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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06
This is the first intimation that any
foreign steamer other than the knight
Commander had been sunk.
John A. Benson Is Freed.

New York, Aug. John A. Ben
son, of California, who was under in
dictluent in Washington ON a charge
of conspiracy to defraud the United
States by the acquisition of govern
ment lands known as forest reserve
lieu lands in Oregon and California by
fictitious affidavits and fictitious per-
sons, has been discharged in the Uni
ted States circuit court by Judge La
combe, who in his decision said that
upon the broadcast construction which
can be given to the indictment, it does
not set forth facts tending to show a
conspiracy to commit any offense
against or to defraud the United States
and that the petitioner should there
fore be discharged.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06
CALLS 1T
London Times Comments on Work
of VIadivostok Souadrop

LONDON Times Comments on Work
of V~iadivostok Squadron.
London, Aug. 3.-The Times in an
exhaustive editorial article this MORN
ing discusses the report of the COM
OF the Russian Siberian
squaorou relative to the operations off
the coast of Japan and declares that
the sinking of the Knight Commander
and inc German steramer by it consti-
tuted piracy according to the laws of
nations. The Times then sounds a
warning against further acts of this
character, claiming that the time is
near when Great Britain will be COM
PEELED to take radical steps to
interference with her lei In
conclusion the Times says:
Admiral S~krydloff's report of the
achievements of his squadron during
the last cruise, which may be repeated
or initiated elsewhere. shows that we
are not at the end of our difficulties
with Russia, growing out of her inter
ference with neutral trade. His action
IN sinking a German steamer because
1t was laden with fish may be entirely
according to the Russian prize code, as
the Russian newspapers contend, but
such procedure is not in accordance
either with u prize law as we have
practiced when our mastery of the seas
wasl ndisputable or with any legal or
equitable principles to which we are
likely to assent. Germans may think
as they please, but we know from the
lips of a prime minister of England
that Great Britain has already warned
Russia as she did France during the
war with China that we cannot rec
ognize provisions as c~ontraband of war.
1.-The Knight Commander is alleged
to have carried railway mateials and
not to have stopped when ordered to
do so, but these points are yet to be
established to the satisfaction of the
British government. Then, and not
until then, shall we determine whether
we will assent to the Russian doctrine
that railway materials are contraband.
Even On Admiral Skrydloff's own
showing he had absolutely no justicfia-
ton outside of municipal law of Rus
STA for sink ng vessels of other nations,
and Russian MUNICIPAL laws are decidedly
different from the law of natons."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06
TENSION
LESS LIKELIHOOD OF TROUBLE
OVER SEIZURES.
British Government Informed of
Russia's Willingness to Atone
for Any Wrong Committed
Warned That Reprisals Will Eel.
low Repetition of Odense.

London, July 29.-The tension in
the Russo British relations has been
relaxed and no rupture is now proba-
BILE. Count Benckendorff, the Russian
ambassador to Great Britain, has in
formed Lord Lansdowne that If Russia
had committed a wrong she was will
ing and ready to make full reparation,
but before any action could be taken
in the Knigh: Commander cas- the
Russian government must have the
opportunity of receiving the report of
the commander of the Vladivostok fleet
Lord Lansdowne was MOI disposed to
press the matter and promised to wait
a reasonable length of time.
While Russia is willing to make full
reparation if any wrong has been done
in the case of the knight Commander,
Count Benckendroff, in conversation
with Lord Lansdowne, made no ad-
mission that the commander of the
Vladivostok squadron had violated in
ternational law in sinking the vessel.
According to the Russian view it was
the duty of the commander to destroy
any supplies believed to be on the way
to Japanese ports, and it is added that
the papers he took from the Knight
Commander before she sank will estab-
lish whether the cargo contained con-
traband. AS stated here the whole
Russian case will rest on this point.
The British government anticipates
that Russia will make an effort to get
into communication with the Vladi-
vostok squadron and obtain the report
of its commander as quickly as posi-
BILE, in order to give a definite reply to
the British communication.
What further concerns the authori-
ties here, and, it is said, oncer the
United States as we'll, is the danger
Gus situation of other neutral shipping
on the Pacific which have on board
goods which the Russian commanders
will consider contraband. The pro-
ject, therefore, has wider application
than the mere case of the Knight
Commander.
London, July 29.-The London Daily
Express states that it has excellent
reasons for stating that the latest note
sent by Great Britain to Russia is not
couched in the usual diplomatic Ian.
guage, but is instead a peremptory
demand for immediate reparation for
all Sights placed upon the British flag
by Russia.
1t is also stated that Russia is warn
ed that a repetition of the Knight
Commander affair will be followed by
immediate reprisals on the part of
Great Britain.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06
PROFIT IN ILLICIT STILLS.
No Prospect of a Cure of the Evil az
Long az 1t Pays SO Well.

