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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-30
TEST CASE At MILFORD.
Oyster Men Hire Counsel to Defend
Their Secretary.

Milford, July 29.-Oyster men who
operate the natural oyster grounds in
the sound between Charles Island and
stratford Point have retained coun-
sci to defend Eugene Hoyt, secretary
Of the Natural oyster Growers assoc
citation, who has been arrested in Mil
ford for using dredge in taking oys-
ters from the natural beds
Under the state law controlling the
natural oyster grounds Prosecuting
Attorney Platt of Milford claims that
the use of dredges on the natural beds
Is prohibited.
The natural owners claim that Hen
ry G. Rowe of New Haven takes oysters
with a dredge on the grounds off MIL
ford, and claim that If Mr. Rowe is
permitted to dredge the oysters, that
the other oystermen should have the
same privilege Prosecutor Platt says
that Mr.. Rowe dredges on ground that
belongs to him. and which was decided
to him by the selectmen of Milford, end
that he is not violating the law
The Natural Growers association in
tend to take the case to the supreme
court to get a decision.
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AT THE LOCAL THEATERS.
At pcIrs.

At Pcli's.
Miss Gertrude shipman will play the
leading and title role in la Belle
Marie all this week at Polls theater,
this being her final appearance in this
city. The company opened its engage.
nent very successfully yesterday.
LA Belle Marie" is comedy drama
Of the stirring type, being one Of the
best ever written. It gives the LEADING
lady an exceptional opportunity and
Miss shipman will prove equal to the
task, The entire company will be vel,
cast in the production, which bids fail
to be a record breaker for attendance
Souvenir and reception days will be
announced later.
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DECISIONS RESERVED.
Telegraph Companies Opposing Arbi-
trnticn With Employees.

New York, July 29.--After a long
argument to-day on the application Of
the Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph companies to vacate the order OBJ
tanned by Attorney General jackson
for the appointment of referee to
take testimony before a suit to be
brought by him against the telegraph
companies, Justice Hendricl5. in the SUI
preme court, reserved his decision I'M
til later, Attorney General jackson
seeks to annul an alleged contract be-
tween the companies, in which thew
agreed to maintain rates. and he re-
Gently obtained an order for the ap-
pointment Of a referee to take testi-
H1Ony before the suit
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-30
MorItgnges.

Chas. T. Lincoln to New Haven Pro
gressive Building association, land with
building, Mckinley avenue, IS feet,
So, 600.
Angelo Musco ct ux, to Caroline
Buckingham, land, Wallace street, SO
feet, S4,500
James D. Malloy to New Haven Gas
Light company, land, Foster street, IS
feet. $4,000
Percy S. Hurst, ct Tx, to Joshua 1.
Myers, Land with buildings, Howard
avenue, 30 feet, $1,000.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-30
Whore the Shoe Ptnches.

1.-THE venerable judge of the county
doesn't fine the motorists for speeding
like he used to-" remarked the man
in the big green touring car.
BY heck. no" drawled the rural con-
stable. "Yeou see, the judge took in
SO much in fines that swing ding it,
he's gone and bought a racing auto
mobile fer himself. Chicago NewG
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-30
REMOVES COMMISSIONER.
Summary Action Taken by Governor
Folk Following Disagreement.

Kansas city July 29.-Frank F. Ro-
zelle, police commissioner, was sum
marily removed this afternoon by order
of Governor Folk. Governor Folk had
first requested the commissioners res
ignation, because of their disagreement
over the reappointment of John Hayes
as chief of police who is opposed by
the governor, but later he ousted the
commissioner from office.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-30

The following permits were issued
yesterday:
Owner, Simeon e. Baldwin. Descrip-
ton and location, brick building on
Grand avenue, cost, $14, 900.
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Building News.

The following applications for build
ing permits we're filed with the building
inspector yesterday:
Owner, Troop A, c. N. G. Descrip-
tion and location, new stable on Orange
street, cost, $1,000,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-30

Paris, July 29.-Leroy Park, agent
in Europe of the Isthmian canal com
mission, has assumed his new duties
as special attache of the American en-
bassy here.
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Quit Claims.


