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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
PORTLAND GRAIN STRIKE
HAS been SETTLED

Portland, Oct. 27.-The long strike
of the grain handlers union against
the grain exporters of this city has
ended, after both sides had made lib
eral concessions. Neither side can be
said to have won a victory, though
each won on some points. The grain
will go back to work at the
old scale Of 35 cents an hour. On the
other hand the'exporters agree to rec
ognize the grain handlers union, to
all nonunion help now in
their employ, to pay 53H cents an
hour instead of 80 for overtime and
concede nine hour day instead of
ten hours as heretofore. An agreement
was signed to this effect by the grain
handlers union and by all the export
ers with the exception of Balfour,
Guthrie & Co., whose representative
is out of the city. It is practically
however, that this firm will
also drop into line.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
PARkHURsT RESPONSE,
New York Police Force to a. :.
Another Biz Sh.l..vt- S''sa

New York Police Force - D.
Another Big shake.Un. UNA
New York, Oct. 27.-pol;o.
missioner Bingham has oivan con.
Of the biggest shake-up in FL. ~ aosios
OF New FORKS police force p al'to,
the entire force of about 7.ooo M 'aa
would be affected. The NV, rS men
transfer will include Inspector 'ssals
tains, other grades Of officers ana zap
trolmen. The shift will bs m a"a pa-
fore election day. 'os b.
There has been a remarkah,.
ting down Of gambling places - 'u0s-
city recently. In the tenderloin NO
cinct it is said that every placs !. pfs'
character has suspended h, u This
In other parts Of the citv osn slus'a
and pool rooms are following sn;.
Rev. DR.. Parkhurst ia sa;d -.
chiefly responsible for this cons9, y
OF affairs. In an interview racaa. oa
he declared that gambling vas sut'
ishing in the city. Followin, AV a'
statement he was summoned to sua
by Deputy Police Commissions, J %aI
hot to prove his allegation. -'''
Rev. Parkhurst appeared in .J.s.-
son Market court in answer n -.
summons. Summons was withd,,~ss
when DR.. Parkhurst promised that th W.
information in regard to the ,lI.s .us
disorderly houses and gamblinp honS.
in the society's possession vonld =
handed over to Commissioner Bi,s'
ham. As'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
MORMON CHURCH
SELLING ENTERPRISES

Salt Lake City, Oct. 27.-Reports
that the Mormon church as an organ
ization is to retire from commerce
were further verified this week. when
it was officially announced that the
Utah National bank had been sold to
w. s. Mccormick, of the private
banking firm of Mccormick & Co.
The price paid by Mr.. Mccormick for
majority of the stock is not stated.
The stock was largely owned by the
church. In the past four months the
Mormon church has disposed of it's big
holdings in the Utah Light & Rail-
way Company, which controls the
principal public utilities in this city
its Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad
stocks, its great pavilion at Salt Air
Beach and its big department store at
Ogden.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
WASHINGTON NEWS

Rev. J. Cairns. of Fremont, has
completed 80 years in the ministry.
Fire WHICH started in the rear of
the Club saloon at Blaine, did damage
to the extent offs 10000.
The FIRST batch of King county cleo
tion ballots printed were declared IA
tally defective and were ordered re-
printed.
Oregon agricultural college and
Washington university football teams
played at Seattle Saturday, neither
side scoring.
Fire destroyed the dry kiln and one
and half million shingles at the 81.
G. Richardson mill, Olympia. Esti-
mated loss, $4,000; no insurance.
A new steamship line, with head
quarters at Tacoma, is reported in in
cubation. It is designed to take care
of Tacoma and Portland Alaska bust
ness.
First Lieutenant Claude G. Fleet,
Second infantry, Washington national
guard. has been ordered to Vancouver
Barracks for a course Of instruction at
the garrison school.
The board of commissioners of Pierce
county has set November 10 as the
date for hearing on proposition to
change the classification of Pierce
county from fourth to first class.
The supreme court Friday last heard
arguments in the Mitchell reffeld
case and assigned one of the justices
to write an opinion ION the case. No
date was set for handing down an opin-
ion, nor was the nature of the opinion
disclosed.
G.. f. Allen, forest supervisor of
Mount Rainier National park, in his
annual report to the secretary Of the
interior, says that tourist travel this
summer has greatly increased. He
thinks the increase will be still larger
in the future.
James Eshelman, pioneer Seattle
real estate man. is dead.
Negotiations between Tacoma master
plumbers and journeymen have been
declared off, with no prospect Of re-
sumption at present.
The National Lumber and Box Com
pany, of Hoquiam, has let contract
to local parties to handle the entire
output Of their large sawmil.
PRESIDENT Samuel Hill, of the Wash
ington Good Roads Association, has
notified the North Yakima Commercial
Club that the association will meet at
North Yakima on November 9 and 10.
Secretary of State Nichols has decid-
ed that tho Mutual Reserve Life In
surance Company is still solvent and
may continue to do business in this
state The company has been under
Investigation
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
OREGON OFFICIALS
INSPECT JUTE Mill