Although the makers of Illicit whIs-
ky are punished by heavy zines when
ever they are detected. nearly ali OF
them get rich. AT least, few abandon
the occupation until they can retire
from 1t with a competence. One OF
the most experienced of the federal
event inspectors. who has raided
cores of stills during his official ca
reer and who has had many battles
with the outlaws and heard the bull
let's from their guns whistle past him,
who has often crOuched behind rocks
and stood behind trees. and who has
done his share in trying to stamp ont
the miscreants, said recently, In speak
ing of b~lockaders aud moonshine
WHISKY:
II have been a revenue officer for
about twenty-five or thirty years and
have seen all kinds OF service, under
all kinds Of circumstances, and don't
believe b~lockading or illicit distilling
will eve be stopped. The reason for
my belief. and | am not the only one,
Is simply this: There Is such a large
profit In the business that the temp
tation is o great for most of that
class of people regardless of the law,
not needing what has befallen fellow
moonshiners. Even forgetting that
they have onc been caught or sus-
pected and that the eyes OF the OFF,
GERS are on them. they 60 right ahead
and distill the grain. But at the same
time they are on the lookout for raids,
and have their guns ever ready to
send a piece of lead into their discov-
erer. They are good shots. too. hardly
ever missing when they nave a fair
opportunity to take aim.
Il will give you al idea OF how
cheaply moonshine whisky is made
and the immense profits that are reap
I'd from Its sale. They take one gal
lon Of cheap black molasses, which
costs about 80 cents; two BUSHES OF
meal, costing IS cents per bushel, and
some water. This is made into a
mash, allowed to ferment, and the
stuff then goes through the process OF
evaporation. This amount Of meal.
water and molasses makes -four gal
Ions Of whisky. which is sold for 81
a gallon. Any one can see the i'm
mense profit from this illustration.
'Latterly brown sugar has been
used instead of molasses, and is a
great deal cheaper. The sugar costs
about IA cents a pound; there are 300
pounds In a barrel. making 1t cost
$3.50 per barrel. An immense
amount of mOlasses is made from q
barrel of sugar. and the profit is al
most twice as great as In using the
first method. Distillers are captured
every day, and when they are sent to
prison others take their places, and
thus the perpetual flow of white
lightning"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06
NEW ALIEN LABOR BILL.
Measure Introduced i'm House of
Commons at Ottawa.

commons at
Vancouver, B.. c., Aug. 2.-Sir
William Mulock, head of the depart
ment of labor at Ottawa, has just in
troduced into the house of commons a
new alien labor bill. Provisions of
the new bill were suggested by labor
men of Vancouver, who recently
brought charges against the Vancouv-
or Engineering Works, of this city, for
bringing in men from Seattle. The
courts here held that advertising for
men in Seattle was no contravention
of the alien labor law.
The new act provides specifically
against the importation of alien labor
under promise of work, and it is made
a n offense to import under contract.
If there is a case where the particular
class of labor cannot be obtained il,
Canada, then the employer may apply
to a Judge of the supreme court for
permission to import.
Specific PROVISIONS also made pre-
venting the section being violated
which provides against the bringing
in of labor by advertisement. 1t is
also made a common offense under the
new bill to import aliens by fraudulent
representations. The change makes
persons found guilty of infringement
liable to pay the costs of deportation,
and an obligation is put upon trans
p~ortation companies for the return of
persons knowingly brought in in con-
fro veution IF the law. The minister
of labor has the power of deportation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06
VI STRIKE.
Cabinet Considers the Situation i'm
Chicago.

