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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-01-07
WASHINGTON NEWS

Everett will ask an appropriation OF
$15, 900 for new armory.
The First State Bank Of Prescott has
been incorporated with a capital OF
1915, 900.
Tacoma bank clearings for 1904
were $115, 793, $50, an increase OF
more than $l5, 900, 900 compared with
1908.
Colfax suffered a $25, 900 loss by fire
Friday night and the business section
Of the town was only saved by heroic
work.
A move is on foot to consolidate the
Farmers telephone companies of Wal
la Walla and Colum bia counties. There
are over 400 telephones on the lines.
Harry Walton has made good his
shortage of SIC. 900 to the Seattle Brew
ing and Mailing Company, and the
prosecution against him has been
dropped.
The Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
Company, beef and pork packers OF
New York, Chicago and Kansas City,
are about to start branch house in
Seattle for the purpose of handling
Northwestern and Alaskan business.
The mem bers of the First Congrega-
tional church at Walla Walla Monday
night celebrated the fortieth annivers-
airy of the founding Of the church.
An old-fashioned melodeon, used in
the FIRST church forty years ago, was
used on this occasion.
Walla Walla Masons intend to erect
handsome temple during the present
year.
During the past year 1895 marriage
Licenses were issued at Spokane, ex-
ceeding the number issued in any pre-
vious year.
The steamship Tacoma loaded last
week at Seattle with 10, 900 barrels Of
salt beef, billed to Shanghai, but sup
posed to be for use Of the Russian
| army.
The granite base or pedestal for the
statute of Gov. John R. Rogers, to be
erected in the park in front Of the state
capitol building, has been delivered on
the grounds.
The Merchants hotel, the Garfield
Land Company's Office, the Inland En-
pire Office and the Gwinn furniture
storehouse, were burned. The loss is
about $15, 900.
A. M Kanters and G.. A. Ksnters,
from Michigan, are having surveys
made, and if feasible, propose to re-
claim 1000 acres Of land near Stan.
wood, by means Of bikes.
During the past year TAG divorce
suits were filed in the King county
courts. During the same period 517
divorces were granted, 81 cases dis
missed, 8 DEGREES denied, and 1876 are
still pending.
By the addition Of seven prisoners
from Yakima, ten from Spokane and
two from Tacoma, last week, the pop
ulation Of the peritentiary was in
creased to 1911, the largest in the his
tory of the institution.
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of the Week.

Ex.Congressman P. V. Buster, OF
Milwaukee, is dead.
According to his pers onal announce
ment, David b. Hill quit active poll
tics January 1.
Senator P. J. McCumber has been
nominated by the Repu blican legisla-
tive caucus to succeed himself as SEN
ator from North Dakota.
An official statement is to the effect
that the war with Japan cost Russia
1854, 900, 900, or a million dollars
day, during the past year.
It has been decided to experiment
on the American zone on the lsthmus
Of Panama with laborers to be taken
to Panama from Porto Rico.
Frederick Mistral, the poet who won
the Nobel prize of $4,000 for litera-
ture, is said to intend devoting it to
the chronological museum, which he
founded at Aries, France.
The secretary Of war has appointed
a board of officers to meet at the Army
War college January 30, to make Sc
lectons for detail to fill anticipated
vacancies on the general staff.
Among the recent inventions for use
on automobiles is an indicator that
not only shows the distance travelled,
but also the speed of the car. 1t is at
tached to the dashboard of any type OF
machine. The operator can see con-
stantly the speed attained and the dis
lance travelled.
The Neue Freie Presse, at Vienna,
says that the resignation Of Premier
on Koerber has been accepted.
Vice Admiral Skrydloff, commander
of the Vladivostok squadron, will re-
turn to st. Petersburg in January.
Three convicts were killed and four
seriously wounded by guards during
an attempt of nine to escape from the
Folsom, Cal, penitentiary.
The agitated state of public opinion
throughout Russia over the reforms ap-
parently continues undated. The war
has distinctly taken second place.
For the fisrt time in years not a suit
for divorce was begun in Chicago on
Tuesday of last week. Often as high
as forty such actions are brought in a
day.
Judge Charles M. Walker has decid-
ed that the city of Chicago is not liza
BILE for damages growing out of the
loss of life in connection with the Iro-
quois theater fire.
1t is reported from Moscow that
some ladies in the highest society are
proposing to form Russian-Japanese
league. with the cooperation of ladies
at Tokyo, to agitate for the termina-
ton of the war.
1t is stated in dispatch fbrom Lon
don that AMBASSADOR Choate will hand
in his resignation shortly after the in
auguration of President Roosevelt. He
says he desires to devote the remainder
of his time to looking after his own
affairs.
Edna Wallace Hopper has announced
her intention to donate ground for the
building of home for newsboys in
Oakland, Cal, her native city. Dur
ing her engagement in San Francisco
in January the dedication will take
place. She also proposes to endow
the home with goodly sum.
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Colorado "InSurreCfiOn" Bonds.

