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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-12-28
CONFETTI, sane &c.

= 5ranf Roie, Elm Barber, bat in
5alt Cafe Gitp am Wei6nu4tstage
feline Srau erf4ofen unD lieferte ii9
oeifsfn Der 9oli3ei aus. 4ls bieieIbe
in oas Rofef4e 9aus einordng, fanO
tie bic 2eide Der 6rau uno nebsn ber@
felben Elm baI6 erfrOrenes, 5pei Sabre
oftes Gino, ipel9es felt Dem Wloroe
o6ns pfeee gerpefen mar. 0as 8lno
pirb iebp4 fpabrf4einli4 senefen
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-12-28
OrHmOeif rMtbnm at nerfauieu.
3u ucrfanfen in Of=Saltimprc.

3ens prd@tioeH slueiit0dt0cn Sduitr un GsuipooOs
9lpenue,' jlpii6en Gairmount=2lpe. uHO 6an.ttts
etrabe, Elm &duitr0cOicrt pom rYattcrions9art.'
Sies iino obHe 3Dciftl bic am @tittn o,bouteH
pduier in Baltimore iitr Oas 9elO; tntbdltsh
ie6s 3immer, &aDejiulmer uno Gorrioort, Joni:
aGe mDocrEittn Ginri6tunGtu, eiHiblieblid bes be-
ten Spfttms BON ~Qlumbino" uuo Abjuos=aunnI,
Observation-Disclosures mo slrtppe, erauolitii6.
9erruct unD pcrbtNertts StraBeupflahtr. 9runoa
aims $39.5 0 bro Sdbr.
GeDdro Z. Gallagher
9dumeiiter.
GanI9-) Rr. 2638, Ofs9altimores5tr.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-12-28
(6ortfeBun8 folgt.)

S6ieo88eri6t bertreten iein foGen.
6rn. g. 3. @0narO5, einem M}itgIie0
Der @ereini8un8 Der 4r6eit8eber, nell
der nit ben 8uti6ern 3u Der4anoeln
Der7u6te, puroe ertIGrt, cine 8eiz
lequng De8 6trifes Iet nt3t rutbIum,
penn nt6t Elm ~uugemetnes S4ieD5gez
ri6t eingeieBt perOe. Die groBen Qrz
beit8e6er perDen am M}ittlpO4 nit
ben 9elegaten Der Union 5uiammenz
treten unD bsrIangen, boB Die S4ieO5z
dert6tsfrdge 9corDnet pirD.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-12-28
WaidiniRrnsGrr6a bOrari6lagrn.

gIeDelanO, 8, 81. 9e5.-0ie
oSnternationole NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
nir0 6innen 303agen ij6er etnen @Orz
i6ta9, 7i6 nit ben n2(GieO Metou 0}ez
6antc5" gu ber6itnoen, bur6 2t6Iimz
mung enti6eiOen. Die IeBtere Srgaz
nt7ation iptrO iber einen gletfen Dor
7dlaq u6itimmen. Die beioen 8erz
bdube 3G6len 3uTammen 10000 N}tts
glie0er, unO Elm en8erer 4nidluB 6eiz
Der 0r9ani7dtionen miro bon ben
Gii6rern fiir pinihenslperth erd6tet.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-12-28
Tiir ben Ganalbrrtrng.

Hefpz Orleans, 81. Deg. -
Die 2sgislatur pon Miiiiiippi, bic
am 4. Sanuur 3uIammentritt, tpiro,
pie nit Si6erbeit po%raus5uieben 1T,
Reiolutionen gu @unIten Der Ratifi@
tution oes Ydnamatandl : 8ertrages
unne6men uno Die 8unbesienutorer
oeS States initruiren. bafIr gu finn
men. Man6e BON ben oemotratii4en
Sibrern bes States ge6en iopeit, gu
Tuqen, Der prGIiOent bate ben Sithz
mus gIei6 i|aiiiren fouen. Die 9reRe
be8 5taates lit 9rei gu Gins fir Die
Gatififation. SIN 8olte 1T Die Sttm@
mun9 gu @unFen Der Qualification
nod inteniiper.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-12-28
sfrlnngt.- Mannsr mo Gnaben.
Ssrlanat i'm g%aaemeineu.


