davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-25

Valparaiso, >Aug. 22.-The loss Of
life by the earthquake of last Thurs
day probably will not be short Of 8, 900,
while the property destroyed is esti..
mated at 500, 600, 600, and probably
is far in excess of that sum.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-25

Christiania, Aug. 2S-The elec1lou .r
for members Of the storthing thus =,
reported show the choice OF nt.0v
supporters Of the government ana iOu ~,
teen, including three socialists, IN W
position There will be twenty -ses'
reballotinos.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-25
EARLIER ACCOUNTS or
VALPARAISO EARTHQUAKE

New York, Aug. ia cable dis
patch from Lima, Peru, says:
About 8 o'clock Thursday evening
there was q tremendous earthquake at
Valparaiso. Az at San Francisco, tho
shock was followed by the starting Of
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-25
Minor Happenings
Of the Week

Buyers have offered as high as ~
cents for Oregon hops this season.,
The emigration from Russia this
year has exceeded quarter of mil
lion.
The Canadian Pacific will operate
IS miles of branch lines near Vancou-
yer by electricity.
The Great Northern, Northern Pa
cific and 500 lines have reduced grain
rates in Minnesota 10 per cent
Eastern railroads are said to be very
short of trainmen for the fall business
and are Offering unusual inducements.
Lewis Morrison, the actor, died at
New York Sunday. He gained repu-
tation by his work as Mephisto in
Faust"
President Roosevelt has issued q
proclamation establishing the Crazy
Mountain forest reserve of a quarter
of million acres in South Central
Montana.
Sufficient returns have been received
from the Alaska elections to assure the
election of Frank N. Waskey and
Thomas Gale for the short and long
terms respectively. Both are working
miners.
According to the report of the Illi-
nois state bank examiner the total de-
falcations through the manipulation
of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
of Chicago by President Stensland
were at least a million dollars.
The first spike in the Valdez Yukon
railroad was driven August Is at VAL
dez, by Judge Royal Gunnison. The
spike was of native copper. Business
places were closed and court was adj
journed, the whole town attending
the ceremony
Queen Alexandra left London Satur-
day for Norway, where she will visit
her daughter,' Queen Maude, after
which she will 60 to Denmark to spend
her usual holiday with her brothers
and sisters. The trip is being made on
the royal yacnC Albert anu flcCOrl8.
According to the latest issue of
Lloyd's Register, the total tonnage of
the world amounts to 1854, OF,
against SO, 600, 1913 of year ago, Civ
ing a gain of 1853, 1874 tons, and q
gain of 2,764,838 tons over two years
ago.
A dispatch from Shanghai to the
London Morning Post says: "It is
announced that Yuan Shat Kai, com
mander of the Chinese forces, intends
as an experiment to introduce consti-
tutional government in the province
of Chilli"
Examinations will be held at the
state department October to select
six student interpreters to serve in
the American consular service in
Japan and one interpreter for service
in China. The diplomatic and consu
lar act passed by the last congress
provides for sixteen student interpret
ers in the far East, and there we're
seven vacancies. Appointments will
be made after competitive examina-
tions.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-25
.GUGGENHEIM R0Al
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ~
HEAD OF GREAT Firm,
Will Start to Build Into Conn..
River Country Early in Il.
Spring-Terminus is Selec,.d
but VIII Not Be Dvulged ;,
Present.