Raffaele Acabbo to Gasparo Coppola,
land, Frank street, 60 feet.
Jane T. Kingsley trustee to Karl Ia
melski, land with buildings, Judson
avenue, 70 feet.
Beckie Eichnnan to Jacob Mayer, land
with buildings, Rosette street, 80 feet.
John e. Tomas ct al to Caroline
Buckingham, land, Greenwich avenue,
81 feet.
j. Birney futile to Jean Pardee
Clark, land, Fountain street, rs feet;
Forest street, lao feet
John c, Clark to j. Birney futile,
land, Fountain street, Is feet; Forest
street, $40 feet.
Deep River Savings bank to John c.
Clark, a certain mortgage.
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real ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
DEEDS AS RECORDED
Quit Claims, Warrantees,
Mortgages and Attach
ments Filed.

The following real estate transact
tons were recorded in the town clerk S
Office yesterday:
Warrantees.
Benjamin R. English to Thomas
O'Brien, land. COTE street, A feet.
Caroline Buckingham to Diodata P.
Marco, land with buildings, Wallace
street, 80 feet.
Antonio Prostaino to Andrea Prosta-
MO, land with buildings, first piece,
Wooster street, "a feet; second piece,
Wooster street, % feet.
Warra ct
Natalie Acunto to Chris Ledany, land
with buildings, Wooster street, 27 feet.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-30

Prince & Whitley wired from New
York late on the afternoon to its
branch here as follows; Market still
very professional and trading element
generally against values but We cannot
but feel that under existing conditions
there is noting IN the immediate situa-
ton at home to cause any material de-
cline and while we do not look for any
sustained advance on scale down we in
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-30

four years old. y Ashburton street,
this city, was seriously burned while
at play this afternoon. Her clothes
caught fire in some unexplained way,
and We're burned off her before aid
came.
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Brown-TaiI Poison, Itch, Rash.
"THE HOUSEHOLD SURGEON" Cures
Druggists refund money If DIR POR-
TER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL,
fails 25e
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CHILD BURNED AT PLAY.

Flames Consume Clothing Before Help
Comes.
Providence, r. /, July 29.-In some
unaccountable way Rebekah Kilburg,
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Late features OF
THE STOCK Market
CONTINUED from Eleventh Page,)


prise After running up at the closing
Saturday in the face Of an enormous
loan expansion it was thought that
manipulation could carry prices still
higher. Commission houses reported a
small increase of orders.
Regarding the rumor affecting the
Niplssing company, President Earle
said: "Nipissing is in better physical
shape than 1t ever has been. AS to
dividends being passed or cut, that is
extremely unlikely. When the last div
idend of per cent. was paid on July
20 our treasurer's report showed about
$4,000 available in cash and ore in
transit and at the smelter. Deduct
$4,000, the amount of one quarters
dividend, and $4,000 remains-enough
to pay three more dividends at the
same rate"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16
THE ORIGIN OF
VALENTINES DAY
DATES BACK TO FEAST OF LII.
PERCALIA AT ROME

st. Valentine Was Christian Bishop
Executed Feb. IA, A. ID. 27O by
Oroer OF the Pagan Emperor Mar
Gus Aureltus-How the Valentine
Custom Spread from Rome.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16

The price of electric light wire has
advanced over fifty per cent. since
work began upon the system here.
The company received 5000 worth OF
new wire this week. Electricians
are busy wiring buildings and ex-
tending the street lines. At the low
rates which the company is now Civ
ing, electric Fights are cheaper than
coal oil at present prices, besides be-
ing FIR nicer and more convenient.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16
Special Meeting
of Commissioners

The frs NEE ting of the new board
of commissioners was held iE the com
missioners' room in the new court
house Monday, with all members ana
the clerk present.
The board organized by electing
Commissioner Isaac Sandwith chair
man.
The liquor license bond of w. H.
McCrary was approved, the board re-
fusing, after considering petitions Of
protest and listening to oral arc u
ments in support of them to revoke
the order of the former board grant
ing the license.
The bonds of G. LomIer, justice of
the peace of Waldron precinct. and
Ed Gilshenan, constable, and Of L. c..
Larson, justice of the peace at Fri
day Harbor, were approved.
George Sutherland, of East Sound,
was appointed road supervisor OF the
Orcas island district, Omer Freel,
who was appointed by the retiring
board, having failed to qualify.
A resolution was adopted directing
the prosecuting attorney and sheriff
to see that the liquor dealers comply
strictly with the law governing sa-
looms and to institute proceedings for
the forfeiture of their licenses if the
law is violated.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16
LincOln's Birthplace