Chicago.
Washington, Aug. IA great por-
tion of the time of the last cabinet
meeting was devoted to a discussion
of the war between the beef packers
and their employees. Later a further
conference ON the same subject was
held, at which the president, Attorney
General Moody and Secretaries Morton
and Metcalf participated.
Senators Cullom and Hopkins, of IL
linois, called to discuss the strike, but
were asked to call later, that the pres
ident might have opportunity to go
over the GROUND with the members of
his official household. Mr.. Moody
discussed the strike from a local stand
point, supplementing the report of Sec
rotary Metcalf on the operation of the
beef trust, as disclosed by the opera
ton of the department of commerce
and labor. There is some fear felt
that the trust may jeopardize Republi-
can uccess in Illinois.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06
ICEMEN HELP BUTCHERS.
Refuse TO Supply Ice to Markets and
for Icing Cars.

Chicago, Aug. 4.-The threatened
spread of the stockyards strike to out
side industries same last night, when
an order was issued by the teamsters'
union forbidding drivers IF Ice wagons
to make any deliveries to retail butch
ers who since the packing house team
sters went on strike have been hauling
meat from the yards in their WI wag-
ons. AS the refrigerators in most mar
kets do not hold enough ice to last
longer than As hours, the order to cut
off the supply Of ice. if it can be en-
forced, means that many persons in
Chicago will be completed to forego
fresh meat.
With their new employees and those
that have deserted the unions, the
packers manage to dispose of fully so
per cent as much work as is carried
on under normal conditions. Fewer
than 800 new employees arrived at the
various plants yesterday. The packers
declared that the reason for the small
addition to their forses during the day
was that they were now choosing only
skilled men.
While admitting that the packers are
doing considerable business, the strike
leaders declare that the employers are
losing money on evey animal that Is
slaughtered, as the unskilled workers
waste all the by-products. 1t is on
this waste that thes trikers base their
hopes of final
Says Meat Trust Is Broken.
Homer D. Call, international secre-
tary of the butchers organization,
said:
THE greatest feature of the strike
is that the meat trust is broken. The
packers know that they have already
lost control of a large part OF their
business, and that the live stock deal
ers will do all that is possible to assist
in the defeat. Since the strike the IN
dependent plants of Chicago, Louis
vile, Cincinnati, indianapolis, Pitts
burg, and Springfield, Mass, have
been working night and day. This trade
will Icy be recovered by the trust -
To aid the strikers the ice handlers
and ice wagon drivers have refused to
supply refrigerator cars to the strike
affected packing plants. Without Ice
the packers are unable to ship meats
except for short hauls, and cannot ex-
port any.
Armour & Co. are using fruit cars
for shipping meat, and a strike OF the
men who ice these cars, which are
said to be owned by the packers, Is
threatened.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06
NOTIFIED.
Vice Presidential Candidate Told or
His Nomination.

His Nomination.
indianapolis, Aug. 4.-Charles ".
Fairbanks, senior United States Sena-
tor from Indiana, has been duly noti-
fled of his nomination for vice presi-
dent of the United States by the Re
publican national convention. Inc
notification address was made bv ELL
hu Root, ex-secretary of war, who was
temporary chairman of the convention
The exercises were held on the ve-
randa of Senator Fairbanks home IN
the presence of members of the notih-
cation committee. the governor d
other state officials Of the state, the
Republican candidates for state ofhces,
the Indiana Republican congressional
delegation, the state central commit
tee and the Republican Editorial Asso'
citation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06
MRS, l. DEAD.

wife of Noted Army Officer Passes
Away at West Point.
West Point, Aug. 3.-Mrs. Nelson A.
Miles, wife of General Miles, is dead
here of heprt affection. The General
arrived here yesterday from Washing
ton where he has been for some little
time.
Mrs Miles was a niece of Gen. w.
T. Sherman and was a real army wo-
man. having spent neatrly all her life
at army posts.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06
GERMAN STEAMER SUNK.
VladivOstOk Squadron Did More
Damage Than Reported.

V~ladivostok, Aug. 2.-The Vladi-
vostok cruiser squadron returned to
port at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon.
The cruisers were in perfect condition.
They captured during their cruise
the steamship Arabia and destroyed
some s~chooners, a small Japanese
schooner, one German steamer and
N British steamer. The last men,
toned two were carrying contraband
material and had nearly reached their
destination Yokohama-but were al
most without coal, and it was therefore
impossible to send them to V~ladivostok
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06

Submarines are built OF sufficient
strength to permit them to sink to a
depth OF 100 feet II necessary. but, OF
course, they seldom go as far beneath
the surface.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06
Norwegian School 20 Open.

