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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15

FrenChmen Think We will hOnOpo
lize Chfna'S Trade.

lize China'S Trade.
London, OFT. IO.-The Paris CORE
spondentIof the Times says:
Some European statesmen seem to
be in an nneiviable frame OF! mind and
are seriously concerned for 1.-THE teco-
nomic future% of Europe. Certain
among them see, or fancy they see, a
deep laid scheme on the part of the
United States for absorbing the com
MERGE of Asia, and appear to think
the moment has come to issue a seri-
Gus note of warning. M. Meline, for
mer prime minister, and leader Of the
French protectionists, sounds an alarm
in the Rerubl.que Franchise in an ar
ticle entitled 1.-The United States in
Asia" ~
M. Meline says no mistake should
be made by Europe. Vast designs In
the far East are on foot on the part OF
the great repu bic. 1t is in that direc-
ton it is evidentlyt urning its CONNER
cial ambition. Japan, he says, will
prefer to throw itself into the arms of
the great American republic, which is
close to her and may render her SER
vices, rather than to hand over China
to British industry, whose rvalry ia
pan fears. In conclusion M. Meline
says:
Zone cannot refrain from rather
melancholy reflections on the CONNER
cial aud economic future of old Eur
ope. The more her industry increases
that much more her machinery i'm
pre- YES, and the more her warehouses
are crammed with goods, just, so much
more restricted and narrow her .expan-
sion abroad becomes. She now finds
herself in the presence of giant who,
with mighty Japanese, is taking her
custom. After having seized portion
of that of South America, the giant is
now preparing to deprive her of that
of the yellow races, which is the most
important in the world. AS it is, the
issue promises to leave Europe the me-
groes of the Soudan and the vast re-
gions of Africa, but until that proves
profitable poor Europe will have time
to stew in her own juice.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
Prussia Bars SkySCraperS.

Berlin, q ct. 12.-phe Prussian min
lister of public works, of the interior
and of commerce have just rejected "a
petition for the erection OF "sky. scrap
ers" in. Prussian cities. The central
association of German manufacturers
had asked for modification of the
building regulations in the interest OF
the iron industry and because Of the
difficulty experienced inIsome cities in
supplying sufficient dwellings, to 40
commodate the growing population
The ministers answered that the dan
ger Of fire had not been removed
through steel framing, citing recent
cases in the United States. l
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
Senator'S Lose CARRIAGES.

Washington, Oct. 10.-Fire in Will
lam + and B. F. Downey's livery sta
bic caused loss of $4,000. Some of
the finest carriages owned in Washing
ton stored in the building were burned
The French ambassador lost hand.
some carriage, and othres who lost We.
hlcles are Senators Wetmore, Dryden
and Fairbanks; Representative HIT
and Mrs. Westinghouse Two hundred
carriages on the top floor were des-
troyed, and about 200 others on the
third floor were badly damaged.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

