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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-22
ST. PETERSBURG TRANQUIL
BUT DISORDERS EXPECTED

st. Petersburg, June 1.-THE disso-
luton of the second douma was re-
ceived throughout the Russian capital
with perfect tranquility because of
the precautionary measures taken by
the cazr, and iR mo place in Russia, so
far as is known, were there any serious
distur Dances.
The authorities are chiefly appre-
hensive concerning the possibility Of
rioting and racial excuses in Odessa
and in Kiev and other cities where
party feeling runs high An outbreak
Of agrarian disorders in several regions
Of the empire is anticipated later,
when the peasantry learn of the dis.
solution of parliament, but confidence
in the ability Of the government ia
handle the situation prevails in ad.
ministration circles.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-22
SAYS GOVERNMENT
MUST BACK ROADS

New York, June 15.-That the Gov
ernment will be forced to lend its
credit to aid the railways was the
statement made by james ]. Hill.
The public in its evaporation. -
said Mr.. Hill, Twill demand that the
railways lay more rails and provide
more cars. The railways will answer
that they cannot; that their credit
has been ruined. The government
will be obliged to step in and lend it's
credit to supply this deficiency. The
situation might lead to government
ownership of railroads. That wonld
be the end of Republican government
The cause of the trouble is that the
business of the United States has ont
grown the capacity of it's railroads and
the railroads are in no position to
catch up.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-06-22
Hartman Gets Another Road

San Francisco, June 17.-Documents
closing the deal by which E. 81. Har-
riman, on behalf o theSouthern Paci-
fic company, has bought the Corvallis
& Eastern rairload in Oregon have
been signed. The consideration is
said to have been "a, OO0,O 900. The
road is 142 miles long and extends
from Yaquina bay by way Of Albany
and Detroit to place called Idanhan.
It crosses the Southern Paciflc's
Mount Shasta route at Albany. The
road commands the finest mountain
pass to the coast Of Central Oregon,
which Is said to be the reason for the
purchase The Wisconsin senate, by
vote Of al to 6, has killed the two
cent railway fare bill which the house
recently passed.
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Washington, June 20.-A brongse
West Indian medal has been awarded
BY the navy department. to Rear AID.
miral B. Il. McCalla, U. 8. NJ, re.
tired, now living at Santa Monica,
CAL, for specially meritorious conduct
other than ia battle. The medal was
bestowed for "rescuing crews from
and in close proximity to burning
ships after the battle Of Santiago, july
8, 1888" McCalla, then commander
OF the Marhlehead. took his ship close
to the burning vessels Of .Cervera's
heet, and rescued Spanish sailors at
great risk Of the exploding magazines
on the Spanish cruisers.
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FOREIGN SHIPS FOR COAL
No American Boats to Bring Supply t.
the Pacific Coast.

No American Boats to Bring Supply to
the Pacific Coast.
Washington, June 19.-Despite it's
Discrimination to do so, the navy de.
partment has been obliged to enter
into contract with New York bro
kerage firm for the shipment of Amer
loan coal from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific coast in foreign bottoms.
The amount of the shipments will
aggregate between $4,000 and 20, 900
tons each for the navy yard at Mare
Island and the navy yard at Bremen
ton, Wash.
The department was unable to make
contracts for the transfer of the coal
in American bottoms because of lack
of such ships.
The matter, when first suggested,
brought out vigorous protest from
the Merchant Marine League of the
United States, but the department felt
it was justified in making the arrange
ment it has. By providing that Amer
lean coal shall be furnished, the Off.
cials say they are encouraging one
American industry at least.
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RESERVES RIGHT TO
DISCUSS ARMAMENT,

