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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
MINNESOTA LAUNCHED.
First Of the Big Steamers for Pa
cific Named.

First Of the Big Steamers for Pa
cific Named.
New London, Conn April 17.-Ot
the two big twin-screw steamers being
built at New London plant of the UNI
ted States Shipbuilding company, one,
the Minnesota, was launched yester-
day. No vessel approaching the Min
nesota in size has ever been built In
the United States and only two abroad,
the Celtic and Cedric. Miss Clara Hill,
daughter of James ]. Hill, president of
the Great Northern Steamship compa-
ny, named the vessel. The Minnesota
and her sister ship, now being built at
the New London yards, are designed for
freight and passenger traffic on the Pa
cifc ocean.
The Minnesota is of the intermediate
cargo and passenger type, and built I'M
der Lloyd's survey. She is $50 feet
long, IS feet 6 inches wide, Sc feet
high to the upper deck, SS feet high to
the captains bridge, III feet high TO
the top of mast and is rugged as four
masted schooner, with pole masts.
The vessel is divided transversely in
to thirteen watertight compartments;
the engine and boiler rooms being d.
vided longitudinally by a watertight
bulkhead, makes four watertight ma
chinery compartments. The double
bottom is six feet deep and extends
across the whole bottom of the vessel.
The space can hold about 200 tons of
water ballast whenever required, and
is divided into twenty-eight watertight
compartments. In addition to the
above, water tanks are located in the
tween deck, one on each side of the
center; two of these tanks are fitted
forward of machinery and two abaft,
and contain in all over 1000 tons Of
water. Altogether this hull is divided
into forty-eight watertight compart-
ments.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
COIN FOR PHILIPPINES.
Two and One-Half Million Pesos
Are Coined.

Philadelphia, April 1s.-There are
ready for shipment to the Philippines
two million five hundred thousand Pc
phia mint in the last 25 working days.
The coinage in this case is equal to the
minting of the same number of Ameri-
can dollars, and thus required the
handling on al average of 100, 900 Pc
SOS daily during the 25 days. During
this time the mint also added to the
Philippines coinage 100000 pieces
of bronze, valued at SOL 900, and
$500, 900 nickels, valued at $lS0,000
Superintendent lands said the work
done was remarkable when ID taken in
TO consideration the recent depletion Of
the force.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
GOVERNMENT INQUIRIES.
Information Asked Regarding Re
cent Order Of Railroads.

Seattle, April 20.-Secretary Victor
Fl. Beekman, of the Single associa-
ton. has received a letter from the
treasury department asking for infor-
nation regarding an order recently is
sued by the Great Northern and North
ern Pacific. and three days ago supple
mented by an order from the Wisconsin
Central, refusing to furnish any more
cars for single shipments east of CHI
cago. The contention of the lines is
that they now have upwards of 1000
cars on foreign lines in the East which
they are unable to get back. The effect
of this order will be to kill the single
business in the Eastern states amount
ing to about 5000 cars annually, and
in the face of present conditions includ-
ing the largest surplus stock on record
in the hands of the coast mills and lit
tie demand in the Central West, the
situation is alarming to the trade.
The purpose of the treasury depart
ment's inquiry is speculative. but is
supposed to be for the purpose of pre-
senting the matter to the interstate
commerce commission.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
TAP RICH COUNTRY.
o. II. & N. Company to Expand Into
Central Oregon.

Portland, Or, April ia special
to the Oregonian from New York says:
The Oregon Railroad & Navigation
company will extend its system into
Central Oregon, guaranteeing to Port
land merchants control of the trade Of
this rich section and making its rapid
development certain. The proposal to
extend has been under consideration
by the company for some time, but un-
til now nothing definite has been given
out. The absolute promise of an ex-
tension has now been made.
7. B. Wilcox, who came to New York
as the representative of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, has been in
consultation with President f. Fl. Har-
riman, of the Union Pacific and chair
man of the board of directors of the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation compa-
ny, relative to the extension for some
time, and has now departed for his
home with the assurance that the COM
pany will build into Central and South
ern Oregon
The details of the extension are to be
settled at once. Within a comparative
ly short time it will be definitely known
whether the 0. R. & N. intends to build
line of its own, or whether it will ex-
tend the Columbia Southern, which
runs from Bigks, station on the 0.
r. & N, to Shaniko. distance of sew
enty miles due south.
The Oregon Railroad & Navigation
company owns the bonds of the Column
bia Southern, and it is understood that
negotiations for the sale of smaller
road to the hartman line are now be-
ing carried on in New York.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
SHAMR0CK'S HARD LUCK
New Challenger Dismasted and
One Sailor Drowncd-L!p.
tons Narrow Escape.