Everett, Aug. 4.-Bethania high
school, the new Norwegian education
al institution to be located in Everett,
will open October 10. Three courses
will be started at once, a Biblical, a
preparatory and commercial and a
normal course. The faculty Of the
school has not been entirely selected.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06
Message From Andre.

Christiana, Aug. "A Norwegian
whaler has found, north of Spitzberg-
en-. a bottle containing a letter from
Prof. Andre. the long lost Arctic ex-
plorer. dated 1898. The text is not
given.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06
Won Plehve's Assassin Dead.

st. Petersburg, Aug. An. Won
Plehve's assassin is dead as a result OF
injuries sustained at the time he threw
the bomb. He made no disclosures De-
fore his death.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-06
GOODE SUCCEEDS SCOTT.
Director General Lewis and Clark
Exposition Now President.

Portland, Or, Aug. AT a meet
ing OF the directors of the Lewis and
Clark exposition, Henry w. Goode, di-
rector general of the exposition, was
elected president to succeed Harvey
W. Scott. Mr.. Scott was compelled to
resign from the presidency on account
of pressure of private business, about
a month ago.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-21
Rebels in UruguayCs
Three Sound
ThraShingS
Five Hundred Killed Whtl
Means That the Regnlar
Election Is Getting
Strenuous

Washington, Jan. 21.-The stat. i,
partment has received a disr.,.
from Minister Finch, of Moptov,.
Uruguay, today, saying three bata.
have been fought and all won nv a
government. The last was on a
18th, when the killed and woupss
numbered 500. The rebels are N 4,
retreat toward Brazil hotly pursuAs /.
the government forces, which nunh.
$4,000; the rebels have 9OOO N,
opinion here is the insurrection IN
be suppressed within a month mia,
they are aided by neighbors N,
press adds that telegraphlc censonb,
continues, also martial law.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-21
Weak Mains Cause
Loss of Life and
Wreck Building
Fire Follows and Bodies of
the Victims Are Visible.
While Being Gre
mated

Marion, Ind, Jan, 21.-In a gas ex
plosion in the Hotel Sitz this morning
three we're killed, and three fatally and
eight dangerously injured; fire fol.
lowed the explosion.
The known dead are Chas. Betel.
hotel proprietor; Mrs. Beitel, James
Devlin, and the fatally injured are
Edward Gaskell, L. Hobbs and Thomas
Twig. The hotel is located at the
north entrance of the soldiers home.
The explosion, which is believed to
have been due to weak mains, was
terrific. The people in Marion, three
miles away, were aroused. The build
ing was a two-story frame. The flames
spread rapidly, and the known dead
could be seen in the building, while
the bodies were crcmated. The hotel
register was saved but there may
have been other victims admitted by
Beitel during the early hours this
If so, their bodies were ere.
mated An instance of heroism was
hat of Carl Gaskell an 11-year-old
girl, who, with both legs crushed,
.ried TO crawl to her fathers side to
assist him. He was fatally injured.
The loss is $50 900.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-21
An Enaaaina Man.

There was a drummer took sick
and died here three weeks ago." said
the landlord of tavern at Pollkville,
Ark He was a thick-set, guitar.
playin' sort Of feller, and the girl he
was engaged to marry came over
from Torpidville to attend the funer.
al; also from Waupsey; also from
Peapack; also from Tonganoxie; also
from som'ers in Kansas, and some
place up in Missouri. Seem how
many there was of 'em, they put
away their engagement rings. and.
hsgeratiyely speakln, organized a
new society and invented a yell. And
1t was a pretty burned expressive
one, too, lcmme toll you"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-21

New York city to pay Peter Hubert
the womans husband, $4,000 dam
ages.
Hubert was formerly Mr.. Lighte's
coachman, while Mrs. Hubert was
ianitress of one Of Mr. Lighte's
houses.
Some time ago Mr.. Lighte told me
I had better go to Europe to see my
folks" testified Kuberte "and he said
he would pay the expenses. He gave
me a box which he said contained
$1,000 in gold, but told me not tc
open it until the ship had passed
Sandy Hook. l found 1t contained
only thirty-seven quarters.
"When / got back I found Lighte
hugging and kissing my wife. and
when I told her that wasn't right she
said, why, he's the boss"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-21
VIII Rala. Cattle