Denver, Jan. 4.-State Treasurer
Whitney Newton, in his annual report
to the governor, gives the total amount
Of certificates of Indebtedness issued
in payment Of military expenses as
SITS, 464, and recommends that the
legislature authorize the issue of $780,
600 "insurrection bonds," payable in
twenty five years.
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Warden Dryden Resigns.

Olympia. Jan. 2.-F. A. Dryden
has rendered his resignation as warden
of the state penitentiary to the chair.
man of the board of control, to take
effect January 8, or as soon as his sue
cessor is appointed. It is understood
he will be succeeded by Frank KEGS.
of Walla Walla.
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TOGO AT TOKYO.
japanese Capital Goes Wild Over
Doughty Admiral.

japanese Capital Goes Wild Over
Doughty Admiral.
Tokyo, Jan. 2 Admiral Togo and
Vice Admiral Kamimura, with their
stats, arrived at the Shimbashi station
at 92:O O'Clock yesterday. Their Jour-
ney from Kure to Tokyo was a constant
ovation. At an early hour the streets
were filed and the city was gally dec.
GRATED with flags, lanterns and New
Years decorations. Representatives of
the emperor and empress, Prince Fu-
shlml, Jr., elder statesmen, ministers.
prominent Japanese and thousands Of
school children greeted the arrival of
the naval heroes at the station.
The presidents Of both houses of the
diet presented them with resolutions
of communication passed by their re-
spective branches of parliament.
The junior officers tried to clear the
way, but the crowd closed in on Ad-
miral Togo. and they were frequently
f1rced to push the crowd backward in
an endeavor to clear the reaching
hands. Finally Admiral Togo and
Vice Admiral Kamimura were freed
from their enthusiastic admirers and.
surrounded by officers, they reached
the carriage sent by che emperor to the
station to convey the distinguished
party to the palace.
When Admiral Togo appeared great
shout arose, hats were thrown in the
air, arms were raised, and "banzap,
followed "banzai.''
Preceded by gendarmes, the partv
drove under triumphal arches, waving
flags and discharging fireworks through
the cheering crowds, to the navy de-
partment, where brief stop was made.
during which the congratulations Of
the ministers were received and future
successes were toasted.
Admiral Togo and Vice Admiral
kamimura then proceeded to the pal.
ace to report to the emperor. They
Will probably remain in Tokyo about
one week for the purpose Of consulting
with the general staff and perfectine
plans tor future operations.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-01-07
Stoessei Sent rIao OF Truce.

IS London, Jan. S.-9:25 .. m.-The
Tokyo correspondent Of the Central
News, cabling from the japanese cap
ital at noon, confirms tho report that
Gen. Stoessel has offered to surrender
Port Arthur to the japanese. He does
not state, however, that the fortress Il
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Arbitration Treaty. win Spain.

Washington, Jan. MIR. Ojeda,
the Spanish minister, Saturday signed
with Secretary Hay an arbitration
treaty between Spain and the United
States, similar to those already signed
by other nations.
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Greatest Fire Loss in History.

New York, Jan. 2.-Statistics show
that more than $500, 600, 900 worth of
property in the United States was de-
stroyed by fire in 1904, making the
largest annual ash heap in the history
Of the country.
The news & observer., 1905-12-14
THE LESSON IT TEACHES.