The United States transport Dix has
arri red at Seattle from Manila.
The Sunset Telephone Company will
extend its line from ludlow TO Port
Townsend. ! !
The attorney general of the state
has decided that the tide land law does
not apply to the shores Of navigable
lakes.
Lyman +. Knapp, former governor
of Alaska, aand one of the best known
citizens of Seattle, died at the Seattle
General hospital Sunday morning.
The Black Butte Quick Silver Com
pany, Seattle corporation, is planning
to install a larger equipment. The
mines are near Grants Pass, Oregon.
The Palouse Repub bile, Republican
newspaper owned by B. M. Schick and
George N. Lamphere, has been bought
by G. c. Hammersley, of Almira, for
$50 Mr.. Hammersley will assume
the management at once.
F. Berger, who was arrested in Coup
vile on the charge of forging school
warrants and taken to South Bend,
waived preliminary hearing and was
bound over to appear before the next
session of the superior court.
Vancouver barracks are now lighted
by electricity instead of kerosene. The
electric current is being furnished by
the Vancouver Electric Light, and
Power Company, the government fur
nishing an electrician to take care of
the lights.
A large corps of surveyors are at
work north of Davenport on one of the
new electric railroads which is being
promoted by Spokane and Eastern cap
italists. 1t is the object of the pro-
meters to build road from Fort Spo
kane to Spokane, via Davenport.
The Northwest convention of the
Baptist church opened at the Taber-
nacle Baptist church, on West Harri-
son street, Seattle, Tuesday. In the
necighborhood of 900 delegates are
present. The territory included is
from British Columbia to the Column
| bia river and from the Cascades to the
| sea. :
= c. l. Roy, Seattle lum herman, is
planning to make an automobile trip
to Mexico.
Seattle flour mills are working over
time to keep pace with the demand
for their product.
The state w. G. T. U. Convention
was held in Seattle last week. The old
officers were reelected.
A special through car last week
carried the "wheat kings of Whit
man county and their families to the
ST. Louis exposition.
The Washington university football
team is said to have been considera bly,
weakened by the faculty rule barring
players who are deficient in class work
John Olsen, rancher and cattle
raiser of the Quinault, is making a
specially of raising elk in captivity,
and at the present time has lunch of
them in his corals
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15

state, and it is estimated that between
$4,000 and $4,000 people witnessed
the first plunge of the huge hulk into
the waters of Elliott bay. The after
noon was practically holiday in this
city, and from every vantage point the
tens of thousands of eager watchers
waited anxiously for the moment when
the flag above the shipyards fluttered
downward and the nearly completed
vessel started with ever accelerating
speed towards the water, which she
reached with plunge that caused a
perfect tidal wave.
In every feature this was one of the
most important functions ever held in
the Northwest. Gov. Mickey, Of Ne
braska, and his party of officials were
here, Secretary of State Nichols, act
ing for Gov. Mcbride, absent in st.
Louis, and Adjt. Gen. Drain, N. G.
W., with his official retinue, was in
attendance. Every important army
post north of California contributed
its delegation, and all the departments
of civic and commercial life were rep
resented in the public demonstration
that fittingly commemorated one of
the city's greatest achievements; the
construction of the first battleship
ever built on the Pacific coast north
of San Francisco.
Public Viewed the Ship.
In advance of the big event, and to
accommodate the thousands who had
not been fortunate enough to receive a
formal invitation, the yards were
thrown open to the put lie Thursday,
and from morning until night the cur
ious crowds thronged through the
great shed in which the battleship
rested. In the afternoon the hundreds
of children from the public schools
wandered around in the shops and
sheds. gazing with wondering eyes
and childish dread and delight at the
finished hull towering to the smoke
be-grimed roof of the house in which
it had been constructed piece by piece,
,rivet by rivet and plate by plate.
1t was impressive, and at times
amusing to pass about amongst this
scurrying mass of people, old and
young. and from every department. and
station in life. How were they ever
going to get it started?" Wouldn't
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
BRYAN THE "AARON."
SAYS Noses Was Slow of Speech
and Had a PROXY.

Chillicothe, Mo-, Oct. I1.-William
j. Bryan addressed an outdoor meeting
i'll Elm park during the afternoon.
Having been introduced as the man
who would some day be president of
the United States, Mr.. Bryan said he
used to think he would be president
and that he was the Moses of the Dem
ocratic party.
But don't think so now," he said
, Moses, you know, was slow of speech,
and the Lord selected Aaron as his
speechmaker. l believe that am the
Aaron rather than the Moses of Demo
cracy, and l am willing to be the
Aaron of the party if our Moses, who
has been so slow of speech, will but
lead the people out of the wilderness. +"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
UNION PACIFIC DIRECTORS.
Rogers, Rockefeller and Frick Now
. on fhe Board.

