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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-10
TELL TALES or HORROR.
Daily Scenes OF Blood All over RUSS.
Ian Empire.

Chicago, Feb. "A Dsily News
correspondent at st. Petersburg says:
Since the days of Ivan the Terrible
Russia has not witnessed such another
wholesale slaughter as that now in
progress. The daily reports from va
rlous parts of the empire seem to rival
eacn other in horror. People are shot
without trial for belonging to the So
olallst party and for carrying illegal
literature or arms. In the province
OF Velna the governor general has is
sued this order to his troops:
Use your weapons theoretically
and without fear of responsibility
Those unable to renew their licenses
are sent to Jail for conspirine to al
minish the revenue Of the state. Where
the treasury has been robbed, the gem
erals order the inhabitants to make
good the deficiency on pain of having
the town destroyed. In places where
it is suspected that there are reyolu-
tlonists, the military chiefs order the
townsmen to point out the guilty men
or suffer bombardment. In one town
where there we're no revolutionists.
the colonel in command of the troope
carried out the threat.
In respect Of the Jewish situation.
the condition Of affairs is appalling.
domels has been RACED by fire and
many Jews murdered and burned. BYE
witnesses relate that there were only
twenty rioters and that the heavy pa
trolls of Cossacks and dragons did not
modest them. Similar massacres are
being plotted in other southern towns
and the end Of the martyrdoms cannot
be seen.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-10
OLD SHIPS LOG AND LEDGER.
Relics Of q Famous Fr1Gate Owned
by Philadelphian.

Relics of . Famous Frigate Owned
by Philade1phian.
Interesting relics from the frigate
Constitution. the proposal by Secre-
tary Of the Navy Bonaparte to destroy
which was defeated by vigorous pro-
test, are in the possession Of ]. A.
Murphey, Of this city. They are the
logbook and ledger kept during the
command of Commodore Charles
Stewart, says the Philadelphia
Ledger.
It was the intercession Of the
Misses Stewart of this city, descend.
ants of the commodore, that was most
instrumental in creating sentiment
for the preservation of the old hulk.
The logbook embraces the period
from December, 1913, to May, 1916,
including some of the most important
naval battles of the war Of 1872. 1t
is one handwriting, presumably, that
Of Commodore Stewart himself.
It tells in a concise and most mat
ter-of-fact style the thrilling incidents
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-10
Townsitcs on trriested Tracts.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The senate
;rr;0.tion committee has ordered 9
favorable report on Senator Hepburn 9
Hill nroviding for the segregation OF
1e(-acre townsites on government irrl-
cat;on tracts and requiring the score
tarv Of the interior to sell water rights
= such towns for municipal and do
mestic purposes, such water rights 20
Il bought and controlled by the towns.
The hill also authorizes the sale OF
uater ii towns for power purposes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-10
nercury Cannot rim POST.

Na,o aAshington, Feb. 5.-Chester 81.
consn, recently appointed American
o oousul at Managua, will not FIJI that
the a. mercury married Nicaraguan,
is stiI1 - nter OF an ex-President, who
fearaaa a. and in politics. It was
fore Una mat Mr.. Mercury might there
DOM: ome involved In Nicaragua's
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-10
Indlanapolls % frisco.

San Francisco, Feb. 8-The steamer
Indianapolis, owned by the Alaska
Steamship Company, has arrived here
from Chicago. She left that city on
October IS and came through the
Great Lakes and the Straits of Magel-
Ian. She will run between Puget
Sound and Alaska ports.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-10
roo,e r.vors the Convention.

Helena, Mont, Feb. 5-Gov. Ioole'
replyingt 9 telegram from Iowa IN,
curing IL he favored the proposed
Convention Of governors to hasten the
enactment Of an amendment 20 tne
constitution providing for the elecnon
81 senators By popular vote, replied n
the affirmative.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-10
DIRrtT VOTE ON SENATOR.
Iowa Leads III the Fl0vement for q
National Convention.