The sudden death in the Federal
Court room in Raleigh yesterday of
Mr.. Luther B. Bynum cast a gloom
over the whole community, and
preached the most powerful sermon
on the uncertainty of life heard in
Raleigh this year.
The lesson taught in the sudden
death of this good man is one that
should not be lost. Preparation for
death means preparation for livint,
OF the scores of men in the court
room there was no man who was
better prepared to meet the dread
summons than Mr. Bynum. He was a
prudent and successful business man,
devoted to his party. and interested
in all that concerned his fellow man.
but the chief interest of his life was
centered in his church as it typified
to him pure and undefiled religion
He rarely missed a conference, he
was a trustee of the Methodist Or
phanage and no call for service foT
his Master passed unheedcd by HIM
Those who knew him well have 70
doubt that he was ready for the sum-
mons, as he was ready when called
to duty in every relation of life.
The news & observer., 1905-12-14
Where Justice Fell Down.
Toornn Tn C1IirQr


In the Superior Court in Cumber-
land county last week, two men who
had stolen $4,000 from bank went
out of the court room free men, 1t
was shown to the court that the men
had made restitution of funds stolen,
or at least the company in which
they gave bonds had paid the looted
bank a sufficient amount to make
good the theft. The big thieves went
out free men. They had paid back
some poor and friendless negro who
have been allowed to go scott free if
he had paid the owner of the chicken
a. half a dollar? No, the niger or the
poor white trash who steals meets
with no such favOrs in the courts as
those big Fayetteville thieves met.
We do not like to write such things
about our courts; we do not like to
think that they are true, but the facts
are such that there is no getting
around them. There is no use to
try to make excuse for them. In that
sanlc court where those two bank
IN ewes were let to go without an" pun
ishment whatever and on the same day
n man was fined $3.50 for lighting a
cigarette in the court house. The same
judge who suspended judgment on
two men. trusted custodians of 9TH
cr peoples money and who stole all
they could lay their hands ON, mace
a poor devil of a cigarette smoker
ray a fine. probably a heavy one to
him who paid it, simply for taking a
whiff of tobacco smoke. And yet we
boast of our courts of justice.
The news & observer., 1905-12-14
CAPTAINS OF EDUCATION.

Raleigh gives glad welcome to the
nincty-seven county superintendents of
public schools who are holding their
annual experience meeting or conven-
ton in Raleigh These men are the
captains of education in North caro-
lina-the men who are at the front
and on the firing line upon whose
leadership depends in large measure
the victory in the fight that is being
waged to educate every boy and girl
in the State. The position of North
Carolina in the table of illiteracy is
not one that is satisfactory or that
we can permit to stand. The efforts
of all good citizens must be directed
toward educating the youth, and they
are following where these captains of
education lead
The reports from most of the coun-
ties show marked progress and give
assurance that the State is aroused
to the Importance of better schools.
There are many important things de-
manding the Jealous efforts of North
Carolinians. but the public school in
terest is far and away the most press
ing and the most important. The pass
ing generation, hampered by the re-
suits of war and reconstruction, has
not been able to do what it had hoped
to do, but it is making the path better
and easier for the next generation that
will shape the destiny of the State.
The news & observer., 1905-12-14
THE LATE MAJOR WESTON.

The death of Major ]. A. Weston
who suffered a stroke of apoplexy two
weeks ago. while attending the Epls-
copal Convocation at Shelby, removes
from active usefulness one of the
truest patriots and purest men North
Carolina has known. He was native
of Hyde county, the prolific mother of
patriotic sons, and with deep devotion
to the Confederacy he was among the
first men to volunteer in 1861. HIS
gallantry and his capacity to lead won
for him rapid promotion and he re-
tired with the rank of major.
After the war, Major Weston entered
the communion OF the Eplscopai
church and was ordained in that
church. He won the hearts of every
community where he was rector, not
only of his own church but or all
others as well. Most of the years OF
his ministry were spent at Lenoir and
at Hickory. For some months, dur
ing the illness of DR.. Marshall, he was
the acting rector of Christ church,
Raleigh. and afterwards rector of st.
Savior's Chapel in this city. He was
a consecrated and useful man of COD,
whose. simple faith and consistent life
were benedictions upon the churches
he served.
DR.. Weston became convinced years
ago that Peter S. Ney, a school-teacher
in Iredell county who had made his
way to North Carolina after the pam
shment of Napoleon, was Marshal
Sey. the great soldier of NapOleon's Old
.llard. That conviction was SO strong
18th DIR. Weston that he devoted years
the study of his life and to gath
ing the proof of his theory. He
sited France. eXaIa:ned many dpcu-
ents. and traced the story of Mar
al Ney's life from Waterloo until
was lost to the world as an obscure
hool-teacher in North Carolina. The
suit of the mass of testimony which
ID been gathered was published in
large volume and made one of the
pst interesting and valued contribu-
ms to history of this generation. 1t
translated in Paris and reprinted
re. It's publication caused deep in
est on both sides of the Atlantic
II gave to DR.. Weston wide reputa-
tion. Many accepted his testimony and
argument as conclusive, and many
could not bring themselves to believe
that the thorough French pedagogue
in Iredell county was the great Mar
shall Ney, though none of his stu
dents doubts that he had the ability
to fill anvs place calling for courage
and capacity. The book was written
in style that attracted and held all
who opened it. whether they accepted
the conclusions or rejected them.
The news & observer., 1905-12-14
IT IS A BUGABOO.