Walla Walla, Oct. 31.-Gov. George
Chamberlain, Warden G. w. James,
Of the Oregon prison, thirty-two men,
bers of the Oregon legislature, fifty
two members of the Pendleton COM
mecrial club and a number of citizens
yesterday inspected the jute mill at
the Washington prison. The visitors
we're escorted through the prison by
Gov. Mead. Warden Kincaid and 81.
T. Jones, of the state board Of control.
The Oregon men inspected the prison
with view to establishing a similar
plant in the Oregon institution After
the inspection the visitors appeared
favorable to the establishment of a
jute mill at the Oregon prison.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
JUDGE WILL REVIEW
Commission FINDINGS

Walla Walla, Oct. 3O.-JudRe T. b..
Brents, of the superior court, has
signed an order for a writ of review of
the proceedings and findings of the
state railroad commission in regard to
railroad rates in the state. The order
is returnable November Is. The petit
ton was made by the railroads Of the
state.
The hearings were conducted by tho
railroad commission in Walla Walla,
June 80, and the findings and orders
were entered October 10.
The petition states that the legisla-
ture did not grant power to the COM
mission to regulate tariffs and that
the action Of the commission, both in
the proceedings and findings are H.
legal. The document states that the
heard testimony outside
the complaint, contrary to the statutes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
FILIPINO ASSEMBLY
Representative GOVERNMENT
SOON TO BE REALIZED.
Elections In Islands Will Occur
Next March-Taft May Go to
Islands to Personally Inaugu-
rateAssembly Promised Before
He Left.

Washington, Oct. 31.-The presl-
dent is preparing to redeem his
promise made to the Philippine peo-
pie through Secretary Taft that they
shall have a parliament of their own,
conditioned on their good behavior for
a term of two years, and it is under
stood that Secretary Taft himself Will
proceed to the Philippines next spring
to witness the installation OF the new
form of representative government.
March 81, 1905, the Philippine CEN
sus was published, and consequently
two years from that date, March ~,
1907, under the terms of the act OF
congress, the president will direct the
Philippine commission to call gen.
eral election for the choice of dele
gates to what will be known as the
Filipino assembly. The body is to
take over all legislative powers here
tofore exercised by the Philippine
commission in all parts of the archi-
pelago not inhabited by Moros and
non-C Christian tribes.
As the date draws near the Philip
pine people are showing signs of agita-
ton, and to the officials here it is evil
dent that they are expecting some BEN
efits that cannot at once be realized.
For instance, the assembly of provin-
cial governors recently in session in
Manila, with the view to arranging
the preliminaries for the meeting of
the Philippine assembly, is reported
to have recommended that the suf-
frage be widely extended. It Is point
ed out here that this Is not possible,
for the reason that the act of congress
under which the assem- bly, will be con-
vened expressly states the qualif1ca-
tions of voters.
These in brief are that the voter
MUST be at least % years of age, must
be able ito read and write either Span
ish or English, must own certain
small amount Of property, or must
have been In the past an Office holder
under the Spanish government. The
new assembly will consist of two houses
to be known as the Philippine COM
mission and the Philippine assembly.
the latter to consist of not less than
fifty nor more than 100 members. 1t
is probable that the present commits
sion will be merged into the upper
house.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
SETTLE nARkET REPORT


