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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
SUPERVISORS ISSUE
TAKEN into COURT

San Francisco. Aug. 3.-The issue
between the board of supervisors ap-
pointed by Mayor Taylor and the four
teen men named by ex-Mayor Schmitz
for the same Office was brought into
the courts yesterday, when Presiding
Judge Co6ey, on application Of Attor-
ney W. B. Kollmyer, on behalf of the
Taylor appointees, issued temporary
restraining order to prevent the
Schmitz board from making any move
toward assuming office.
Kollmyer, on behalf of the board,
fled an application for an injunction
at the office of the county clerk, alleg-
ing that it is part Of the plan Of the
Schmitz men to seize the office, rec
ords, seal and other belongings OF the
supervisors and attempt to usurp the
authority OF the board.
It is alleged that Chief of Police Dr.
nan intends to aid the fourteen unli-
censed men in this raid on the super
visors' Offices, and the court is asked
to restrain them all from doing any
thing in this direction.
Judge Oofey issued temporary re-
straining order and assigned the case
to Judge Seawell in department No. /.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
new WAREHOUSE TICKET
AROUSES THE Farmers

Spokane, Aug. 6.-The new ware.
house ticket with which wheat men Of
the state must do business, was made
public yesterday by The alleged w-re-
house trust, and q great protest IS oe
ing made. It is claimed this ticket Is
so worded as to throttle the indepena'
emit buyer. It was not until a week OF
two ago that the news became known
that there would be so per cent H.
crease in storage charges, local man.
ayers claiming they did not know any
thing about it, as they had not IT,
ceived their tickets.
Farmers must waive all claims 1of
loss by fire, according to the new
ticket, and it is said this will raSe
insurance rates 500 per cent. Ine
man who gets the grain must pay ~
all storage, handling, resacklns'
Irvine and other expenses.
An independent buyer could DC a.
sessed enough to make the bushes,
prohibitive. Farmers say this 'n'De
was held back until to late to paw
independent elevators erected. LIE
form of ticket calls for waiver =,
damages, both against the rallloat
and the warehouses, which shows 1na :"
both Of these interests got together "
making out the form. With the -
crease in prices and the restrlctlons -,
placed on trade, the growers cia',.
they are at the mercy Of the Commune
tion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
CONVICT LABOR TO
BUILD STATE ROADS

Olympia, Aug. 3.-Thirty convicts
from the state penitentiary at Walla
Walla, ia charge of five guards, will
leave the prison in few days for Pa
teros, Okanogan county, where they
will be employed constructing one of
the new state roads authorized by the
last legislature. Under the new law
the penitentiary is furnishing these
convicts at the request of the state
higway board. The cost of transport
ing the prisoners, their food and
clothing while employed on the work,
and generally the cost of conducting
the camp, will be paid out of the ap-
preparation for the road, except that
no wages will be figured for the labor
of the convicts.
The work there will be under the
direction of Joseph Snow, state high
way commissioner, who has had per-
sonal charge of construction of the
csmp and has just completed final ar
rangements with the board of control
for securing the men.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
STANDARD and RAILROADS
LIKELY TO COOPERATE

Chicago, Aug. 7.-Conferences in
dicating combination of interests be-
tween the Standard Oil corporation
andthe railroad officials to fight fur
ther government investigation are in
progress in Chicago and New York,
according to the Chicago Record Her
aid.
The Alton, the Burlington and the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois lines,
jointly named in the 4, 391 indictments
returned by federal grand jury, are
represented in the negotiations. At
torneys John 8. Miller and Moritz
Rosenthal, for the Standard Oil Com
pany, have been instructed to shorten
their vacations.
The attitude of Judge Lands in de-
claring the railroads equally culpoable
with the oil corporation in rebating
offenses and calling of the special
grand jury, has caused the hasty
banding together Of the different In
terests.
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TO PROVE AMITY|
JAPAN and UNITED STATES TO
DEMONSTRATE FRIENDSHIP.
Demonstration Will Take Form
of Negotiations for the Remov-
al of All Differences Which
Have Arisen--War Talk De-
clared All Political.

