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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30

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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
LOBBYISTS GATHER
IN FORCE At CAPITAL

Olympia, Feb. 2O-Hotels and
rooming houses Of this place are
crowded nov as they have not been
before for two years. Lobbyists are
here by the score. The stage in legis-
lation has been reached when q bill
can slip through and 60 to the COVER
nor within few hours and the lobby
lists are on hand to push or delay
measures.
Up to this time the floors of the
senate and house have been very free
from lobby but now many Of them
have become bold enough to take the
seats Of members who happened to
be out, and to carry on their work in
the rear of the chambers. From now
on the lobbyists will be even buster
than the members of the legislature,
for there is hardly bill that does not
affect some interest favorably or un.
favorably. The Legislature has been
in session long enugh for the entire
state to learn something of what it has
been doing and all corners Of the state
are represented in the lobby. It IL
probably true, however, that never
before were 80 few bills killed in com.
mittee as this year. In the senate
practically all the bills defeated have
been on third reading. Every mea-
sure seems to be receiving considers
ton in the open.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
OREGON EASTERN ROUTE
Branch of Southern Pacific to Pas
Through Rich Country.

Branch of Southern Pacific to Pass
Through Rich County.
Portland, Or, Feb. 81 Final loca-
tions for the Oregon Eastern, from
Natron to Ontario, have just been
completed. The route selected il
thoroughly practical, with easy grades.
As surveyed. the route across Central
Oregon is $50 miles long. It is ex.
pected that construction will begin
within the next ninety days.
The line, as finally located, runs up
the middle fork of the Willamette to
Salt creek, and up that stream, through
the Cascades by Odell pass, past the
town of Odell, through Christmas lake
valley, where there xre $50, 600 ares Of
agricultural land waiting to be opened
up, south of Wagon Tire mountain,
through the center of Harvey valley,
where there are 200, 900 acres more Of
good land awaiting the settlers pillow,
thence down the Malheur river to On.
tario.
The work Of locating the line has
required fifteen months. Surveyors
have been constantly busy laying out
lines during that time and engineers
have been seeking out the most feast
BILE routes through the def1les Of the
mountains and across the valleys.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
ADMIT JAPANESE CHILDREN
San Francisco SCHOOLS Reopsned Excsp,
20 Adults.

San Francisco SCHOOLS Rsopsnsd Except
20 Adults.
Washington, Feb. 19.-Japanese
children are to be admitted to the
white schools Of San Francisco under
certain restrictions, skilled and un-
skilled laborers coming from Japan
barred from the mainland Of the Uni
ted States and American laborers,
skilled and unskilled, are to be ex-
cluded from Japan.
This is the basis of the agreement
between President r ooseelt,S ecretary
r cot, Mayor Schmitz and the San
Francisco school board as an adjust
ment of the anti Japanese agitation
brought about by the segregation OF
Japanese children in the San Francis
co schools. The agreement means
that the schools of San Francisco will
be conducted in the same manner as
they were before the board of educa-
ton adopted the resolution last Octo-
Der, providing for the segregation of
the Japanese, except that adults who
are in primary grades must continue
to attend the Oriental schools, and
that Japanese children under 16 will
be admitted to classes with white
children of their own ages.
This is the substance Of q statement
given out by Mayor Schmitz and con-
CURED in by the president and Score
tary Root.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
TO RAISE SALARIES
OF STATE OFFICERS

Olympia, Feb. 1e.-The bill to In.
Grease the governors salary from a.
600 to Sc, 900 and to make the salaries
Of other state officers 8, O0O,. passed
the senate by vote OF ~ to q. Those
voting were Nichols. Kline. Bratt,
Paulhamus, Smith, Sumner and We
ness.
The committee that reported the
bill had cut the state school superin-
tendent's salary to 81, 500, but on
motion Of Senator Cotterill the IS, 900
was restored to the bill. Paulhamus
moved to cut the governors salary 20
IS, 900. Graves supported the motion
and said the governor should not
receive more than the supreme judges,
and he said the house committee had
decided to cut the salaries In the SUI
preme court judges bill from %, 600 to
%, 900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
SUNDAY CLOSING In
SEATTLE and TACOMA