@efu9t:
6armer NIT camille, mn tiHen Ibtii elmer DIR
brfen carmen IN NtdrDlanO fammenOsu Sabres gu
bfarb1fea (@orH, Sa%rt0iieln uui RrautI. SefBsr
pires, penn sspinibt, 4itrOe. Afsr=Yerdtbiaais
ten. Samtn ttc. ~lititrn. aoreifre nit aeftrenjen
n;bit aueobt DIR @r0bt uuD 4lter Der 6amiIi,:
Geo. .. 4ubft, 2eOnarOtoDn, ct. Dtarp's 6ountp.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-12-28
I'm Nefuz6 anen aefur6en.

Hen : 9aDen, Conn.,, q. DEG.
= General QIfreb 9ertin8 8odpeu
aus Bolton lit in benz 6aufe bes
9rofeFors GbparO 8. Sentins bier,
po6in er fi4 CUR 6eier be5 8ei6z
na4tsfeItes begeben bate, einem9er3>
leioen erlegen. 6eit Is Sabren bat
tc er fi6 boGftdnbig CUR 3ube geIeBt.
WG6renb bes 8iirgertrieges trut er
ais GapitGn in bic erite let6te Bate
RE BON Connecticut Elm, purbe fpGz
ter Oberit bes 6. neutrality-suspicious.
teriezR egiments befelben Staates Il.
ipurbe tpegen 3upfertett bor bem6ein=
be gum 8rigabez9 eneral bef0roert.
Na9 benz &riege tpanbte er ii9 als
profefTpr ieinem Sad, berSngenieur=
tunif, ipieDer gu.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-12-28
Sarlrbem nnf OrunOeigentbnm.

Snrleben auf M1beln nito nnocrc
eiaerbtittn fir 6 9rOJsut-esnau nab Dem neues
Seies: priDutim.
Hidttsr. Nr. 2IO, Sfseerinstouzgtr.
3immtr Tr. 4, Misunderstanding"
SH Ger Office pirS Seutfb srfprUdeu.
(Nai20,1O
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-12-28
@aKcrmrrf: gnpbIer.
pOIi3eigeridtIide 8er6anOIungen ges
gen Wm. s. 8nig6t unb @rSSez
nator SEP. 6. HihplIon.