!. Salt Lake, Oct. 12.-At the annual
meeting of the tockholders of the Un-
ion Pacific railway, held here, Henry
G. Prick, of Pittsburg, and William G
Rockefeller, of New York, were elected
directors in place of l.. Fitzgerald and
Horace @. Burt. The board of direct.
ors now. stands as follows:
/ Oliver Ames, Thomas P. Eckert,
Henry G. Prick. George J. Gould, E.
Fl. Hartman, Marvin Hughitt, James
81. HYDE Otto II. Kuhn, Charles A
Peabody, Winslow c. Pierce, William
G.. Rockefeller, Henry Rogers, Jacob
81. Schiff, Joseph F. Smith and James
Stillman. There were represented at
the meeting 1,41O,S66 shares of stock
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
Killed Big Mountain Lion.

Tcaoma, Oct 12.--Onetof the big
gest mountain dions ever seenjin Pierce
county was killed by T. A. Wright, of
Sumner, in the forest four miles from
Eatonville two or three days ago.
Wright was hunting deer and was
moving quietly through the forest. He
heard slight slight rustling, and
turning, saw the mountain lion crouch
ing upon the ground. He fired and
struck it just below the left shoulder,
killing it. Wright found that the ,lion
had just killed large deer and was
preparing to have feast. 1t meas
ured ten feet from tip to tip.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
WILLIAMS AMBITION.
Kaiser Credited With Desiring Al
lance With Rome.

London, Oct. 12.-The Times Rome
correspondents, on authority that he is
inclined to believe accurate, says:
Emperor William has conceived
ande is attempting to execute a mas
ter stroke of policy by bringing into
the orbit of the dreibund the Vatican,
hitherto it's most persistent foe, thus
bringing within measurable distance
the realization of the emperor's life
long dream of revival Of the holy
Roman empire, in fact if no. in name,
under Hohenzollern leadership"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
Bio Order for Flour.

Pendleton, Or, Oct. 10.-A local
-four mill has received an order from
Hong Kong for 80, 900 sacks, or 2,O0O
tons of flour, which is said to be for
the Japanese government. Twenty
thousand sacks will be sent this month
by way of Portland, and the balance
from Tacoma and Seattle. The same
mill has just completed shipment of
60, 900 sacks for Oriental ports.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
Press Agent Resigns.

st. Louis, Oct. IA row which
has been brewing for some time among
the members of the Washington state
commission has eliminated in several
designations being handed to Executive
Commissioners E. E. Johnston, among
them being that of Fred r. Marvin,
the press agent. Mr.. Johnston, 1T is
said, has not been working in harmony
with his CO. laborers for several weeks.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15

lowed the removal of certain side.
shores. Next the wedges were driven
finally. Then the balance of the
shores were taken down and the keel
blocks, which carry a good part of
the weight OF the ship we're split out.
This finished, everything under the
ship had been removed, leaving her
resting on the sliding ways and ready
for launching. The sliding ways, be-
ing the one going out with the vessel.
was bolted and keyed to the ground
ways, thus preventing the ship from
launching herself. After saving the
sliding ways off the ship started, car
rying the ways with it.
The sliding is made possible through
an application of sterine and tallow on
the bottom way, soft soap being used
on the top way. The vessel really
slides on the soft soap.
Brilliant illumination at Night.
Throughout Friday night she was
brilliantly illuminated from stem to
stern by electricity. The feature of
the illumination, which could be seen
from many parts of the city was the
word Nebraska done in electric bulbs,
the letters standing twelve feet in
height. Electric lights were also
strewn around the sheerline of the YES
sci and all the gunport openings, lend
ing an effect magically beautiful.
Dimensions and Weights.
The vessel is larger than any COM
missioned vessel in the United States
navy. 1t is the largest naval vessel
ever built on the Pacific coast. The
dimensions over all are AL feet 3
inches in length; breadth, rs feet 2
Ia; the depth from main deck to keel
is AZ feet inches; there are to be
two military. masts reaching height
OF 156 feet above the keel; and the
three smokestacks or tunnels from the
fire rooms will reach height of 100
feet above the keel; the mean draft in
service will be % feet 9 inches, CORE
spending to displacement of $4,000
tons.
The weight of the vessel on the day
of launching was IA, 500, 900 pounds.
In service the ship will have. forty
off ers and crew of 772, including
TX, marines.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
K7inOs. Happenings
of fire Week.