NdttOuto1 OO"vS
Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 5.-Following
a conference with Gov. Cummins held
several days ago, Senator L. W. Lewis,
of Page county, stated, that he would
at his earliest opportunity, introduce
a resolution in the Iowa senate in
structing the governor to invite the
governors of several states to appoint
committees from their legislatures to
meet in Des Moines next summer, TOT
the purpose of adopting specific and
united plans looking to an amendment
of the national constitution requiring
the election of United States senators
bv direct vote. The conference will
be national in scope.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-10
GOVERNMENTS POSITION.
rl0ody Says Immunity Is OF Law, and
Not a natter for Agreement.

Chicago, Feb. 8.-Attorney General
Moody has expressed the government s
position in the packers cases for the
first time, saying:
Garfield had no power to promise
immunity nor threaten them with
punishment. immunity is in law, and
if the packers are within the law no ac-
tion of Garfield's can affect their
status. The government did not use
the information obtained by Garfield,
and there is absolutely no co-opera-
ton between the department of justice
and the department of, commerce and
labor in regard to the packers case /"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-02-10
C Northern Completes Tunnel.

Of Tho u Feb. 5.-The 9OO-foot tunnel
point "ieat Northern railroad at this
Work t has Just been completed. The
Of last ~ 100 men busy since the first
The ina LAY and the cost was 1857, 900.
eonnsn nnel was built by the railroad
here Wy: 70 replace high trestle near
"nich was becoming unsafe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-15
TALK IT OVER WITH YOUR WIFE.

There are thousands of families homeless. or living in poverty and wretchedness to-day who could have been living in comfort, in good homes. if the husbands had confided their business affairs to their wives.
 Women are very much better judges of human nature than men. They can detect rascality. deception and insincerity more quickly.
 I knew business men who would never think of employing a manager or superintendent, or a man for any other important position. or of choos- ing a partner, without managing in some way to have their wives meet the man and get a chance to estimate him, to read him. They invite the man. whom they are considering for an important position. to their home for dinner. or to spend a Sunday, be- fore deciding. They want the adyan- tage of that marvellous feminine in- stinct which goes SO directly and un- erringly to its mark.
 have known of several instances where a wife had cautioned her hus- band against having anything to do with a man with whom he was think ing of going into business, but the husband ignored the vife's opinion as silly. and disregarded her advice to his great sorrow later. as the man turned out exactly as the wife had predicted.-0rison Swett Warden in Success.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-15

measure to improve the condition of the tenants of Irish land can meet this difficulty, for the holdings are generally too small to furnish work for others than the farmer himself. Twenty years ago one London news
 paper made an investigation into the conditions of the proclaimed districts, and found some eighty thousand
 young people growing up without employment, without land, and with out the prospect of either. Most of
 them no doubt have found their way to America since that time; for neith- CT the British government nor the nationalist opposition saw their way to doing anything to correct the evil, except that the latter demanded the removal of some of them to more fer tile parts of the island than those in which they were living. But if all arable Ireland had been cut into farms large enough to support family, there would still have been the prob lem of the unemployed for solution. The great depletion which has been going on since that date still leaves it unsolved; and nothing will solve 1t so long as Ireland remains coun- try engaged almost entirely in farm ing.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-15
HEARD IN PASSING.