The Hague, June 2O.-The surnr;..
Of the second session of the naaos
conference yesterday afternoon vss
the formal reservation by General
Horace Porter. on behalf of the INIT
ed States, of the right to present thu
question of Limitation of armsments
Together with this, he also reserved
the right to introduce the subject NJ
the collection Of contracted debts nv
force.
While this reservation was msde
quite naturally, in accordance with
a notice served on Russia during the
preliminary negotiations last spring
and in order that silence now mipbt
not be construed as acquiescence in
the restriction Of the work of the con.
ference to the limits of the Russian
program, it is believed to indicate a
firm resolve on the part of the Wash.
ington government after seeing the
trend Of the situation here to raise the
question later if it becomes apparent
that the subject is going by default
It can be stated positively that no
proposition has been formed by the
American delegates, but this action
has renewed the hopes that the Unit.
ed States would bring up the question
of the Limitation of ornaments.
Sir Edward Fry also served notice
that Great Britain reserved the right
to introduce subjects outside the pro.
gram, but less significance is attach.
ed to his action. Another interesting
feature of the session was Baron Bib.
erstein's mobilization that Germany in
tended to offer the proposition Of an
international prize court, to which ap.
peals could be made at the time Of
maritime war and the decision Of
which should be final
Gen. Porter seconded this PROPOSE.
ton on behalf of the United States and
Sir Edward Fry declared that Great
Britain proposed to advance project
on similar lines.
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To REDUCE INDEMNITY
FOR BOXER OUTRAGES

Boston, June 19.-Sir Chen Lisng
Cheug, retiring Chinese ambassador to
the United States, who is in this city
on visit, yesterday made the follow
ing statement:
II shall make public today the con-
tents Of an official note which 70
ceived from Secretary Root last Satur'
day night, which shows better than
anything else can the remarkably hlga
sense of Justice which the Unltea
States has used in all her dealings Win
China. You remember that after the
Boxer troubles China agreed to pay
an indemnity of $24, 440,77S.S1 on &C.
count Of the losses entailed by tne
United States government, as we'll ss
for personal property lost by her clu-
zens during the Boxer campaign. j.
Four years ago your governmen.
was good enough to promise me tns:
when the time arrived, as token Oh
sincere friendship for China, the org
inal figures Of the indemnity would %
revised.
'True to the promise Of the e1ecu.
tive officers, received q note 1rGu
Secretary Root last Saturday nlen'
saying that the president directed MN
to cay that in his next message to COZ
gress he would be pleased to recon-
mend that China be relieved OF all oD,
liagtion in excess Of the final reVlsea
amount Of the indemnity, which luz
been set at $11. 655, 492.69. That, ~
you can see, will save China over Sls
600, 600 and also an interest OF p''
cent.
You cannot emphasize too stron. !.
" my great admiration for the lsl
spirit which has always characterl.:ssSS
the dealings Of the United States WIZ
my country. This final action Is o.
other monument to Americas n'sD
sense Of Justice. -
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Washington News

Tacoma high school graduated a
class Of II.
The state board Of higher education
met at Olympia Tuesday for session
OF several days.
It is stated that the Stetson Post
Mill company will erect large COM
bination mill at Everett.
The annual convention Of the State
Bankers Association met Thursday at
Spokane for a three days session.
Gov. Mead has appointed Dr.. G. e..
Schultz of Tacoma, a member OF the
state board of veterinary medical ex-
aminers.
Railway terminals at Seattle are
valued at $48, 332, 7s7. IL, according to
expert testimony before the state rail-
road commission.
The United States engineers depart
ment is advertising for bids for dredg-
ing Grays harbor. Over a million
cubic wards of dirt are to be removed.
o. E. H. Anderson, of Seattle, has
been awarded the contract for the ad-
ministration building of the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition, the first one
to be erected for the fair in 1909.
Grass Island, the famous ''no mans
land' in Gray's harbor, was sold on
Tuesday at public auction at the fed
eral land Office at Olympia under the
so-called isolated tract act and netted
the government 81, 1888, or $50. so an
acre. Henry Hewitt, Jr., Of Tacoma,
was the purchaser.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved FIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS Of land
made by the Northern Pacific railroad
in Washington, the land aggregating
8, 756 acres. This action will relieve
from conflict the claims of twenty
seven settlers in the Vancouver land
district and three in the Walla Walla
district.
The population of Spokane is 77,7O7,
according to the census just complet-
ed by the $50, 900 club of that city.
The commissioners of the state fair
have arranged special days as follows
Monday, September %, Fruit day (;
Tuesday, Fraternity day; Wednesday,
Tacoma day; Thursday, Seattle day;
Friday Kittitas county day; Saturday,
children's day.
In an opinion to the governor the
attorney general decides that the act
of last legislature authorizing appoint
ment of women as notaries public is
not unconstitutional. In effect the
decision holds that women are eligible
to appointment to any appointive office
under the state administration.
Northern Pacific operating officials
are preparing schedules for fast fruit
and fish train to run between Puget
sound points and Spokane. The train
will be made up Of refrigerator cars
and will carry fresh fish, Sound oys.
tiers, CLANS, etc, to Eastern Washing
ton, and returning will bring fresh
vegetables and fruits to the Sound.
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DONNA IS DISSOLVED
CAR ISSUES UkAsE BECAUSE IT
WOULDN'T OBEY.
Fundamental Laws Given Out
at Assembling Of First Parlia-
ment Changed by Emperor
Without Notice-Action De-
plored at Peace Congress.