New York won the pennant In the
National baseball league.
Lady Besant, widow of Sir Walter
Besant, the novelist, is dead
Major Ielmar Saturday broke the
record of Cresceus, covering a mile In
2:01 ga.
Plate glass insurance companies
have entered into an agreement to stop
rate cutting
The training ship Intrepid was sue
cessfully launched at the Mare Island
navy yard Saturday afternoon.
The International Peace congress
urges investigation into the condition
of affairs in the Congo Free State.
The North American Telegraph and
Gable Company will furnish a news
service from Alaska free for sixty days
Matthew w. Ransom, former United
States senator from North Carolina,
and once American minister to Mex
leo, is dead.
The Ggreat auto race on Long Island
Saturday for the Vanderbilt cup re-
suited in the death of a Chauffeur and
fatal injuries to one millionaire owner
of machine.
1t is reported from Copenhagen that
Russia has ordered Danish firm to
construct three war ships for delivery
after the Russo-Japanese war. The
cost will aggregate 40, 200, 900 kroner.
The Santa Fe road is said to have
suffered half a million dollars damage
by recent floods.
During the past few days 600, 900
pounds of Oregon prunes have been
sold to Eastern commission men at 2
cents pound.
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, COM
mander of the Asiatic feet, has made
report to the navy department recon-
mending important additions to the
Asiatic fleet.
The $3, 900, 600 International Mer-
camille Agency was sold at Public
auction at New York for $26, 900.
The sale was conducted by the receiv
er of the company.
The Montana anti trust Republicans
have filed their nominations. They
Endorsed the Republican electors, the
Repu blican candidates for congress
and the Democratic state ticket.
Premier Giolitti, on his return to
Rome, authorized repetition of the
denial that any project of mediation
in the far East was discussed at his
recent conference with Chancellor Won
Buelow, of Germany, at Hamburg.
: A Chicago dispatch says: The Pull
man company has resumed work in its
manufacturing department, putting a
small force of men at work. Those
employed were required to sign an ap-
plication promising to obey the rules
of the company.
1t is stated that the United States
Steel corporation is ready to spend
$1,000, 900 to break up the union of
the Amalgamated Iron and Steel
Workers. The strike at the American
Steel Hoop Company plant at Young.
stown, Ohio, is to be made test of
strength.
A letter from Samuel Gompers, pres.
ident of the American Federation of
Labor, to the officials of the Chicago
Federation of Labor declares that un.
less the latter organization complies
with the rules of the American Fed.
GRAFTON by November 1 it will be ex-
PEELED. The communication was in
regard to dispute between two or
CARNATIONS of plummers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
Russian Ships Suffer.

Tokyo, Oct. 12t-Ac4ordine to (unt
Official rumors the Russian ships in the
hArbor Of Port Arthur are SUFFERING
greatly from the fire of the Japanese
batteries.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
New Trouble for Germanv

Berlin, Oct. TO- Germany has a
new rebellion on its hands in South.
west Africa which is more Formidable
tnan the Herreros uprising. The new
rebelllonists comprise the tribes of
Wilboys, Bastars and Bondelsewarts
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
BIG BATTLESHIp
GLIDES INTO SOUND
Nebraska Proves to Be Fast Boat
On the Occasion of Her
.u.,a.lJo Launching. .e,sat ~