lAu4IA VSU+ Y. @ttuJplIDNl.
Gran0 RdpiOs, Mi6., 81.
DECEMBER. = SIN 6ieIigen goIi3ei9ez
ridt fano geItern Die 8erbanbluRg gez
gen 0iqiam +. McRnig6t unb gr=
Senator @eorge 6. Qi8olIon Itatt,
pel4e Der Qnitiftung gum NleineiOe
in Dem erften Prp3eB gegen ben tribe
rem Stdbtanpalt Cant &. Salisbury
pegen 8eite6ung in 8%erbinbung nit
Der 2ate Mi6igan WdFeriperfzgon>
~3eiiion beI9ulOigt Iinb, Der erfte
s3euge, S. 8ob0 PantIinb, muBte bus
3immer in Ieinem 9otet beT4reiben,
IN peI6em Die @eri9nDrung CUR Be-
einfluFung Der 3eugen i'm Salisbury
Pro5eB itattgefunOen BADEN ion. DR.
thur Stope aug Step6eni on, Mli6.,
elmer BON ben Spe5iaIpoli3iiten, pelde
ben 3eugen 9arman pdbrenb Oes
Salisbury : 9ro3efe5 gu ii6erlpd6en
6atten, betunoete, er babe geie6en, ME
8orman me6rere Ioten ii6arge6sn
tpurOen unb pte Mcanig4t 9arman
pd6ren0 bes gro3eTe8 i'm r2ipjugz
ton : 9ptel" beIu6te. Der 9auptz
gIert s. W}ortimer Rat66one pom
nMorton 6ouIe" Ieugnete, baB er
Mc8nig6t, @arman, Cameron unO
4nberen Die PriOatparlOr5 De5 So
tells CUR 8erfigung geitelt babe, unO
BON Der fragIi9een Gonferen3 mar i6m
Fi6ts betannt. 8euge Stone betunz
oete, no4mal5 a~uFgerufen, Dab er pom
8aoe3immer ne6en 8arman's Sim
mer aus oerItett gefeben babe, DaB
Der Der 8eibiilfe CUR 8eIte6ung BE-
fdulOigte QeonarO garman einen
8riefumi6lag bebGnOigte, neldsr
9urmon 0ffnete, nm mad Dem BARN
befinoli6en @eIOe gu ieben, Sm 8onz
gen 6eo6u9tete CT 8armun i'm Qufz
TRACE De8 StaatSanpaIt8 a6t 0o9en
lang. Ha6 8~erne6mung eintger unz
beOeutenOer 3eugen Dertagte iid Der
9eri8t86of.
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gu nerfnmfcIr:

40 adcr, {. %Rsiltn non Baltimore, al Der 90.
& 0.sSabn~. Cute @ebduos. Cute 8emiiez oo,r
@ttraioe.6arnt. ga %sriruetH bel Sames q.
Raunon II, itr Sruitess, Ga-rrt=@uiIOiug.
lCft14 1Nl
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-12-28
9lftc

oHtite eeiatifisnt @la5rpaoren, altmopiide tupjtrus
ipuhi4ensDut5e StiidC btBnblt. S6idt 9oTtartt
pDer teIepbouirt. rGOlouial antiqus Co. 4r.
t13, A0rOzGutairitrabs, g.. & .. 3slep6cn.
tDail9, Is, S&S)
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-12-28

Der BON 6ilenif9en 6Gfen na6
@aDannub unb g1ep : 0prt beitimmte
britif6e 9ampfer r2aop Spicep" lit
an Der 8iiite BON 9orto Rico perz
brannt. Die Mannf6uft muroe gez
rettet ltnO na4 San Suan be
Ricp gebraat
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-12-28
Sanitat5s Seridt.
Gs itarben 1873 PerIonen uno 8eboren
nurOen ITO Rinoer. - Grtranz

Gs 5tarben 1873 Per5Onen unO 9eboren
puroen ITO Riuber. - Grtran=
tungen Der ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for
berten 60 9pfer.
Cgas ben, atFrtotn ,sonutaos c orreIo onOsnt,n. .
Sn Der DerfloTeneu Mo6e itarben
in Baltimore 1873 9erIonen, gegen
2O4 in Der glei6luufen0en Wo4e be5
8oriQ6res. Bon ben 8erforbenen
nuren 90 mdnnli6en uno 81 peibliz
6en 8ei9le6t8; "a puren i'm &usz
IQnbe Qe6oren; Al pQren Ieger; bret
9erIonen Itarben i'm n8apDiepzQfDI,"
10 in 6~o5pitdlern Il. iieben in unOeren
Snitituten; IS Snqueite nuroen gez
4ulten. Die Sterbli4teitsrate be-
-trug 1L17 pro 1000 Der 8eIammtbez
D%0lterung, 15.48 fir Die @etBen uno
1858 fir Die g}eger; 10 &inOer ta=
men tDDt CUR Melt.
BON BEN 8eitprbenen nnren Sc I'M
ter 5 Sabre, 3 Duren 5niIden 5 uno
10, 5 3piiaen 10 uno Is, 2 3ni54en
Is unO 20, 13 3piiden 20 unO 30,
Is 5pi74en 80 uno 40, Il 5piI4en
40 uno so, p 3ni16en so unb so.
p 3Dii4en 60 un0 70, % 3pii6en
70 unb so, 10 3Dii4en 50 uno 80
uno 2 3pii4en 80 unb 100 Sabre
ait. DIS gebOren purOen 139 tpeiBe
uno 81 9}egerttnOer angemelOet.
Die 6uupt5G4lt6Iten 5OOesurIa=
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0eutl4es @rbeits : Ra4neiiungss
8iredu.

