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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-17
Thibet Expedition In Danger.

London, Feb. 12.-Reynolds' News
paper states that the small expedi-
ton that the British government had
nermitted to remain in Thibet is now
surrounded by hostile tribes and that
It is In great danger. It is expected
that achievements will be sent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-17

Originality Is the keynote of this
chic costume, which is very chic for
walking wear Smoke gray English
serge is the material used, the skirt
being circular in design, with several
Inverted box plaits at the front and a
trimming of stitched bands around the
bottom. The waistline of the loose
jacket is suggested by band of the
same material stitched down closely,
and there are trimmings of black
Tor the collar and sleeves
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-17
A substitute for Ch.mois.

Old pieces Of velveteen should, after
they have served their original pur-
pose, be saved for polishing cloths.
They will answer the purpose Of wash
leather for plate cleaning, ETC., per-
fectly and save buying anything fresh.
Wash the velveteen cloths as often as
needed in soapy water and hang out
to dry.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-17
new REVENUE CUTTER
FOR PUGET SOUND

Washington, Feb. 12.-The house
committee has ordered favorable re-
port on the senate bill appropriating
$225, 600 for the construction of a rev.
enue cutter for use on Puget sound,
the boat to be equipped with life saw
ing apparatus and to be designed es-
pecially for duty in cases like the VAL
encia wreck.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-17
rove for Two.Ient Fares.

taken sun Wis, Feb. 15.-Steps were
establiaha fly this week looking to the
senger Intent ru of 2-cent per mile pas
When c la'e on Wisconsin railroads
Hauser e,1ietary of State Walter L.
the stata Alea personal complaint with
The VIA laiiroad commission against
s-cent obsln Central railway, whose
srs a' charge he declares to be exces.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-17

r,inneSota judges Return passes
Minneapolis, Feb. 13.-All the judi
COS in Minnesota will henceforth scorn
railroad passes. A movement started
Recently by the district bench OF
Hennepin county has resulted in all
the iudges IN the state sending back
their passes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-17
TO Keep Girls Coatentea.

How to keep ones daughters con-
tented at home is problem which
troubles many a father One father
has solved it by hiring his daughter q
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-20

look to the United States for the protec-
ton pledged them.
The causes underlying the present re-
volt IN Cuba are various. In the first
place, her people are not immune from
that prediction of all Latin-American
countries which makes them prefer an
appeal to arms rather than recourse to
the peaceful arbitration of the ballot box.
In the second place, too many of the
male inhabitants of Cuba of voting age
desire to hold political or military po-
sitions, and there are not, and never
will De, enough paying positions to go
around.
In the third place. there are several
thousand men on the island who have
been engaged in wars since they were
boys, and who do not know how to dc
anything else and who do not care to
learn.
Ever since Columbus discovered Cuba
ii has been a battlefield. For $50 years
prior to the Spanish-American war the
native Cubans and the negroes were
al almost constant warfare against the
Spanish authorities Time and again.
until the record is tiresome the island
was devastated. Sugar cane fields and
mills were burned, tobacco plantations
laid waste, and the land marked with
ruin from Capes Maisi to San Antonio
Yet such was the natural productivity
of the soil that fortunes were made in
the intervals of peace, and billions of
wealth poured into Spain from the land
it misgoverned. Our war with Spain
was waged TO the purpose that the long
era of oppression, bloodshed and law
lessness should fol over end. In order
that we might be acquitted of any ma
tional ambition of new territory. we
freely permitted Cuba to attempt the
task and to assume the responsibilities
OF Self-government.
1t is probably true that there was
sharp practice and open fraud in the
last national election in Cuba There
is good reason to believe that Presi-
dent Palma CT the Moderates is not
the choice Of the majority of the quail
fed voters of the new republic, but it is
equally certain that an armed revolt
would have followed the election of any
Liberal candidate who might have been
named. There are scores of complica-
tons and jealousies which enter into this
problem, but they all tend to confirm the
one conclusion. and that is that the char
acter of the Cuban population is such as
to render the continued experiment of
national self-government too hazardous
to be tolerated by the United States.
This is not the language of diplomacy,
but it expresses a truth which will be
recognized sooner or later
The Cuban Congress met in extraordi-
nary session Friday; bills prepared au
thoriZe Palma to use S25,000,000 to sup
Eress the insurrection and permit him
to suppress newspapers and deport for
eigners. Troops are being drawn into
Havana in expectation Of rebel attack.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-20
TeIe2ra phic Brevities.