st. Petersburg, June 17.-Emperor
Nicholas affixed his signature yester-
day morning to an imperial ukase
abolishing the present Douma and or
dering that the elections of members
to it's successor, which is to meet No
vember IA, be held under the new
election law, which provides aaginst
the 'submergence Of the educated
classes by the uneducated masses"
The means by which this is done /
by reducing the representation in dis
tricts controlled by labor and peasant
classes and increasing it in districts
where the conservatives are in control.
This action constitutes a virtual
coup d'etat and overrides the funda-
mental laws solemnly proclaimed by
his majesty on the eve Of the convoca-
ton of the first douma, which declare
that the electoral law can never be
changed without the consent OF par
lament itself. This breach of the
constitution is justified by the great
law of necessity, the advisers of the
emperor holding it impossible under
present conditions to secure q parlia-
ment capable of CO. operating harmo-
nicusly with the crown and rescuing
Russia from anarchy an d revolution.
Cabinet Sits All Night
The session of the council Of minis
tiers, at which the decisiosn to dissolve
parliament was reached, lasted from 8
o'clock in the evening until nearly 4
in the morning. The ministers had
agreed upon the terms of the ukase
before midnight, however, and draft
of it was taken Immediately to Peter
hof, where the emperor affixed his sig
nature. The news of the dissolution
was received at 1904 in the morning,
but the meeting Of the cabinet was
continued until the arrival of the
signed document. This document was
delivered by Premier Stolypin to the
official printers for publication in the
Official Messenger.
The ukase is accompanied by man.
ifesto setting forth the motives which
led the emperor to act. He adverts
to the douma's rejection of temporary
laws, it's refusal to condemn terror.
ism, the delay in ratifying the budget,
the revolutionary spirit Of a large por.
tiou of it's members, the abuse Of the
right of Interpolation and the failure
of the deouma to comply Immediately
with the demand for the exclusion oi
the 55 Social Democratic members
charged with conspiracy.
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Purchasing Prices.
The followiong prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots I. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no
tiCe.:
Grain-Oats, $4,000 per ton; bar
ley, $4,000. 80; wheat, chicken feed,
$1,000; bran, &17@1s; shorts, Sic
Gal; corn, $2s@27.
Hay-Eastern Washington, $s1@ /;
Puget Sound $4,000; alfalfa, $3.50
@17.
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, 21@22c
Poultzy-Live hens, 18c per lb; old
ROSTERS, 17c; ducks, 100; spring
chickens, tic; turkeys, live, 20@21c.
Wool-Eastern Washington 15@
1Sc per ID; Western Washington,
21@2sc; dirty or timber stained, Is
@2Oc. i
Live Stock Sheep, wethers, 70
7kc per Id; ewes, 7H@Sc; lambs.
$4,000; Hogs, 5000; Cattle, steers,
$40 ; COWS, 30; calves, AGO.
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STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION


Seattle, June 2O.-A circular les's,
has been received by newspaper ". !,
here from e. E. Beard, presldens -
the State Editorial Association glvl'II
due and official notice Of the ann ~.
meeting Of that organization a. =,
erett July %, % and ~. Aside IIoh -
the discussion Of topics Of interest," .s -
the members the main feature Of tn1 =,
meeting will be . trip in 9 spes;;t ~
chartered steamer down the s1la as
and back around through the lslan'
stopping to see the fish traps. 80.
Everett has prepared other en ses
tainment IN the form Of trolley Ilu -
banquets, stc. more than sufi1clen' :
keep the visitors busy. 4
Tho ofacial program = IN process. i
arrangement and will be sent out so0'
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Minor Happenings
Of the Week