The farm where Abraham Lincoln
was born, near Hodgenville, Ken
lucky, comprises 12O acres. It's less
than hundred miles from the center
Of population in the United States.
The little old log cabin Of one room,
with dirt floor, in which the great
man was born has been exhibited to
patriotic Americans in u Louisville
park, but the Lincoln Farm associa-
tion will restore it to its original site
for permanent preservation. The
farm will be improved and beaatified
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16
Farmers Complaint
Against Cur Dogs

In personal note to the editor a
well known Lopez island farmer gives
expression to his grievance which is
shared by many people both in town
and country, against worthless dogs
being permitted to run at large along
tre highways and over neighbors'
premises, frightening horses on the
roads and live stock in the fields.
He says:
"When you drive out in the country
with your family how does it strike
you to have dog run out and snap
and bark at your horse and try to
frighten your children Horse may
try to run away and perhaps sue
ceed if your wife or daughter happens
to be driving. Or perhaps you may
have little hobby in a flock of one
hundred or so Southdown ewes in
which you take a pardonable pride
after eight or nine years of careful
culling and grading. Just when they
are heavy with lambs how would you
like to have dog run amuck among
them and kill few, lame few and
frighten the remainder away so that
you have great difficulty in getting
them back to the corral? Then how
do you enjoy getting your notice Of
personal property tax, reminding you
that you must pay taxes upon your
horse and sheep while the dog goes
free 2"
There is undoubtedly too frequent
cause for such complaints as the
above. Owners of valuable shepherd
dogs, or high bred dogs of any breed,
are generally able and willing to con-
troll them and they should also be
willing to pay taxes upon them, while
owners OF worthless ours would prob
ably dispose Of them rather than pay
the tax.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16
Mr.. McCrary Corrects
A Misstatem e n t

EDITOR IsLANDER:-Will you permit
me to refute in your columns the state
ment, as it appears Of record in the pro-
ceedings of the board Of county commits
sioners. that my application for liquor
license was endorsed by large proper
ton Of the business men and large prop
erty holders residing IN Friday Harbor,
including Messrs. o. II. Culver, Gene G.
Gould, Bugge Bros, L. B. Carter, G. B.
briggs and others."
MY application, which was granted by
the retiring board Of commissioners at
their session in January, was not endorsed
by any one. and not one of tho gentlemen
mentioned knew that contemplated
making any such application. In COM
mon with many other citizens, however,
including the chairman of the board OF
county commissioners and nearly all OF
tho retiring county officers, as well ss
their successors, they did. AFTER THE
LICENSE WAS GRANTED, do me the
favor to sign letter to the Seattle Brow
ing and Mating Company, stating that in
their opinion I was suitable and coni-
petent person to conduct . retail liquor
business here. / never asked any Of tho
gentlemen whose names seem to have
been singled out for public record. to en-
dorss an application for me or recommend
that license be issued to me, and none OF
them ever did 20, although considerable
number Of other citizens did sign such .
. paper on the day that the now commits
sioners met, and this paper was hlsd with
the board. plainly stated to tho board
that the other endorsement was dirscted
to the Seattle Brewing q Mating Com
pany. And wish now to emphasize the
statement that tho letter was circulated
and s,gnsd aiter my application for IL
cense had been granted, merely to assure
the brewing company that statements
which had been sent to them from here
with the purpose Of iniuring my business
standing were untrue and unfair.
w. III. McCRARY
Friday Harbor, February a.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16