lnasmuch as our naval vessels are furnished with keels instead of wheels, there is reason to believe that the Newport belle who has been ap-, pointed mascot of the North Atlantic fleet will discover that her duties are too exacting.-Providence Tribune.
 A minnow of considerable size is on exhibition in glass jar in the store of A. B. Yandow of Essex Junction. Horatio Read. while deliv- ering ice. found the minnow embed ded in solid mass. The piece con- taining the specimen was carefully broken off and placed in water. When the ice dissolved the fish began to swim.-St Albany Messenger.
 A case for the opinion of the s,l- preme court of Massachusetts as to the status of the Consolidated's con- trol of trolley lines in that state is being prepared by the attorney-gen- eral. The question is as to whether in acquiring control the law of the state has not been violated. If the decision should be against the Con- solidated the matter will be taken to the supreme court of the United States.-Bridgepor Farmer.
 Many people in the hot belt are looking to the artificial ice makers for relief, but of course the man who runs an ice making machine isn't necessarily a philanthropist. For in- stance in Boliva. according to, recent counsular report. S10 has been paid for nine pounds of ice in a case of medical emergency, simply because there was but one ice making ma chine in the place. This seems to be extremely up to date in the matter of extortion.-New London Globe.
 Hudson Bay company's stock of a nominal value of f10 is selling at fS6 a share in London and paying divi- dend of so sllillings. This venerable corporation is now in its 231th year. The company still deals -ins fars- and does large general trade, but. it's, great profits are derived from Its land sales. Thirty-six years ago it gave up its territorial rights to the Cana dian government in consideration of S1.500,O00 in cash and the right to claim one-twentietll of the land in any township or district surveyed for settlement in 90 years after 1ST0.- Norwich Record.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-15
NEW IDEAS.

Dip half a lemon in salt and rub on knife handles; then wash immedi- ately in warm water, and the handles will be as white as when they were new.
 To remove coffee stains, rub the spots with glycerine and water and they will disappear as by magic.
 Heat a lemon thoroughly before squeezing, and you will obtain nearly double the quantity of juice that you would if it had not been heated.
 If housewives who dislike 10 find worms when cutting apples would first put the fruit in cold water. they would find that, the worms would leave the apples and come to the sur face of the water.
 After washing lace curtains lay a blanket on the floor in some empty room; spread the curtains on the blanket. stretching them carefully, and they will keep their place with out any fastening until dried.
 Granite ware can be soldered as easily as unware by adopting the fol- lowing method: Brush over the edges of the holes to be mended with shellac, both inside and outside. and immediately apply the melted solder. which will adhere firmly.
 To keep the neighbors' hens from scratching up your flowers, spread on the ground. close 10 the rows or clumps of plants. strips of heavy pa- per, through which, at close inter vals. carpet tacks have been pushed up to the head. Lay the paper. point side up. and place flat stones or pieces of brick on its edges to keep it from blowing away.
 The very best way 10 keep vioiets fresh is not tO put them in water. but to throw over them a handkerchief thoroughly wet, and set them in a draught.
 The best thing for cleaning pencil erasers is a piece Of old plaster Keep a small piece always handy. and when the rubber gets soiled a rub on the plaster makes it as clean as when new.
 smooth and free from rust. never use soap in cleaning them. Wash them in the water in which potatoes have been boiled. using we'll boiled po- tato 10 rub any spot which may have become rough. or rusted. afterwards Tinsing clean. with very hot. clear water. By cleaning in this way they W. always be smooth and free from rust.
 An excellent cleaner for guitars. viOlins. etc. Is made of one-third each of linsed oil. turpentire and water. These shaken together in a bottle form an emulsion or cream Rub the instrument with a cloth dampened in the cream. Wipe dry and polish with a Uoolen cloth
 Place puIverized pumice stone be- tween the layers of a folded piece of soft muslin and stitch around the edge to keep the powder from spiII- ing Wipe lamp ehimneys or vinfou panes with this dry cloth and they viEl be clean and sparkling almost instantly Enough porder uiIl re Esin ia the cloth to be used many fkes-SucceaL
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-15
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1906.