The text Of the Russian-Japanese
fisheries treaty has been finally drafted
and will be signed this week.
The sixth national convention of the
American Federation of Catholic Soci-
cites will be held at Indianapolis July
IA to II.
A magnificent silver service, the gift
of the state of Kansas, was presented
on Monday last to the battleshlp Kan
sas at the League Island navy yard.
The German Lloyd Gazette, pub
lished at Berlin, announces that the
trade arrangement with Spain, which
Germany had announced to take effect
June 80, has been postponed.
Orders have been received fronm the
quartermaster generals office at WASH
ington to double the capacity Of the
Khauki army post near Honolulu and
to build general storehouse with OIL
ces at Honolulu.
The International Sailing Ship Own
ers' Association, at Bremen, Germany,
has removed the thirty cents differen-
tial which has existed against Port
land as compared with Puget sound
ports.
The Montana supreme court has
handed down two important opinions,
one affirming the validity of the local
option law and the other to the effect
that murder Is a bailable offense un-
less the county attorney makes show
ing that the defendant is not entitled
to bail.
Thomas P. Gore, blind man, will
probably be elected United States
senator from Oklahoma.
The Olympic theatel, at Randolph
and CLARK streets, Chicago's ''cradle
of vaudeville" as it was known to the
theatrical profession, was destroyed
by fire late Saturday night. The loss
will reach $3.50, 900.
A dispatch from Paris says J. Pier
pont Morgan has purchased the splen.
did collection of fifteenth century
udI U1o6 dAu OIOAAO0 OOAOAGAu6 w VAS
princely house of Struzzi, of Florence.
The price named is 5000, 600.
The secretary of the interior has
restored to entry, after October 80,
nearly 5000, 900 acles of land in
Alaska, which was withdrawn for the
proposed Norton Bay national forest.
It lies on the north shore of Norton
sound.
The department of commerce and
labor has awarded the contract fol-
the Swiftsure bank lightship to the
Fore River ShipbLilding Company,
of Quincy, Mass, at $4,000. II
will cost the government an extra
$50, 900 to get the ship around to the
station.
Fudge Smith Mcpherson, in the
United States district court at Kansas
City issued an order restraining the
state auditor from enforcing the Dow.
ell bill, passed by the last legislature,
taxing each transaction in grain
futures 26 cents. The law went into
effect Saturday.
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State Officers Reappointed

Olympia. June 15.-Under an opin-
ion by the attorney general, that old
appointments were void because Of
new laws effective June IL, Gov. Mead
has reappointed +. A. CLARK, Of Ever
EFT, as state oil inspector; +. A.Hunt-
ley, OF North Yakima, as commission
or Of horticulture; L 8. Davies, Of
Davenport, a. state dairy and food
commissioner; A. w. Engle. of Seattle,
as state bank examiner.
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believes that publicity win n,...
her being placed in . false posi ttiio,sa'

suspicious
Il il idle to deny that thu 49,.
onism 6 Crest Britain and G.s su.Es
overshadows the conference M
aer1nans come 70 The Hague a,. tas
y suspicious that the group Of no'
Of which Great Britain is tho t wv
bone intend to try to maneuve, '1ct
into position where failure e. nsf
anything in the direction Of thu - r.. 10
tation Of ornaments will bs ls;a
her door. In the event Of a a., 20
the immense strength Of the Init.
States, free as 10 is from Euronean ssa
picion and backed by Latin Ama, w.
Is universally recognized. For ~:
reason the American delegates r. ~
conference will act with circnm., sus
ton. The Americans maintain ors'.
reserve, but it can be stated posit;rs s'
that they have no sensational now !;
the matter OF limitation for the nv. -
emit.
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Wheat-Club. $50 q bluestem,
SIG red, $40
Oats - 8l.50$@s2; rolled oats
$S1. 6O@Sa. aks.ss4Q
Hay, Alfalfa, Etc.-Wheat hay, $1s
Gal; timothy, $s7@$29; mixed, $15
GAO; clover, $21@2s; alfalfa, Gle
gle.
Feed-Corn, sac; wheat, $s1; bar
ley, whole grain, $25; rolled,
t2e@27; shorts. $2l@ss; bran, $40
Gao.
Poultry-Turkeys, dressed, $50;
chickens, dressed, l9c; ducks, dressed
l8c; geese, dressed, Ice. Live Hens
l6c; ducks, lac; geese, lie.
Butter-Washington creamery. 22c;
fresh Eastern, 20c.
Observation-Disclosures ranch, Ale.
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Two-Cent Fare E:nioined