Seattle, Aug. 22.-Daniel Gno,.
helm, president of the American s ssen'
ing and Refining Company. the Gs
genheim Exploration Companv .p e
several allied concerns, has cons,. aua
the report that his interests wausa
build q railroad into the Copper Ris s.u
country to develop the Guqeenhs;eas
properties in Alaska. '~
Mr.. Guggenheim arrived in so..,
last night from Dawson and the MI I'
here he has been on trip of insnsa
ton. The Guggenheim interests bar.
acquired the Treadgold hydraulicl;ne
concession in the Klondike distr;oes
After investigating the difficult nroh
lem of water supply, it has been ID
cided to adopt scheme whereby W.
ter will be brought by canals for Al,
miles and in sucfiiient quantity "a,
mining at reasonable cost, The !,
rigation scheme will permit Of h,
draulicking and scientific mining c.l
oulated to improve mining condition.
in the North. In the Cariboo. Attn
and also the Copper River districts thu
firm has acquired large mining inter.
-ests. The Cariboo Consolidated mines
at Bullion, Cariboo, were recently mr.
chased and improved, $3.50, 600 having
been spent on canals to supply water.
Discusses Their Plan,
I'VE have been gone some six weeks
from New York on trip Of investipa.
ton to confirm the reports of our en-.
gineers, said Mr.. Guggenheim last
night. 'As a result of our trib our
interests will commence the construc.
ton of a railway of from 800 to GOO
miles in length into the Copper River
valley next epring. We also own prou.
critics in the Cariboo, Atlin and Klon.
dixie districts and will at once COM
mence their development.
Alaska is now the rich mans camp.
By this I mean that to get the gold
one must have machinery, and that
is what we intend to do. Quartz min.
ing has been practically untouched in
the North. The amount of gold which
has been taken in this way is infnites.
imal compared with the riches of the
country. Railroad facilities are nee
ded to make this mining pay, and that
is what we are going to have in the
Copper River country at once. The
ore will be carried to our smelter at
Tacoma.
Terminus IL Selected
While he admitted that q gateway
port had been selected for the Copper
River railway, Mr.. Guggenheim re-
fused to divulge the site, saying that
it might be Valdez, Cordova bay or
some other harbor.
The Gnggenheim party left this
morning for New York. While DE-
clining to state approximately how
much money the Guggenheims are
putting into Alaska, Mr.. Guggenhelm
said, "You may imagine we are going
to spend good deal, or we wouldn't
leave our business for six weeks to
come way out here on an inspection
tour.
The Guggenheims began purchasing
Alaska properties about three years
ago. Their engineers have been ID
Northern camps almost continuously
since then, and it is understood tnat
SIS, 900, 900 will De invested IN the
Kl@lsl-. ls.A-soA alar0
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-25
Tacoma Quotations.


Wheat-Club, $50: bluestem, zoe;
red, 67c.
Oats sac. oo@ss. 90; rolled oats, sa7
ESQ. 90.
Hay, Alfalfa, ,eto.-Wheat hay,
$1S@14.50; timothy, $18@19; mixed,
$lS@17; clover, $15@16; alfalfa,
t12. 5O@18.5O
Feed-Corn, $28; wheat, 425; bar
ley, whole grain, e2s. 80; rolled,
$25. 80; bran, $17.O0@18.OO; shorts
SIS. OO@i9.O0.
Poultry-TurkeyA dressed. 25c;
chickens, dressed 81, ducks, dressed,
loo; geese, dressed leo. |; Live-Hens,
lao; spring chickens, 16016c; ducks
lilo; geese, 1ac.
Buttsr-Washington creamery, 90.
Egss-Washington ranch, %.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-25
DISASTER At VALPARAISO
GREATER Than At FRISCO

Valparaiso, Aug. 20-Proportion-
ately the disaster here is greater than
that which struck San Francisco. Val
paraiso and neighboring towns were
wrecked and partially burned, and in
all the towns of the Aconguava valley
conditions are similar. In the south
ern portion of Chile severe shocks
were felt at Talcahuano,. Conception,
Talca and Zone, but there the disaster
was not appalling.
Sixty per cent of this city has been
completely destroyed. The death roll
is very heavy. There were eighty-two
shocks during Thursday night and
there have been three hundred more
since then. The tremors still con-
tinue. One hundred Thousand people
are homeless and destitute.
Most of the buildings of the city are
either burned or damaged by the
earthquake. The loss will be enor-
nous, probably reaching $3.50. 900, 900,
which is as great as the loss sustained
by San Francisco in consequence Of
the earthquake and fire which devas-
t6t0O SA0G OAVys
Two thousand persons killed is con-
sidered to be moderate estimate of
the casualties.
Quakes Still Occur
Quakes still occur from time to
time, but are steadily diminishing in
force. The authorities here have the
situation we'll in hand and have as
sumed distribution of food. Couriers
have been despatched both north and
south for troops. Provisions and thou
sands of tons of -four, wheat and rice
are held in stores here and af1oat. It
is not believed food famine will &C.
cur. Martial law has ruled in Valpa-
raiso since the first days of the shocks
and the entire population is camping
in the open.
The government is doing all it can
to bring in relief. The crippling Of
the railroads into Valparaiso consti-
tutes q serious factor in the situation,
as for an indefinite period relief sup
plies can only be ordered through 9TH
er means of transportation, the sea-
board affording the best of these.
Most of the damage was due to Ere,
which started Immediately after the
first shock The only wire working is
the cable Of the South American Tel
egraph Company.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-25
SEATTLE nARktT REPORT
Purchasing Prices.

