, from Yellowstone Park, with names
and places where found.
Also six full-page, fine half tone illus
trations Of bears, the Grand Canyon, gey-
sers, hotels, etc., found in the Park, the
most wonderful spot on earth, 81 by 81
miles in size and where President Roose-
welt recently spent his vacation.
The Flower Book makes beautiful
souvenir. Send Chas. S. Fee, General
Passenger Agt. Northern Pacific Ry., St.
Paul, Mimi, fifty cents for a copy.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-08-01
STATE FAIR THE GREATEST EVER

Senator Fairbanks of Indiana will for
mally open the State Fair Aug. 31st. That
week will witness what is promised to be
the biggest and most successful State
Fair ever held in Minnesota, if not in the
United States. The exhibits will not only
outnumber those of former years in each
particular class, but the variety of classes
and the number Of arts and industries
represented will be much increased.
AS last year, the American Hereford
Breeders Association and the American
Short-horn Breeders Association will oc-
cupy their great tent, which will seat
5000 persons. 1t is the largest tent ever
made in Minnesota and was made in the
factory of H. G. Neal the big st. Paul
tent and awning man, who always has
tents of all sizes for rent.
The management announces that this
year it has outdone all previous efforts
in the line of special features and has
procured the best exhibitions and amuse-
ment features that money can obtain
A plat Of ground has been set apart for
the accommodation Of those who wish to
live on the Fair grounds. 1t is fenced in
and 100 tents are set up in rows and
ready for the use of State Fair patrons.
Cots, mattresses, blankets and pillows
may also be rented. Send your order to
N. G. Neal 131 E. Third ST., st. Paul, or
E. w. Randall, secretary State Fair Ham
line.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-08-01
A ST. PAUL INSTITUTION.

The announcement Of the opening Of
the Eleanor Miller School of Oratory ap-
pears on our second page. Miss Miller
is at the head of the oratOrical depart
ment of Hamline University. Having
known personally Of her work there, we
take special pleasure in commencing the
new institution and predicting it's COM
plete success.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-08-01

Prohibition doesn't prohibit, and I ex-
pect it never will. Neither will scythe
cut grass, be it ever so sharp; or gun
shoot, or any of the many means to an
end do their proper work, without some
body to use them.-President Dickie, AL
bion College.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-08-01
LookInto The Faces

l0OkIntO The Faces
OF these earnest, am
bilious, in t ellig en- t
young people. They
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potency that will en-
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comforts and luxuries
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by RA S NJ U S SEN
PRACTICAL BUSI-
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Globe Bldg, St. Paul.
You can do the same.
Attend this school and
secure a practical edu-
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than lands or gold. They
may be lost or taken
away-an education
never. Every graduate
of Rasmussen School is
occupying a lucrative
position. Write at once
for an inspiring booklet
on Success free. Staunch
friends of the cause to
which BACKBONE is de-
voted can be found in
this picture. Perhaps
you know some of them