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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-02
NEW WIRELESS INSTRUMENT.
Invention of Signal Corps Nan Said
to Be Superior.

Benicia, CAL. Aug. .28.-A new
wireless instrument. weighing but q
pound and half, and found by ex-
haustive tests to give better results
than the cumbersome De Forest ma
chine, has been invented at the BENZ
ola barracks by Hugh Annis, young
soldier iof the signal corps. Annis il
but 80 years old and came here two
weeks ago from Fort Riley, Kansas.
Realizing the necessity Of having the
wireless machines portable, he set to
work to perfect the ideas he has treas
ured for months, the result being an
apparatus said to be superior to any
now in use.
A fly walking on the outside Of the
box can be distinctly heard through
the receiver at q distance Of several
feet, while, il place on the ground, the
machine will record the footsteps Of a
man walking q hundred feet away.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-02
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT

The following pr1ces are offered to
the producer by the local dealers fol
delivery in round lots +. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no.
tice:
Grain-Oats, $27@sS per ton;
barley, $2S; wheat, chicken feed,
$4,000; bran, SIC; shorts, $40;
corn, $a6.
Hay-Eastern Washington, $14.5e
per ton; Puget sound 50; alfalfa,
$9@10.
Eggs Strictly fresh ranch, 26@27o.
Poultry-Live hens, 1s@13kc pen
ID; old ROSTERS, 93@10c; ducks,
12@1Sc; geese, 9@12o; springs, 15o.
Wool-Eastern Washington, 18@
21o per ID; Western Washington,
24@25c; dirty or timber stained, 400
Live Stock Sheep, wethers, 31fe
$40 Per ID; owes, 8@SLc; hogs,
6L@6Ac; steers, 3A@4c; COWS, So
$40; calves, 4@61fc; lambs, %. &c
@3 per head.
Tacoma Quotations
Wheat-New club, TOO; blaestem,
7Sc; red, go.
Oats-$s9@s1; rolled oats, ts1@32
Hay, Alfalfa, etc-Wheat hay,
t11.6O@12.60; timothy, $l6@l6;
mixed, $12.60@14; clover, $12@ sc
1850; alfalfa, SO. 50@11.50.
Fresh Meats-Cow bsef, 5K@6lc;
steer beef, e@e1k; wethers, 7K@
80; spring lambs, 90; ewes, "a
IKE; pork. 5000; trimmed, 101z
GIL; ahoats. $9@s each; veal,
dressed, $3.50.
Poultxy-Turkeys, dressed, 29c;
chickens, dressed, spring, 200;
ducks, dressed. 80; geese, dressed,
leo. Lve-Hsns. Ito; ducks. 10;
geese, lilo; spEing chickeus. 140l6c,
ButteE-Washington ersameEy, SEQ;
ranch, 1e0lec.
Eeg1OEegon, 3l0sSc; Eaatsen,
3s03sc; 1resh, 3403Ge; washinetoG
ranch, 80.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-02
Court.rlartIaI Comp'e'es'

Libau, Aug. ss.-The dh,sttIsbil
OF 1877 mutineers OF sn0 .omplessd
Kniaz Potemkine has been Enhance
Eight Of the prisoners were .,s~s ud
70 DO shot, but It was .rsed 10 BIZ
that this sentence be comm .ssrs wa'
imprisonment. Nineteen o - I;muisoa.
sentercsd to various terms Of
mont at hard labor.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-02
WASHINGTON NEWS

