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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-26
WASHINGTON NEWS

Cashmere has voted bonds for water
works.
DR.. William Ludlow, Seattle health
officer, has resigned to 60 into private
practice.
Detective Charles w. Wappenstein
has been appointed chief of police OF
Seattle, succeeding Thomas r. Della.
ney, deceased.
Fire at Medical Lake destroyed prop.
erty valued at nearly $1s, 600, includ.
ing four buildings. The insurance
wass about $1,000.
At Anacortes young oysters worth
81, 900 were killed during cold snap
few days ago. They we're left ex'
posed during low tide.
Building and sinking caissons to
reach solid foundation for the Co.
iumbia river bridge at Vancouver, 200
men are now at work for the Portland
& Seattle railway.
The Bellingham Timber & Logging
Company has completed four miles OF
railroad connecting it's timber lands
and logging camps near the south fork
of the Nooksack river with the North
ern Pacific railway.
The following officers of the Alaska
Youkon exposition have been chosen
J. E. Chilberg, president; John 81.
McGraw, first vice president; R. A.
Ballinger, second vice president; A.
s. Kerry, third vice president; G. r.
Collins, treasurer; William M. Shelf
field, secretary; Ira A. Nadeau, di-
rector general.
Water mains are being laid at Ritz
Vile.
Tacoma is to have a city garbage
crematory.
The two weeks shutdown of Wash
intgon single mills is being generally
observed.
HASTE & Dougan, of Spokane, have
been awarded the contract for the con-
struction of the $1,000, 600 federal
Oulldlng at Los Angeles.
DR.. ]. L. Lane, of Redmond, King
county, has assumed the position of
physician at the state penitentiary,
succeeding DR.. j. @. Mack.
The Oregon & Washington Railroad
Company has filed articles Of incorpo-
ration at Olympia. This is the Harri-
man organisation undr which his
lines will fol the present be operated
in Oregon and Washington.
Attorney General Atkinson is in
vestigating a report from Whatcom
county to the effect that valuable
tract Of land there has been sold to an
alien, contrary to the provisions of
the state constitution. If the facts
are as reported proceedings will be
brought for forfeiture of the land.
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REBUILD RAILWAYS.
All Lines in Japan to Be Standardize
and Owned by Government.

All Lines IN Japan to Be Standardized
and Owned by Government.
Seattle, May 21.-According to the
statement of K. Ishii, president and
manager of the First bank of Yoke.
hama, Japan, and T. Iwasaki, an i'm
porter Of steel, railway construction
material and general hardware. of the
same place, all of the railways of Jan.
an are to be changed from narrow
gauge to standard gauge roads. The
Japanese were here for day en- route
for New York and other Eastern cities
and will 60 to Europe in July.
THE entire system Of railway. ex.
tending across Japan from the north
to the south, together with the branch.
es, is to be reconstructed and made q
broad gauge" said Mr.. Ishi1, land Il
Is planned to commence this work dur.
ing the present year. The Japanese
government has devised plan where
by control of all the roads in lamar
VIII pass to the government within
the next ten years. When this mar
Is carried out seven companies will b.
acquired and the systems will have
Deem converted into modern railways. J
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BURTON CONVICTION IS
SUSTAINED By COURT

Washington, May 22.-The supreme
court of the United States yesterday
rendered a decision against United
States Senator Ralph Burton, of Kan
sas, affirming the decision of the Unit
eds .tates circuit court for the Eastern
district of Missouri.
Senator Burton's sentence was tc
serve nine months in Jail and to pay g
fine Of 81, 500. He was also deprived
Of the right to hereafter hold Office I'M
der the government.
The opinion of the supreme court
was by Justice Harlan. All of the
points made in Burton's interest were
overruled.
Senator Burton was prosecuted on
the charge Of violating section 1882 of
the Revised Statutes, which prohibits
senators or representatives from re-
ceiving compensation for services rem
dered. before any Of the government
departments In any matter in which
the government mray be interested.
Was Burton's Second Appeal.
This was Senator Burton's second
appeal to the supreme court. In the
FIRST case the circuit court found him
guilty and imposed the same penalty
that was imposed in the present case,
but the supreme court reversed the
decision in the first instance, because
it was made to appear that the money
was paid in Washington and not in ST.
Louis, where the case was tried.
It was commended on behalf of Sena-
tor Burton that the fee was paid on
account Of q criminal proceeding
against one of the members of the Ri
alto Company and not because of serv-
ices rendered in the government pros
ecution Of the company.
The law under which he was prose-
cuted was also attacked as .unconstitu-
tional on the ground that the senate
was the sole judge of the qualification
Of its members, but this doctrine was
not upheld by Justice Harlan's opin-
ion.
Justices Brewer, White and Peck
ham united in dissenting opinion
delivered by Justice Brewer. This
opinion was based on the theory that
the United States was not legally in
terested in the. case against the Rialto
company in which Burton was en-
ployed as counsel.
{ Immediately after the PRONUNCIATION
of its decision the supreme court
granted motion to give sixty days to
Senator Burton in which to prepare a
petition for rehearing.
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HENRIK lBsEN.
Noted Norwegian Poet and Dramatic,
Passes Away.