The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots I. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change withoua
notice:
Grain-Osts, $24. 0o@24. so per ton
barley, $2O@2i.00; wheat, chicken
feed, $22@24; bran, ST; shorts,
SIS; corn, $27.
Hay-Eastern Washington, $3.50
16 per ton; Puget sound, $10@11;
alfalfa, $1O@11.
Eggs Strictly fresh ranch, 29@31c
Poultry-Live hens, 14@16%c Der
ID; old ROSTERS, Sk@1Oc; ducks,
old, lac, young, 100; geese, 12c;
turkeys, 16c; spring chickens, 100
17c lb.
Wool-Eastern Washington, 1s@
zoe per ID; Western Washington, 2O@
23c; dirty or timber-stained, 10000.
Live Stock-Sheep, wethers, &c per
Id; ewes b@518c; hogs, ek@7c;
steers, 4Kc; COWS, S1c; calves, so
&c; lambs. $685. per head.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-08-25

New York, Aug. 18.-The Central
& Southern American Telegraph
Company early this morning received
this message from Valparaiso:
People demoralized; all business
houses closed. No prospect Of an
early restoration of lines to Santiago
or Buenos Ayres. -
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29
Horrors OF Close Slaves.

A New York barber has on a corner
table a fine pocket microscope and a
framed announcement that says:
DO you know what a close shave
means? Bring a friend here, if you
don't, have him shaved close, and then
look at his face through this micro
scope. The entire skin will resemble
piece of raw beef.
TO shave the face perfectly smooth
requires not only the removal Of the
halr, but also of a portion of the cuti-
Gle; so that close shave means the
removal of layer of skin all round.
The blood vessels thus exposed are not
visible to the eye, but under the micro
scope each little quivering mouth, hold
ing minute blood drop, protests
against such treatment. Bring a friend
and see!
1.-The nerve tips are also uncovered
by close shaves, and the pores are left
unprotected, which makes the skin
tender and unhealthy. This sudden
exposure Of the inner layer of the skin
renders a person liable to colds, hoarse-
ness and sore throat" - New York
Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29
NAt1OnaI Bank Notes.

The government guarantees the cir
culating notes issued by national
banks, but not the deposits. Each ma
tional bank is required to deposit with
the treasury in Washington govern
ment bonds to the amount of the notes
Issued by it, and If the bank fails the
bonds are sold, and out Of the proceeds
the notes are redeemed as they are
presented. In fact, the government
redeems these notes at any time, charg-
Ing the amount so paid to it's bond ac-
count with the bank. But while the
government does not guarantee the de-
posfts In national banks it safeguards
them by close inspection Of the condi-
ton Of all of them, so that there Is sell
dom a bad failure Of national bank.
st. Louis Republic.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29
Breaking a
Compact
Bv BELLE MANDATES

Tom Dalton paced the blue gravel
road in front of the palatial hotel
waiting for Dorothy. Waiting for Dor
othy had been his normal condition
this summer.
He was man whose we'll made shout
Gers alone marked him as man of &C
ton. This new role of his was not
consistent with his principles and hab-
it's.
He consulted his watch frequently
and said things under his breath, but
the instant he caught sight of the fair
young form in the doorway he forgot
his Impotence.
When Dorothy's ingenious, dazzling
eyes looked into his ~. drew a quick
breath and told himS 70 she was we'll
worth the waiting, however prolonged.
Time was made for slaves, not for
Dorothy. 1t did not even occur to her
to ask him if she were late or if he
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29
Notes From Washin gton
From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
Among the various matters
which will. be brought to the at
tention of the coming congress,
one Of the most interesting and
important will be that of Ship
SubsidylBill. This measure. it
will be recollected, has been
fought in every Congress during
the past decade, sometimes with
more and sometimes with less
effect. It was subject very
close to Mark Hanna'S heart and
during his term in che Senate he
made a speech in favor of it.
The bill was then very nearly
successful. There has been in
finite protest against it too.
The arguments used were that
it entailed the expenditure of
immence sums of money, most
of which would go to swell the
fortunes of ship owners and
steamship lines. where there was
little need of government assist
ance, From this point of view
it was argued that such bill
would be a steal amounting to
millions of dollars, very thinly
disguised. Within the past
week, however, it has been made
plain that the Administration
will be behind this bill when it
is next introduced. The an
nouncement was practically made
it the address of Secretary Root
before the Trans-Mississippi
Congress assembled at Kansas
City. Mr.. Root is a convincing
speaker and it cannot be denied
that he made out a strong case
in favor of the bill.
It had been supposed that his
chief announcement would be a
message from the Administra-
ton upholding the Monroe Doc
trine in contradiction to the re-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29
WANTED-Bv Chicago whole