A few days ago the Standard Oil trust sent one of it's agents to Presi- dent Roosevelt. He was accompan- jed by former United States Senator James K. Jones, who represents the Indians that are interested in lands in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. The result of their conference with the president has not been disclosed, but there are reasons for believing that the president will stand square ly by Secretary Hitchcock. Indeed. the president is known to have said that certain men, by violating the regulations imposed by Secretary Hitchcock in acquiring leases on too many acres, have forfeited their rights to further consideration. The Standard is calling into action the most potent influences, social and political, at its command. While it may be possible to postpone definite action on the part of the government until such time as the president and Secretary Hitchcock are satisfied ab- solutely of the justice of the govern ment's position, the likelihood is that, in the end, the Standard will be forced to relinquish it's claim to the greater part of the lands which it has acquired through the leases from the Indians .,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-15

In reference to newspaper reports that the railroads of the country. un- der the leadership of the Pennsyl- vania railroad, were planning to de- feat the purposes and contest the validity of the new interstate com merce act, the Pennsylvania Railroad Go authorizes the following state ment: "The Pennsylvania Railroad Go is not seeking to contest the valid ity of the new law, either on it's own behalf or in conjunction with other railroads. An exhaustive study of the measure is being made by both it's legal and traffic departments, for the purpose of clearly understanding its scope and requirements. in order that they may be propeerrly complied with. AS is we'll known, the Penn sylvania Railroad Co many feairfss ago took very firm stand, which it has maintained, in opposition to freight rate relating, and the policy of the company has been to favor any meas ure which would entirely eliminate such practices from American rail- roading. In so far as it understands the purpose of the new law, there fore, it is this company's intention to cooperate with the interstate com merce commission in carrying it out, with the confident expectation that the law will be administered fairly and intelligently."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-15

The universal recognition of the labor unions as a possible political force in the next campaign makes the attitude of MT Taft in backing Congressman Littlefield all the more amazing to the old school politicians. By this is meant the school of poli- tics which teaches expediency to be the chief of virtues and which knows no policy expect to drift with the popular tide, no matter where the tide may lead. But the times are changing. and in some respects have changed. There has come to the country a realization, scarcely yet formulated into accepted knowledge, that a new era has dawned in Ameri- can politics, and that there are now men highly placed in public life who dare speak what they think and do what they believe to be the right. without regard to what effect their speaking or their doing may have on their personal fortunes. The poli- ticians. that is, the politicians who are consumed by greed for office and whose hands are a-foul with its pelf, don't like this new school of politics. Do the people like it? asks an ex- change. Theodore Roosevelt said things and did things that made the blood of politicians eongeal. And the people gave him such an endorsement at the polls as no other man of his generation ever had. William J. Bryan has scorned the men he be- lieves betrayed the democratic party and has refused to repudiate the faith which thrice carried him to de- feat; yet state conventions all over the country are haiIing him as the leader of the democracy and as dem Ocracy's choice for president.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-15

'ihg ograss eating animals from pluck fing it'' While in natural statesthe plant is of a vivid hue, yet directly it is touched by any living animal it collapses into a tangle of apparently dead and withered stems. Among British wild plants, by far the most sensitive is that of the insectivorous sundew, which is found on boggy land. a
 Notwithstanding their vitality, members of the vegetable world will not flourish in smoky, towns. Even the hardy trees have no love for those products of modern civilization. It is we'll known that horticulturists are almost unanimous in giving their vote to the plane as the best tree for in smoky towns. When the smoke is not too dense it is found that Hines, sycamores, poplars. elms, horse chestnuts and Turkey oaks do we'll, but that practically exhausts the list. Among the shrubs which will grow are hollies, laurels, japonicas. moun- tain ashes and almost any hardy ev- ergreens.-London Tit-Bits.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-15
''liioN WONDERS of x,EGErArluS::
Great Lifting Powers of Plants-Re.
 markable Growths.