9r. 90, SiosSbarpsS trabt, uatcr Der gufT8t Der
s9euti6en @eieaiaaft" Sicitniotn, iuelbs otut'
i9e 9%anOrsrter. Arbsiter uno SitnitbOtta gu bes
t3dfti9en iDiinibcH, lpo1en fb psri6nli6 ob,r in
%frontirtn 8rieisn an ben aqenttn Der GeieGi6aft,
s obaHn .. MtDer. Rr. 219, eiD<Sbarps
6fraBt, iptnoen, ioeldtr untntoeltli6 gustunit trs
tbeilen ipiro. 9treau=stunben DON / bis llbr.
CScu28,1Sl
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@enn Shr Gelo nebrnnd1t.

70 p,nDst Cub On mid. 8aI6e 9arI.btn. 9eift.
Rndlablurqen. 9,ri6pitqtnbeit. spe,ttne Or
leibttrnnqen 0itifn Monat fir 4nItiben BON S unS
mtbr. m r. Rremer. Rr. 100, Rorb +goea=6 Str.
(Rdjl6,IO
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Nnseiaea.-3 81 perfamten.
NncnsCraeI Sd

GfcpsCrseI S25i
SOC. Sonr NM SOC. pro 0o6c. SCOTS 9iano,
9dhtu, 3r. 1901. Sio=Gbarlss=. Gle 9ambures
Sffoss. C83-)
GIeGnutcs @idninp SOS;
ipsrtb $3.50. @edt's Qiauo=9aoeu. Er. 1901, 6ios
@barles=, Ode SumburesSts. C83-)
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-12-28

III u Ill, u. Ot0+ XII Ut4tlL2 W
meloete Sob oeS GrS9remiers 3anarz
oeGi erfolgte geItern 4benO I'M !8
u6r in Der 8iGu be5 ieBt 0abinge=
f6ieoenen Su Maberno am @aroaiee.
Der 6terbenbe purbe BON 3fpei barm1
6er3tgen S4peitern un0 benz Orts>
9farrer gepfIegt, Der duf 8unfa
beg frii6eren 9remierminifters ieOer>
5eit 3utritt gum 8runten3immer butz
te. 3anarbeni mar baDOn unterridz
tet, baB Der Sob unoermeioIi9 lei, II.
ais i6n Dor einigen Sagen 8ii9of
8pnumelli, Der 6u6rer Der Iiberalen
italieniI6en @eiitli6teit, befu9te unb
i6m isinen Srpit dnbot. dnttportete
ibm Ger 8rants nur: sd tperoe sic
ni9t 1pieberieben. 8eten SIX fir
midi"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-07
BIGSHIPSCOLLIDE
QUEEN CUTS THE ROBERT ADAM
SON NEARLY IN TWO.
Adamson Was Forced to Beach to
Avoid Sinking---Large Cargo OF
Destruction -. Queen q Pacific
Coast Liner.