WANTED-By Chicago whole
sale and mail order house, assistant
manager oman Or woman) for this
county and adjoining territory.
Salary 500 and expenses paid week
ly; expense money advanced. Work
pleasant, position permanent. No
investment or experience required.
Spare time valuable. Write at once
for full particulars and enclose self
addressed envelope. Address GEN
ERAL MANAGER, 1874 f, Lake
St., Chicago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29

BREAKFAST.
had been waiting long. She was the
only daughter and had been subjected
to no rules Or regulations
Her father, William Lloyd. had been
perceptibly troubled when approached
by Tom on the subject of his love and
desire for Dorothy.
II don't know Of fellow anywhere
I think as much of as l do of you,
Tom, and there is no one else whom
l would like to have for a son-in-law,
but you haven't said anything to her
yet"
mo. Still, of course, she must know
I love her"
Lloyd smiled.
Every likely. But 1 don't want you
to say anything to her until you have
known her longer-until you are en-
tirely sure you care enough"
Tom stared.
'Do you think any one could know
her at all and not love herr"
Il must admit replied Lloyd, ''that
we have done all we could to spoil
Dorothy, and yet she is not spoiled-to
us. She has always had her own way,
but it has been such a witching, sweet
way we were glad to give it to her. 1t
is our dearest wish and hope that she
may always continue in her princess
role
''She has many little characteristics
that we can laugh at but to a con-
ventional, practical systematic nature
like yours / fear will prove distracting.
Her oblivion to the fight of time, her
responsibility and utter disregard of
anything approaching a system will be
wearisome to you, I fear, after the
glamour of courtship and honeymoon is
over. You must take her as she is,
with no thought of alteration"
Tom protested that he loved Dorothy
as she was and that in naught would
he have her changed, but Lloyd had
seen his looks of impatience and their
sudden vanishing this morning.
''There'n come a time when his i'm
patience will lirger after Dorothy's ar
rival Oh the scene," he reflected, with a
sigh.
Meanwhile Tom was mildly remark
ing to Dorothy that he feared they
would be late for the starting of the re-
gatta. Dorothy gayly rejoined that she
had never seen the starting of any
thing.
II am dreadfully unpunctual," she
added, with little sigh. ''It's incon-
venient for my friends, but can't help
it. [ get up late in the morning and
everything has begun. I've never seen
the first act Of matinee yet"
"Don't you breakfast with your IA
Their and mother?' he asked gravely.
"Breakfast!' she echoed, with little
shrek. 1--WE never seen a breakfast
table. I was brought up that way.
was a delicate child, and they never
awoke me, and now, oh, there's some
thing deadly in the early morning sun
shine! It seems so lonesome at the
starting of day. Do you think it such
crime as your face indicates?'
II really think you ought to break
fast with your parents, Dorothy" was
the seriously spoken rejoinder.
"'Do you, TomY' she asked defect
eddy.
Gle doesn't know-he can't imagine
what a difficult thing it would be for
me-" she thought. "It would be as
strange to me as it would to him."
An inspiration came to her.
'Tom," she asked, 'if I turn over a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29

but the chief trend of his speech
was toward the need of a ship
subsidy.
Secretary Root began with a
picture of American conditions
from the early period of both
continents, wing that up to a
recent date the United States
had been a debtor nation and &C.
cupied CHIEFLY with develop
ment of it's own internal re-
sources. He pointed out how
James G.. Blain almost a genera.
ton ahead of his time in state
manship, had foreseen the COM
mercial development Of both
North and South America, which
would call for closer trade rela-
tions. He admitted that Blain
was too early, but he said that
now the time had come and he
showed how, in the absence OF
direct stea mship com munlcatlon
between North and South
Am erica, it was now cheaper and
quicker for mail and passenger
traffic destined for any point
south of Rio Janeiro to go by
way of Europe.
Being just back himself from
/ a trip around the whole coast
line of South America. Mr.. Root
said that he had seen the Ameri-
can flag afioat but once on any
merchant vessel during his en-
tire trip. He said that South
American merchants found they
could get quicker service and
better freight rates by placing
their orders in Europe than in
the Unite d States. He said that
this was due, first to the fact
that foreign merchant vessels
paid less wages and could be run
cheaper than vessels under the
American flag, He said that i'll
addition to this foreign govern
~ tents, realizing the Importance
of South American trade, were
heavily substituting the direct
steamship lines from their own
country to South Am erica. He
estimated the amount of subsidy
thus paid at twenty-eight million
dollars year,
Secretary Root showed the
immence amount of sparsely
ettled country with it's millions
of dollars of actual and poten-
tial commerce now awaiting the
call of the United States. He
said that the whole of Brazil was
less thickly populated than the
state of Missouri fifty years ago.
Yet, he said, the trade of Brazil
and the other South American
republics amounted to more in
the course of a year than the
whole of our Oriental trade. He
said that we did only twelve
percent of the total business
with South American countries,
and added that we never would
do more until there was a better
system of communication and
transportation between the
. nited States and the republics
on our South.
Mr.. Root pointed out that we
had tried the plan OF tonnage
d ues with view to building up
the American Merchant Marine,
and bad failed. The scheme Of
free ships. built and bought
abroad, would, he said, only &C.
centuate our handicap and kill
the industry of shipbuilding in
this country. The only thing
that remained, Was the subsidy,
an artificial stimulant to meet
artifcally created conditions.
He said that it was expensive
but that it was the only remain
ing remedy open to us. His
statement may very we'll be ia
ken as the view of the admins
tration. aud if this is the case, a
Ship Subsidy Bill will in all pro-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29
Entered at the pOSt-Off1ce at WaShburn
Wisconsin. as second-class mail matter.
MANY in this city have recent