The new Northern Pacific hospital
at Tacoma was formally opened Satur-
day night.
The lumber manufacturer Of the
Pacific coast held their annual meet
ing at Tacoma last week.
Clarke county will turn out about 1875
car loads of prunes this year, little
more than third the average.
It is estimated that Seattle merchants
and laboring men derive more than
81 900, 900 yearly as the result OF op-
Grating expenses Of the ocean going
fleet.
More than six thousand people d.
rectly or Indirectly connected with
the Sons Of Hermann are expected to
be in Seattle during the meeting Of the
grand lodge of the United States, Sep
TENDER 16 to 25.
As q result of the refusal Of the Sun
set Telephone Company to accept a
franchise passed by the city council OF
Tacoma and put up s., 900 guarantee
in gold, Tacoma is to have an indie
pendent telephone system.
The Farmers State Bank has been
organized at Colfax with q cash CAPT.
tai of 500, 900, and will open for bust
ness October 1. The stockholders
elected seven directors, three Of whom
are farmers and four are business men
of Colfax.
To operate the various municipal de-
partments of the city of Seattle during
the ensuing year and to provide for the
improvements which they think neces-
sary, the heads Of the city departments
have fled estimates aggregating &c..
O9g, 42O.92.
The Fourth cavalry band and troops
A, B and G, have left Fort Walla Wal
la on a special train for San Francisco,
where they will prepare to sail for the
Philippines. Troop D will remain at
the garrison until relieved by the Four
teenth cavalry in November.
Track laying has begun on Walla
Walla's street railway system.
Cashmere will probably have a wat.
or system and electric light plant in
the near future.
Roger Sullivan, one of the pioneer
citizens of Stevens county, who had
resided on his farm, three miles south
of Colville, for nearly fifty years, died
at his home last week.
Prof. Arthur R. Priest. of the state
university's department. Of rhetoric and
oratory, has been appointed dean Of
the college of liberal arts. The action
was taken at meeting of the regents
Friday.
According to South Bend correspon
dence the story lately sent out to Seat
tie papers regarding the peril to oys
ters on Willapa harbor from the at
taeks of teredos, and insinuating that
their destruction is near at hand, il
one of the rankest fakes that was evel
| perpetrated.
A new claim for extras in the CON
struction Of the state capitol annex
amounting to $11, 372, has been sub
mitted by the Goss Construction com
pany to Attorney General Atkinson
The attorney general claims the items
in the bill have all been adjudlcatei
in recent action, but is willing t.
consider the matter with the governor
and secretary of state.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-02

San Francisco, Aug. 2S.-The steam
or Francis 81. Leggett hes arrived here,
having in tow a log raft containing
10000, 900 feet of lumber, which was
brought from the Columbia river with
out accident.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-02
TO THE LOWEST BIDDER.
Naval Supplies VIII Be shipped vie
Canadian Roads lf Cheaper.

Washington. Aug. 28.-secretary
Bonaparte has declined 70 grant the
request Of George Campbell in behalf
OF the Great Northern railway to re-
woke an order made BY him some time
ago which rescfndod m ORDER made BY
his predecessor, Secretary Morton, CON-
timing tho business Of transporting the
naval supplies across the continent %
American railroads. The seoroeary
holds that under the law he must send
these supplies By tho cheapest ROUTE 10
gardless Of Ownership, and Mr.. Camp
bell has been informed that II the bus-
ines is TO be confined % American
roads congressional direction and an-
thOri1ation are necessary.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-02
Minor HaPpenLng4
Of tho Week


The North German Lloyd Steamship
Company has ordered built duplicate
of the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
The annual report Of the Chicago
and Northwestern shows earnings for
the past year were $50, 745,275.
The National gallery at Bevlin has
bought Mensel's "Court Ball Supper
of Emil Meiner, of Dresden, for $40,-
900.
The international parliamentary con-
Rress is in session at Brussels. An IN
usually large delegation from the
United States is present.
The engagement of Miss Gladys
Lawson, daughter of Thomas Lawson,
to Eben Blaine Stanwood, grandson OF
James G.. Blaine, is announced.
The yacht Marguedora, owned by
President Shonts of the Panama canal
commission, was destroyed by fire at
Carabelle, Florida, Friday night.
The japanese correspondent Of the
Daily Telegraph at Moi, japan, sends
a report that Gen. Kuropatkin has re-
signed his command and that his
health has given way.
As supplementary part of the Mas
sachusetts census now being compiled,
Chief Pidgin has undertaken a special
inquiry to determine, if possible, some
facts relating to race suicide.
Articles of incorporation of the Chi.
cago & Pacific Railway Company, OF
Casper, Wyo., have been fled. The
capitalization is 100000. The OBJ.
ject Is to build road from Casper,
Wyoming. to Ogden, Utah.
Plans have been completed by New
York labor leaders for a Labor day
parade to eclipse in point of number
and display anything Of tho kind eve1
attempted in the country. More thar
$4,000 union men will be in line and
will march through the principal up
town thoroughfares.
The famous trotting stallion Ores
ceus is to be sold at auction at New
York in November.
George J. Gould has been elected
president of the Wabash railroad, sue
ceeding Joseph Ramsey.
The United States government build
ing, erected at cost of $50O,O ha,
been sold to wreoking company fol
$1O,5OO. The steel trusses in th'
structure alone cost $1,000
The international missionary con
vention of the Christian chnrch wal
held at San Francisco last week. Tn.
committee to confer with the Free
Baptists on union was made perma
nent.
Arrangements have been made by
the Jefferson club of Chicago for &
farewell banquet September Is to Will
lam ]. Bryan, previous to his depart
ure for an extended tour around thu
world.
Mr.. Van Swilderen, the Netherlandi
minister at Washington, who is now
in Europe, has decided to return to hi
post, instead Of accepting the position
Of minister for foreign affairs which
had been offered him.
Secretary Bonaparte and Superin
tendent Sands, of the naval academy
have chosen April "a, 1906, for tht
celebration in honor Of John Pau
Jones, the anniversary of tho capture
of the British warship Drake by Jones
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-02
Cuba viii Paw Soldiers,

Havana, Aug. 28.-President Palma
has signed the bill passed by the house
July 81 and by the senate. August 2
for the liquidation of the remaining
half of the pay of the revolutionary
soldiers. -
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-02
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Action Taken on Three lmportanl
Subjects.