The fertility of some members of the vegetable world is really aston ishing. Thus, an ounce of onion seed which was sown in a garden at Newton Abbot produced no less than 400 pounds of onions. This will give some idea as to the prolific nature of vegetables, but it is by no means an isolated example.
 For instance. at Musbury. village near Administer, an agriculturist planted an ordinary winter cattle bean. The average individual if asked how many beans made five would make a different answer from that which the agriculturist would give. His single bean produced no fewer than 600 beans.
 Very extraordinary is the force ex- erted by growing vegetation. A curious example of this fact has been furnished in the gardens at Kelsey Park. Beckenham. Signs of cracking were observed in the brickwork of a frame and gradually a block was pushed out of position. This weighed in the aggregate over 1 h hundred weight. Several bricks had to be cut out by the workmen, and then they found a mass of mushrooms, only 3 pounds ounces in weight, growing in the centre of the wall.
 Melons are extremely strong; in fact, one has been known to raise a weight amounting to two and half tons. A we'll known student of na- ture tried to estimate the strength of a melon when it was eighteen days old and measured 27 inches in cir conference. He fixed a sort of har- ness around it, with a long arm or lever attached. and so was able to measure the force of the melon by the weight if lifted at the end of the lever. When about twenty days old that Is, couple of days after the harness had been fixed on-it exerted strength of sixty pounds, while seventeen days afterward it actually lifted 5000 pounds weight.
 The seed Of the globe turnip meas ures only about the twentieth part of an inch in diameter. yet fin the course of a month or two it will en- large Into 27.000.00O ines its original bulk. in addition to the large crop of leaves
 In fact, by careful experiment it has been found that a turnip seed. under favorable conditions. will in- crease its own weight fifteen times in a minute. Turnips growing in peat ground have been found to in- crease more than 15.9O0 times the weight of their seed in a single day. By exceptional means. such as by drugging. even this may be exceeded
 In this connection it may be added that by drugging plants and other vegetables their rate of growth can be increased to an astonishing ex- tent When placed In airtight dens and fed on ether for tventy-four or tuenty-six hours. until they become permeated with the fumes. they ma ture in about half the time if takes them to develop naturally. It Is con- fdentiy expected that this method of drugging will work a revolution in the methods nf forcing howerx and garden vegetables
 The eleverness of plants Is extreme lv remarkable. and some Of them em- piOy the most ingenious sfrafererns whenever danger threatens them There is. for example. a species of nfnoez In South Africa which feiEns death in times of danger This ix evidentIy for the purposs of prevent
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-15
In discussing the movement nov

In discussing the movement now on foot to keep Irishnen in Ireland by starting the wheels of industry going in that country. one writer says that for eighty years past Great Britain has furnished Ireland with almost everything but food. The list of Irish manufactures. outside of the linen making of Ulster. which also is losing ground. is mOurnfuIlY meaeer- The openings for employment they offer are utterly inadequate to abN sorb the labor of the IasdIess class. and emigration either temporary or permanent is their only outlet No
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-15

Tn this state it is nos necessary ro serve a five days notice for eviction of a cold. Use the original laxative cough syrup. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar. No opiates. Sold by H. W. Lake Drug Co. and Joseph A. Smith. s26 Bank street. Brooklyn.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-07
LAST entertainment
GIVEN IN SERIES OF FIVE

The last entertainment in n series OF
i've was given last night before a large
audience at Broadway Methodist church
The Broad Choral society. assisted by the
Wilton String quartet. the Unity Glee
club Mrs Bertha Cressc soprano. and
Miss Dora Doughty. pianist. gave an ex-
cclient musical program. which was as
follows
Piano solo. "Marche dcs Tambours,
sydney Smith. Miss Doughty. ION Silent
Mead" J.. q Emerson, Unity Glee club.
selections Andaute from symphony No.
90. Mozart. and Largo. by Handel Wilton
string quartet. soprano solo. Mrs. Cresse.
Breeze OF Night" 1amothe. Unity Glee
club. piano pplo. "Nalsc dcs F1eurs.
Kettner. Miss Doughty: baritone solo. w
g. Baker, selections. Romance" Edward
Boyer. Prayer and Rondo. AdaEio. Allcg-
patAar- adapted hy A. r. Harris Wilton
String quartet. The Loug Day Closes"
sullivan. Unitey Glce club. chorus. HAIL.
Bright Abode" from "Tannhauscr,"