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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
FLAGSHIP BURNED
MIlsA LIST, TodETHH WITH
SIX HUNDRED men.
Fire Aboard Caused Explosion OF
rlaQaztnes, Which DESTROYED
Ship Before Anything Could Be
Done-Invesiigafi0n to Defer
mine Cause.

Tokyo, Sept. 1S.-The navy depart
ment announces that the battleship
Mikasa has been destroyed by fire and
the explosion Of her magazines, caus-
ing the loss of 500 lives, including
men Of other ships who went to her
rescue.
The fire started from an unknown
cause on Sunday night, September 10.
Before the officers GOULD be rescued the
fire reached the aft magazine, which
exploded, blowing hole in the port
side of the vessel below the water line
and causing the ship to sink.
An investigation is now being held
to determine the cause Of the fire.
The Mikasa was the flagship Of Ad-
miral Togo, the COMMANDMENTS chief.
She was present at all the engagements
during the war and was on several o.
casions reported severely damaged in
action. At the battle of the sea Of ia
pan she led the feet into action and
her name was mentioned in oonnec-
tion with the most stirring events af-
ter this famous sea fight.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
GREATEST or HORSE SALES,
Over thousand r!onih Disposed
Of at Niles (ifv

Butte, Mont, Sept. 11.-At Miles
City, in Eastern Montana, there is an
institution not at present equalled in
any other part uf the United States. It
is the monthly horse sale, and during
its progress the town is full Of horse
men from every part of the Union.
The sales have been organized by A.
B. Clarke, and in the neighborhood of
5000 horses have already been sold
into the Eastern markets this season
through his efforts.
Another sale is to be held this
month, and it is estimated that 1900
animals will be disposed Of to buyers
at that time, making a grand total of
Miles City sales since June of nearly
5000 head.
Many of the horses are sold singly.
but most Of them go in bunches and
carload lots.
The animals are range horses mostly.
and are considered good investments.
They are broken to ride and drive and
can be placed in service in the Eastern
cities and on farms at once. In spite
ct the immense number that have been
sold, the supply seems as large az ever.
Large sales are held at Billings also.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
TO GIVE FIRE WARNING
Telephone System Proposed TOT '"'
est Reserves.

Telephone System Proposed tor '~'
est Reserves.
Washington, Sept. 11.-For the O'' y.
protection Of the forest reserves Wv
forestry service, in cooperation WV
the weather bureau, will install y.
tenn Of telephone lines and Stations ~
rapidly az possible. N
The first system is being inssslleu :.
the Big Horn forest reserve In WV
ing. This will enable the fores' 70. ..
gers to notify the weather depal' ,o...
when forest fires break out. In 50 lH ;.h
an area as the Big Horn reserve Nn s,r.
comprises 1,151, $50 acres, sne
Of rapid communication is ooV,oss' .ha
statement on this subject lssueo W
forestry department says: ., :. .hi.
eft is highly Important 'na '.snd.
system of fire warning may 90 oA N.
ed to other reserves. The pu'slns i'm.
of forest fire may depend on sns ~. M
mediate knowledge Of its orlsn h. 70
this new fire alarm device o's
produce excellent results.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
BRYAN DECLINES To
ALLOW use OF name

Chicago, Sept. At want to make
my position perfectly clear; I want
to say to you that only am I not an.
nounoing a candidacy, but I am not
permitting cndidaacy."
In these words William J. Bryan ad:
ministered check to the enthusiasm
which at the Jefferson Club banquet
given in honor Of Mr.. Bryan, greeted
tho advocates of his nomination for a
third time for the presidency.
There had been warm words of
praise for Mr.. Bryan by several prom.
inent Democrats, some of them alleg-
ing that he was the legitimate leader
Of the Democratic party in the COM
ing campaign.
When Mr.. Bryan, who ONE last on
the program, rose to respond to the
toast: Democracy W. Capitalization, -
he deferred his formal address for q
few minutes until he had returned
thanks for the words Of praise shower
ed upon him by the speakers who had
preceded him and until he had set him
self right upon the question of candi-
dacy for the presidential nomination.
81 am not now," said Mr.. Bryan,
''acandidate for any Office. have said
that never again would be q oandi-
date for Office, but want to say now
that talk Of candidacy for Office does
not affect me az it once did. I believe
my history will be determined, not by
what the people are able to do for me,
but what I am able to do for the peo-
pie.
81 think it is now too soon to choose
a candidate for president to make the
race three years from now; it is toe
early to pledge ourselves to any one
man. trust that before. the time
comes to name q man for the next pres.
idential nomination more light may be
thrown upon our party's pathway, and
that man may be chosen who will
be best able to do for his party more
than have yet been able to do"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
TO RccLAlr, 100000 ACRES.
Government Has -Four Projects Oui
tined for Yakima Valley.