Noted Norwegian Poet and Dramat;.t
Passes Away.
Christiania, May 24.-Henrik Ibsen.
Norway's greatest poet and dramatist,
died at $3.50 o'clock yesterday after.
noon. Although Ibsen's literary activ.
ity ceased some years ago he has con.
tinued to be . familiar figure in the
life Of Christiania and was frequently
seen driving in the streets with q com.
panion. His sudden removal, there.
fore, deeply impresses the capital. he
was 70 years Of age.
King Haakon, Immediately on re.
ceipt Of the news Of Ibsen's demise,
transmitted his own and the oueen;i
condolences to the bereayed family.
The storthing and other public bod.
les are formally recording the national
grief at the loss Of this foremost figure
IN the literary life Of the nation.
All the theaters were closed last
night.
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TRADE or THE worm


- 1T $2s,ooo,ooo.
Washipgton, Nay 21.-The ..,.
internstt NAL coipmerce will aoe. O.lds
fally 40, go go, 900 in the wear S.1 ,sas
says . bulletin issued by the d. .svs,
ment Of commerce and labor art'
By the term worlds intarn.4.
commerce., the bulletin says il mosal
the imports plus the exports =, 'sn ny
countries Of the world from w,. ~
statistical trade reports are ava;,. I',a
The figures given indicate thas ~
trade between nations in 1905 v;,, 'ae
six times as much as in 1850 tvo =. .l -
one-half times as much as in ,s Saa
and % per cent more than in 1aoo n''V'
One interesting fact, says the hn,,.
tin, which an examination of thu g.
ures OF average monthly trade a, -
principal countries Of the world W. !;
that the United States now stand. =. =
the head Of the worlds exportation -
The average monthly exnorta.;.
from the United States in the n;O
months ended with March, l9os !.
shown by the bureau of statistics a.
ures at @147, 2Os, 97S; the montS,'
average from the United Kingdom -,
the same period is '$14s, 574, s12: thu n.
average from Germany during ths
twelve months ended with Decemha.
1905, was $110,777,800, and the aver
age from France for the twelve month.
period ending with February ,$72, 80
400.
An examination of the import col.
umn shows that the United Stata.
stands third among the nations a. an
importer, the monthly average impor.
tations into the United States for thu
nine months ended March being slol.
soc, All.
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San Francisco, May SIS. A. d.
Puter, accused Of completely in the
Oregon land frauds, and who has been
hunted for months by the federal au-
thorities since he escaped from detec-
tives in Boston, has been arrested at
Alameda by secret service men. When
arrested he made another desperate
attempt to escape, bat the secret serv-
ice men were on guard andIhe was dis
armed. Puter had taken the name Of
James William Barr, and had travelled
under that alias SINCE leaving the
East. He informed the detectives
that he had engaged passage on !
steamer for China and intended to
leave Tor that country In few days.
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
TO Be Held AT SEATTLE

Seattle. May 24.-The Republican
state convention will be held in Seat
tie beginning at 10 O'Clock, q. M,
Wednesday, September 10, 1906, and
at that time will nominate three can
didates for representative in congress,
four candidates for supreme court
Judge, promulgate a party platform
and select state central COMMITTEES.
The vote of the committeeman on
place for holding the convention re-
suited in 90 for Seattle, for Walla
Walla and for Tacoma, but on mo-
ton Of Committeeman Rogers, of
Douglas county, the vote was made
unanimous.
The apportionment Of delegates, as
sanctioned by the committee. provides
for 668 delegates, the basis for repre-
sentation being four delegates at large
from each county and one delegate for
each 200 votes or major fraction there
of cast for Hon. Samuel q. Cosgrove
for presidential elector at the general
election held in November, 1904. In
the superintendent provided for in the
resolution, Benton, the 'sbaby" coun-
| ty, was granted SIX delegates, but after
strong appeal by her committeeman,
e. L. Bosrdman, Benton's representa-
ton was increased to seven.
A resolution was adopted naming
Senator 8. 81. Piles temporary chair.
man Of the convention.
It was also the sense of the commit
tee that joint judicial and senatorial
conventions be held at the time Of the
state convention.
The meeting adjo1rned to meet in
!, Seattle on September Is, at s O'Clock.
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Pythians Elect Officer.

