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The Washington times., 1904-07-11
Hard Task for Democrats.

This indicates the hard fight the
Democrats have on their hands before
they can have the least show Of win
ming.
Until within the past two days. and
even after Parker had been nominated
Republican leaders and newspapers
throughout the country expressed the
greatest confidence of winning the. cleo
tion without difficulty. But the sensa-
tional Developments Of Saturday after
noon and night at St Louis have given
them a great deal of worriment. and
caused them TO be at least apprehen-
sive
Candidate Parker. heretofore charac-
terized as a man Of no ideas and as the
mere tool Of David b. Hill and August
Belmont, asserted himself in no uncer-
tain way on the question Of a monetary
plank, and stood forth before the coun-
try as a much stronger candidate than
he had been Dictured
The Washington times., 1904-07-11
A FORECAST OF 1904.
Popular Vote in 1890.
'olaI, for an regularly nomi-
Republican, I92.

Electoral vote under new apportion-
mgnt and pluraIities given i'm lg0Ol
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05
Orcas
Hrpa ~ so. NJ.
EAST SOUND

Mrs. John Cramer is recovering
from a spell of grippe.
Miss Jessie Cramer spent a couple
of days in Bellingham last week.
Miss Grace Philip returned Friday
from visit with Bellingham friends.
D. J. Loop, of Bellingham, has been
visiting his brother, H. E Loop, for
the past week.
Joe Batsen, of Vance, Washington,
spent few days in the village last
week visiting friends.
N. D. Chetham, of Bellingham,
spent Wednesday at East Sound at
tending to business interests.
Mrs. HI. w. Templin returned from
a visit to Seattle last Friday. She
was accompanied by her son, A. H.
Templin.
Mr.. Teller, general manager of the
George & Barker Co., and son, of
Point Roberts, were guests of L. d.
Pike last week.
Rev. Mr.. Warren and family ar
rived the first of the week from Ore
gon. Mr.. Warren will take charge
of the Methodist Episcopal church at
this place.
Judge Houser, of Mt. Vernon, Au-
gust Void, Frank Guard, of Friday
Harbor, and G. w. Woolard, of
Orcas, have been at East Sound this
week rustling for votes.
Henry Mclean, of Mt. Vernon
and Hon. John S. McMillin, of Roche
Harbor, addressed a Republican
meeting at Odd Fellows hall Thurs
day evening. Quite number of the
candidates on the Republican county
ticket were present.
A number of ladies met with Mrs.
Rudow last week and organized what
is to be known as the EAST Sound
Ladies Club" The object is literary
and social improvement. The meet
ings will be held on the second and
fourth Tuesdays of each month. TIE
club officers are: Mrs. Rudow, presi-
dent; Mrs. Buxton, vice-president;
Miss Templin, secretary The next
meeting, Thursday, the 10th, will be
with Miss Templin.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

Politicians have been quite numer-
Gus in this vicinity this week.
Mrs. O. T. Loos spent Saturday
and Sunday with relatives at Pole
pass.
VIM. McGuffy has returned from a
two months visit with relatives in
Minnesota.
Geo. w. Hall, of Everett, is visit
ing at the home of his niece, Mrs
Robert McLachlan, at Pole pass. Mr..
Hall is quite seaman, having made
the trip over from Everett in an
eighteen-foot boat. He was four days
on the way.
A Halloween dance was given at
the home of Mr.. Pointer last Mon
day evening. Those present report
very enjoyable time. The steamer
Juilietta took the people to the dance
but was unable to bring them back
until about ten o'clock in the morn
ing on account of getting on rock
in Wooten's bay and having to wait
for the the tide to get her off.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

Mr.. and Mrs, Curtis and daughter,
from Minnesota, are visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Randall, and a
Mr.. Oleson, of Minnesota, is with
them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Culp and Mr..
and Mrs. James Culp visited in Ana
cortes the last of the week.
Wallace Bolton was the lucky one
in passing the examination for car
rying the mail ON the rural free de-
livery route.
The w. G. 7. U. will. meet with
Mrs. Holmes Wednesday afternoon,
Nov. 9, All are cordially invited.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