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-Oats, pa. O0@25. SO per ton;
harley, $2o@2i.e0; wheat, chicken
feed, $22@24; bran, SIG; shorts,
SIS; corn, $27.
Hay-Eastern Washington, $17@
l8 per ton; Puget sound, $1o@11;
alfalfa, $11@11.5o
Eggs Strictly fresh ranch, 4O@42
Po0ltry-Live hens, 15@1ec per
Id; old roossers, 9k@1Oc; ducks,
old. !8c. young, 100; geese. 12c;
turkeys, lie; spring chickens, l5@
Ito Id.
WooEEastern Washington, l5@
i8c per lb; Western Washington, SOC
S9e; dirty or timber-stained, 1S@SOe.
Live Stock-Sheep, wethers, Go pea
ID; e~cs 6@6ho; hogs 81 @Tc;
steerA mo; COWS, S1kc; calves, SO
70: lambs. $S@5 per head.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
Withholds Report ON Raid.

Washington, Oct. 29.-The report
OF Special Agent Sims, who made an
investigation of the killing Of japanese
seal poachers in Alaska, will not be
made public at this time, because of
the prevailing anti American senti-
ment in Japan. The report, it is un-
derstood, is very injurious to the Jap
anese involved In the matter, and it
is feared that its publication would
serve no good purpose and only tend to
intensity unfriendly feeling abroad.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
More Lands Withdrawn

Washington, Oct. 27.-It is announ-
ced at the interior department. that
the secretary has ordered the with
drawal from entry, except under min
eral laws, of about 838, 900 acres OF
land formerly part Of the north hall
OF the Colville Indian reservation for
q forest reserve to be known as the
Colville reserve. Fuather examina-
ton will be made before the boundar-
les are definitely fixed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
Fixed GRAIN PRICES
SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE 1T DES
MONIES HEARING.
R. w. Harper Testifies Regard
ING Action Of Cereal Club in
Fixing Prices Members of
Club Scored for Giving False
Evidence.

DesMoinee, Ia, Oct. 27.-Sensatlon-
al incidents marked the offering or
testimony before the Interstate COM
MERGE mission, in session here yes
terday, relative to the fixing Of prices
for grain by the Des Moines Cereal
Club for the members Of the State
Grain Dealers Association and the
pooling Of elevator business at many
Iowa points. r. w. Harper testified
that, as a guest Of the club, he had
often attended it's meetings, which
were held at the Grant Club, weekly.
and that, after discussion of prices,
the vote of the meeting was taken on
motion of the presiding officer, George
A. Wells, secretary Of the Grain Deal
ers' Association, and expressed by up
lifted hands. as baisis for quotations
for the ensuing week, furnished to
m mbers of the Association by G. W..
Gaze, of this city.
Commissioner Lane gave the NOM
bers of the Cereal Club who had testi-
fed that prices were not fixed at meet
ings of the organization, an opportu-
nifty to amend their testimony, after
which Mr.. Harper left the stand.
Secretary Wells took the stand and
said he had intended to testify that he
had not made motions of this charac-
ter at every meeting Of the club, and
was about to proceed with amendments
when Commissioner Lane, quickly
leaning over his desk toward Mr..
Wells, created sensation by asking:
Didn't you try to mislead the COM
mission on that point'"
Mr.. Wells said he did not.
"Why did you testify as you did?'
continued Mr.. Lane. "Did you not
try to create the impression that there
was no fixing of price and that nothing
was done to fix prices at these meet
ings? Didn't you do that"
Mr.. Wells insisted that he had not
done 80.
"Was not that your distinct effort
in answer to the questions!" asked
Mr.. Lane.
''No, SIR" replied Mr.. Wells.
didn't you try to evade answering
the questions Of Mr.. Marble (the com.
Missions lawyer) to you at the time
when asked regarding fixing prioes?''
Mr.. Wells started to make some
answer when he was dismissed from
the stand.
Mr.. Case, who was said to furnish
the price card to the members of the
state association of grain dealers, was
called to the stand. He was not Ger
tain about much of the information
he disclosed, and denied any arrange
ment with the Cereal Club.
The testimony of the day was to the
effect that the Grain Dealers Associa-
ton is making q fight against the
farmers elevator, which is not q men,
Der Of the association, by restricting
it's terminal market when possible.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03