Armogines Sanchez, a Pulujanes chief,
has been captured by native Filipino vol
unteers.
3. L. Kline. laundry clerk, who went
to Atlanta. Ca. from Savannah, commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat with
razor.
Mrs. Cassandria ArtelI, who was the
widow of DR. John Haynes. director of
the Babylonian expedition, is dead in
Boston, Mass.
Three remaining vessels OF the Spanish
flee. sunk at Manila by Admiral Dewey
we're sold in the Philippine capital as
Junk for 1872.
Refusing to be consoled for the loss of
his wife, Thomas w. Lawson spends the
DAYS beside the body, which he will not
permit to be buried.
A vendetta transported from Italy to
Tampa resulted in the instant death of
Salvatore Cosenei and an unknown Ital-
ian recently arrived in Tampa, Fla
J. Raynor Storrs Wells, member of the
Larchmont Yacht Club and son of the
millionaire president of the Fairbanks
Company, now a prisoner at the navy
yard at Portsmouth, Va, will be discharg-
ed from the navy ''for the good Of the
service" at the expiration of his sentence
for disobedience of orders.
A meeting of about $50 public school
teachers was held in San Francisco to
protest against the reduction in salaries.
A committee was appointed TO wait on
the board of education to demand the rea-
sons for the reductions and to inquire into
the disposition of $4,000 in the relief
fund sent from the East for the benefit
Of teachers who were FIRE sufferers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-20
AMERICANS IN CUBA.
ARMED GUARD FROM u. S.
CRUISER is LANDED.
Action Is Taken at the Request of
President Palma. Who Feared of
an Uprising in Havana-TroopS 10
Guard American Interests.

President Palma, in a moment of
panic Thursday. asked for the protec-
ton of American sailors and guns and
$50 men were landed from the cruiser
Denver Commander Colwell of the
Denver end Mr.. Sleeper, the American
charge d'affaires, explain that the sail
ors were landed only to protect Ameri-
can interests. 1t is admitted. however,
that President Palma asked for protec-
ton. fearing an almost immediate at
tack on Havana from the rebels
Later in the night Commander Col
Washington stating that the sailors
from the cruiser Denver had been or
dered to return He said he believed
he had done right. However, if, after
reaching an understanding of the situa-
tion the Navy Department ordered the
return of the sailors on board ship, the
order would be carried out.
President Palma and his colleagues
in the government were in a state of
demoralized panic when they asked
that the sailors be landed. The Irbels
were at the doors of the city and a
large body started to march on Ha-
vana. The report was current that
Pine Guerra, at the head of 5000 men,
would enter the city and that the popu-
lation would rise almost as 4 unit in
his behalf
The administration already had lost
control of the entire island except Ger
tain considerable towns. Havana was
isolated, as the wires were cut in every
direction. All railroads had suddenly
| been brought to standstill There
were popular demonstrations every
where in favor of the revolution. Of
| ficials were turning over towns to the
rebels and the defeat OF the Palma adj
ministration seemed inevitable. 1t was
these facts which led Palma to appeal
| for American sailors
The landing of the American force
was followed by an extraordinary Incl
| dent. Commander Colwell was APP
preached by an accredited emissary of
Alfredo Zayas, president of the Liberal
| party, and Gen. LoynaZ Gel Castillo,
| commander of the insurgent forces in
Havana province, with a signed offer
from each of the men named to sur
render their commands and hand over
their arms to Commander Colwell on
| the sole condition that the United
States government through him guar
antee them fair and judicial trials.
Commander Colwell, accompanied by
Charge d'Affaires Sleeper. Immediately
carried the proposition to President
Palma. The President was immensely
| pleased and asked Colwell if he would
accept the surrenders. Commander Col
well replied in the negative, but advised
the President to communicate with the
Washington government on the subject
Hurry orders were issued to com
manders of cruisers Newark, Tacoma
and Cleveland, at Norfolk, Va. to pre-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-20
Sharks from the Wires.