4 FACT in natural history, to r-it,
- that birds in Southern Eu:epe
pair about the middle of February. is
said to have inspired custom of the
ancient Romans, to which the origin
of the modern valentine can un5oubt-
edly be traced. At the feast of the
Lupercaha, held in honor of the great
god Pan, the names of the virgin
daughters of Rome were put in box,
and drawn therefrom by the young
men. Each youth was bound to Of
fer a gift to the maiden who fell to
his lot, and tn make her his partner
during the time of the feast. How this
secular custom became allied to the
name of a saints altogether a different
matter. St. Valentine was bishop
of Rome during the third century.
He is said to have been a man of very
amiable nature, and most eloquent of
speech, wherefore he was very sue
cessful in converting the pagan Ro-
mans to Christianity. Marcus Au-
relius was then emperor, relentless
prosecutor of the Christians, and by
his order the bishop was beheaded.
The date of his death was February
IA, 27O A. D. We find the statement
in Archbishop Wheatley's ''1llustra
tions of the Book of Common Prayer"
that 'St. Valentine was man of ad-
mirable parts, and so famous for his
love and charity that the custom of
choosing valentines upon his festival
stook it's rise from thence" But prob
ably the connection of name is wholly
due to coincidence of date. When
the saints name was placed in the
church calendar, the day of his death
was made a festival, to Offset that Of
Lupercalia, on the 18th. In Allen But
ler's elves Of the Saints" we read
that the jealous Christian fathers
tried to substitute the names Of saints
for those of girls in the lottery game,
but without success. So the "valen-
tine" custom spread from Rome
throughout Europe to Great Britian,
always in high favor, and later, in the
form of sending tender missives, came
to America, and down to the present
time.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16
Senator Blair Popular
With Press Reporters

The press representatives at
Olympia evidently have mos t
friendly feeling for Senator Blair, OF
this county, if we may Judge from
their comments from time to time
upon his personality and his work.
Not long ago the Post-Intelligencer
referred to him as the ''grand old
man of the senate" and the same pa.
per, in its issue of last Monday, con-
tanned the following, which was given
prominent place in it's staff CORES
pondence:
"When Senator Blair started for Olym-
pia to attend his first session of tho legis-
lature of this state, he brought with him
silver pen which he has carried con-
stantly since the year 1872. 1t is curious
ly characteristic of the old senator, index
ing the system which has characterized
every activity he has entered. He came
into possession of the pen when he was a
member Of the Minnesota legislature as .
representative, and he has neither lost nor
grown tired of the quaint silver instru-
ment from that day to this.
''The Oluest member of the senate, who
came here from his farm at Friday Har-
Dor because his neighbors insisted that he
should come, is rs regular in his habits as
hs is careful of his pen. It is seldom that
the hour Of sees him in the lobby of the
Mitchell, wnere he lives. When one does
see him sitting in front of tho dance Of the
great wood fire OF the popular resort of
the legislators, if the observer were to
draw near enough to listen, it would not
be politics that the old man would be dis
cussing. but he would in all likelihood
be telling of his march to the sea with
Sherman in the civil war days.
''In the front row Of the senate chamber
the old senator cuts picturesque figure
among the political gamesters-his hair
white and long, his face cheerful and al
ways interested"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16
II Asst Tuesday was the 98th ami
~ vnrcarvAOf tho birth of hra