Kansas City, June 15.-District
Judge Mcpherson has granted the Pc
tition Of the eighteen Missouri rail
roads for temporary order restrain
ing the state officials from putting in
to effect both tho maximum freight
rate law and the two cent passenger
rate law.
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European Situation Delicate

The trouble they say lies in the Eu-
ropean situation, which is so delicate
that no single power apparently ID
ready to propose q formula, lest 1t
jeopardize the extremely useful work
OF ameliorating the horrors Of wal, de-
fining the rights Of neutrals. perhaps
extending the principle Of arbitration,
ETC., which may be accomplished.
The powers favoring q discussion Of
. proposal to reduce ornaments fear
that unless it Is brought up the whole
idea may fall into universal ridicule.
At the outset it is seen that the i'm
pprtant thing to avoid is discord, and
with the purpose Of permitting q fur
Their exchange Of views and in order
that the delegates may get better ac-
quainted it was decided to postpone
the second session Of the conference
from Saturday to Tuesday.
Some optimists incline to the opin-
lon that the fact that the difficulties
are fully appreciated in advance Is
only likely to make the ultimate result
richer. Upon the single question Of
publicity, the jealousy Of the powers
has contributed directly to bringing
about q view totally different from
that which prevailed IN 1899. Then
not = single power supported the mo-
ton for publicity. Today Germany
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Washington, June 15.-The secretary
Of the treasury has issued a call for
the return to the treasury by July 10
of $50, 600, 600 now on deposit in ma
tional bank repositories.
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.FINANCIERS PREPARE
TO ATTACK HARTMAN

New York, June 17.-According to
information given to the Hearst News
Service by the senior partner Of one
of the greatest law firms in the flnan-
cial district, a combination Of finan-
eiers has been formed and will stand
behind legal proceedings shortly to
be begun in an effort to compel the
Union Pacific Railroad Company to
dispose of all stock in parallel or COM
peting lines recently purchased by
the Union Pacific company.
It is theintention of these flnanciers,
says the attorney. to take no action
until the stockholders have voted in
favor Of the mortgage and bond issue
in the meeting at Salt Lake City.
If the stockholders approve the bond
issue, the suit will be tegun both in
the state and federal courts. The
exact date Of the filing has not been
decided upoon, the attorney says, but
the suit will probably be on record by
July 10, on which date the right of
stockholders to subscribe to the bonds
will expire.
Rely on Northern Securities Case
This suit will be, in substan ce, an
action to restrain the nion Pacific
from executing any mortgage to Sc
curethe proposed bond issue, or, if the
mortgage be already executed, then
to restrain the issue Of theb onds.
The suit will also demand that all
stocks in question be disposed Of i'm.
mediately.
Precedents relied on in this suit are
found in the Northern Securities liti-
cation and in the permanent injjunc-
ton recently issued against the Cal
umet & Hecla Co. by the United States
circuit court in Michigan forbid
ding the company to hold stocks of
the Osceola and Tamarack Mining
Company.
To such an extent has this principle
teen carried that in the G alumet q
Hecla case the company was enjoined
from owning mines. It was the same
principle that defeated Hartman
when, after tho Northern Securities
case had been decided, he sought
through the United States supreme
court to upset the Hill plan Of distr1-
buting the stocks. Stocks which the
MON Pacific will be compelled to dis
pose Of il this litigation succe. de will
be purchased at Of about 500, 600,
600 and include shares in the San
Pedro, the Illinois Central, the Alton,
the Atchison and the st. Paul rail-
ways. The stocks are selected be-
cause they are believed to be fairly
within the law forbidding ownership
Of securities Of competing lines.