Weymouth, April l9.-Sir Thomas
Lipton's new challenger for the Amer
icas cup was dimasted in a squall,
shortly after leaving this harbor pre-
paratory to another trial spin with the
Shamrock /. Her mast IA it fell over
the side carried several OF the crew over
board. One man was drowned and sew
era' persons, including Sir Thomas,
who was knocked down hatchway,
were bruised or otherwise injured. The
man who was drowned was a brother
in-law of Captain Wringe. He was
handing a binoccular glass to Sir
Thomas at the time he was swept over
board. One of Sir Thomas hands was
injured, but not ceriously.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
GRADING CONTRACT LET.
Work to Begin on Road Between
Grants Pass and Crescent City.

Grants Pass, Or, April Cocoon
tracts for the grading of the Oregon &
Pacific railroad between Grants Pass
and Crescent City have been let. The
contracts have been awarded to San
Francisco parties, and they will arrive
here and begin work as soon as ar
rangements have been made for secur-
ing right of way. Terminals and yards
have already been arranged for at each
end of the line, and are ready to turn
over to the company as soon as it is
ready for them.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
COAL ROADS NEXT
ATTORNEY GENERAL PLANS AN
OTHER ATTACK.
Anthracite Case Combine to Be
Proceeded Against If the sr-
preme Court Sustalns the Dao,
sion in the Northern Securities
Case.

Washington, Arpil 18. - ATTORNEY
General Knox and one or two of his in
innate official associates in the denrat.
ment of justice have for some time been
making careful study of the ALLEGED
combination among the anthracite coal
roads of Pennsylvania. 1t is not nm.
likely, as result of this investigation
that bills in equity will be filed against
these railway companies, similar in
character to the bill which was filed
against the Northern Securities merger.
the decision upon which was handed
down last week. 1t is not to be a..
sumed, however, that these proceedings
against the coal carriers will be insti.
tuted immediately; in fact the prose.
cution will probably be delayed several
months.
The examination of the relations
supposed to exist between the railroads
engaged in the coal carrying business
in Pennsylvania has been conducted
upon no very systematic plan and with
no immediate purpose in view, but Mr..
Knox is known to have devoted con-
siderable amount of time to the subject
in the same way that he has examined
into the conditions surrounding several
other corporations against which COM
plants have been made and allegations
filed to the effct that they were violat-
ing federal statutes. It is the policy of
the administration not to proceed pre-.
cipitately in its enforcement of the
anti trust laws, and for two very good
reasons, among others. One of these
is that the department of justice wishes
to proceed IN dignitied, judicial man.
ner in carrying out it's policy of enforc-
ing the statutes, causing the least pos
sible disturbance of sensitive business
conditions. The other is that two great
cases are already pending, and it is de-
sirable to have the judgment of the
United States supreme court on these
as safe guide to legitimate course of
action in other cases.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
FILES IMPORTANT SUIT.
Involves Relief Department of Penn
sylvania Railroad.

Toledo, o., April 17.-An important
legal action involving the question Of
the regularity of the Pensylvania Rail-
road company's relief department has
been instituted here. W.. Gill, who
filed the suit as attorney for woman
whose husband was killed, charges in
his petition that the company causes
the employees to maintain relief fund
to guard against accident, thus saving
the company that expense. He says
that the case will undoubtedly 90 TO
the supreme court, and that Its result
will affect thousands of railroad men
throughout the country. He hopes to
have the department declared illegal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
NEWS OF 'IHEpAY
Grief Summary OF Less Important,
Though not the Less IEserestfn g.
happenings OF the Week, From
All Parts Of the World.