II Asst Tuesday was the 98th ami
~ versaryof the birth of Abra
ham Lincoln. The veneration of the
American people for the memory of
the martyred president seems to in
crease rather than diminish as the
years roll on, and old and young alik e
are interested in any story told con-
corning him about which there is a
semblance of truth.
In her book ''Dixie After the War
Mrs. Myrta Lockett Avary tells the
following new Lincoln story in con-
nection with General Pickett, who led
the famous charge at Gettysburg
Mrs. Avary says: "Mr Lincoln
had taken warm interest in young
George Pickett as cadet at West
Point. During his hurried sojourn in
Richmond, Lincoln's carriage and
armed retinue drew up in front of the
old Pickett mansion. The generals S
young wife came out with her ba oy in
her arms and said, II am General
Pickett's wife,"
Madam" Lincoln answered, 81
am Georges old friend, Abraham
Lincoln.
''The president of the United
States?" she. asked.
FNo," said the visitor, wish smile,
''only Abraham Lincoln, Georges old
friend"
The child reached out his hands,
and when Lincoln took him in his arms
he kissed the president.
"Tell your father" said Lincoln,
''that will grant him special am
nesty-if he wants it-for the sake of
your mothers bright eyes acd your
good manners.
The story is quite characteristic of
Lincoln's kindly and forgiving spirit.
Lincoln became interested in Pick
ett through an early law partner who
was an uncle of the young Virginian
and through him Lincoln assisted in
sectring for Pickett his appointment
as cadet at West Point in the 1ly
forties. When the great emanci-
pator was elected president, Pick
ett was here in command of the
garrison at "Fort San Juan" He
lived with an Indian woman who bore
him son who had considerable skill
as an artist. It was he who made the
crayon portrait of Capt. Pickett
which hung for many years over the
fire place in the late Capt. Warbass'
cottage here. After leaving here in
1861, Pickett resigned his commission
in the Union army and offered his SER
vices to the Confederacy. He mar
ried an accomplished southern lady,
who still lives in Washington, D. C.
Lincoln's visit to Richmond, above
referred to, was made on the 4th and
9TH of April, 1865. While there he
occupied the "White House of the
Confederacy," which had been hur-
riedly vacated only few days before
by Jefferson Davis and his family.
When he and his little party, consist
ing of four friends and guard of ten
marines, entered Richmond it is re-
lated that an old negro threw him
self at the feet OF Lincoln, kissing the
big boots which he wore, and cried
out:
"Bress de Lawd! Heah am de
great Messiah p
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16
An Ancient Definition

An old writer who lived many years
before the Matthews Roosevelt re-
formed spelling was promulgated de-
fined 8 valentine to be "ye firste q
mankynde that maybe shalle see on
We Saynte Valentyne's daye or ye
firste maybe that man shalle see On
Saynte Yalentyne's morne.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16
Operate Event
In Bellinghan

Music lovers, as well as all theater-
goers throughout this section of the
country will be delighted at the COM
ing opportunity to hear the widely
heralded and beautiful grand opera
Madam Butterfly" at Beck's thea
ter, BeLingham, Wednesday, March
9Th.
MADAM Butterfly" viii be sung by
Henry W. Savage's New English
Grano Opera Company, especially or
oanized for the first American pro-
duction Of this masterpiece Of master
pieces. A triple cast of artists IS
necessary, and each Of the thr. 9
prima donnas has won personal
triumph in the title role. The entire
company numbering $50 people. in
cluding the grand orchestra Of sixty
musicians, under three conductors
will come here direct from its engage
ment at the Garden theater, New
York.
Mr.. Savage spent eight months in
organizing his company, his agents
visiting every prominent opera house
in Europe for available prima donnas
to sing the exscting role.
The entire cast of madam Butter
Av" numbers nearly twenty roles with
. chorus Of geisha girls, ladies, Jap
anese officials and friends OF Butter
fly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16
Runaway Boys

Two runaway boys from Anacortes,
Frank Davis and Charlie Brown,
about thirteen wears old, we're found
by Sheriff Delaney and sent home this
week. They had been stopping with
some suspicious characters who have
been hanging around Mitchell bay
lately.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16
Old Court House Vacated

All the county officers are now Sc,
tied in the new court house. The old
building, in which practically all of
the county's official history has been
written, is now vacant and will soon
be moved by w. H. Little, who has
bought it, to the lot in the rear of it's
present location.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
AND GEN. PICKETT
A NEW STORY ABOUT THE GREAT
EMANCIPATION

He Was a Friend of Captain Pickett,
Well Known to the First Settlers
of San Juan Island, Long Before
the Outbreak of the Civil War
His Visit to Richmond in 1864.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16

island. She is to be fifty feet in
length, about eleven feet beam and
handsomely finished throughout. Mo-
tive power is to be furnished by a
fifty horse power Standard engine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16

A new and much larger telephone
switch board viii soon be installed ~
| the central Office here and the fSne
now in use win be transferred "a ls
principal Office Of the c. ~ l1
system. q
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16

by this associat tion, of which Goverc- :,
or Folk, of Missouri is president.
Every old landmark connecting the
place with Lincoln's boyhood will be
preserved.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-16

Fred II. McMillin is having . beau
tiful gasoline yacht built at the
Schruder yard at Mud bay, Lopez