Government Has rCur projects Out.
tined for Yakima Valley.
Seattle, Sept. I'D. G. Henney, Of
Portland, consulting engineer in the
United States reclamation service, who
was in Seattle for few hours yester-
day. said that when the present plans
for the government are worked out
there will be over 100000 additional
acres Of land under irrigation.
Near Ellensburg, in the Yakima
valley, $4,000 acres of land will be
covered" said Mr.. Henny. Another
project is to cover 10000 acres near
Yakima; another is the extension Of
the Sunnyside canal, covering about
10, 900 additional acres on both sides
of the river, and the fourth, the Lead
better project, will cover 60, 900 acres
Of land.
1.-THE work will be started Just az
soon as the water users of the valley
can get together on the matter Of wat
or rights
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
PORT TOWNSEND Case
DECIDED ADVERSELY

Olympia, Sept. 12.-The supremse
court has handed down decision hold
ing that the Port Townsend water
works bonds are not municipal securi-
ties, and therefore could not be bought
from the permanent school fund.
The decision was written Thy Judge
Fullerton and was conourred in by all
the other Justices. The decision sus-
tains the contention Of Gov. Mead in
every particular.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
STATE GRAIN GRADES
REMAIN UNCHANGEl

Tacoma, Sept. 13.-The state grain
commission has decided to retain The
SO pound test weight standard for a
measured bushel of No. l wheat, Do.
spite the arguments and protests Of The
California and Oregon grain comnis.
sions and exporters.
The adoption Of this STANDARD virtu.
ally settles all Of the grades, placing
the wheat grading this season on the
same basis as that of last.
The commission spent the entire
session yesterday in preparing q type.
written reply to tho grain STANDARD
committee Of the Portland chamber Of
commerce, which was leading the fight
for universal standard of % pounds
ON the Pacific coast. incidentally,
the exporting interests Of Washington
were also working for a 50 pound
weight test.
In adopting the So pound STANDARD
the commission declares it is acting
impartially and for the best Interests
Of the cereal growing industry Of the
state.
On account of the wide interest tak'
en- in the question by the grain inter-
eets of the Northwest the commission
has prepared careful argument Gov
ering the subject in an exhaustive
manner.
At the suggestion Of the Portland
chamber Of commerce the commission
has changed the name Of No. ! olao
and +. q. q. to No. white Wsus
Walla.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
WORK ON ", v. : {.


Contractors Now Have rifteen HUN.
dred f1en at Work.
Victoria, B. c., Sept. 1S.-Duncan
Ross, of Greenwood, q member OF the
Dominion house Of commons, 10 In VIC
toria. Mr.. Ross was one OF the most
determined fighters for the amendment
to the charter Of the Victoria, Vanco-
YER and Eastern railroad, held by the
Great Northern railway, which result
ed in the work being at once begun
from Midway.
CONSTRUCTION work is being retarded
by lack of labor" he said, "but the
contractors hope to secure the neces-
sary men from the harvest fields. Sub
contractors have about 70 miles Of the
line under construction and later on
this fall the work from the interna-
tional boundary line to Keremeos will
be begun.
"About /, 500 men are now employed
by the various contractors, but three
times this number could easily find
employment. Outside of some Of the
work on the Columbia and Western, it
is the most dicffiult and expensive
railway work ever undertaken in Brit
ish Columbia.
"From Midway to the International
boundary line at Sidley mountain there
are thirty miles Of work where the
rock work alone will cost $35, 900 per
mile. The plans have been fled for
the line from Keremeos to Pentieton,
and beyond this survey parties ARE in
the field getting everything ready for
contracts next spring.
"'It is understood that the Difficult
ties of construction through the Hope
mountains are not so serious as those
encountered from Midway to the boun-
Diary line. All indications point to
the completion of the road within three
years, and possibly two.
"Mine owners are more active in de-
velopment work new capital is seek
ing investment and business generally
has improved as result Of this activ.
ity and the certainty Of the road being
built"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
REVOKED BY RUSSIA
CAR ORDERS DIsCONTINUANCE
Of DISCRIMINATING TARIFF.
Schedule Adopted Some Years Ago
as q REGULATORY r1easure-cx-
pecred to Open Up Siberia aS
Well as Russia to Excluded Ar
tiCleS.