W. B. Estelle, inspector in charge
of the immigration service in Seattle,
was here this week visiting Inspector
Palmer. Inspector Burford, from the
Vancouver, B. c., Office, is also here
with the gasoline launch which the
immigration department used during
the summer on the Frazer river.
Mr.. Estelle was for many years a
resident of New York and is we'll &C
quainted with many of the leading
politicians of the Empire state.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05
BASK EFT

The first basketball game has been
played and was well attended and
enjoyed by all present. The game
was evenly and well played, although
both teams showed lack of practice.
The future games promise enjoyable
times for our school patrons. Score:
Invincibles 10, Trojans s.
DIR. Garratt, the Dentist, will be al
East Sound from Wednesday Nov. 8,
until Saturday, Nov. IL, prepared to Dc
all kinds of Dental work. Call early
and make appointments.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05
Turner as a Populist

In 1897 George Turner was elected
to the United States senate as q
Populist. On Sept. 6, 1904, the Pop
ulist state convention held at Seattle
adopted the following resolution as
part of it's platform:
'sIn the state Of Washington We de-
nounce and repudiate the proven pre-
lenses and inconsistent record Of George
Turner, from the corruption of the
fusion legislature Of 1897. which ae'
cOmplished his election as United States
senator under the assumed name Of
POpulist, to his part In the betrayal Of
the Bryan Democracy to Wall street
interests In st. Louis, In 1904"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

Mr.. Hart has returned from Seat
tie.
Eber Bruins went to Anacortes
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lockwood, of Bell
ingham, are visiting her mother, Mrs.
Rinemuth.
Mr.. Craig went to Victoria, B. c.,
Tuesday to see his brother, who is
sick there.
Fred Bolton, youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Bolton, is sick in Seat
tie with typhoid fever.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

FL. 7. Cayou, of Decatur, has been
reappointed Puget Sound district
agent for the u. S. Indian School at
Chemawa, Oregon. Applications for
the admission of pupils to the school
from this district should be made to
him.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

Chas. Arend, of Roche Harbor, re-
turned this week from visit to his
former home in Kansas and to the
st. Louis Exposition.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05
Island
pop. 1850
DOE BAY AND OLGA

Mrs. B. F. White returned from
Bellingham Wednesday.
Robert Paternoster is home again
from fishing for silver salmon.
S. J. Rockwell, Jr., Virgil Thomp-
son and A. Nicholson are cutting
cordwood for G.. N. Culver.
The lumber for r. I. Morse's sum-
mer cottage at Olga is on the wharf.
Work on it will be started right
away by Clay Cunningham.
Bruce Willis is home again from
Deception pass. He says there are
no salmon there. He is fixing up to
haul his boat up for the winter.
Miss Freeman closed school in the
Doe Bay district and left for Seattle
a week ago Thursday, on account of
the illness of her father, who died
before she got home. He had been
sick for d long time.
Omer F'reel came over from Bell
mgham last Saturday and returned
the same evening with Mrs. r. G.
Willis Mrs. Freel is i'll in the Sis
tiers Hospital, but at last reports
was considerably better.
Following is summary of Weather
Observer Willis report for October
Mean temperatures. ..... 500
Maximum temperature, on 10th, . go
MAAlinuiu lcInP..-.... ..-.......... 4oo
Total precipitation. ........, 1oS IN
Greatest in "a hcurs-on 3Ist .. .o8 1n
No. days on which OF inches or
more rain fell. ......... s
Partly cloudy. ......... ~
Cloudy
Average temperature for Oct., 400
Average rainfall. Observation-Disclosures S8 in
RICHARD WILLIS,
Weather Observer, Olga Station.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

The revenue launches Guard anC
Scout are to wear ''war paint" nc
longer. Orders have been given te
paint the upper works white anc
smoke stacks yellow.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

Mrs. Chas. Thacker and little
daughter, of Arlington, Snohomish
county, are visiting her mother, Mrs.
Idel Nichols.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

County Auditor Kirby has deliv-
cred the official ballots for the gen
eral election to the inspectors in the
various precincts.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

Mr.. and Mrs Frederick Neaves and
little son, from Vancouver island, are
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P.
E. Peterson
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

There is to be a basket social at
Odd Fellows hall Saturday ev ming,
Nov. 10, to which all are invited.
The ladies are expected to bring
baskets.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

P. A. Jensen has bought the Bow
man store property, which he has
rented for number of years.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