Every now and then somebody
sees ghosts in the public school prob
lem, and they gravely tell us that the
negro children are going to school
while the white children are at work,
and these pessimists shake their
heads and declare that the future is
full of foreboding because of the state
of affairs. AS a matter OF TACT no
such state of affairs exists and they
are scared over a bugaboo. Mr.. Ro-
land F. Beasley, county superintend-
ent of public schools in Union county,
thus exposes that ghost story in his
educational notes from Union county
in the Journal:
at is said by some that the ne
groes go to school better than the
white children, and some timiG souls
are afraid that the darkies will carry
off all the learning. There are two
colored schools in Vance township.
The census shows 175 colored child
ren of school age. On the Vls1tatons
of the County superintendent he
found in the two schools just 80 child
rem, WnlCn is ABOUT IL per SCllt VI
the census. At the same time there
were so per cent. of the white child
ren of this township in attendance.
Not much danger in that, is there?
The danger lies in the SO per cent.
who were in the woods.
AS a matter of fact, if the negroes
did attend more regularly than they
do, he is a very dense sort of man
who is bowed down with fear that
"the darkies will carry off all the
learning or thinks that any race can
surpass the white folks. But white
parents should be alert to see that
their children are educated, not from
the absurd notion that the negro race
can surpass them, but because they
cannot make themselves all that their
capacities should make them. Edu-
cation of the right sort will help all
animals and all men of every race,
but it will not give capacity to any.
1t will merely draw out and develop
the faculties and abilities with which
they are endowed.
The news & observer., 1905-12-14
A WOMAN'S BACK
The Aches ard Pains Will Disappear
if the Advice of This Raleigh
Citizen is Followed.

A woman's back has many aches
and pains.
Most times it's the kidneys fault.
Backache is really kidney ache.
That's why Doan Kidney Pills cure
It.
Many Raleigh women know this.
Read what one has to say about it:
Mrs. S. c. Perry, living at 215
DaVie street, says 81 think Doans
Kidney Pills are most excellent med.
tcine, and 1 will take pleasure in rec
ommending them to my friends. My
back has troubled me for a long
while, and although I used q great
many different remedies nothing gave
me the decided relief which I OBJ
tanned from Doan's Kidney Pills. /
can advise others in Raleigh to go
to the Bobbitt- Wynne Drug Co, pro-
cure Doans Kidney Pills end they
will not be disappointed in the re-
suits. I am only at this address dur
ing the school term, rs l have my
two grand daughters here with me
going 10 school. My home address is
Nelson p O.. Durham Co, n. c."
Tor sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The news & observer., 1905-12-14