seattle, May 2l.-The grand lodge
nnlents OF Pythias. which closed its
session mere yesterday, elected the fol.
lowing Officers: Grand chancellor.
a. u. Cooley, Everett; grand vice
chancellor, Orno Strong, of Tacoma
grand keeper Of records and seals. r
N. Parks. Walla walla: grand nraIsta
d 1. Granger, Seattle; grand master
at arms, 9. T. Dulin, North Yakima:
grand inner guard, R W. Thatcher.
ruuman; grand outer guard, Eugene
osser' Sedro- Woollev. The sum q
s.,ooo was voted for the benefit 81
distressed Knights in San Francisco.
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DECLINE TO WITHDRAW
SPECIAL PORTLAND RAFT

/
Seattle, May 22.-J. G. Woodwork,
traffic manager of the Northern Pa,
cific has replied to the telegram sent
him BY J. s. Goldsmith, of the com.
mittee OF local jobbers and manufac.
turers, declining to withdraw the "
cent local rate recently allowed to
Portland merchants on shipments to
Seattle designed for Alaska trade.
The result will be, says Mr.. Gold
smith, fight by the Seattle business
men for similar rate from points in
the state q. like distance from Seattle,
to this city.
Mr.. Woodworth's telegram, received
By Mr.. Goldsmith, follows:
Referring to message of your CON-
mittee dated the 18th, we have tried
consistently to establish and maintain
pleasant relations with Seattle shippers
and would greatly deplore anything
which might change that policy, but
we cannot withdraw proportional rate
on Portland-Alsska business and We
do not feel that we should be crit
cised for making it.
I'VE are directly interested in
through business to Alaska, and indi.
rectly in the larger local Alaska bust
ness now handled at Tacoma and Seat.
tie; therefore we followed very closely
the movement to establish direct Port
land Alaska service, and when con-
WINGED that our refusal to restore pro-
portiopal rate would result in estab-
lishment of same, agreed to make the
rate, and still believe our action nec-
essary for protection of our own inter
ests and interests OF Seattle and Taco
ma merchants, direct service from
Portland being equally disadvantages
to all of us. am sure our position is
right. Hope you will not discount
anything we have said without careful
investigation, and.that. no hasty nor
unfair action will be taken by Seattle
interests.
Ameeting of the new Seattle freight
bureau is to be held before the end Of
the week, at which steps will be taken
to place the matter before the railroad
commission. The bureau will ask that
q rate similar to that granted from
Portland to Seattle be grantedon snip
ments here from points in this state at
q distance equal to that from Portland
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Poor Accommodations at Paseo.

The complaint in relation to the de-
pot at Pasco is to the effect that Pasco
Is 9 point at which large numbers of
passengers are transferred from North
ern Pacific trains to the trains OF the
line operated by the Washington 8
Columbia River Railway company !;
that in many instances great delay
OCCURS in connections at that point;
that the Northern Pacific Railway
Company has not established and does
not maintain sufficient and proper
waiting rooms for passeneers 81 fir
and proper station at such point, and
that the station 50 maintained n, un-
der the circumstances, unreasonable
and insufficient.
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FAIRBANKS BURNS
BUSINESS SECTION VISITED N;
DISASTROUS FIRE.
From Meager Accounts Received
1t Appears that Practically All
the Business Section Except
Northern Commercial Com
pany's Warehouses Burned.