There is a serious typhoid fever cpl
demic at Stanford university. The
source of the infection has been traced
to the milk supply.
Hallett Kilbourne, formerly chief
clerk of the interior department, and
one of the most widely known citizens
of Washington, is dead.
George Kincaid, a homeseeeker from
the East, died at the hospital at Walla
Walla. The remains were shipped to
his old home in Missouri.
Milton Allies, assistant secretary OF
the treasury, has severed his connec-
ton with the department to accept the
vice presidency of the Riggs National
bank, of Washington.
At Roseburg, Or, Earl Fletcher,
aged 16, was electrocuted by touching
a live wire carrying 10000 volts, In
the transformer room of the Roseburg
Lighting & Water Power company.
Pittsburg 10 to have great UNIVERSE
ty that will rival the big colleges and
universities of the country. For its en-
dowment, it 10 said, the millions of An
drew Carnegie and twenty other veal
thy Pittsburgers are pledged.
Elliott Lyons, who on February g
shot and killed Sheriff W. W. Withers
while resisting arrest for horse stealing,
was hanged 81 Eugene, Or, on Friday.
Lyons came from a highly respected
pioneer family, and it ia said his aged
neither is dying OF grief over the crime.
The state department has asked the
German government for statement OF
the facts connected with the deporta-
ton from the island of Ruk to the isl
and of Donate, another of the Caroline
group. of number of native students
of the American missionary establish
ment. q
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
THREE SENATOR'S.
Missouri Legislators Are Indicted
for BoodIinx.

jefferson City, Mo-, April 20.-The
Cole county grand jury has returned
four indictments, three presumably
against state senator's for alleged ac-
ceptance OF brides in connection with
the alum bill legislation. Strict secre-
cy is maintained and definite informa-
tion cannot be obtained, but by deduc-
ton it is believed one Indictment is
against St. Louis senator, two against
senators living outside st. Louis, and
the fourth against someone living in
Jefferson City.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

The annual conference of the Free
Methodists OF the state was held at &C.
attic the past week.
Chelan is soon to be lighted by cleo
tricity. The power plant will be COM
pleted in about two weeks.
Work has commenced on the new
bridge across the Chelan river at Che
Ian, connecting the business portion of
the city with South Chelan.
william Slime, of Walla Walla, aged
70, is dead. The deceased was one of
the foremost Republican leaders of
Walia Walla county fol- many years.
The Seattle Electric Company has
filed in the Office of the county auditor
certificate of the increase of the cap
ital stock of the company from 8,000,-
900 to SIC, 100000.
The board of oyster land commission
ers has practically decided to buy back
all oyster lands sold under the act of
in good faith.
DR.. A. E. STUNT. of Colfax, has been
appointed member of the state board
of health medical examiners to fill the
unexpired term OF DR.. W. D. Tucker,
of Port Townsend.
Frank McBriarly, prominent citi-
zen OF Pomeroy, and brothers. in law
of ex-Chief Justice Scott. died in the
hospital at Walla Walla as result of
an amputation of his ley.
G. f. Bailey, baseball player was
brought from Cotton to Colfax suffer-
ing from a badly fractured skull, the
result of being hit by pitched ball. 1t
is thought he has fair chance of re-
covery.
The Inland Empire base ball league
has been organized at Walla Walla.
Four clubs we're represented, Pendle-
ton, Walla Walla, Dayton and Colfax.
The schedule was arranged for four
games a week. The season will start
April 80.
The water is running in the big Ken
newick canal from the intake at the
Yakima to the terminus on the Column
bia river. Some farmers have rriSated
potatoes and strawberries for the first
time Much land is being seeded to AL
falfa.
A sloop containing two white men
and eleven contraband Chinese was oh
served by officers when about to land
early Thursday morning at the docks
in the lower end of Seattle. One of
the white men succeeded in escaping,
but the other, who gave his name as
Henry Thomas, was corralled, together
with the Cinnamon and taken to jail.
A split has occurred in the Everett
lodge of the Fraternal Brotherhood,
and majority of the members have es-
tablished new order to be known as
the Fraternal Knights and Ladies'. In
this move, it is stated, they have fol-
lowed the lead of = majority of the
lodges of the Fraternal Brotherhood OF
the state. q
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
Will Not Serve on Commission.

Washington, April 1S.-Andrew D..
White, formerly ambassador to Ger
many, has declined to serve AS one of
the United States commissioners at the
forthcoming monetary congress, thus
combining the delegation to the three
persons already named, Messrs. CO..
nant. jerks and Hanna. Mr.. Whites
declination is based ON the unsatisfac-
tory condition of his health, as we'll as
pressure of private business.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
Tacoma Quotations.