MANY in this city have recent
ly received letters from friends
containing a prayer, which they
are asked to rewrite and send to
nine friends, The affair is an
endless chain scheme. Dire
consequences are predicted if
the chain is broken and many
are scared into writing the nine
prayers and sendidg it to nine
friends. It is further stated
that the prayer was first started
by Bishop Lawrence. Those
who have been reading the daily
papers during the past month,
have undoubtedly read of inter-
views with Bishop Lawrence in
which be denies all knowledge
of the prayer and brands it as a
fraud pure and simple.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-29

AT THE annua! meeting of uhe
county board, Chairman Hos mer
of the town Of Washbur pre-
scented resolution to the board
asking that the town of Wash
burn be REIN bursed for part Of
the cost of building the bridge
across the head of the bay. The
board tabled the resolution.
Mr.. Hos mer informs the TIMES
that he expects to present this
resolution again at the meeting
on January 9TH. and that if it is
not passed he will begin suit to
collect it. The last legislature
passed a law providing that
counties may pay for half of the
cost Of constructing bridges
when towns are unable to do so,
and it may be that Mr.. Hosmer
is correct in his contention that
his town should be assisted.
The members of the county
board did not favor it because it
is the general understanding
that none of the formalities re-
CURED have been carried out.
It will be interesting however to
watch the proceedings in this
case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-03

NcW DIX. jan. -.
FLOl R-K',eipts. 17;7i; exports, Il. III
WHEAT-R"cciptS. 4.5.U0; exports 10
~: sales. :,I5r.hO futures; spot irrag,I
lay; No. rod. 80. elevator; No. , red
!3N @ h affoat. No ] northern Duluth
"r's + . i afloa;. No. / hard Manitoba
nominal f % h at!oat.
CORN Receipts. .6S. 90; exports 30 AS;
spot firm; No. :. 81. old elevator and .
b aflcat: No. yellow. -; No white
81,
Receipts. 15a"o; exports. 1855
spot hal"lr steady; mixed oats. .Gn32 lbs
jti:t'"1; natural white. ;H022 lbs. 37aSs
clipped white, :56,tiO lbs, 40nil1.
CIT MEATS Dull
l-ARl,-St"adE: western steamed 16,,fl
~: refined steady; continent 80; S. a
SO. compound 5T,M6.
PORk-Steddy: family. 1J50. short
clear. 15n1.. ness. 1i.5Gn li15.
81 TTER-Firm; receipts, !i.3 street
price, extra creamery T16. official
prices. creamery common to extra 16m y,
state dairy common to extra. 1913; rem
"Vatcd common to extra, 1,n3a; western
factory common to tirsts. l5I17:.; western,
imitation creamery extras g'..at2O; do.
hrStS. 1>G19.
FIiGS-EaSy: receipts, 9211: state, Penn.
and nearby fancy selected white. 33GI3.
do. choice. ;0T:2 do. mixed extra $3.50
per Dbl. :m.5; do. southern, 2m2Jn: Maine,
Vermont and eastern. per bag, 1.90u2; do.
Long Island, 2I,2.25; state and western.
1. ,ju2; foreign. 1.:s,u2; sweets. duh; Jcr-
scy. per Dbl. 1;0:,2.,O.
S'GAE-Raw. firm: fair refining. 3ls
centrifugal, &c test. is: molasscs sugar,
rs; refined, steady.