Oyster Bay, Sept. 11.-At the con-
ference Saturday night between Presl.
dent Roosevelt and the Russian peace
ENJOYS, Mr.. Witte. by direction of the
emperor reported the following com
.munication.
"Since years ago, in consequence Of
a misunderstanding in the interpreta'
ton of the most favored nation clause,
there were established in Russia on
several articles of American prvoduc'
ton customs dues on higher scale
than these levied on the same articles
when imported from other countries.
Ellis majesty, the emperor of Rus
STA, has commanded me to inform the
president of the United States that, be
has been pleased to order the discon.
tinuance of the levying Of such higher
duties on American products, in order
that henceforth American manufao.
lures should pay the same duties al
imports from other countries"
Refers to Retaliation.
Washington, Sept. 11.-As under.
stood here that the customs duties re-
ferred to by Mr.. Witte in his oommu.
nication to the president. and which
by direction of the czar have been dis.
continued, grew out Of the imposition
in the early part of 1901 by this gov.
eminent of q differential duty on Rus
ian sugar imported into the United
States.
Following this action Of the United
States was the issuance in retaliation
of an order of the Russian minister Of
finance, which became effective March
9, 1901, imposing maximum duties on
certain American articles, the in
oreases ranging from 20 to 80 per cent
Articles Affected.
Generally stated these articles were
cast iron wares, manufactures Of iron
and steel, iron and steel boilers, tanks
bridges pipes, etc., machinery, sewing
machines, motords, dynamos. portable
engines, locomotives and locomotive
cars, locomobiles and fire engines.
The controversy which involved thu
imposition by the United States of 9
oountervsiling duty on Russian sugar
by the United States grew out Of the
allegation by American producers that
Russia was paying a bounty to he,
sugar producers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
WASHINGTON NEWS

Blaine 10 to have daily paper.
Everett has won the Pacific North
west League pennant-
Swedish Baptists Of Seattle laid the
cornerstone of the new Adelphia COL
lege last Sunday afternoon.
The corner stone Of the new federal
building at Seattle will be laid Satur-
day. The Masonic order will have
charge Of the ceremony.
Less than six hours were required by
the United States circuit court Of ap-
peals, which convened at Seattle Mon
day, to dispatch all business before it
and adjourn to meet in Portland on
Septenb Der 18. Three cases were sub
mitted for consideration and a few
motions disposed Of.
Public improvements t1at when
completed will represent an expendi-
ture of 81, 1876, $50 are now under way
at Seattle. In addition $698.OO worth
of work has been completed this year
and the board of public works expects
to lot further contracts aggregating
$500, 900 before the year is over.
The heirs of the estate Of James
Longmire, which consists of the Long
mire hot springs at the foot of Mount
Rainier and a we'll stocked farm on the
prairie south of Tacoma, have organ
lied stock company. The heirs num-
Der II, and the chief asset is the hot
springs, valued by the company at
$65, 900.
Moritz Thomson, president Of the
Centennial Mill company, estimates
that California will use 100000
bushels of Washington wheat this year.
He also states that orders for approx
mately Is, 1000, 900 bushels have been
received from the United Kingdom.
The present harvest in Washington is
estimated at 81, O00,0 900 bushels.
Chelan county is planning big fair
on Sept. ~.
The state board of equalization is
now in session at Olympia.
The State Grocers' Association is in
session at Tacoma this week.
Up to Saturday la 445 fees Of $40
each had been paid for factory inspec-
ton under the new factory law.
The county commissioners in session
at Walla Walla raised the cost of sa-
loon licenses in unincorporated towns
from 5000 to 81, 900.
The circulation of a petition to the
Seattle council asking for the submis.
sion to the voters at the municipal
election in March of an amendment
providing for tho recall of undesira ble
oounoilmen and other officials, has be-
gun.
F. 81. Venice, while blasting out
stumps on his farm at Olalla, uncov.
cred chunk Of copper ore. This
caused considerable excitement among
his neighbors and some Of them are
looking over the country to see if a
vein can be found.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
ACROSS THE zAn.r,.
Great Aetscsa Railway a..
mslly Open.s ''ee 70,

