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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-19

house Of commons knows, strangers are
only admitted on Introduction to the
strangers gallery. Women sit behind
a perforated screen at the opposite end
Of the house from the men, If atten-
ton is drawn to the fact that the
strangers are espied," the galleries
must be cleared. In 1875 this auto
cratic power was slightly modified, and
now q resolution of the house to re-
move strangers is necessary. The occa-
sion Of the change was when the prince
Of Wales (the present kingl was pres
ent in the strangers gallery, occupying
a seat in the peers section Of 1t. Jo-
seph Biggar, the well known Irish
member, to the amazement as well as
to the amusement OF crowded house,
informed the speaker that he "espled
strangers" The strangers were Inn
mediately removed, including the fu-
ture king Of England.
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TO SAVE THE TRADERS
Effort to Be Made to Pay All Insurance
Losses.

Losses.
Chicago, May IA. Mrs. Hubbard
Carpenter, who before her marriage
was Resale Sturges, is making dc.
termined effort to save the Traders
insurance Company, despite the re-
ceiver, and to pay all claims, q q
least all San Francisco claims In fuH.
She came day or two ago from ner
home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 70
see what could be done.
1.-THE heirs of the Sturges estate cor
tainly do not want the company which
our father helped to found to = out
Of existence, and especially without
having it's losses in the San Francisco
fire.'' she said. Her husband came
over with her and they are interview
ing other tockholders. She holds g
very large block Of Traders stock. II
is said other stockholders would FAVOR
almost any plan that would permit the
Traders' to continue business, o. q
least to cease without any blemish up
on its career.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES
PROMISE TO PAY LOSSES

San Francisco, May 14.-Financial
interest centers in the announcement
made by the insurance companies that
In the immediate future they would
pay losses of the fire sufferers. It is
believed that most of the money will
be put into general circulation, and
when it is distributed will relieve the
people of San Francisco as no other
means could.
This news was welcome not only to
the policy holders but also to the
banks that have been doing their best
for the public with the resources at
their immediate command necessarily
Limited.
Put People ON Their Feet.
What will be the effect of the pay
ment Of this insurance money!" was
asked James d. Phelan, chairman Of
the finance committed.
Nothing could do more good" he
replied. when the money is paid
out to the people it will put them on
their feet. It will bring about an
early resumption of normal conditions
The people want money to buy what
they need. and the payment of this
many million dollars will greatly as
sist the banks In giving them money.
What is more, the circulation of the
money will be Of great value to the
banking interests.
With the announcement that losses
will soon be paid, the insurance inter-
ests have made the concession that
salvage operations on property swept
by the flames can be proceeded with
safety. Policy holders may save any
thing they can find without fear of
risking the loss of their claims for in
surance.
To great extent the work Of de-
molishing walls and clearing away de-
bris has been postponed because Of the
doubt regai ding the attitude the In
surance companies would take. The
work of contracting any wrecking OPP
erations has been deferred awaiting
such definite statement as that made
by the insurance companies to the COM
mittee.
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Governor IL Influential.

In letters received from Gov. Nc
Innes, he states that he is DESTROYS of
doing all he can to help the exposi-
ton, believing it will be the cause of
a great boom for the North. Most
important recommendations for Cana
dian and Yukon representation at the
fair will have to come through him.
What he proposes is usually adopted
in Ottawa.
Gov. McInnes has just secured at
Ottawa the most important reforms
ever made for Yukon. His new min
ing code, now before parliament, has
the governments support and is sure
to be adopted. Something will be
done also for giant water system for
the Yukon.
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British Unemployed March.