Seattle, May 55.-1n0 entlIo DuoA-
ness section of Fairbanks, Alaska, was
burned to the ground yesterday by a
fire which started in the Fairbanks
building, three-story structure. stu
ated at Cushman street and First ave-
nue.. From the meager accounts re-
ceived up to this time it appears that
the entire section in which all the
larger business houses we're located,
lying between the Cinema slough and
Third avenue and for fully three
blocks in the other direction to Lacey
street, is mass of ruins.
Short Story of the Fire.
Fairbanks, May 23.-Fire started in
the Fairbanks building at 4 O'Clock
and has destroyed that building and
now threatens to wipe out the town.
Washington and Alaska bank has just
gone down and fire has jumped across
Cushman street and is spreading to-
wards the Northern Commercial Com
pany's buildings. 1t is moving up
First avenue with Incredible speed,
and the firemen cannot stop the flames,
which are now crossing Second av-
enue.
While am writing the First Ma
tional bank has got beyond control.
Nothing can save Fairbanks. Have
just made a trip to the heart of the
town. The three-story Fairbanks
block, Callahan's saloon, Beula, Tan
ana, Eagle and Senate saloons are all
gone.
Men are now using dynamite on
buildings and the court house is on
fire. Firemen are using all efforts to
keep the FIRE from reaching the North
ern Commercial Company, and thus
save the grub. Should the latter plant
burn, the entire country will possibly
suffer before stocks can be replen-
ished. CASEY MORAN.
Estimated Loss, 100000.
At late hour last night the follow
ing dispatch was received from Cinema,
telephoned in from Fairbanks:
entire business district from Tur-
ner to Lacey street and water front to
Third avenue in ruins. Loss estimated
at 81, OO0,0 900. No life lost. Business
men already making preparations to
rebuild. CASEY MORAN"
In the burned district there were q
number of substantial structures and
large stocks of goods that are wiped
out entirely. Practically every store
in the city was located in the burned
section and the town is now, so far as
can be learned, destitute Of supplies,
with the possible exception of the sup
ply in the Northern Commercial Com
pany's warehouses, which may have
been saved
The town of Fairbanks was estab-
lished in 1902, when the first rush to
this section was made, following the
announcement Of rich gold strike by
Capt. J. L. Barnett, and the popula-
ton of the town at present is given at
X O0O -
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yA-N
XIII CANAL BY DELAY.


Alleged Purpose q Sea-Level ra1y ie-
ward Panama Enterprise.
Chicago, May 21.-Expregsing the
continents Of senators and congress
men on the recent action Of the senate
committee il voting for sea-level
canal, Edward G. CLARK, correspond
emit at washington for the Chicago
Evening Post, says
Suspicion that systematic effort
is being made in the senate to delay
indefinitely the digging Of the Pana-
ma canal has become conviction.
There is anger among the friends Of
rapid work on the isthmus and we'll
defined and freely expressed belief
that interests are at work to jeopardize
the whole project. It is declared freely
in Washington that, while it was sup
posed that the hosts Of Representatives
of certain corporate interests who had
been at the capital during the last few
months were here for the purpose OF
watching railroad rate legislation, in
reality most Of them were here with
the intention of using what influence
was at their command to defeat the
attempt to obtain a favorable report
for lock canal.
Senator Plat, Of New York, voted
for sea-level canal. It is stated that
Mr.. Platt did not attend one commit
tee meeting at which the matter was
discussed. Every body knows why
John T. Morgan, of Alabama, voted in
favor of the sea-level plan. He is
bluntly honest. He does not want q
canal, and he has the grace to say SO.
1.-THE movement that began in the
senate committee to get sea-level
canal has behind it, however, a tre-
mendous force and it is the intention
of powerful senators to endeavor not
only to get the seanction of the senate
itself, but to bring every possible pres
sure to bear on the house to induce it
to recede from the position it took in
favor of lock type. If the powerful
ones succeed, the day Of canal digging
is far in the distance. The people may
be obliged to speak on this matter in
no uncertain way
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Minor Happenings
Of the Week