Wheat-Bluestem, 7Sc; club, zoe.
Cattle-Steers. s4.75 per cwt; cows,
"a.
Sheep-5c.
Hogs-S7.50.
Veals-$5@7.
Butter-Washington creamery, 22c;
ranch. 1791Sc; California, 2692Sc.
Honey-Californi comb, lac; Cali
fornia strained. &c; home honey. lac.
Eggs-Fresh ranch. 17G1Sc.
Oats-s24.5OGs25.50; rolled oats.
s2S.50926.50.
Feed-Bsrley. whole grain, $3.50;
rolled. s24.50; timothy, east of the
mountains. s17.5001s50 per ton; clo-
YER. s16.50917.50; alfalfa. s1450@
1880; wheat. s2e.5o127: wheat hay.
s16@1s.60: corn, SIS.
Bran-s1s; shorts. $1s.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
Cholera Victims.

Washington, April 1S.-Genersl Da-
Wis has reported to the war department
seven deaths from cholera in the Phil
ippines: Frank M. Squiers, Richard A;
Morris, William r. McGregor, paniei
A. Cotter, Company A, Tenth in 'sntry'
Kinney Miller, Company M, Twenty
seventh infantry; H. D. Hyatt, Com,
pany H, Twenty-ninth infantry, ana
Henry M. Diedel, Company K, Tenth
infantry.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
Sir oliver Mowatt Dead.

Ottawa, Ont, April 19.-Sir Oliver
Mowat, lieutenant governor of Ontario.
died today at government house, aged
s3 years. Sir Oliver has heen in feeble
health for some time, but the accident
in which he broke his leg last Sunday
night fastened the end.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
Officials Blow Up Arsenal.

London, April ls.-A special from
Hongkong says the arsenal at Canton.
which was destroyed by an explosion
last week, was blown up by officials
whom the viceroy had charged with
selling powder To rebels, in order to
cover up their dsialcations.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
Mrs. Fitzsimmen Dead

New York, April 20.-Mrs. Robert
Fitzsimmons, wife OF the former heavy
weight pugilist, is dead at her home in
Broolyn. She had been ill for several
days with typhoid pneumonia.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-23
Sale OF Joo Creek Mines.

Jacksonville, Or, April IS.-The
sale Of the Joe Greek copper mines,
about % miles from here, to Patrick
Clark, of Montana, has been consum-
mated. 1t is understood that the pur-
chase price was $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-25
Public Park Flowers.
From the Rochester Herald.


An employe of the Rochester parks makes
complaint through the columns of af
ternoon paper, that the police force of the
parks is not adequate to protect the flow
ers and shrubs from the depredatons Of
thieves. 1t appears that the robbers are
not of the vandal variety, but are sort
of polite development of the juvenile de-
lnquent who robs apple orchards-the log
ictl outcome of the "boys will be boys doc
trine in the administration of police court
justice. The flower thief of the parks Is
not infrequently a petticOated marauder,
who goes about among the flowers, Osten-
sibly admiFing them, but in reality deSpoil-
ing and appropriating them, but and bios
SON. root and branch and even seed.
1t seems strange that persons of at least
assumed responsibility, who ought to know
better, and who in fact do know better, will
stoop to petty thievery of this kind which
enriches them but slightly, but deprives
thousands of their fellow citizens of the
beauties of the parks. 1t Is true that the
city SustainS some loss, since what is thus
taken away must be replaced; but the real
and more important loss is to the parks
themselves and to the great public for
whose health, pleasure and recreation they
are provided. No individual has the right
to deprive his fellows of the pleasure at
forded by the sight of a single park flower.
The planting of the parks is designed to
brains. In their perfection of verdure and
bloom these breathing places of the city
sources Of revivifying pleasure to all
who visit them. 1t Is criminal Self1shneSs
of the few to crafty their greedinesS at the
expense of the many.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-25
"a QUIET NIGHTS REST"
But He Didn't Get 1t in His Friends
House