The annual ball of San Juan Re-
bekah lodge will be given Odd Eel
lows hall Thanksgiving evening, Nov
d
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

The telephone construction force
will reach here tomorrow and will be-
gin work erecting poles and string
ing wires across San Juan.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

Every farmer and every business
man ought to vote for Mead" says
G. IL Sutton, the well know farmer
Of the San Juan valley, whose son,
by the way, is the Democratic candi-
date for sheriff.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

Let every Republican in every pre-
cinct in the county consider himself
committee of one to get out the full
party vote of his precinct next Tues
day for every candidate on the Re-
publican ticket.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

George Heidenrich and Norman
Frazier sold a lot of lambs to Tony
Voght, of Bellingham, this week.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05
leland
pop. 1850

The Friday Harbor Lumber Com
pany has nearly completed a neat
little office building.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

A San Juan valley farmer offers to
bet from ST to 800 on Mead's cleo
ton. His name can be obtained at
the ISLANDER Office by anyone who
wants to match his money.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

Leon Little returned Wednesday
from his home in Connecticut, where
he spent the summer. He will spend
the winter here with his cousin, DR..
Wright, and family
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05
San Juan
Hrea 5, So. Mites

The lighthouse tender Manzanita
was in port Wednesday night.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05
DEER HARBOR

RICHARD WILLIS.
Weather Observer, Olga Station.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-05

baskets.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04
THREATEN TO KILL PRISONER
NnisouIi and His Associates Make
Another Dcmaud on Morocco
for Ransom.

Washington, May 3l.--According to
adyices received at the state depart
ment Monday from Mr. Gummers,
United States consul-general at Tan
gier, the situation as it affects the
American and British citizens capture
by bandits has grown more serious
A message has been received at Tan
gier from Raisouli threatening the lives
of Perdicars and Varley, unless the
government of Morocco pays the ran
som under conditions named by the
bandits. The state department has
made no new move in the matter, but
is trusting to American naval officers
to relieve the situation.
Admiral Chadwick has arrived at
Tangier on the flagship Brooklyn.
Mr. Gummers notified the state depart
mcnt of this arrival, and the navy de-
partment received Cablegram direct
from Admiral Chadwick. The other
vessels in his squadron, the Marietta,
Castine and Atlanta, should arrive at
Tangier Monday night, as they left the
Canaries only few hours after the
Brooklyn.
In his dispatch to the state depart
ment Mr. Gummers said nothing fur
ther had been done toward effecting
the relaese of the prisoners, and it Is
not believed there will be any change
In the situation till the complete squad
rons of Rear-Admrals Chadwick and
Jewell reach Morocco and are ready
to assist in any movement which may
be made against the bandit chief. The
European squadron under Rear-Ad-
miral Jewell, sailed from Horta Sat
urday, and should reach Tangier
Tuesday
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04
ALTIM0RE MAYOR A SUICIDE
No Cause For the Act Can Be
Ascertained.
Fatal Shot Was Fired While Stnnd-
Ing Before the Mirror of c:-
Dressing Case.

Baltimore, May 31,-Mayor Robert
NJ. McLane Of this city shot and killed
himself at his home Monday Afternoon
il. his bedroom at his residelce, No. 29
West Preston street. HIS bride of less
than two week was AT the time Of the
tragedy asleep in an adjoining room,
and was awakened by the discharge
of the revolver, which Mr.. McLane
evidently fired while standing before
the mirror Of The jrassiEg case.
The bullet entered the right temple,
and crashing through the head. escaped
H. the rear of the left ear. Mrs Nc
Lane and other members of the house
hold he'd to the mayors assistance,
but he did not regain Consciousness af-
within an hour, number of physi-
clans who were Immediately sum
moned having at once expressed the
opinion that the wound was necessarily
fatal,
No cause for the act can be ascer-
tanned by the members Of Mr., McLane's
family Since the fire D. last February
he has been Kept lssidiously at work
administering the affairs Of the city,
besides endeavoring TO direct the re
habiitation and rebuilding Of the
burned district. This, together with
criticisms by his political opponents
are thought by many 10 have caused a
temporary alteration 0f mind
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04
DECORATION DAY
AT GETTYSBURG
Thousands Assemble to Pay Tribute
to the Nations Dead.
RAIN MARS THE CEREMONIES
Crowd of Tcm Thousand Persons
stood m u DrcncbluG Nnin to
Listen to President RouSe-
vsits Address.