\ painting by Trousett, showing Juin-
pero Serr his officers and Indians at mass
under tree at Monterey. Cal. has been
found in a hotel in Golconda. Cal.
Superintendent James NJ. Allison of the
Cincinnati house of refuge and his assist
ant. Peter Costello. are to be permitted
to resign. having been charged with cru
city to inmates.
The Newfoundland government discred-
lis the report that the British cabinet is
negotiating with the American govern
ment for a settlement of the fisheries dis
pute without reference to the colony.
The window glass manufacturers of
Pittsburg vii not start to work until
Oct. IL to allow the country to absorb
the surplus.
A report was printed in San Francisco
that James J. Hill was planning to ex-
tend he Great Northern railroad into
California. tapping the timber lands in
the northern portion of the State.
Nine lives were lost when the tug
CEelalis was cut in two by the steamer
Princess Victoria in the harbor of Van
couver. B. C. The victims were Mrs. r.
II. Bryce. Hilda Mason, Barnett Ben
we'll. DR.. Hutton, P. j. Chick, W H.
Crawford. two japanese hremen and a
Chinese cook.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-20
From Far and Near.

Mrs. Eliza Fairchild Wheeler. mother
of Prof. A. NJ Wheeler of Yale, died at
the age of 101 years.
Surgeon General Walker of England,
who died recently, has bequeathed to the
Lloyd library of Cincinnati his entire Ii
hrary and valuable collection Of manu-
scripts.
The Dresdner bank and the Schaaff-
hausen bankverein of Berlin. which form
ed a community of interest in December,
1903, have decided TO issue $J.000,000 of
Few capital.
Dr. Francis r. Beattie, widely known
minister in the Presbyterian church and
president of the Presbyterian Theological
seminary, died suddenly in Louisville.
Henry Lundhurst Bruce. eldest son of
lord Aberdare, has confirmed the report
of his engagement to Miss Camille Cliff
ford. the actress, formerly of the Prince
Of Pilsen'' company. He will &C into the
Iaotor-car business.
Estimates for the Panama canal appro-
priations for 1907 are now in preparation.
Lbout go. 100000 will be needed. Firms
supplying contract labor have not yet APP
piled to the canal commission for specl-
fications regarding Chinese coolies wanted.
To promote friendly relations with Can
ada and end, if possible, the seemingly
interminabe Newfoundland fishery dis
,putes. A. B. Alexander of the bureau of
fisheries, under instructions from the
President, soon will start from Washing
ten for the North to complete data for
new treaty.
C. E. Messenger, Waterman for the
American Bridge Works Company in
Athens. Pa. was found dead with seven
wounds in his body, one of them through
the heart. The d1charge of an Italian a
few days ago was attributed to Messen-
ger and the man is said to have made
threats to get even. The murder is laid
at the door of the Black Hand Society.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-20
CRIME OF ONE NIGHT.
WINTER WAVE OF WRoNeDoiNG
IN CHICAGO.
Bandits Inausurafe Season of Hold
ups and observation-disclosures Are
Startled When Candle Sets Fire

With the first cold snap of the season
the fall and winter campaign of crime has
begun in earnest in Chicago. In various
parts Of the city highwaymen and rob
bers are busy. Belated pedestrians were
held up and relieved of their valuables
and the thieves permitted to escape. In
one instance the robber was a woman. In
another the thieves were unsteady inclin-
ed and ded their victim as they left
him standing in TIN cold. Ernest Bloch
was the victim of the wsman robber- She
invited him TO her home. where she dis
appeared with a diamond stud valued at
S233 diamond ring worth 1910 and SD
in currency. Albert Gitzek met the must
cal robbers while returning to his home
with a cOncertina. The robbsrs blocked
the way and took the instrument from
him. why. just what we've been look
ing for" declared one of the thieves.
Then he played Don't Feel Lonesome
When I'm Gone" As the strains of the
concertina died away Gitzek hurried to
the police and recited his experience Two
robbers. armed with revolvers. stopped
J. L. Heating in front of his home. They
took from him a gold watch anu IS. Burg
lars broke into the Office of the PittSburg
Coal Company at the north pier, ran
sacked the drawers and desks. and Sc
cured $40. 4 silver watch and So was
taken from Charles Loope by three men
at Ashland avenue and Walnut street.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-20
Storage Battery Car Test.