sm. uunoon, May 16.-Thousands Of un-
m.,o useo persons of both sexes
Ria, .n ~ to Hyde park, where James
laha. hardie and Geo. Nicoll Barnes,
nrsS; party members of parliament,
tb saed at meetings.. The object Of
thu demonstration a was to impress upon
thona utnorlties the fact that there are
pls i ~ OF genuine unemployed peo-
adj - the metropolis. The meeting
sntb psea resolutions calling upon the
all ~ to recognize the right Of
thu, =. work. Mr.. Hardie promised
von,s sne labor members Of parliament
foroa 40 everything in their power TO
pnon me Question Of tho unemployed
A sne attention Of the government.
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! have been able 70 test the raNe = =.
Thome. Il p almost equally nigh
At the end Of the flve years tn sur-
vivors are called up In patches q ahout
NIFTY before the curador and are infcrmt
Cd that their contract has been renewed
for another term Of fve yeafa. They
never 60 back. l have sought = vain
for single case IN which slave from
Angola has been returned to hin home.
A very few escape over sea In canoes.
A few hundreds, especially on Principe,
have escaped to the forests, ard are
living there like wild beasts FrOm time
to time the planters institute drives or
battues and shoot them. It was de-
scribed to me AZ iine sport"
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REPLY TO THRONE
,r,,IAy DoUMA WORKING HARD
m ITS POLICY.
c,,.r However, that 1t Will In
fo,m Car that He Must Grant
Amnesty---Council of Empire
w1l Also Make a Like De-
mand.

M Petersburg, May Is. - After
... SS the whole day until late
ssarinp over draft of the reply
1857 .sa oneech from the throne, the
!" 'n .bars of the commission of the
n n'sas' postponed the final work Of
nhrasing the ducoment until i o CLOCK
'n T,a nrospects are that full accord
=, several points may not be reached
~ Sa,ore the opening of the house at .
O 'a1oct and that, therefore, the reply
o. ha thrown into the house for final
Tbs struggle has conferred mainly
~ the Agrarian plank. to which the
W. members found that the rec
pmondations of the Constitutional
nnmocratic convention, though call
mo for a large measure of forced ex'
n no we're not speeding enough.
The peasants wished the abandon
nont Of most of the limitations and
nnalicfations of the right of exproprl-
alton.
taking as its text Emperor Nicholas
n,edue in his speech from the throne
r. maintain inviolate the institutions
which he had granted, the address ex-
presses the hope that this signifies that
the country is on the road to strictly
constitutional system.
To Get Rid of Council.
Thjs being true, the parliament
wishes to call attention to the 1act
that the council of the empire is q
wall of separation between the. en-
peror and the people; then, advocat-
ing . responsible ministry selected
from the dominant party in parlia.
ment, the address points out as great
advantage of that system, the cessa-
ton of attacks on the monarch.
The iron hand behind the respectful
writing of the address appears in the
paragraph regarding amnesty, which
contains these significant words:
There are some demands which
cannot be refused, and this is one."
The workers are remembered by a
reference in the address to the need
Of amelioration in the condition OF
labor, while for the Poles and other
nationalities the address, though
avoiding the word autonomy and in.
sisting on the maintenance of the
bonds of empire in full strength,
speaks for the right of each national.
ity to its own language, customs and
standardization.
II is reported that the cabinet has
practically decided upon an amnesty
measure which, though falling short
ofthe universally demanded by the
lower house, conforms to the idea OF
the council of the empire of granting
pardon to all political offenders except
such as have been convicted of Agrar.
ian murders or attempts to murder.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-19
Struggled Opium Unearthed.

Tacoma, May 16.-H. Mitchell, a
farmer living near Tacoma, found $50
pounds Of contraband opium, where it
had been concealed by smugglers. It
was buried on the banks of the Puyal-
lup river three miles from Tacoma and
is part Of an opium cargo landed on
Browns point by the launch Amp ten
days ago. Mitchell saw that the
ground had been disturbed and inves-
tigated. Customs officers think there
was much more than $50 pounds in the
cargo and are looking for the balance.
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Could Most Catch the Trails.