do not need much whipping, while
others need their hides loosened up
and if it takes a stick to do it up
right and meet the requirements of
the case. there's too many good sticks
in the country to let it go undone.
In this age of refinement and cul-
ture' there's one thing that should not
go out of fashion. and that is, the prac-
tice of beating the dust out of the
pants of a stubborn. mule-headed, dis
obedient boy in the school-room.
take it's place. Lecturing and other at
tempts at moral suasion'' make
about as much impression on the
minds and hearts of some boys as it
would on mules daddy. unless it is
accompanied by vigorous gestures
with a healthy hickory sprout in the
right hand. Lecturing with that kind
of an accompaniment sometimes ac-
complishes wonderful results.
We have before stated time and
again. but it will bear repeating here,
tnat a boy who has been made to obey
at home is not apt to give the teacher
much trouble at school. Loose gov
ernmcnt IN the home means trouble
at school. And when a boy gets large
enough to begin to look in the glass
three times a day to see how much the
hair IS grOWln~ or MS uOOef llp he
sometimes gets It into his head that
he's big enough to boss the teacher,
and It might have been that kind OF
provocation that brought the suck
into use by the Ashe county teacher
referred to above.
It's mighty sorry parents that will
let their children have their own way
at home. but of all the fool parents in
this world the ones who take up for
their disobedient children when they
are punished at school stand at the
head of the list. They arc the most
faithful feeders of the criminal court
dockets Of any other class of people on
this earth. If they do that way be-
cause they don't know any better they
are to be ritied, but if they know bet
ter. then the responsibility rests more
heavily upon them and they will be
held to account in the day OF Judg-
ment.
The news & observer., 1905-12-14
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.

The closing year has been pros
porous one for Raleigh. Among the
agencies that have promoted its ad-
vancement is the Industrial Club,
which was organized some months
ago. The progressive young men,
who make up it's membership, are
among the city's most prosperous citi-
zens, and they have already made
good"
Tonight, in the Hall of the House
of Representatives, the first public
meeting of the club, to be followed
bv a banquet at the Marlborough, is
to be heard. The public is invited
to attend the meeting in the Capitol
to hear an address by Mr.. ID. A.
Tompkins, of Charlotte, on indus
trial Development of North Carolina
and the Necessity of Business Co
operation Mr.. TompkinS is an in
dustrial leader and one of the best
takers among the business men i'll
the State. The people of Raleigh will
be glad to avail themselves of the
pleasure of hearing him.
The news & observer., 1905-12-14
What's the Use?
StafeSNillc Landmark

This Fayetteville case has attracted
much attention. The Landmark has
said nothing about it except to pub
lish the facts. We have again and
again expressed indignation and de-
nounced similar procedure in the
courts and elsewhere, but so far as
we can see we have accomplished
nothing. And so what's the use? We
have in no wise changed our opinion
about such matters. The fact is we
can hardly write about them without
using parliamentary language but
we have about come to the conclusion
that money and the influence which
prominence gives have usually pre-
vailed in the past and will continue
to prevail to the end of the chapter.
In fact it seems to us that the hold
is growing stronger. for not only do
wealth and prominence work the
courts to escape punishment for
wrong-dOing but they buy immunity
from the churches. Look about you
and then deny this statement if you
The news & observer., 1905-12-14
his Commercial-Appeal.

Nomphis Commercial-Appe
If the New York Herald's account
of the disposition of the 800 negro
women, imported by this government
to the Panama canal zone, be true,
then the authorities have outraged the
moral sense of the people of this
country. AS related by the Herald,
the incident is too revolving to be
discussed, but must be condemned as
riOtous and licentious beyond every
limit of decency. The president, no
doubt, will take immediate steps TO
investigate this cargo from jamaica
and, should the Herald's report of
proceedings prove true, administer
such punishment to the offenders as
the government has in store.
The news & observer., 1905-12-14
NO SUBSTITUTE

has yet been found for cod
liver oil. There are so-called
extracts, wines and cordials of
cod liver oil that are said to
contain the active principles
but not the oil itself. This is
absurd on it's face. You might
as we'll extract the active prin-
ciples of wheat and make
bread with them. The best
form of cod liver oil, that can
be digested and assimilated
most easily, is SCOTS Emul-
sion. % 80 ~
Wen send you sample free.
SCOTT & BOVINE, 4o9 Pearl street. new York.
The news & observer., 1905-12-14
The Expected Construction.
Norfolk Landmark.

According to the editor of the
Worlds Work. in the December issue
of that magazine. the Trustees of
Trinity College Sustained Professor
Bassett' in his offensive remarks
about the race question in the South
Atlantic Quarterly, some time ago.
This is mistake, though we expected
the action of the Trustees to be so
construed. They retained Professor
Bassett in the Trinity College Facul-
ty, but they ccnsurcd him for his pub
lication.