Gettysburg, Pa. May 3l.--On his
toric Cemetery hill, overlooking ground
hallowed by the blood of half hun
dred thousand brave men, aud in the
presence Of concour5e of thousands
who had assembled to pay tribute to
the memory of he LatiCn's dead, Presi-
dent Roosevelt delivered notable aJ-
dress. On nearly the same spot, on No.
venber 10, 1863, President Lincoln de-
livered the immortal address enunciat-
ing principles which have rung around
the world for more than third Of Il
century.
President Rooseyel was escorted to
the cemetery on the battlefield by a
bodyguard of several hundred vet
erans of the civil war The president
and his special escort were preceded by
several organizations, including a
squadron of United States cavalry the
Third United States artillery and the
Marine band of Washington, which had
been ordered here for the occasion.
Mrs. Roosevelt ami other members
% the presidents party followed IN
carriages. The rca" Of the procession
consisted of civil organizations and citi-
zens in carriages. Gov. Pennypacker
presided at the ceremonies which were
held in the rostrurl IN the cemetery
After the Memorial day services Of
the G. a. r. had been concluded, and
the pupils of the public schools had
strewn flowers over tho graves of the
thousands of dead, duling which cerc-
mony the Marine band PLAYED solemn
dirge Rev d. Edward Everett Hale,
chaplain Of the United States senate,
pi Onounced the invocation. The presi-
dent was then introduced by Gov PEN
nypacker.
As President Roosevelt rose to speak
downpour IF rain began, and contin-
ued throughout the time he addressed
the great assemhlage. lie was accord
ed an enthusiastic reception notwth-
standing the rain, and the crowd of
10000 people in the cemetery remained
to. hear the address, despite the thor
ough drenching it received
Referring in the beginning of his
speech to the allusi1n of Gov. Penny
packer to the death of Senator Quay,
the president said:
Gov Pennypacker alluded to the
fact that to-day Pennsylvania mourrs
its senior senator. The regiment which
Senator Quay was instrumental in
raising took part in this battle Of
Gettysburg-the battle in which Gov.
Pennypacker shared Senator Quay
was not with it. lie had gone with an
other regiment, and it is appropriate
at this time to recall the fact tina.
when the term of service of that afliCe
expired, just before Fredericksburg,
Senator Quay defined to accept the dis
charge, and continued as volunteer
with that army that fought t'redericks-
burg and won he medal OF honor on
that bloody day"
1t was expected that Hon, Eugene
+. Ware, commissioner of pensions,
would follow The president with an adj
dress, but as the ram continued to fall
its was deemed advisable by Commits
sioner Ware not to speak, Benedicton
then was pronounced by Rev. D, Clutz
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04
Dead In Oklahoma Hotel Fire.

Lawton, Ok, May 2S.-John Bren-
nan and Pat McCabc, the former a
section foreman on the Rock Island,
the latter a laborer on the section,
We're burned to death early yesterday
morning when the Farmers hotel was
destroyed. Mrs. Lena Neuberry and
her two children, Frank Moore, Johr
Kelly and Billy Morgan were also
burned, but escaped with their lives.
The building was of frame and burned
very rapidly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04
DESTROYED BY A TORNADO.
New Liberty, ll.,RepOrted Wiped Out-Not
II Building Left Standing-No
Lives Lost.

Golconda, Ill.,, May 2S,-The village
of New Liberty, Pope county ILL.,, on
the Ohio river, is reported to have
been destroyed by tornado. Not a
building was left standing. No lives,
however, were lost
Damage was caused in Smithland,
Livingston county, by hail and wind,
at Hamletsburg, few miles above
Smithland and also at Birdsvile, a
short distance from New Liberty.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04
VOTE FOR CHURCH UNION.
The Presby terian General Assembly Almost
Unanimous In Favor OF Affiiiatlon
with Cumberland brethren.