The Swift, Armours. Nelson Nor
rls, schwarzsohlld & sulzbergers
the "stockyards family" are said to
have purchased 100000 acres of
land In Southern Alabama( and
Northern Florida The news OF the
purchase has startled the stockyards
la Sale street and the railway world
These Interests see behind the pur
chase a move intended to revolution.
lac the meat industry Of America
The 100000 acres, IL is declared
was purchased from the Louisville a
Nashville railway at an average price
OF 1915 an acre, making the total
money consideration 50 $50 900. II
Is declared that the great Chicago
packers Intend TO establish on the
reclaimed swamp land and the pine
lands OF the South the greatest cat.
Tie feeding ground in the world and
to escape freight rates and double
hauls-the local" rates between
Montana and Chicago end New York
to rid themselves OF the great ex.
p'nse OF shipping and TO fatten cat.
Tie ON cassava The Chicago pack
ors have agreed with the Alabama
agricultural commission, Il Is assert.
cd To plant the 100000 acres in
and 20 feed cattle on IL. This
plant is known 70 be very rich IN
starch aud it Is said "the big fourp
VIII also erect immense plants for
'he production OF this commodity
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-21
Deafness Cannot BE cnr.d.


by local applications as they ahnO
reach the diseased portion Of the sH
There is only one way to cure dG
ness, and that is by constitutes
remedies. Deafness is caused by n
inhamed condition Of the mucus In
Ing of the Bustachian tube. WAH
this tube is infiamed you have run
bling sound or imperfect hearing
and when ii is entirely closed, deaf
ness is the result, and unless the ln
hamation can be taken out and this
tube restored to it's normal condition
hearing will be destroyed forsr@;
nine cases out OF ten are caused BY
catarrh, which is nothing but an To-
famed condition OF the mucous ssF
vices.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case of deafness (caused By
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY G. CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-21

as vice.presldent, and John N Miller
secretary and treasurer The election
of the members Of the executive com
mittee was postponed to the next reg
ular meeting, which was fixed fol
wednesday evening. February Sd, al
Howell. the club deciding to meet al
ternately at Pratum and Howell
On motion Of Fred J. Rice, a com
mittee consisting Of Fred Rice VIM
Dssart and Thomas c. James was ap.
pointed to arrange a program and Sc
cure the hall for the meeting.
After the discussion Of matters per
tanning to the imm sdiate organization,
short program Of speeches was had.
Mr.. Graham. in addressing the club
gave the members an enthusiastic
address. urging cooperation and thor
ough work He advised work on a
higher plane than just party spoils,
and urged maintaining Republican
principals, advising especially that the
club exclude wrangling over endorse
ment Of members for Office. He prom
ised the support OF the Salem club in
any measure for honorable party sue.
cess.
L. Il. Stinson congratulated the club
on It's organization, and urged all
present 10 cooperate In placing in the
Offices Republicans. and supporting
Republicans at the polls. He grew en-.
thuslastic and at the close Of his ad.
dress was cheered to the echo.
Chas. II. Cannon was called for and
he expressed his satisfaction at the
progress made by the organization OF
the young mems Republican clubs.
The Lime Kiln Club, a musical or
ganization Of Pratum. at this point ia.
vored the gathering with several Sc
lections,
President Patton briefly addressed
the meeting. urging the appointment
Of workers on, the executive commit.
tee, and assistance to the Republican
central committee in every way posi-.
bic. He advised purity in politics, and
hard work for the ticket when nomi.
mated.
Vlce-President Short spoke. giving
sound and sensible views, detailing
briefly tho history Of the party. and ad
vising participation in the primaries
and tho election Of falr.minded and
honest Republicans as delegates TO the
county convention. as the important
work before the members OF the party.
He urges especially that true and
oyal Republicans be selected for all
Dfilces OF honor and trust.
A vote Of thanks was rendered the
Salem visitors for being present at the
organization. after which the meeting
adjourned.
The Salem party reached this city
At 1880 this morning. well pleased
With the evenings work