Portland, Aug. 25.-After an inter.
esting session which consumed the en-.
tire day, the thirteenth annual meeting
of the National Irrigation Congress
cae to an end late yesterday afternoon.
This session of the congress was i'm.
portant for the pronounced stand as.
sumed on three subjects.
1t declared emphatically that it,
sympathy is with the small land owne,
against the large landed proprietor
who GEEK to have the national irriga.
ton laws 80 amended as to permit The
retention Of more than 100 acres of il
rigated land.
The congress also expressed the opin
ion that government enterprise in thu
work OF reclaiming arid land should
not unnecessarily interfere with preyt
ous private enterprise, nor private en-
terprise with prior government pro
jects.
Finally. 1t vigorously expressed dis
approval Of the repeated attempts &
inject the subject Of undesirable for
eign immigration into it's deliberations
contending that this subject is one il
winch the congress, a. body. is no,
interested.
The day was otherwise marked b,
the reading Of letter from Presiden,
James J. Hill, of the Great Northern
railway, the unanimous CHOICE q,
BOISE Idaho, as the next meeting plac,
OF the congress, and tho reelection o.
Gov. George c. Pardee to the presi
dency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-09
PANAMA ROAD USELESS.
As a Reducer of Freight Charges
Under Present System.

San Francisco, Cal, May "a matter
Of great commercial Importance to Pa
cifc coast is discussed in a report that
has been prepared for the information
of President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft
of the war department and j. l. Bris-
tow, special commissioner appointed by
President Roosevelt to visit this coast
and acquire facts. The Question refers
to the utility of the Panama route for
the movement of freight between San
Francisco and the Atlantic states.
The report was submitted by w. R
Wheeler, J. r. Dutton and Rufus P
Jennings It was adopted by the cham
Der of commerce and forwarded to
Washington in printed form by the
chamber.
The chamber finds that there is real
" but one object to be attained, and
that is the adoption of such a course as
VIII make the Panama, route more adj
vanta geous for the movement of freight
than under the conditions heretofore ex-
isting''
The report says:
THE present freight schedule via
Panama, is apparently based on the
overland railroad freight schedule, the
charges of the former varying from Il
per cent to 80 per cent, with an average
of about SO per cent of the latter, or IN
other words the diferentials in favor OF
the Panama route with its thirty day
trim as compared with the tranScOnt1-
mental route with its four teen day trip
are so small that the shipIsr either east
or west does not consider the saving
sufficient to cover risk of damage or
breakage in the necessary several
landings of the goods via Panama
Under the government ownership OF
the Panama railroad and the sea route
to New York from Colon, the only CUES
ton to be considered would be whether
freight rates could be made sufficiently
low to make the saving on transporta-
ton expense an object to the shipper
and enough to offset the additional time
required in transit.
s'There are reasons why the Panama
route cannot be utilized with adyan-
tage in the commercial interchange of
commodities between San Francisco
and the Atlantic states, and with tins
steady DEVELOPMENT of transportation
facilities between nations as well as
between our own states those reasons
are becoming more potential every year.
In brief, they are but two in number:
First loss of time IA transit; second,
increased freight cost made necessary
by transshipnent from steamer to car
and from car to steamer
These two factors are the obstacles;
thew are permanent. for the time being
and cannot be overcome until the PAN
anna canal is completed. At present all
freight shipped from San Francisco to
New york by the Panama route has to
he handled at least six times in tran
sit. thereby increasing the risk Of dam
age or breakage. while by overland
railroad it is handled only two times
and makes the journey in less than one
half the time consumed via Panama.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-09
PICTURES WORTH SEEING.
Best Work of Living Artists to Be
Shown in Topeka.