msisy 0pened. 'e ~.
Victoria Falls, Zsmhs.; =.
Afrioa, Sept. ls.-The h-,s a'ssr, e..
Zambesi river was form ,oge owe, tn
yesterday in the presence :, !. Opened
ing members Of the British = A. .ne gidt
Prof. Darwin made th nassoctatioa.
speech. He commented r ,ne Opening
variable achievements which ih The n
ted q party travelling in elec. . Permit,
ed salon cars to visit a nls light
heroic explorers had spent t'1 n,e Which
fruieless endeavors to reach. On'Os Of
At the conclusion of his .,.
Darwin touched an electric tpss'I nj plo'.
which fused a wire stretohsa out'oa
the track Of the bridge, and sn ac'oss
decorated with Union Jacks =, n,, engine
on an excursion to Livingtone i s,sse
The bridge over the Zambss .s'aad.
the highest in the world wsa i'v's
at 2 a. N. April of the pres ss nntsd
thus completing link in the r' yea,
Cairo railroad. The bridge. vh Sps 70
OF the cantilever type, is $50 foo. VI Is
the river at low water. and oss
over the gorge at Victoria fa, y.O''s q
was built by an English compan, !. u
the girder pattern. and is oons..v , %
in three spans, with a width Of .s'
feet. 'n'Ft!
The Cape to Cairo railway il .,
deavor initiated by the late Gu. ~,
Rhodes to connect Egypt and s SNa'
Africa by a line $500 miles I 1osu
From the north the railway ".
reached Khartoum, distance. a,,a us'
ing for the river gap between Asso u.
and Wady Halfa, Of 1,40O miles '''''a
In the south good progress has h..,
made north of Zambesi on the 0oo. 49,
known as the northern extension ,,a~
the Victoria falls to Kalama, the o.
ministrative center of Barotsel and :.
distance Of 100 miles. From Kalsus
the line is to be continued for snotb.,
$50 miles in a northeasterly direction
1t is probable that from Tanoan;t.
there will be two lines, one tbronoh
the Congo and another through Co., ~
man territory.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
DEPLORES THE
DECEPTIONS
Secretary of Grocers' Asso-
citation DenOunces Short
Weights and Other
Evils.

Tacoma, Sept. 13.-At the sixth an
nual meeting Of the Washington State
Grocers' Association, j. !. Higgins, Of
Seattle, secretary Of the association
denounced the present system followed
by manufacturers OF flooding the coun
try with short weight packages Of
breakfast foods, crackers 1T different
brands and other provisions sent out il
one pound packages, but which, he de-
olared, ordinarily contained but 10 t.
IA ounces.
Notwithstanding tho fact that tht
grocer has nothing to do with the put
ting up the packages he received, Mr.
Higgins said, he was blamed for tht
short weight, and frequently lost GUS
tom for keeping such goods.
Under the old hand method of man
ufaoture, Mr.. Higgins said. cracker
were manufactured at cost of cents
q pound; and sold at 3 cents to the en-
richment of the manufacturer. Al
the present time these short weight
package concerns, Mr.. Higgins said
vastly P4OOUO0u Ou044 Ox0OA04O %
cents pound, but they sold the shor,
weight package for ~ cents to the
grocer.
Wants imposition Stopped.
The matter of breakfast foods with
which the country il flooded, was also
taken up by Mr.. Higgins, who said
that the people Of the country were be.
ing imposed upon in q monumental
manner by the manufacturers Of these
widely advertised articles Of food.
There were but i've cereals in the
makeup of these foods, Mr.. Higgins
said, but from them there had been
compounded 175 different kinds OF
breakfast food, and their sale had
made many men in the United States
multi millionsires. Many Of these
foods were 20 nearly alike, Mr.. Zig.
gins centended, that there was prac.
tically no difference. except in name.
yet many families would keep supplies
of both or Of several kinds. Mr.. Hig.
gins said he had gone into the matter
thoroughly, and had found that it costs
the manufacturer from 1 % to ~ cents
package to produce these goods, but
the package is sold to the grocer for 10
to 121 cents. It cost the manu5ac.
turers $4,000 to advertise these
foods in the leading magazines Of the
country last year. The consumer OF
course pays this advertising bill. he
believed the grooers Of the state should
take the subject up and see il it il not
possible to protect their customers from
impositions Of this character.
Several grocers present intimated al
soon as Mr.. Higgins sat down that at
the proper time resolutions would be
submitted upon the matter and also
upon the short-weight packages.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT

The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots +. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no
tics:
Grain-Oats. sa5@as per ton;
barley, $40; wheat, chicken feed,
$24@25: bran, $40; shorts, $40;
corn, $s6.
Hay-Eastern Washington, $14.5o
per ton; PUGET sound $9@1O; alfalfa,
$4,000.
Strictly fresh ranch, s7k @2s
Poultry-Live hens, 1S@131ac pen
Id; old ROSTERS, 91k@10o; ducks,
12@1So; geese, 9@12c; springs, 100.
Wool-Eastern Washington, 1870
21o per Id; Western Washington,
S4@25c; dirty or timber stained, 400.
Live Stock-Sheep, wethers, $40
$40 per Id; ewes, S@3Ic; hogs,
6A@6Ao; steers, 5000; COWS, ~
@3o; calves, 5000; lambs,
| So per head.
Tacoma Quotations
Wheat-New club, e9k@7Oc;
bluestem, 7s1s @73c; red, eco.
Oats-$26 y @28; rolled oats, $27.
Hay, Alfalfa, etc-Wheat hay,
$11.60@12.50; timothy, $l5@16;
mixed, $12.50@14; clover, $12.60@
1880; alfalfa, $1O.50@11.50.
Fresh Meats Cow beef, 6@6Nc;
steer beef,. 5z@e; wethers, 7x@
80; spring lambs, 90; owes, "a
l7Ke; pork, 9@scH; trimmed, liz
Ola; shoats, $2@s each; veal
dressed, $3.50.
Poultry-Turkeys, dressed, $50
chickens, dressed, spring, 16c
ducks, dressed. 100; geese, dressed
16e. Lve-Hens, lilo; ducks. 100
gsese, 100; spring chickens. 1s014c
Butter Wa6hington creamery, $50
ranch, 1e@16c.
Egg. Oregon, A035o; Eastsen
s902sc; freah, 3403bo; WashingtoE
ranch, zee.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
CONDITIONS Of SWEDEN
NOT ACCEPTABLE

Christiania, Sept. 12.-The tone Of
the Norwegian newspapers indicates
that the negotiations between the COM
missieners Of Norway and Sweden re-
garding the dissolution Of the union
have reached an empasse, Norway be-
ing unable to accept the conditions
laid down BY Sweden.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
MUST HARnONlZE.

Government irrigation Awaits Auree.
menf OF Conflicting interests.
Washington, Sept. 1.-The adoption
Of new policy by the reclamation
service 10 announced by Chief Engineer
Newell, VINO has just returned to Wash-
ington. Until all conflicting inter-
ests have agreed on the use Of the
available water, the government will
do nothing, but it stands ready to be-
gin work a. soon a. an agreement 10
reached, says Mr.. Newell.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16

Camden. N. J., Sept. 14.-William
&. Powell, United States minister to
Hayti, who il on leave Of absence at
his home hero, has announced his in
tsDtion Of rendering his resignation to
Pzssident Roosev6lt Of once. He gives
80 his reason for resigning tho preya-
lence Of revolutions, riots and fever in
Hayti.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
r1ikaSa'S r1lSSina 256.

Washington, Sept. 14.-The bureau
Of naval intelligence has received ad-
vices by a telegram from the Ameri-
can naval attache at Tokyo that the
loss in killed and missing on the bat
tleship Mikasa was 256. The wounded
number 34S. The cause of the aoci.
dent cannot be ascertained until the
Mikasa is floated.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
GOLD rROn ALASKA.
fiore Than s Is, 600 900 Received a1
d. S. Treasury This Season.

D. S. Treasury This Season.
New York, Sept. 14.-More than
$15, OOO, 900 Of gold from Alaskan and
Klondike fields has already been do
posted in the United States treasury
this season, says q Washington dis
patch to the Sun, and, based on the
output Of prior years, it is probable
that some $40, 90, 900 or $50, 90, 900 adj
ditional will be received Before the
close Of navigation. The total receipts
Of the previous summer were $19, 800, ;
600, in round numbers, and this years
aggregate will probably exceed that
sum BY three or four millions.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
TO nAkr a RATE BILL

eIktnS Committee FJCSIS
in Washington. "a
New York, Sept. 12.-sena.o1 Of
Elkins, Of West Virginia, ona, 1o.s con-.
the senate committee on inteis'a~ a. it.
meroe, has announced that no !. , uss ip
sued q call for the mem pen .-.me 8
Washington September TO- 70 -. a' supsr.
bill providing for railroad ra'e ,o o
vision and regulation by t t1 coming
ment, to be introduced a. '''
session Of congress. .onyinced
Senator Elkins said he was ~. . hat be
this action was inevita oie an h;ll sat
would cooperate in passing w.
isfactory to the president
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
Russians Start Tor Home.

New York, Sept. 18.-The Russian
peaoe commissioners started on their
return journey to st. Petersburg ".
terday. The party sailed On the Kali
scr Wilhelm II.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
Gorlsy WIN Be c.ns,d.fe.

st. Petersburg. Sept. LILLE IL re-
ported that Maxim Gorky, the author.
waii 90 candidate for election TO the
national assembly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-16
Miss Hifchcock 10 wed.

rJ1SS HITCHCOCK 10 VC0.
Washington, Sept. 11.-Seoretary of
the Interior and Mrs. Hitchcock have
announced the engagement Of their
daughter, Ammo, to Lieutsnant Com
mandev William S. Sims, u. 8. N.