There is a man In Enfield. Conn.,.
who drives a carriage to and from the
station for the accommodation (7) of
the public. He is exceedingly slow,
nearly always being little behind
time. One day he was engaged to carry
a lady to a train which 1t was very im-
portant she should catch. She watched
and waited, with hat and coat on, until
1t was nearly train time. At last Mr..
C. drove up, hurrying not an atom.
The lady's husband few to the door.
and impatiently shouted: What's the
use Of hurrying now7 It's nearly train
time" .sWal," drawled the immovablc
hackman, III your wife has her things
ON and is ready to start reckon can
cit her most there"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-19
IMPERIAL COUNCIL
APPEARS TO Be Liberal

o. petersburg, May Is. - Former
PREMIER "itte again took a promin-
ens part yesterday in the conference
Vi members of the council of the en-
pre- successfully insisting that the
adoption OF reply to the speech from
the throne should be postponed until
regular meeting of the council at
Shieh representatives of the press
'naii De present in order that the
0ountry may be informed as to argu-
uents advanced on either side.
nevertheless, the projected reply
" the speech from the throne, which
plooaoly will be adopted, has already
,een drafted and has been seen by the
associated Press. Though delicately
eApressed, the reply virtually contains
demand for the amnesty of political
misoners who are not guilty of murder
or robbery.
~ other respects the reply seems es-
to0ially designed to disarm the suspic-
.On mat 1t is to be the role of the up
p pr chamber to block legislation pro
p pO'eo oy the lower house. After ex-
s sr'sslng the deepest loyalty to the
~ npefor, the reply of the council Of
clpal points.
.. nst-An unequivocal endorsement
"a liberal regime.
acknowledgements ~ kho intan.
n l,On to work in harmony with the
NC. mousse for large reforms.
iDa .nifo-Amnesty, the suggestion be-
s as 30 worded as not to wound the
ts snsiolllty of the emperor, calling at
n rsn'icn to the fact that all remarkable
b s~ in the history of Russia
sna e oeen marked by an act of grace,
sno Nv urging the strong claim to Glenn
Ill., i those who, while striving for
VIII SHY transgressed lawful limits
noot being guilty Of crime.
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LICENSES REVOKED
NO LIQUOR TO Be SOLD m SAN
FRANCISCO.
Saloon Men Who Have Begun
Erection Of Temporary Build
ngs Advised that NO Licenses
WILDE Granted forSome Time
to Come.

San Francisco, May 14.-That the
authorities here have no intention of
loosening the tight grip on the reina
which have held the liquor dealers In
check since the city suffered it's great
disaster was made plain yesterday BY
the emphatic declarations of Mayor
Schimtz. When asked as to the like
lihood OF the saloons being allowed to
open In the near future, the mayor not
only denied that there was possibil,
ity OF such action being taken. but
added that he had decided. that all
drinking places should. ba closed for
an indefinite period.
He attributed the remarkable alb
sance of crime and the unexceptional
order which has prevailed in the city
since the confagration to the fact that
the edict against the selling Of LIQUOR
had been rigidly enforced. This stand
OF the mayor was emphasized yester-
day afternoon when the board of police
commissioners met and unanimously
endorsed q suggestion made ~ the
mayor that all saloon licenses now in
existence be revoked.
Advised to Quit Rebuilding.
A number of saloon proprietors
have in the course of construction
temporary buildings in which they
hoped soon to dispense liquors. To
these the commissioners issued q
warning, advising them that the num-
Der of saloon licenses to be issued in
the future would be greatly curtailed
and that it was premature for them to
incur any expense in the way Of tenn
porary building operations.
In San Mateo county, just over the
border, the supervisors recently al
lowed the saloon men to open their
places of business. Thousands Of
men and women fiocked over, the hor-
der and INDUCED in drunken orgies.
It produced the nearest approach to
riotous conditions that has existed
in the city since the great catastrophe.
Chief Of Police Oman appealed to
Sheriff Mansfield, of San Mateo county,
begging him to see that all grog shops
within his jurisdiction be closed.
Sheriff Mansfield has made answer that
he would close all drinking places,
despite the action Of the supervisors
Of the county, even if it was necessary
for him to 60 to the extent of calling
upon the militia to aid him in the
work.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-19
WASHINGTON MANUFACTURES.
Stat;s,ics for 1905 Show Increase Of 81
Per Cent IN Five Years.