Chicago, Aug. 5.-A special dis
patch to the Tribune from Washing
ton says: Japan and the United States
propose to demonstrate to each other
and to the world their mutual desire
to maintain close and friendly rela-
tions. The demonstration is to, take
the form of negotiations for the re-
moval of all differences which have
arisen between them. As result OF
Investigations into Asiatic immigra-
tion conditions which Secretary Stratus
and the Japanese commission are max
ing the two governments will be in a
position to approach the settlement OF
the grave exclusion question with a
better appreciation Of each others ne
cessities and embarrassments.
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Washington News

Snohomish slough, near LaConer,
will be dredged by the government.
The steamship Victoria sailed from
Nome Saturday with 500 passengers
and half million in gold.
Seattle is to have public market.
which will be opened on August II. 1t
will be located at Pike place, just
north of Pike street.
Gov. Mead has paroled three Walla
Walla convicts, sentenced from the
Eastern part of the state. Their
names are w. A. Lewis, John Hayes
and Matt Nealen.
The United States army transport
Dix left Seattle Tuesday for the Phil
ippines and Honolulu with one of the
largest single cargoes of supplies ever
taken from Seattle, amounting to 2, 300
tons.
Traffic managers of the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern railroads
say that the railroads will not be
hampered by a shortage of cars this
fall in handling the bumper Washing
ton wheat crop, estimated at $4,000,
600 bushels.
Guggenheim interests have award
ed contracts or 800, 600 feet of bridge
timbers to be provided Immediately
by Puget Sound mills for use on the
Copper River and Northwestern,
building from Katalla to the interior.
Deliveries are to begin Immediately
and to be all in the North tefore the
end of fall.
Sixty-Uhree bushels to the acre is
one Walla Walla farmers wheat yield
on ninety acre field.
The new steel bridge over the Hump
tulips river was opened for traffic last
Wednesday afternoon, the connecting
link in the roadway between Seattle
and the Pacific ocean beach thus COM
pleted. The roadway is in fair con-
ditiion but is heavy with loose gravel.
Gov. Mead offers $1,000 for the ar
rest of John Riplinger, embezzling
city comptroller of Seattle. The gov
ernor will also make renewed efforts
to induce the state department to use
it's good Offices to induce the Hondu-
ras authorities to surrender Riplinger
if he is in that country.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
king and KAISER TO
MAKE UP DIFFERENCES

Vienna, Aug. 3.-The meeting of
King Edward and Emperor Francis
Joseph at Isehl on August Is is of
high political Importance. In addi-
ton to discussing international uues-
lions, it is stated that Emperor Fran
CHS Joseph will assume the role of in
termediary to bring about a final re-
conclllatlon between King Edward
ard Emperor William of Germany.
while the reconciliatory policy will
eliminate in an endeavor to establish
an entente cordial between the two
groups OF powers headed by Great
Britain and France on the one side
and Germany and Austria on the
other side, for which purpose King
EDWARD is seeking the assistance Of
the two emperors.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
ALABAMA CANCELS
RAILWAY LICENSE

Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 3.-The
license of the Southern Railway to do
business in Alabama has been revoked
by action of Secretary of State Julian,
for alleged violation of senate bill SO
effective July 1.
This action of the secretary of state
is not in resistance of restraining or
ders issued by the United States court
of the fifth circuit, as this law is not
among those combatted by the rail-
roads and not included in any of the
litigation now pending in the court of
Federal Judge Jones, Of the Middle
Alabama district.
The case upon which the revocation
was made came from the circui4 court
of Talladega county in the shape of a
mobilization from Clerk Mcneil. The
suit has been removed from the state
circuit court to the federal court.
Secretary Julian Investigated the
law and decided there was nothing
else to do but mark the license can
celled, as the action of the statute is
automatic.
The act provides that when any for
eign corporation is sued in the state
courts and removes such suit from the
state court to the federal courts, the
clerF of the court from which the re-
moval was taken will at once certify
such action to the secretary of state,
"who shall thereupon Immediately
cBncel such license and make and en-
ter upon the stub thereof an order
in substance.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
war TALK confined TO
JAPANESE POLITICIANS