new electric storage battery passen-
ger car, built for the Missouri and Kansas
City interurban railway, started last Sun
day from Philadelphia, under its own
power, for Kansas City. This car, which
was built by the Brill company of Phila-
delphia and the Strang gas electric of
Hoboken, is driven by storage batteries
fed by dynamos operated by a gas engine.
Ii is designed to run at an average speed
of fifty-fve miles an hour. The Chicago
and Alton has ordered six of them for sub
urban traffic, and fifteen are to go to Bra
I'll. The car measures - feet 3 inches,
being a combination smoker and passen-
ger, with seating capacity for fortytwo
people. 1t is expected that by using this
style of car the cost of railroad construc-
ton may be reduced $4,000 mile and the
operation in proportion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-20

Famine is reported in Bengal following
foods and poor harvest.
Marquis di San Guiliano has been APP
pointed Italian ambassador to England.
Mrs. Jennie Cook. employed as an as
sistant to Matron Pratt at the detention
home in Los Angeles, Cal. was shot and
almost instantly killed by her divorced
husband
The Barcelona Chamber of Commerce.
the economical societies and the League
for Industrial Defense have forwarded
congratulatory addresses to the minister
of finance relative to the conclusion of
the Spanish-American commercial treaty.
Ricardo Forte was hanged in West
Chester, Pa, for the murder Of two chill
dren, Marie and Dominick Di Lucca,
aged and years respectively.
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte has
taken mp the case of the naval officers
concer- / =, the collision between the bat
tleships Alabama and Illinois when the
Atlantic feet was entering the harbor
Of Newport, July 81.
The annual report of the Denver and
Rio Grande Railroad Company for the
rear ended June 80 shows gross earnings
of S19,6S6. 115. an increase over the pre-
vious year of s., 6-i COG. The net earn
fngs were 1851 ,943, an increase Of S519,-
2gI
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-20
STORY CT cuBA's STRIFE.
Present Conditions in the Island and
Causes Leading Thereto.

The present revolution in Cuba has set
the eyes of the world on that island and
the issues at stake are so important that
every American wants to know the basic
facts which have resulted in the present
crisis, says a writer in the New York
Times.
When Cuba was admitted into the fam
lily of nations it was on the understanding
that she should abstain from the custom
mmemorial in Latin-American countries
Of indulging in revolutions and reyolts. 1t
was stipulated that she should ''be good; :"
also that she should decide by the rules
and regulations tacitly in force and effect
in nations, pretending to civilization. The
world did not take her unsupported word
for this pledge. The United States went
on her bond to keep the peace, and as
consequence there was inserted in the
treaty of Paris clause which is known
as "the Platt amendment" which gives
the United States government the right
to interfere in Cuban affairs at any time
when the peace and prosperity of Cuba
are threatened.
In any consideration of this Cuban
problem-and the people of the United
States will have to consider it and settle
it, whether they wish to or not-there are
certain essential facts which must be kept
in mind.
In the first place, Cuba is too valuable
a piece of property to be made a perpet-
uaI battlefield. Not in all the world is
there within reach of speedy development;
so matchless an area of territory awaiting
tbe annlication of labor TEMPTED by
money. Cuba has tillable area almost
if not quite equal to that of Java-Cuba
has a scattered population of perhaps
/, 10000, Java supports a swarm of near
~ 100000 Cuba is inevitably destined
TO become the agricultural Golconda of
the earth. and from her exhaustless soil
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-20
STATUE TO M'klNLEY.
The $4,000 Memorial to Martyr
President Is Unveiled.


President Is Unveiled.
People from all over Ohio were present
at the unveiling of the $4,000 bronze
statue Of the late President Mckinley,
which faces High street from the west
front of the State capitol at Columbus.
The principal figure of the thousands Of
persons who packed the streets and the
capitol grounds were Mrs. Alice Roose-
velt-Longworth, daughter of the Presi
dent. who unveiled the statue. The two
principal orators of the occasion were
Justice William X. Day of the United
States Supreme Court and United States
Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia.
Gen. r. B. Brown of GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
head of the Grand Army of the Republic,
and Gen. Joseph w. Kay of New York,
past national commander of the Union
Veterans Legion, and Gov. Harris also
made addresses.
Elaborate preparations were made for
the dedication. but there was no ostenta-
tious display or formal parade. An i'm
mense open stand. seating 1000 people,
handsomely decorated with flags and
bunting, was erected along the entire
west front of the capitol building. and it
was occupied by distinguished Buckeyes
from all over Ohio.
Mrs. Longworth and her immediate
party occupied an especially constructed
stand jutting ont from the center of the
general stand. and she could thus be cas-
lily seen by all. The wide space of ground
between her and the statue was packed
with people.
The exercises. held on the anniversary
of McKinley's death. opene,' with an over
ture by Neddermeyers band, followed by
a song by the Republican ilee Club. The
Rev. Washington GLADDEN. offered prayer
and Gov. Harris. as president of the day,
delivered a short speech. Justice Day fol-
lowed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-20