Statistics for 1905 Show increase OF OILS
Per Cent IN Five Years.
Washington, May 14.-Remarkable
strides in manufacturing industries
have been witnessed in the state OF
Washington during the last five years.
The census bureau has completed its
compilation of manufacturing statis-
tics for the state, showing the gain be-
tween 1900 and 1905.
The census figures show that Wash
ington in 1906 turned out finished
manufactured products to the value
of $123, 1921, 667, as against $40. 8s1 .84b
in 1900, gain of 81.9 per cent. The
amount Of capital invested in manu-
features in Washington increased 1SS
per cent.
The greatest manufacturing city, &C
cording to the value Of finished pro-
ducts, was Seattle, and according to
the cost of material used, Tacoma
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-19
is $40, though have known man to
give as much as 500 for a really nice
looking girl. She, however, was not
required for emigration.
Slaves Are Exported.

required for emigration.
Slaves Are Exported.
Large numbers Of the slaves are
kept to work the plantations on the
mainland or other industries along the
shore But am now dealing only of
the export trade, to the Portuguese ISL
ands of San Thome and Principe In the
Gulf of Guinea. The slaves are con-
veyed on the ordinary passenger steam
ers. which run about once a fortnight
A day or two before the steamer starts
they are collected in public building
before a Portuguese official called the
curador. They are asked whether they
are willing to labor on the islands for
five years. Not the slightest attention
is paid to their answer. A tin disk
with a number and tin cylinder con-
taining a paper with particulars as to
their names, ETC., are hung round their
necks, and having entered the Office as
slaves, they 60 out as contracted la
borers.' This is the process which the
Portuguese call redemption It Is a
most lucrative process for all concern
ed, except, of course, for the slaves,
who are only the merchandise.
'They are next taken on board in
lighters and herded forward. After
about weeks journey the slaves are
landed on San Thome Okalunga, or
the Island of He'll, as they call 1t land
they are distributed among the planters
who have requisitioned the emigration
committee for them. The planters pay
from $40 to $50 for grown slave
delivered In good condition.
"lr Is almost entirely for the cultiva-
ton Of cocoa that the slaves are re-
quired; for the two islands, being un-
der the equator and nearly always veil
ed in mist and dripping with moisture.
are as good for cocoa as they are dead
". for human life. and the cocoa trade
Is now Of great and increasing value.
I believe It amounts to about 1900 900
4 year. And the value Of the slaves Is
consequently % great that think thalr
masters Try In most cases to keep them
alive. Among the slaves Of Principe
one In nve dies every year. and whore
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-05-19
MILWAUKEE ROAD BUYS
The MONTANA RAILWAY

Butte, Mont, May 1.-THE Chica-
go, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad
Company has acquired control Of the
Montana Railway by purchasing its
stock. r. A. Harlow. the builder and
president of the Montana Railway,
was succeeded as president by II. s.
Gum at q recent election.
The terminals of the Montana Rail-
way are at Lewiston, Mont, and Lom-
bard, the latter point being at juno
tiOn with the Northern Pacific.
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ROUNDUP HORSES SHIPPED.
Thousand Taken from Ephrata Range
Sold in North Dakota.

Sold in North Dakota.
Ephrata, WASH, May 1e.-Two
train loads of horses secured on the
roundup week ago have been shipped
from Ephrata. One thousand horses
were shipped. The horses were con-
tracted for at an average price OF $16
apiece. All sizes and weights OF horses
we're comprised in the shipment. rang
ing from the 900 pound cayuse to the
1.500-pound stallion. A large percent
age of the shipment was composed of
yearling colts.
Mccarthy & Townsend, Of Dickin-
son, North Dakota, were the buyers.
The roundup on the mountains has
practically been completed, but it is
estimated that another month will be
required to fully cover the plains
around Moses lake.
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REORGANIZATION
FOR PAPER TRUST

st. Paul, Mimi, May 14.-Three
Minnesota directors Of the paper
trust have paid 800 each in fines in
the federal court and-withdrawn their
answer filed in the government suit to
have the General Paper Company de-
clared g trust. They will reorganize
to avoid conflict with the Sherman
antitrust law.
The fines were assessed on account
of the refusal Of the directors to an
swer questions during the proceedings.
Tventy-one paper mills in the Middle
West are co-defendants.
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HOUSE PASSES BILL FOR
BREMERTON DRYDOCk