Thomas Estrada Palam has been in.
augurated for another term as presi.
dent of Cuba.
The legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill has passed the
senate. It carries appropriations ag
gregating $29, 815, 259.
A dispatch from The Hague says il
is regarded as practically assured that
the second international peace confer
encs will be postponed to the end Of
May. 1907.
The reichstag has passed without
debate the naval bill providing for six
new armored cruisers and also adopted
the new special taxes, including du-
ties on legacies, railway tickets and
automobiles.
Commander-in-Ch Chief Tanner, of the
G. A. R., has announced that Rev.
Jesse Cole, of the Department of Iowa,
has been chosen chaplain-in-chief, to
succeed the late Rev. Father J. F..
Leary.
A treaty has been entered into be-
tween the United States and Mexico
regulating the use of the waters of the
Rio Grande, which, if approved by the
senate, will remove what has been for
twenty years source of friction in
the relations of the two countries.
Charles Fl. Graves, American min
lister to both Sweden and Norway un-
til different provision is made through
the enactment of the pending diplo-
matte and consular bill, has been &C.
lected to represent the president as a
special envoy at the coronation of
King Haakon of Norway at Christiania
June 20.
A. Nercolle, Swedish minister of
foreign affairs, and L. Finsten, minis
ter OF war, have resigned.
The Illinois legislature in special
session has passed new primary law
to replace the one recently declared
unconstitutional.
The rebuilding of Stanford univer-
sity buildings destroyed by earthquake
has been commenced. It is expected
that the school will open at the usual
time in September.
The new protected cruiser st. Louis,
developed speed of %. Is knots an
hour on Der endurance run from Rock
land, Me-, to Boston light. The gov
Art ~ -
The senate has confirmed the NOM
nations of George F. Pollock, of Ohio,
to BE- assistant commissioner of the
general land Office, and William T.
Vernon, Kansas, to be register of the
treasury.
The grand jury at Cleveland, Ohio,
has returned indictments against the
president and thirteen directors of the
City Ice Delivery Company. known
locally rs the ice trust, on the charge
of violating the state antitrust law.
The government employe who splits
upon tho floor of government build
ing or Office in the future is liable to
summary dismissal under rules now
being promulgated through the de-
partmsnts by order of the president.
The River Brethren, in national
conference at Des Moines, Ia, practi-
cally decided to abolish the rule
which for years has prohibited mem
bers of the church being photograph
ed, this being considered sign on
vanity.
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Sea Level Type Favored.

Washington, May 21.-The senate
committee on interoceanic canals has
voted in favor of constructing sea-
level canal. Senator Carmack's re-
turn from Tennessee broke the dead
lock which occurred at former meet
ing.
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AGAINST EXTENSION.
Alaska Central Railroad Bill Defeated by
House.


House.
Washington, May 23.-Decided op-
position developed in the house of rep.
resentatives against the passage of the
bill to extend the time for the compile.
ton Of the Alaska central railway
Mr.. Williams, of Mississippi, insist
ed that the bill was obnoxious because
it exempted property the from Ii
cense tax during the period of con-
struction and for five years thereafter.
He believed that every individual as
we'll as every corporation should pay
his proportionate share of the tax bur-
den.
The bill was defeated on a yea and
nay vote.
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JOINT WHEAT RATE
|aiINlpAp COMMISSION MS II
COMPLAINT READY.
Points Covered Are Joint Wheat
Rate, Empty Bag Rate, Bel.
lingham Terminal Rate, Mimi
mum Freight Charge and New
Passenger Depot at Pasco.

Olympia, May 23.-The complaint
in what is known as the Joint rate on
wheat" case has been prepared by the
state railroad commission, and. Is q
document Of fifteen typewriter pages.
The case is entitled The Railroad
Commission of Washington, plaintiff,
vs. the Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany the Oregon Railroad, g. Naviga-
tion Company and the Great Northern
Railway Company, defendants" and
embraces the following subjects, which
will be taken up for investigation at
the hearing set for Colfax, June 20:
1. Joint rate on wheat.
2. Freight rate on empty grain bags
8. Terminal rate for Bellingham.
4. Minimum charge on small ship
ments.
s. New passenger depot for Pasco.
R>&A>- M>~lr~e -
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MARKET REPORT
Purchasing Prices.

purchasing Prfcee.
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 without no
tice:
Grain-Oats, $se@31 per ton; bar
ley, e24@24.5O per ton; wheat,
chicken feed, t21@22; bran, 418;
shorts, sic; corn, $s4.
Hay-Eastern Washington, $17@1s
per ton; Puget sonnd, $1O@11; al
falfa, $40. 5O@11.
Eggs Strictly fresh ranch, 100.
Poultry-Lve hens, 15H@16c PEI
Id; ducks, l4@ loo geese, 10@1Sc.
Wool-Eastern Washington. 18@2Oc
Per ID; Western Washington, S1@2Sci
dirty or timber stained, 1s@20c.
Live Stock Sheep, wethers, &c
per lib; ewes, 8 @5 10; hogs, 6H
@7c; steers, 4Hc; cowAs ago; calves
6@7c; lambs, s. per head