San Francisco, Aug. 6.-Among the
arrivals on the Nippon Maru yesterday
~as P. F. Casey, who made some study
of conditions in Japan. He is on his
way to his home in Auburn, N. Y,
after finishing tour of the world.
He says that the war talk in Japan is
confined to the politicians of the Pro-
gressive party, who are opposed to the
present ministry. He continued:
'There is no talk of war with this
country among the great mass of peo-
pie nor among the government off,
Gals, and I believe the whole thing is
confined to political move on the
part of small coterie Of japanese
politicians Any reference to the gov
eminent being forced to assume an in
imical attitude toward this country by
the power of popular opinion is sheer
nonsense.
"While Japan has a national diet,
the suffrage is confined to about two
per cent of the entire population, the
others being disfranchised by lack of
property qualifications. With ninety
eight per cent of the people having no
vote their opinion has little weight in
shaping the policy of the government.
''The present ministry is very
friendly with the United States and
the party out of power-the Progress
sives, as they are called-is simply
agitating war with this country in or
der to embarrass the government to
create an issue for the coming cleo
ton. think the whole thing has no
significance outside of the phase offer.
ed by japanese politics. = The Progress
sives have several newspapers cores
ponding to the jingoes in this country,
and they of course publish infamma.
tory editorials, with the object OF
working up feeling in support of
their cause. None of these news
papers have much standing with the
better class of Japanese.
"These organs agitate war in spite
of the fact that they know Japan is
financially unable to make war. The
national debt is so heavy that it is
impossible for the government to bor-
row money, regardless of the quality
of the securities they have to offer.
This fact is generally recognized in
Japan"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
COMMISSIONER Smith
ADDS A few STRAWS

Washington, Aug. 5.-Signihcant
revelations are made public in report
submitted to President Roosevelt by
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner OF
corporations, concerning operations OF
the Standard Oil Company.
In previous report the means and
methods of the Standard Oil Company
we're explained. The present report
sets forth the results nf these methods
and the effect they have had on the
consumer of oil and on the profits of
the Standard Oil Company. Among
other things Commissioner Smith says
"The Standard Oil Company is re
sponsible for the course of prices of
petroleum and its products during the
last twenty-five years. The Standard
has consistently used it's power to raise
the price of oil during the last ten
years, not only absolutely, but rela-
lively to the cost of crude oil.
''The Standard has claimed that it
has reduced the price of oil; that it
has been a benefit to the consumer;
and only great combination like the
standard could have furnished oil at
the prices that have prevailed.
Each one of these Claims" says
Commissioner Smith, lis disproved by
this report.
The increase in annual profits of the
Standard Oil Company from 1896 to
1904 was more than $27, 1000, 900.
The report says:
"The total dividends paid by the
Standard from 1902 to 1905 were
1851, 922, 1874, thus averaging 24.15 per
cent year. The dividends, however,
were much less than the total earn
ings. 1t is substantially certain that
the entire net earnings of the Stand.
ard from 1882 to 1905 were at least
$500, 600, 600, and possibly much more.
These enormous profits have been
based on an investment worth at the
time of the original acquisition not
more than $75, 900, 0OO."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
Pennsylvania Capitol Graft

Beach Haven, N. j.. Aug. On n
Charles Montague Of Brooklyn: .,
expert on metal furniture, shows y
his report submitted to the P enn';
vania capitol Investigation CONN., J,
tee that the state was cheated ou ,,, .
more than million and half dol, .a,.
on the 81, 900, 900 contract for ms san
lilo Furnishings. The COMMITTEES ~ -
it's first session here. The report az
Mr.. Montague occupied the gre'''
part Of the session
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
ORIENTAL FLEET FOR
MILWAUKEE, RAILROAD

Seattle, Aug. 3.-President A. J.
Earring of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul railway, in an interview
said the Milwaukee will have fleet
Of large steamships plying between
Puget Sound and the Orient when the
extension Of his road is finished in
1909. A tentative agreement has been
made with the, Osaka Shosen Kaisha
to operate the line. Nine vessels,
each having capacity Of II, 1000 tons,
are now building in Japan. The
latest ship, under the agreement, il
to be delivered not later than Febru-
airy, 1909.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
Orders Dissolution OF Trust

Chicago, Aug. 6.-Judge Lands in
the United States district court yes
terday ordered the dissolution Of tie
church and school furniture trust re-
GENTLY punished by fines amounting to
$43, 600 for admitted violation of the
antitrust laws. The court entered a
decree making permanent the injunc-
tions recently granted against the COM
panies which were recently fined, re-
straining them from further trust
agreements or conspiracies to monopo-
lie and restrain trade in violation of
the law.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
ALL NIGHT POLICE COIN.
New York Has New Department .,,...
Deepening. uee