Under the joint patronage of the
Washburn college school of fine arts,
the WOmen's Federation of clubs, and
the Commercial club, arrangements
have been made for an annual exhibit
IN this city of 100 oil paintings from
the annual exhibition of American ar
lists In New York city.
The first exhibit will be in the new
Manual training school from May Is
TO June Is. being opened when the
state Federation of W0men's clubs as
sembles here and closing with the
commencement exercises of the for
tieth anniversary of Washburn college
in June.
The exhibit will be very fine. The
selections which will be brought to To-
peka have gained great regulations
and 1t will be a rare opportunity for
the people of this city to see them.
They are all originals.
In order to meet the preliminary
expenses OF packing, which item alone
amounts to $133 in New York city,
and the express charges on thirteen
big cases, as well as the heavy insur-
ance upon the half valuation of the
pictures, $4,000, an advance sale of
tickets has been undertaken and 1000
general admission tickets, at IS cents
each, are now on sale at several of the
stores, and by the forty clubs of the
federation, at Is cents each. After the
opening day of the exhibit the admis-
sions will be 25 cents. Season tickets,
admitting the holder to the exhibit at
any time during the month, and also
to the lectures, are also on sale at 81
each
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-09
ALWAYS FRESH FOOD.
Crisp and Easily Digested, Bfalta-Vita
Goes Straight From Its Huge
Ovens to the Many Who

The Malta-vita Pure Food Co. of
Battle Creek. Mich, has adopted a sue
cessful method of keeping the public
always supplied with fresh Malta-Vita,
the perfect food.
When Malta-Vita comes from the
ovens, it is the crispest, most delicious
food in the world, containing only one
per cent of moisture. The other SO
per cent is food-brain and bone and
nerve and muscle food-and most
easily digested because the gelatinized
starch of the thoroughly cooked wheat
has been converted, by fine malt ex-
tract, into maltese (malt sugar..
No other food preparation contains
such a high degree of food quality and
such a low degree Of moisture.
OF course, If Malta-Vita were per
nlftted to stand on the grocery store
shelves for months it might lose some
of its crisDneSs. But such q state Of
affairs is not permitted.
The Malta-Vita company limits or
ders from every wholesale dealer to a
quantity which the company knows
can be disposed of quickly in the
Wholesalers territory. The wholesaler,
grocers as he knows they will be able
to handle satisfactorily.
Thus the grocer's supply Of Malta
Vita is always as fresh and crisp as
when it comes from the ovens in the
big factory at Battle Creek-always
the kind that melts in the mouth.
AaIta-Vita is so deliciously refresh
ing and satisfying that It should be in
every home. It is the only perfect
food. Best for children and best for
grown folks.
At all grocers now 10 cents. Same
high quality. same big package as
when sold for 10 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-09
MILLIONS init.
What the Railroads Have In
vested in Kansas.
Nine Million Dollars Worth of
Locomotives.
WHAT FIGURES SHOW.
Value Of All Rolling Stock Is
About $4,000, 900.
What the Railway Assessors
Have to Do.
WHAT FIGURES SHOW.

IN handling Kansas traffic, the rail-
roads of the state have in service a
total of $40 locomotives worth, at a
rough estimate, about 100000.
These engines, If coupled end to end,
would make a train Il miles long; as
long as from Topeka to Silver Lake.
These $40 engines have the job of
hauling 22,038 railway cars of all de-
scriptions.
The assessed valuation of all the
rolling stock in use on all Kansas rail-
roads is somewhat over 100000. The
real value is about S30,0OO,O00. This
does not include sleeping cars and the
private car lines.
These figures are compiled from the
returns made by the railroad com
pan1es of the state to the state board
OF railroad assessors. In order to de-
tern1ne the number of engines and
cars which can properly be assigned to
the Kansas traffic@ and assessed as
property owned in this state. the rail-
road companies must first ascertain
the total amount of their rolling stock,
and then apportion to each state its
share as shown by the proportion of
the roads mileage in that state.
For example. the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas, on its main line, uses S24
LOGON OtiveS. But only 79 miles of It's
main line is in Kansas. This 10 miles
is only about 1873 of the total main
line mileage Of the road. and there
fore only 1913 of the whole 324 en-
Qines would be assessed by the Kansas
commissioners. In addition to this,
the Katy has several long branch lines
on which a. number of engines are in
use But the big Katy shops at Par
sons do more than attend to the Is
engines which are assessed by the
Kansas state board. Engines from
outside the state are brought in here
for repairs.
The Santa F7e railway has by far the
largest amount Of equipment for its
Kansas trade of any other railroad. 1t
assigns sol of it's engines to Kansas,
and 1853 of its cars.
The Leavenworth Terminal Railway
& Bridge company is at the bottom Of
the list. It has no rolling stock at all.
The following table shows the num-
| Der of locomotives and cars assessed
/ by the Kansas board:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-09
Civi1 service Examinations.