New York, Nov. 1.-Rose L. Fritz,
Of this city, who won the worlds type
writing championship in Chicago last
June, came out ahead in the contest
at the national business mems show
at Madison Square Garden. She wrote
2,467 words from dictation in half an
hour, making 1--WE errors. OF the thir-
teen other entrants. Paul Minnier,
who defeated Miss Fritz last fall, came
nearest to her record. He wrote 2, 466
words, but made sixty -one errors.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03

Wheat-Club. $50; btnestem. $50;
red, 64c.
Oats $50. o0@s7. 90; rolled oass, &97
@s&0O.
Hay, Alfalfa, eto.-Wheat hay,
$1s@14. so; timothy, $19@2s; mixed.
$l3@17; clover, $15@18: alfalfa,
e12. O0@18.00
Feed-Corn, $27; wheat, 81. 5O@25;
barley, whole grain, $215.O@22;
relied, $22. 50@24; shorts, $17. 5O@
1850; bran, SD. 5O@l6.50
Poul.ry-Turkeys, dressed, 25c;
chickens, dressed, 19c; ducks, dressed,
15c; geese, dressed, 100; Live-Hens,
18H@14c; spring chickens, 1c;ducks,
11c; geese, Ito.
Observation-Disclosures creamery, SOC
s1c; Eastern creamery, $780,.
Kggs-Washington ranch. s8e; Or
egon, $50; Eastern. 26c.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
Must Deal in Currency

Washington, Oct. 27.-AdvertisinR
cannot be exchanged for transporta-
ton any more than potatoes or calico,
is the opinion expressed by Chair
man Knapp, of the interstate COM
MERGE commission in letter to the
secretary of the Massachusetts, Press
Association, who inquired as to the
application Of the new rate bill to
affect advertising contracts. Mr..
Knapp writes: call tariffs filed in
compliance with the law name the
rates in dollars and cents; in no case
providing that transportation can be
paid for with property"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
Arms Thrown Into Sea

Havana, Oct. 27.-The statement
made by Secretary Taft on the eve of
his DEPARTURE from Cuba that he
would put all the arms surrendered by
the Cubans where they would do no
further habrm, was verified during the
week when company of Cuban artil-
cry spent the afternoon throwing these
weapons into the sea from the outer
bastion of Moro castle. Thousands
of rifles and carbines were sunk in
thirty fathems of water.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
Colorado River Turned Back

Imperial, Cal, Oct. 27.-Water has
been turned back in the old channel
leading to the Gulf of California, the
f1rst-water of the Colorado river that
has flowed there for two years Two
years ago the Colorado river broke
through its banks and flowed into the
Salton sink, compelling the Southern
Pacific to move it's tracks several times
The company then undertook to turn
the water into the old channel and
have at last, after many discourage
ments, succeeded at cost Of about
q million dollars.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
Police Stop Cleveland Car.

Cleveland, O., Oct. 29.-The street
car situation assumed an acute phase
when the police, acting under instruc-
tions from the city hall, suddenly
stopped the operation Of the Cleveland
Electric railway and suburban lines
on Erie Street between Prospect street
and Central avenue. The action wa
taken, it is stated, because it is held
that the franchise Of the Cleveland
Electric Railway on Erie street has
expired.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03

Washington, OCT. 27.-The president
has received the report of commit
tee recently sent to Oklahoma to In
vestigate the charges preferred against
Gov. Frantz of that territory. The
report completely exonerates the gov
ernor and will be approved by the
president.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
TAFT ON THE TARIFF
Secretary Says Personally He Favors
Revision.