New York, Aug. 5.-There will,
languishing in cells on a dasl " no
geant's say SO nor premiums na;. Ser'
professional bondsmen on trnmnau. TO
arrest cases in this city. From
on policeman who makes an ss. nov
ny hour Of the day or night will ' ~ at
to bring his prisoner immediatslr lave
fore magistrate. For this NM. oe'
an all night session of the nl'e
court will be held. p0'ce
Heretofore professional bona,.
have reaped harvest from person au'en
keeping them out of Jail for ono n n; .,
for being disorderly. It is ernaa sas
more than one all night court p;m U'sa
required to handle the after dart ~ - Oe
mess. 'uS'
An interesting discovery tho g.,
night under. the new rule was the ~;
covery that the coming to court ~ 1 ~
trolmen left many beats unprotsot "a
One section, where thirty thonso1.
families are housed, was left withaul
a policeman while it's over n;Us.
officers took their prisoners to con-.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
Real Estate Deci.ion

olympia, Aug. Real estate
agents who indorse purchasers draft
In order to make a sale may hereafter
expect to have to make good the paper
II 1T Is returned dishonored. Charles
L. Marvin & Co., of Seattle, must do
SO IN the suit brought against them bv
William L. O'Conell to recover s4o0
on draft given as earnest MONEY hv .
prospective purchaser of a 17-scre
tract OF land at the mouth of the Du.
vanish river,
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SEATTLE r1ARkET REPORT
Purchasing Prices.

The followiong prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers fol
delivery in round lots I. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no.
tice.:
Grain-Oats, $s5@26 per ton; bar.
ley, $4,000. 90; wheat, chicken feed,
$4,000; bran, $17@18; shorts, SIS
Gal; corn, $25@26.
Hay-Eastern Washington, $21@24;
Puget Sound $4,000; alfalfa, $1,000
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, 29@31c.
Poultry-Live hens, loo per Id; old
ROSTERS, 16c; spring chickens Ito.
Wool-Eastern Washington 15@
18c per Id; Western Washington,
21@22c; dirty or timber stained, IL
@12Hc.
Live stock-Sheep, wethers, SO
SC per ID; ewes, @6c; lambs,
6@6Hc; Hogs, 4@41c; Cattle, steers,
$40 COWS, 411ko; calves. 5@ec.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
Case BLANCA BOMBARDFn
BY FRENCH and Spanish

Madrid. Aug. THE Imparcjs,
publishes dispatch from its Tanoia,
correspondent saying it is reported
that the pasha of Casa Blanca has,
surrendered the town and that puards
for the protection of foreigners will hs
landed as soon as possible at Mopado,
Habat, Sam and Mazagan.
The Spanish battleship Numancs
has sailed from Ferroll for Morocco
via Cadiz. In the event of more Span.
ish troops being needed they will he
supplied from the garrisons at Ceuts
Melilla.
Paris. Aug. Especial dispatches
received here from Tangier declare
that Casa Blanca is now occupied bv
$50 men from the warships with rapid.
fire guns. The newspapers today are
unanimous in expressing approval Of
the course pursued at Casa Blanca.
Tangier, Aug. Casa Blanca, on
the Moroccan coast, has been BON.
barded by French cruisers, the Moors
are reported to have been shot down
in large numbers and the town since
last Sunday night has been practically
in possession Of landing parties from
French and Spanish crisers. The first
shots were fred ty the Moors. The
French responded with a bayonet
charge and the bombardment of the
native quarter with melinite shells.
The French had six men wounded, but
no one killed. No European residents
were hurt.
The occupation of Casa Blanca is a
direct outcome of the native uprising
which resulted in the killing last week
of eight Europeans at Casa Blanca.
Both France and Spain are hurying
other warships with troops and ma
rines on board to various points on
the Moroccan coast for the protection
of foreigners. Under the terms Of the
Algericas convention the two countries
are charged with policing Morocco
and their action at Casa Blanca has
brought no protest from any power
The states of Europe have expressed
their willingness that France and
Spain restore order in Morocco. No
other countries are involved.
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pending against the Standard Oil Com
pany, an additional fine amounting to
$8S, 440, OOo may be levied against the
company, If it is found guilty on trial.
There are in these seven indictments
a total of 90 counts, and the maximum
fine on each count would be $40, 600.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
Beveridse-Eddy Weddins