it tip over when it hit the iwater?"
Wasn't it funny looking thing?'
were samples of the thousands of ques-
lions bandisd back and forth.
Preceding the actual launching Rev.
M. A. Matthews delivered an invoca-
ton, and then, accompanied by mar
tial air from the com bined bands, the
cheering of the vast multitude, the
firing of national salute of twenty
one guns from the war craft in the
harbor, and the noise of whistles from
every boat and manufacturing estab-
lishment in the harbor and city, Seat
ties first battleship took her baptismal
plunge.
Reception to Gov. Mickey.
From 9 O'Clock in the evening until
IL o'clock, a reception was rendered
to Gov. Mickey and the visiting dele
CATION from Nebraska at the Hotel
Washington. A public concert was
held from a stand in Pioneer square,
between the hours of 1880 and 1880
o'clock by Meters band, which had
been provided by the Moran Bros.
Company.
With the launching of the vessel,
Robert Moran, president of the Com
pany, was handed check for s. 90, 900,
the gift of the leading business men,
capitalists and citizens of Seattle in
encouragement and recognition of the
enterprise and worth to the city and
state of the great plant which he and
his brothers founded and are conduct
ing.
Methods of Launching.
Though complicated and mysterious
enough to the layman, the task of
launching the Nebraska was simple
enough on to her builders. Initia-
tory moves commenced at about 10
o'clock. The first thing was the driv-
ing of the wedges between the ground
ways and the sliding ways. Then fol-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
About the klOndike.

''Take the Klondike, which to my
notion is the most remarkable placer
gold district in many respects ever dis
covered, and we find that they have
hardly more than begun to take out
gold. True, it has produced over
500, 900, 900 in gold, but there is much
more left.
''The district as whole is the great
est hydraulic proposition | ever saw
All of the creeks, tailings and every
thing else, will be washed over by
hydraulics. There is plenty of failing
ground which will run 81 to the cubic
yard.
''My judgment is that the Klondike
river, from which the famed district
takes it's name. and from which thus
far no gold to speak of has been taken,
will within the next five years startle
the world. 1t will be done through
dredging operations. There is a con
tinuous deposit of placer gold extend
ing from the mouth of the Klondike
Of Hunker. This gold, my theory is,
has been washed in to the Klondike
fro m Hunker, Bear and Bonanza
creeks, all tributaries. These three
streams are fabulously rich. That
their placer treasures, very large per
cntag st least, hav bn washd out into
the larger stream, and more or less, for
-thatmatter out into the Yukon, seems
ito me most reasonable.
Gold in the River.
''Itis we'll known that the Klondike
river carries gold in paying quantities.
Prospecting has shown that to the sat
isfaction of any experienced miner.
The reason it has not been worked be-
fore now is because of the heavy cost
of the machinery necessary to its de-
velopment But within five years | ex-
pect no less than 100 dredges will be
found in operation ON the Kl,ndike
river.
Joseph Boyle, poor man, owns
mineral concession covering practi-
cally all the fourteen mile stretch of
river l am discussing. His concession,
while still alive and effective, has
brought him but little, mainly for the
reason that he has not money with
which to operate.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-10-15
.ALASKA'S WEALTH
HENRY ). bowers DOES Sore
pROpHeSYING.
Noted Engineer and Expert Thinks
Within Fifty Years NiIIion
Men will Be at Work In the
Mineral Fields Of Yukon and
Tributaries. Ia.

Seattle, Oct. 1O.-Henry j. Powers,
veteran mining engineer and expert,
has. just returned from the Klondike,
For MANY years Mr.. Powers has passed
upon mining properties in the capacity
of expert and engineer for the Cuda.
hy's, Of Chicago His mission north
was to lay out plan of winter opera,
tions for the klondike mines of the
North American Transportation and
Trading Company, in which the Cud,
ahy's are the heaviest stockholders.
Regarding the futur of the Klondike
Mr.. Powers said:- -.-.,--..........
eff we could step into the future fif.
million men mining in Alaska. That
number would be found wrestling min,
eral wealth-gold, copper and lead
from the districts on either side of the
great Yukon In other words, the line
of fortune seekers would extend from
Juneau and Skagway across to and
down the Yukon and around to Nome.
"When say million men will be
found mining in Alaska half century
hence believe it, of course, and,
think the statement, however extrava-
CANT it may seem to those who know
nothing of that vast treasure land, is
conservative. And if million men
gre mining there, then they certainly
will be making living and better.
That much we have right to assume,
else they would not be so engaged
And with that number of people dig
ging out mineral wealth, one can
scarcely compute the annual produc-
Sion