Seattle, May 4.-The steamer Queen.
of the Pacific Coast company's fleet and
the big English freighter Robert Adam
son. collided in dense fog yesterday
morning at o'clock, off West Point
lighthouse. A great gaping hole, twelve
feet Ions and from thirty to forty feet
long, was torn In the port bow of the
Adamson, and it was only by prompt
work on the part of her crew that the
mammoth freighter was beached at
point near the lighthouse. The Queens
bow was badly damaged, but not 80 se-
riously as to prevent her docking a
short time later at her regular berth.
The damage to the Adamson is esti-
mated at 500, 900, and the Queen sew
eral thousand. No lives were lost.
The Queen was bound in from Ev
erettt, having completed what is known
as her Ground Sound trip" preparatc-
ry to sailing for San Francisco today.
She had 200 tons of freight aboard.
The Adamson was bound out from Port
Blakely for Buenos Ayres, with cargo
of 1000, 900 feet of lumber. A heavy
fog had settled on the water and both
masters Captain Cousins, of the Queen,
and Captain Saville, of the Adamson,
we're carefully feeling their way. Both
vessels were steaming along at speed
of about seven knots an hour. Their
fog sirens were kept going at regular
intervals, and lookouts on the bow of
each were on the alert. Suddenly out
of the gloom appeared the hulls of the
vessels, bearing down upon each other,
and before courses could be changed or
the back.up signals answered, there
was a crash, the bow OF the Queen
striking the Adamson on the port bow
with sufficient force to almost keel her
over. Only the presence of an enor-
nous amount of lumber kept the Queen
from cutting the larger vessel in two.
She had narrow call as it was, for
in her run OF perhaps half mile she
became almost manageable. Her Off
GERS think she could not have made an
other half mile before she would have
toppled over and sunk. Fortunately
no lives were lost, although had the
point of contact been three feet further
forward, four firemen sleeping in the
forecastle of the Adamson would be
numbered among the dead. To prevent
the vessel from sinking with her crew
of twenty-seven, the officers of the Adj
amson ran the disabled freighter on the
sandy beach back of the lighthouse.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-07
MILLIONS IN NUGGETS.
Annual Harvest and Cleanup of
Oregon Placers.

Grants Pass, Or, May 4.-The pla-
Ger mines of Southern Oregon are enter
ing upon the annual harvest and max
ing their cleanup for this season. From
this time on until late in July the va
rious mines of the surrounding districts
will be busy cleaning the gold from
their sluices. More than 100 pounds
of nuggets and dust have been, brought
in for exchange during the last few
days, and the harvest is yet but begun.
The season has been an excellnet one
for the surface miners. Tn rains have
been long and heavy and there has been
good fall of snow in the mountains.
The output of gold from the hundred
or more hydraulic placer mines of the
Southern Oregon clay fields will amount
to 81 500, 900 for the past year. This
is 80 per cent greater than it has ever
been before. The Osgood hydraulic
mines, of the Waldo district, owned by
FIJI Osgood, Of Seattle, are yet busy.
Their water eupply is derived from the
main branch of the Illinois river, and
they will not have their final cleanup
till late in the summer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-07
FLOOD IN YUKON
,rEps SWEEPING DOWN BO-
MANIA CREEK.
, of Waters Destroying Dumps
and Machinery - Many Road
.ses lnundated--F Flood Caused
by Fast Melting Snow and Ice
from Eldorado Gusher.