Berlin, July Sit has been definite
" settled that the wedding Of Miss
Katherine Eddy, Of Chicago, sister Of
Spencer +. Eddy, first secretary to
the American Embassy here, and Al
bert j. Beverage, United States sena-
tor from Indiana. is to take place Au-
gust at the residence Of Ambassa-
dor and Mrs. Tower.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-10
Minor Happenings
Of the Week

The car and Emperor William met
aboard the latter's yacht Tuesday and
discussed political questions.
On Monday, at Atlanta, Governor
Hoke Smith, in the presence of large
crowd, signed the bill making Georgia
prohibition state.
Judge K M. Lands has declined a
position as chief counsel for the Peo-
Piles Security Company. of New York,
with a salary Of $25, 900.
1t is stated that the United States
Steel Corporation is to purchase its
worst competitor, the Midland Steel
Company, for $15, 10000
The Duchess of Marlborough has
taken two houses in London and in
tends to care for the wives and chill
dren of convicts. They will be taught
occupations by which eventually they
can earn an Independent living.
It is asserted that an American syn
dictate is to establish bank at Monte
video, and that manufacturers have
resolved to pen branches also and to
increase the number of ships plying
between New York and Montevideo.
The Colorado Mine Owners Associ-
alton has decided to enforce the card
system against the Western Fedora
ton of Miers. Hereafter every work
man employed by the association must
carry a card showing that he is free
from union influence.
Gen. Stoessel, who is about to be
tried by a courtmartial for having
surrendered a fortress at Port Arthur
to the Japanese, has been defended in
an open letter written by Capt. Tsune-
da, the Japanese military attache at
Paris.
David Christie Murray the novelist,
died at London last week.
F. Augustus Heinze, at sheriff's sale
last week, purchased the Kettle mine
in the Basin district, Montana. Over
$500 900 was involved.
Prohibitionists of Nebraska, gath
cred in convention at Lincoln, adopt
I'D platform demanding the ''consti-
tutional and statutory outlawry of
liquor traffic"
With the view of restricting expen-
ses in the freight traffic departments
of the New York Central and affiliated
lines, eighty-four freight representa-
tives in various parts of the country
have been let out.
Commander Robert E. Peary states
that he will probably again leave for
the North within week. The repairs
on the Roosevelt, his polar ship, are
expected to be completed within that
time.
The French minister of public works
has approved the project of the depart
ment of bridges and roads for the con.
struction of a canal to connect the val.
ley of the, Rhone with the port of
Marseilles. The project involves a
tunnel seven kilometers in length at q
cost of Sc, 900, 600.
The new direct cable from New York
to Colon, Panama, was opened for
business Friday by the Central South
American Gable Company. Inciden.
tai to the opening, President Roose-
welt sent a congratulatory message
from Oyster Bay to James A Scrym-
ser, president of the company.
A Victoria dispatch says there is a
plan to bring about an amalgamation
OF the brewing interests in Victoria,
Vancouver, New Westminster and Ma
naimo. 1t is expected that ultimately
a working agreement will be reached
between the stockholders of the var
lous companies operating on the Paci-
dc coast The cruiser California has
been placed in commission at the Mare
leland porv ror1
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John Sharp William. for Senator

New Orleans. Aug. John Sharp
Williams has won the United States
senatorial primary in Mississippi, &C.
cording to returns received from Jack
son, Miss. With but one county yet
to hear from, Williams plurality ID
unofdcially placed ct 497. The county
still unheard from has been conceded
to Williams by the Vardaman forces.
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.luestera,


Wheat-Club, $40 bluestem,
SO red, $40.
Oats = 29.50$@s1; rolled oats
$S1. 5O@33.
day, Alfalfa, Etc.-Wheat hay. SIS
Gal; timothy, $26@$27; mixed, $16
gao; clover, $21@28; alfalfa, SIS
GA.
Feed-Corn, $31; wheat, $s1; bar
ley, whole grain, $25; rolled,
$25@26; shorts, $2l@22; bran, $40
@2l.
Poultry-Turkeys, dressed, $50;
chickens, dressed, 22c; ducks, dressed
80; geese. dressed, 18c. Live Hens
10; ducks, 12c; geese, 12Hc.
Butter-Washington creamery, 400;
fresh Eastern, 37c.
Eggs-Washington ranch, 28o