Buffalo, N. Y, Mary 2S.-The Pres
byterian general assembly Of the
United States declared in favor OF
union with the Cumberland Presby-
terian church by vote so nearly unan-
imous that IL was not counted.
Rev Charles Erdman presented re-
port from the committee onsministe-
rial relief before the question Of union
was taken up The committee recon-
mended that the name of the commit
tee be not changed TO board OF PEN
sions' as proposed 1t also recon-
mended that an apportionment be
made among the churches of the as
sembly of the money needed for min
isterial relief. &c report was adopted
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04
PROHIBITED ADJUSTMENTS.
The Methodist General Conference VIII No
Make Any Change In the Church Dis
cipline In the Matter.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 2S-By the
decisive yea and nay vote of 441 to
lSS the Methodist general conference
yesterday afternoon decided not to
make any change in the church dis
cipline in the matter of prohibited
amusements. The question is one
which agtated the minds of the dele
gates to the present general confer
once perhaps more than any other
single problem that has been before
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04
KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION
Accident Was Duc to tnreIcssness Of
Men while BLASTING In II
Rock Cut.

Knoxville, Tenn, May 31,-Four men
were killed and two fatally injured
Monday in dynamite explosion which
occurred near Warwick, on the Knox
Vile, Lafollette & Jellico branch of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad The
dead are, James Birchell and son John,
John Hunley Henry McA(lister, all res
idents of Campbell county, Tenn. The
injured are Hal Hunley and George
Riddnouf
The latters eyes were blown out, and
the bodies of both were lacerated by
stones. The accident was due to care
leseness of men at work in rock cut,
They had been ordered to lay some
blasts. and ii was while they were tam
pering the holes that the explosion oc-
Cured
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04
MARCELL PLEADS GUILTY.
The Highland Bank Wrecker Sentenced to
Serve from Five to Thirty-Five Years
in the Penitentlary.

Troy. Kan, May 2S.-All of the five
charges of forgery against J. f. Mar
cell, the Highland bank wrecker, were
disposed Of suddenly and ip sensa-
tional manner yesterday afternoon
when the prisoner stopped the trial
of the first count with a plea of guilty
in all five. Judge Stuart, of the dis
trict court, before whom the case was
being tried, then sentenced MARCEL to
serve not less than five nor more
than 80 years in the penitentiary, in
conformity with the Kansas law which
Furnishes forgery with a term of from
one to seven years on each count.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04

Lincoln, Neb,, May 2S.-Diyision
Superintendent Bignell, of the Bur-
lington, returned yesterday from the
flooded regions in Greeley and Nance
counties and said that thousands of
head of stock were drowned and three
persons were drowned or struck by
lightning. Trains were tied up from
washed-out tracks. Twelve inches Of
rain fell, overnowing every creek and
small stream in the two counties.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04
WE'LL WELCOME THIS ANT.
Prof Cook, of Department Of Agriculture.
Claims to Have Found an Enemy
of the Boil Weevil.

Washington, Nay 2S.-The depart
ment of agriculture announced that
an ant has been found in Guatemala
that is an effective enemy of the boil
weevil. 1t will be Immediately intro
duced into the cotton states. The
greatest significance is attached to the
discovery, which was made by 0. F..
Cook, the botanist in charge of tropi
cal agricultural Investigations of the
bureau of plant industry. Cabled in
structions have been sent to him to
report Immediately to the department
what assistance hc needs in the way
of men and money.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04
BRYAN WILL NOT PROMISE.


Lincoln, Neb, May 2S.-William J..
Bryan answers to an extent in tho
Commoner the question that the dem
ocrats are asking: "Will the Nebras-
ka leader bolt?' Mr.. Bryan says that
no party has the right to ask citizen
to support a ticket and platform not
yet made which may be against his
conscientious beliefs. In Mr.. Bryan's
article it is clear that he makes no
promises not to bolt and that his argu-
mont rather tends TO give him the
right to do so if platform and ticket
opposed to his beliefs are decided upon
by the St. Louis convention.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04
CONSUMPTION IN ENGLAND.


London, May 2S.-The report of the
royal commission on the volunteer and
militia forces practically recommends
conscription as the only means of pro-
viding home defense army adequate
for the protection of the country in the
absence or partial absence of the regu-
lar troops. The commissioners are of
the opinion that the principles adopted
by all the other great European states
must be largely adopted by Great Brit
ain and that it is the duty of every
able-bodied citizen to be trained for
national defense.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04

A large showing in the way of bank
deposits does not always denote
healthy condition of affairs in a com
munity. There may be lot Of money
On deposit by few individuals and
not cent invested in manufacturing
enterprises, which benefit all