Secretary Says Personally He Favors
Revision.
. Cleveland, O., Oct. 29-W. ii. Tart,
secretary of war, made his first speech
in the Ohio campaign here and was
greeted by large crowd.
Mr.. Taft pointed out that capital Is
important in the development OF the
country, that the device Of corpora
ton. limiting the liability of investors
and Offering an opportunity for the
massinR of the savings of many into
funds which can be used to build rail-
roads or other great enterprises, is so
important to our prosperity that moth
ing should be done to discourage u.
The policy of President Roosevelt Is TO
prevent abuse and misuse OF corporate
wealth.
He then described abuses, first in
industrial corporations in restraint Of
trade. and second in the form of i'm
mense corporations so large as to en-
brace q very large part OF the produc'
ing capacity of the country in certain
commodities. He then took up rail-
road discrimination to show that dis
elimination in rates granted the trusts
is one of the main instruments by
which independent competitors. had
been driven to the wall.
Time to Revise Tariff
He said that, speaking for himself
alone, he thought the time which had
elapsed since the passage Of the Ding
ley bill had so changed conditions as
to require a revision of the tariff,
and he saw a capitalization Of senti-
ment in favor of this in the republic,
but that the tariff. affects SO many in
dustries that it is impossible to touch
it without affecting legitimate bust
ness interests in which capital has
been invested in the maintenance Of
the tariff.
The speaker then referred to stat
utes which have been passed by the
Republican congress on the recon-
mendation of the president-the meat
inspection bill, the pure food bill, the
denatured alcohol bill-all Of which
had been opposed by powerful inter-
ests He called attention to the fact
that the old democratic party had
ceased to exist; that it was captured
by Mr.. Hearst in New York and cap
tured by Mr.. Bryan in other parts of
the country.
The speaker finally referred to the
fact that President Roosevelt was the
issue, because the issue really was
whether that which had been done ty
congress and the administration in
the last two years entitled the presi-
dent and the Republican party to a
continuance of the confidence which
was expressed in them in 1904.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
TROOPS PREPARE FOR
TROUBLE With INDIANS

Sheridan, Wyo., Oct. 31-A hurried
change yesterday in the disposition Of
the troops of the Tenth cavalry under
Col. Augar disclosed tho fact that the
real danger now lies in the anticipated
junction of the Cheyenne Indians with
the Utes. A portion of the Tenth was
hurried out to Sheridan, where supply
wagons we're started north.
According to a scout who is familiar
with the Oheyennes, these Indians are
ready to fight at the drop Of the hat
and are the best armed tribe in the
West. He says they have been buying
modern arms and ammunition for the
past year, and the Young bloods are
anxious to follow In the footsteps Of
their fathers, Little Wolf, Lame Deer
and Standing Wolf.
Private advices just received here
report the killing Of sheep herder on
Butte creek by band of Utes and the
destruction of band Of sheep.
Utes Are Entrenched
Butte, Moth, Oct. 31.-A Miner
special from Billings says that q tele-
phone message from Aravada, Wyo..
states that the renegade Ute Indians
are intrenched in q strong position in
the hills adjacent to Aravada and are
accommodating the country and that
the Tenth and Sixth cavalry are pre-
pairing to close in on the red men.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
Frink Give. Seattle a Park

Seattle, Dot. S7.-John N. Frink,
president Of the Washington Iron
Works and member of the board of
park commissioners, has made the larg-
est donation Of land for park purposes
in the history Of the city. At q spe-
cial meeting Of the park board he do.
mated twenty acres Of land, valued at
$50, 900. The property lies just south
of Leshi park, and is considered the
most valuable parking property in
the city.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03

Washington, Oct. 31.-Gov. I've .tsd
att. Of Alaska, will not be perm'to
to serve on commission which =
visit the capitals Of Canadian p
inces to interest them in the AiaS 49,,
Yukon Pacific exposition. Secre .sat
Hitchcock decided some time ago "a.
it would not be proper for the s.' -
nor to act on this commission, on. O..
erred it Is the state department. ~
rotary Root stated yesterday tn n:..h-
IL Of tho Same opinion e. Mr. n'''
cock.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
Pulajanes on Warmth

Manila, Oct. 30.-The Pulajanes in
Samar have attacked some boats Garry
ing supplies on the Surigao river.
They killed three scouts and wounded
one. Troops are now pursuing the
Pulajanee.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
Warden Kincaid Takes Up Duties

Walla Walla, Oct. BON. F. Kin
caid yesterday took up the duties of
warden Of the state penitentiary, re-
lieving A. F. KEGS, who has been in
charge since january, 1905. Mr..
Kincaid has been in Walla Walla sew
eral days familiarizing himself with
the work of the institution and check
ing over the accounts. Warden KEGS
did not leave until all the accounts
had been thoroughly checked over.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-11-03
To Investigate Conditions

Washington, Nov. by direction
OF President Roosevelt, Mrs. ]. Ellen
Foster has been detailed by the de-
spartment Of commerce and labor to in
vestigate the condition Of women and
child workers throughout the country.
Legislation on this subject Is pending
before congress.