Seattle. May A special to the
poot Intelligencer from Dawson says:
The most destructive food in the his
.orv Of the North is now sweeping down
t ponanza creek, flooding the cuts opened
~ summer work, inunda,ing road
tU along the way, creeping into
Lies of pay dirt heaped up from the
pl,;nter's work, and spreading devasta-
t;on in its path for many miles.
Expensive machinery and equipment,
oooting thousands of dollars to get into
tbe north country, are in danger of be-
mo destroyed completely by the rush
81 waters, and the injury to sluices and
the disarraugement of dumps will run
;nto big money. So sudden has been
tbe destruction and 80 unusual the
oouse. that the miners and claim own
orc are partially stunned and are una
hla to calculate their losses.
The food ia caused by the fast melt
mo snow and ice from the Eldorado
onsber having filled the bed of the
creek to an unusual depth, and the wa
TOR has started on a wild rampage of
destruction.
Water is running through the road
houses at MagRet city, at No. 60 be-
low. No. Sc and one or two other
nlaces, and it is still rising.
The main street at Grand Forks is
under water, aud the flood is creeping
into the stores and houses of the town.
The floor of the fire station is covered
n depth of three inches, and the peo-
nile are preparing to move back to high
er ground. Many dumps, containing
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
gold, are piled on the ice along the
creek These are in danger of being
undermined by the water and washed
away entirely, setting at naught a
whole winters work., and making it
practically impossible to again recover
the gold.
The greatest danger lies between the
Forks and No. 20 below, where the rush
of water is the greatest. Coming 30
Suddenly, the people have had no
chance of guarding against such flood.
and it is practically impossible to
build dykes to stop it.
The dumps on both No. 10 and No.
20 are in great danger, and their total
destruction is looked for.
There seems to be no abatement in
the flow of water and there is great ex-
element among the miners along the
creek.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-07
Millions in a BattIeship.

Seven million dollars Will be the COST
of the British battleship Edward VII,
which Is now In process Of construc-
ton at the Davenport dock yards
more money than has ever before been
represented In an engine Of war. The
keel Of the mammoth craft was laid
by the king in March. 1902 and al
ready the hull is virtually complete,
over 1000 tons dead weight of steel
plating and armor having been built
into her.
So quickly has this superb warship
been brought forward that. although
the original specifications did not al
low for her being ready for the pen
nant before March. 1905. 1t is now
officially stated that she will be COM
pleted many months earlier than this.
The original estimates were for
f1.5OO.OOO. and although they have
been cut down, 1t is authoritatively
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-07
RUSH OF SETTLERS.
Northwest Canada Will Care for
100000 This Year.

Northwest Canada Will Care for
100000 This Year.
Seattle, May Awhile the north
coast lines are figuring on putting 100.
OOO homeseekers into North Dakota.
Montana, Washington and Idaho this
year the Canadian government has
made provisions to accommodate 20O,-
ooo on the lands of Northwest Canada,
In Alberta, Athabasca, saskatchewan,
Assiniboia and Manitoba. These fig
ures are given by Thomas P. Hughes,
OF the immigration department of the
Canadian government, with headquar-
tera at Winnipeg, who is now in this
city. Imam interview he said:
This will be the greatest year in
the settlement of Northwestern Canada
we have ever had. The government
has made provision to take care of
100000 homeseekers, a great majority
OF whom will be given farms in one or
the other of the Western provinces.
These people are coming from every
part OF the world. Probably one half
are Europeans who nave been induced
to come to Canada and take farms.
There is large share of them that
have not the means to leave the old
country and establish themselves in a
new one. To these the government
will give whatever assistance they may
need. Practically all that is required
OF them is to pay their passage to the
country. The assistance they will get
in the way of loan, which must be
paid back to the government within
five or ten years, at which time they
are to be given title to the land.
During the last year we settled
loo, 900 farmers in Northwestern Can
ada, and this year they will be raising
grain. Another year and the output
of grain of the Canadian Northwest
will be very large. Beside farming the
government has undertaken to establish
important towns. Stock raising will
also he encouraged. Meat packing
plants will be located, and the product
thus raised by the farmers will be
shipped to the markets of the world.
Gin the encouragement given settlers
in Canada we have the advantage over
the United States. and that is the rea-
son we are getting SO many more. All
the settlers who come to this country
are compelled to establish themselves,
and if they are not able to do this they
must stay at home.
"WIthin the next five years more
than 900, 900 farmers will be settled
in the Canadian Northwest, and when
that time comes there will be more
grain grown there than in any other
part of the world. The markets for this
product will be found both East and
West, and there is no fear but that
there will be demand for all the grain
and stock that can be raised"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-07
FLEETS COMBINED.
Three Puget Sound Companies Un-
der One Control