there will be taken riches beyond the pres
ent widest of estimates. Nor is this all.
Havana, Matanzas and other beautiful
cities are destined to become places of
winter residence for tens of thousands of
our citizens who can afford to escape
from the discomforts and dangers of our
northern climate.
The second reason is associated with
the one just given. The development Of
Cuba will be the result of the investment
of American money in undertakings which
will be executed by the application of
American genius skill and labor. Native
Cubans and Spaniards will share in this
work. and citizens of Canada England
and other countries Will flock TO this CEN
ter of activity. but American enterprise
will bear the brunt of the task and will
reap the bulk of the rewards. American
capitalists invested in Cuba on the
strength of the Plat amendment. and they
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-20
DIES TO SAVE PASSENGERS
Remarkable HerOism of Engineer
Murphy on Southern Railway.

Remarkable nerve and heroism were
displayed by Hugh S. Murphy, 81 years
old, of Alexandria, Va, an engineer Of the
Southern railway. who was pinioned I'M
Ger his engine for an hour and five min
utes and so badly scalded by escaping
steam that he died in half an hour after
release. The engine, pulling a heavy pas
scnger train jumped the track and upset
as it was pulling out of Washington, d.
G. Murphy stuck to his post, reversed
the lever and brought the engine to a halt,
probably saving many lives. His legs and
right arm We're caught underneath the
cab and, though he cried for help, it was
half an hour before he was discovered.
Though literally cooked by steam, he in
CURED first for his passengers, then sent
man for jack and directed the efforts
10 rescue him. He leaves a wife and
family.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-09-20
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Chicago-Cattle, common o prime,
500 to $6.95; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $3.50 sheep, fair to choice, $500
TO $3.50; wheat, No. ,, zoe to Tic; corn,
No. >. 46c to 4Sc: oats, standard, Sic to
33c; rye, No. =, soc to 5Gc; hay, timo-
thy. $1,000 to $3.50; prairie, $500 to
SI4.O0; butter, choice creamery, iSc TO
2ic; eggs, fresh, 19c to BE potatoes,
45c to J4c.
napolis--Cattle. shipping, $500
10 $3.50; hogs, choice heavy, $500 TO
IS 40; sheep, common to prime. $3.50 to
$50. wheat, No. >, 69c 70 zoe; corn,
No. 2 white. 49c to zoe; oats. No. ,
white, 30c 10 Bic.
ST. Louis-Cattle. $40 TO $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $500; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. ., roc to nc; corn,
No. 2, ACC to 47c; oats. No. =, SOC to
32c rye, No. ., 59c to 60c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to S5.T5;
hogs, $500 to SG.4O sheep, $500 to
SI.75; wheat, No. ., tic 10 re; corn,
No. mixed. SOC to sic; oats, No
mixed, Bic to 33c; rye, No. ,, Goo to
&c.
Detroit-CattIo, $4.00 to So; hogs,
800 TO $3.50: sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. =. lie to dc; corn, No. )
yellow, 51c to 32c; oats, No. 3 white,
;3e3c to 35c; rye, No. >. 5Sc to zoe
Milwaukee, Wheat, No. > northern,
re to 74c; corn, No. 3, 4Gc to 47c;
oats, standard, Bic to 33c; rye, No. /,
SIC to 58c; barley, standard, 53c to 54c;
pork, mess 1892.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
81 .OI to $685. hogs, fair to choice, $500
to SG.75; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to 5000; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $S.25.
Toledo-Wheat, No. . mixed, Tic TO
re; corn, No. > mixed, .l0c TO 51c;
oats. No. 2 mixed, Sic to 32c: rye, No.
., 55c to sc; clover seed, prime. $40.
New York-Cattle, 500 to $500;
hogs, $500 10 1913; sheep. $500 to
$3.50: wheat, No. . red, 74c to 76c;
corn, No. 2, soc to SIC; oats, natural,
white, BIC to SOC; butter, creamery, 1Sc
DC: eggs. western 19c to pc,