'Howdy, Where are YOU going s.tld q
representative OF The Evening Star to a
we'll known F street business man whom
he met yesterday in tn" vicinity or tho
Pennsylvania railroad drpot with his grip
IN hand.
Going nowhere just come" was The re-
Spouse. Been on a little business "Trip
west"
Anything to relate?' was The Star
mans next inquiry.
Nothing particular" said the returned
traveller l met an old friend while [ was
absent whose family was in the country,
and accepted his hospitality for a night
having his assurance that would get
good nights rest. Before proceeding to his
home, which was somewhere in the sub
urbs. dined with him. lie was very par
tial to crabs. and had picked crabs first
and afterwards soft shells on toast. My
friend enjoyed them very much and made
a heavy repast. To me they tasted as II
they had been cooked in the east and for
warded west in cold storage, and | in
dulged very lightly. We went home early
for that quiet nights rest, and retired
about o'clock, inasmuch as l was to take
the train next day for more distant city.
Well sir hadn't been In bed many minutes
before a brass band came along escorting
a lot of very enthusiastic politicians They
halted In the neighborhood, the politicians
evidently discussing some intricate QueS-
tons of procedure. / went to sleep when
they departed, and had possibly dozed less
than an hour when there was alarm OF
fire in the vicinity, and the engines came
with their changing bells and gallop ng
horses and hardly had they passed ont of
hearing before the brass band and the
politicians came back on the home stretch
II didn't know whether l was going 10
get any sleep or not. but | DID manage to
get in a few winkS, when | WAS aroused
by the widest shouts and shricks and
groans I ever heard. Cries Of murder and
help assailed my ears, and | knew that
they came from my host. l tried to get to
him, but couldn't exactly locate ii. Then
[ heard a long groan, and heard him ejacu-
late Great heavens, l followed the sound
and found him sitting on the side of his
bed oh, Lord he said AZ / entered his
room. I've had the worst case of night
mare I ever encountered in all my life. 1t
was those COMPOUNDED crabs h" said.
went TO bed again. but It was not long be-
fore jocund day was abroad"
Before taking leave of the reporter hs
said II think / would have had "A quleter
nights rest If I had been slumbering In
boiler shop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-25
Animals Eyes Act Independently.

FROM
The eyes OF an animal can only work to-
gether when they can be brought to bear
upon an object at the same time: so that. as
a rule the eyes of a fish must work more or
less Independently. This is sometimes also
the case when the eyes can cooperate, as
any one who watches plaice or other fiat
fish In an aquarium will soon discover.
This is true, too of the curious bulgirg
optics of chameleon. which roll round.
swivelwise. in a somewhat aimleSS man
ner. When they do converge It is bad for
the insect upon which they fix themselves.
Many animals possess more than three
eyes, which do not all act together. A
leech, for example, has ten eyes on the top
of its head. which do not work in concert.
and A kind Of marine worm has two eyes
on the head and row down each side OF
the body. Some lizards have extra eye
on the top of the head, which does not act
with the other two. A bee or wasp has two
large compound eyes, which possibly help
each other and are used for ncar TiSion.
and also three little simple eyes on the
top of the head, which are emplol d fer
seeing things long way OF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-25

tives of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton came to Camp Ordw2y early last We'd
nesday morning and made extensive prepa-
rations for the reception of the troops.
When Old Glory was unfurled to the
breeze Thursday at noon the Y, Nj. c. A.
representatives had completed their work
they had erected their tent and prepared to
welcome all corners. The tent is a very
large one and of the egg-shaped pattern.
1t is the chief attraction for many of the
soldier boys while at leisure. Indeed, it is
often necessary to exhibit the standing
Room Only" sign. At one end of the tent
a camp post office has been established.
The post office is popular place. 1t is the
spot where the guardsmen post their writ
ten protestations Of love to sweethearts and
tender messages to mother and father. sis
ter and brother.
There is declared to be no excuse for a
the asking Mr.. =. G. Pierce, who is in
charge of the tent or his assiste" ar. Ar
thur Dexter, will supply writing paper and
envelopes. Rev. DIR. William Ii. DEXTER,
pastor of the First Presbyterian CHURCH,
Washington, D. c., will also be on duty at
the tent beginning mex Monday. In order
to accommodate all the Y. NJ. c. A. repre-
sentatves have built a long table on one
side of the tent, for writing purposes only
1t is supplied with blOtterS, pens and ink.
On the other side of the tent is a literature
table" wherein are to be found the latest
magazines and papers, and a number of in
teresting games. c. F. c.