Three Puget Sound Companies Un-
der One Control.
Seattle, May 2.-Control of the La
Conner Trading and Transportation
company, one of the oldest and most
successful of the Puget Sound transpor-
talon concerns, has passed, by the pur-
chase of heavy block of stock, to the
Alaska Steamship company, which also
owns the Puget Sound Navigation COM
pany. Negotiations have been pending
two weeks between Charles E. Peabody,
Walter Cakes and Captain George J.
Wiley.
The transfer. which was made yes
terday morning, means the consolida-
ton for cooperative purposes of the
Puget Sound Navigation company and
the La Conner Tranding and Transpor-
tation company with close working
alliance with the Alaska Steamship
company, which may be said to be the
parent corporation. 1t was brought
about Through the purchase of the
stock of the La Conner Transportation
company held by Captain Wiley, man
ager of the company. for a considera-
ton of about 500, 900 in cash and cash
securities.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-07
CUTS DOWN FORCE.
Sweeping Order Issued by South
ern Pacific.

Grants Pass, Or. May 4.-The Sou
thern Pacific railroad management has
issued sweeping "cut down. order
and is reducing the number of work
men, carpenters and mechanics en-
ploved along the line in Southern Ore
gon and Northern California. The
bridge crews, section crews and trestle
crews have all been reduced one-half,
and it is understood that others are to
go, in spite of the fact that this ia the
season when the work is heaviest on
the mountain divisions of the line. A
ing the streets in this city and are Won
dering what to do and specializing as to
the cause of the order, for men are let
off regardless of their efficiency or stand
ing.
There is considerable speculation as
to the cause of the railroad company's
issuing the sweeping order, as their
business is better and traffic heavier
now than at any period before, and it
would seem there is now greater need
Tor large forces of men at work on the
road than ever before. The men dis
missed claim the cause of the trouble
Is due to AN impending schedule de
handing an increase in wages which is
about to be submitted to the general
management of the company, and, get
ting wind of it, the management began
prompt and alarming dismissals in or
der to evade the issue entirely. This
can only be surmised, however. AS
mater of fact, if the labor organizations
Knew the sweeping order was directed
as fight aginst them, general strike
would undoubtedly result. Such
tLlng may result anyway.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-07
BURNING SHIP BEACHED.
Large Vessel Burned Nine Miles
North of Seattle.

North of Seattle.
Seattle. May "A large vessel, sup
posed to be three-masted schooner,
was burned to the water's edge early
this morning near Meadow Point, about
nine miles north of Seattle. The news
was brought to this city by Captain
Myer of the steamer La Conner, who
passed the burning wreck shortly after
o'clock this morning while en- route
to this city. According to the report
made by Captain Myer, the burning
vessel had been beached, and at the
time she was seen was still burning
fercely though all her upper works
had been almost entirely consumed.
The La Conner passed the burning hulk
at distance of about three miles. 1t
could be seen that she had been
beached. Two small boats could also
be seen lowering about the wreck. AS
there did not seem to be cause to fear
that the crew of the burning vessel
were in any immediate. need of assist
ance, the La Conner was held on her
course and made all possible speed to
this city to report the occurrence.
Tugs were at once sent TO the scene
of the wreck.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-05-07
ACCEPTS RUssIA's WORD.
Hay Expresses Regret for Tempe
rary Misunderstanding.

Washington, May 4.-Secretary Hay
has made a graceful acknowledgment
of Russia's statement of her purposes
relating to Manchuria, involving her
reputation of sinister designs in that
quarter.
The secretary's note, addressed to
Count Cassini, expresses regret that
there should have been even tempo
rary misconception as to Russia's posi-
ton in the matter and seizes the opor-
tunity to return the thanks OF this gov
eminent for the frank and satisfactory
declaration of Russian principles. In
cidentally, of course, the note serves to
make a permanent record OF Russia's
position, as verbally explained to the
United States.