Warrington, May 14.-The house
has passed the paragraph IN the naval
appropriation bill authorizing the con-
struction of second drydock at the
Puget Sound navy yard to cost 81, $780,
600.
There is no doubt that the item will
be passed by the senate.
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Washington, May 14.-Secretary
Moody states that the action OF the
naper trust in st. Paul ends the htiga-
tion. being complete victory for the
government. He stated that since the
anti was instituted the price OF paper
"a consumers has been reduced so PEI
cent.
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AS a result Of the exposure Of the
slave trade in Portuguese Africa, by
Henry w. Nevinson, the explorer, 1t IL
probable that the British government
will take steps to put stop to the cruel
treatment of the natives by the slave
dealers. In speaking of the traffic In
slaves, which is growing rather than
decreasing, Mr.. Nevinson says that In
most cases the slaves are originally OBJ
tanned by natives, who buy them on
some charge of witchcraft. or for debt,
or for drink. Sometimes they are kid
mapped, or captured In raids. Some
times they are mere plumber of Portu-
guese traders.
They are then taken to the so-called
emigration agents" who are establish
ed at various points in the country un-
der Portuguese regula tons, and are
forwarded by them to the coast, where
they are received by other agents, chief
" at Benguela, but also at NOvo Re-
dondo and Loanda. The prices natur-
ally vary according to the slaves health
and capacity.
II have known woman" declares
Nevinson, "who was taken from her
husband and three children far In the
interior, bought for 20 cartridges and
sold in Benguela for about $50. In the
district of Bihe, which is some 800 miles
from the coast, an OK, a load of rubber
and a young slave are regarded as
about equal value. But in Benguela,
as nearly as could estimate, the aver
age price given for emigration slaves
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McINNEs RETURNING.
Governor of Yukon Will Stop In Seattle
to Discuss Exposition.

Dawson, May 14.-Gov. MeInnes
has wired from Ottawa that he will
leave for Dawson today. He will stop
at Victoria for few days to visit his
family, after which he will como to
Dawson. It is probable that he will
stop in Seattle for day or two to be
the guest of the Alaska Yukon exposi-
ton directors and the Alaska Club.
He was invited to be their guest when
en- route to Ottawa, but had to decline
in order to rush, the Yukon measures,
promising that he would be pleased to
visit Seattle on his way back.
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Donbtfsl.

.Wbat's that Teller hollerin' about r
He amt hollerin'- he's only prayin'
fer rain.
ssReckon he'll git II r
.Dunn0. amt seen the weather
bul,etiu Wit ,r-Atlanta COnstituf1on.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-14

among Europeans. as IS shown by his
reference TO this nation as federation. -
but he declares also that Russia. II the
revolutionary movement succeeds. will
find In an imitation OF this supposed
federation" the best and only solution
OF the problem OF its diverse nationalitics.
As 10 the progress OF reform In Russia.
he has no faith In the "douma" scheme.
and believing as ne Goes that revolution
Is necessary, he entertalns no such
illusion as that revolutions can he made
successful with rosewater. but expects
Russian republic to rise through force OF
arms and bloodshed.
From the Russians. whose principles ne
represents, he brings a message Of arfec-
tion and admiration and asks American
for their aspirations While
sojourner within our borders he hopes 10
accomplish something for Russia: but just
what does not clearly appear. except the
reasonable inference that he will not be
averse to honestly gathering in some
American dollars. by appearing ~
public entertainer
However, It Is but just to state that