United States civil service examina-
lions will be held on June Z in Topeka,
Wichita, SaIina, and Fort Scott. The
secretary of the local examining board
viii supply information relative to the
examinations. The departments in
which positions are vacant, are as fol-
lows: Geological craftsman, $1,000 per
wear: Indian, engineer and sawyer,
S84o; weather bureau, repairman. s720;
band leader at Haskell institute. 1920;
wheelright at Pottawatornie agency,
$40; geological, expert and assistant
velox printer, 81, 200 and S1,400; Indian
natron. $3.50 to $500. depending on as
signment. On May "a, examinations
win be held for a wagon maker at
Haskell institute, at a salary Of S720 per
wear. On June "A, examinations viii be
held for the place of scientific assistant
in the department of agriculture. The
Job pays from $40 to $1,000 per year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-09
CathoIie Council Id NeN ton.

Newton. Kan. May 9.-Newton
council No. 976, Knights of Columbus,
was Instituted here with elaborate
exercises lasting all day and The
greater part of the night More than
500 Catholic men and women from all
parts OF the state were in attendance
and the gathering was the largest in
the history OF the order in Kansas
The first and second degrees were con-
ferred on the so candidates by the
Wichita council, the third degree by
members of the Kansas City and To-
peka councils, under the direction of
]. T. Coughlin of Topeka. state deputy.
In the evening 500 persons sat down
to an elaborate banquet rendered by
the Newton council to the visitors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-09
Ran OFF WITH ITSELF.
Automobile Goes. on a Tear and Is
Totally Wrecked.

Portland, Me. May s.-A large
touring automobile just purchased by
W. B. Thombs, has caused much ex-
element in the streets here and finally
destroyed itself.
A few hours after Thombs bought
the car 1t suddenly jumped away from
the roadway in front of his home, on
the Eastern promenade, and, with no
one in It, whizzed at top speed for a
mile along the promenade, running
over and slightly injuring one man,
causing two runaways, scattering peo-
pie right and left Finally the ma
chine swerved to the left and out of
the street. and plunged over a 4O-foot
embankment to the railway tracks
near which it brought up, total
wreck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-09
THEIR GOOD By SPEECHES.
Washburn Seniors Theses Show Wide
Variety of Subjects.

The following is a list of the Wash
burn seniors and the subjects Of their
graduation theses;
Miss Nina Bauer, History of the De-
velopment of Calculus.
Miss EsteIle Broke, Marriages and
Child Life in Ancient Greece.
Miss Fannie Foster, Comparison
Cutnem Patu's and Arnold's Interpre-
eation of Marcus Aurelius.
Miss Grace Galloway, The Modern
Passion Play.
Miss Helen Ingham and Miss Mamie
VeaIe, Physical and Mental Observa-
Tions in the Public Schools.
Miss Neyhart, Shakespeare's Use of
the Comic Element IN His Tragedies.
Miss Lydia Stoffer. Silver Satinity.
Miss Anna Sweet, stephen Phillips"
Miss Florence WEIGH, The Human FL
ement In Wordsworth.
Miss Mary White, Plant Societies.
Miss Marcia Williams, The Brutus Of
shakespeare and the Brutus of History
Miss Ethel Yoxau, Rousseau.
Miss Agnes Fisk, Effect Of the French
Revolution Upon the Peasantry.
a. j. BOlfnger, The Vehmgerfcht.
Herman G. Carkhuff. The Dramatic
Element in the ODYSSEY.
James L. Cottrell, Effects of the IN
PRODUCTION of the Linotype Machine.
Horace Cowgirl Evolution Of Repro
ductiOn in the Vegetable Kingdom.
John II. Dadisman. Credit Currency.
John Ekstron, Cooperation of the
Kansas Farmers Against the Elevator
Trust and It's Allies.
Berton Killough, The Basis OF the Re
igious Conceps.
Harvey E. Philips, Social Life in the
fine Of Homer.
Sumner ". Pressey. Analysis and
History of the Mode of Manufacturing
Boraxes. Cream of Tarters, Washing
Powders and Baking Powders. er-H
Cbas H White. The Relation Of the
Tariff to the Steel Rail Industry.
A c. Heiser, Relation OF the Salaries
to the Efficiency OF Teachers.
c. D. Cunningham, The Northern Sc
eurities Case.
Miss Marie Madison. Histology
Technique.
Miss Abel Mehl, candidate for the
masters degree) Chronogy of the Two
Books of Horace's Satires in Relation
to His Art and Spirit.