Seattle, Feb. 18.-Mayor Moore,
acting through Chief Of Police Wap-
penstein, Saturday night notified pro.
prietors Of saloons that they must
close at midnight and hereafter remain
closed on Sunday. Violations OF the
order will be followed by imprison-
ment int he city Jail Of offenders with
out bail. The order was rigidly en-
forced yesterday.
The Ministerial Association, through
q mass meeting when Mayor Moore
was inaugurated, attempted to get his
approval Of Sunday closing, and he
promised he would do 90 in time.
Recently the mayor and city council
clashed on the latter's granting licenses
over his authority, and he announced
then that he would close the saloons
on Sunday. There are att saloons In
Seattle.
Tacoma saloons were also closed
tight yesterday on orders from Mayor
Wright
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
CHEHAlIS DIVISION
BILL PASSES HOUSE

Olympia, Feb. 19.-The features Of
the house session yesterday afternoon
were the defeat by q vote Of % ayes
to sc noes of McMorran's bill to create
the county Of Calispel from the East
ern half Of Stevens county, and the
passage by "a to IL of the bill Great
ing the county Of Grays Harbor from
the western portion Of Chehalis
county.
Six bills came up on final vote, five
Of which passed practically unani-
mously. These latter increased the
fees to be paid by corporations, pro-
vide that an indeterminate sentence
be imposed in all criminal cases ex-
cept murders, increased the salary
and powers Of the board of control,
provide for the creation of the county
Of Grays Harbor and require an exam
ination and license for the practice Of
medicine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
FAvoRs SHOWN THE TRUSTS
rstate Board Says Telegraph Com
panies Discriminate.

interstate Board Says Telegraph Com
panies Discriminate.
Omaha, Feb. 19.-The interstate
commerce commission is to investigate
the relationship between the Western
Union Telegraph and Postal Telegraph
companies on the one side, and the
packing houses, grain firms and other
business houses throughout the coun-
try, which have heretofore had specia-
telegraph wires and special operators
furnished them. Saturday morning
all through wires Of this description
were discontinued here and only
pony wires running from these off,
ces into the main telegraph Offices
were left. The operators manning
these wires from the packing house
ends are now employed by the packing
houses and not BY the telegraph COM
panies. The interstate commerce
commission Is said to have taken the
position that furnishing the large cus-
TONERS of the telegraph companies
with facilities denied the smaller Gus.
toners was IN fact q discrimination
and an investigator IL demanded.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
washington news

Nabton Presbyterians are preparing
to erect q new church edifice this
spring.
The statement is made that the
Northern Pacific will spend $3.50, 600
on the proposed new passenger depot
at Tacoma.
Mrs Caroline Galland, who died at
Seattle last week, left a fortune OF
81, 500, 900 almost wholly TO charity.
The principal beq7est is for the erec-
ton of home for aged and feeble
poor.
Cal, ore and gravel bunkers will
be erected by the Great Northern on
the north side of the Everett Improve
ment Company's dock in the spring.
The contract for the work has been let
by the railroad company.
It is now thought that the Northern
Pacific will have to abandon its cut
through Culdesac, owing to the sliding
mountain. If the present road is aban-
doned it means a road around the hill
and the erection of high trestle over
the creek.
In order to comply with the instruc-
lions of Assistant Engineer j. W..
Clapp, of the United States engineers
Office, the new steel bridge to te erect.
ed across the Snohomish rirver at Ev.
erett must be built six feet higher than
the original plans.
The Delaware legislature has made
an appropriation for an exhibit at the
Alaska Y ukon. Pacific fair.
The Seattle school board has voted
to raise salaries Of teachers in the city
schools an average of about 10 per
cent.
Permission has been granted by the
county commissioners for the incorpo-
ration Of the towns Of Quincy and
Hartline.
Tomatoes from Mexico are Injuries
now being enjoyed by Seattle and Ia
coma people, q shipment having ar
rived Friday.
REPRESENTATIVE Jackson, Of King
county, has introduced bill provid-
ing for Saturday closing at l o'clock
in the afternoon Of municipal officers.
Nearly 81, 900, 900 is the estimate
of the cost of public improvements to
be made in Seattle in 1907 given by
City Engineer Thompson. The esti-
mate is based on figures and approx
mite estimates. The work includes
laying of sewers, street work and the
nstalltion of water mains. OF the above
sum "a, 8S5, 900 will barely cover the
cost of the water improvements.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23

Olympia, Feb. 2O.-Gov. Mead has
received word from Representative
Cushman that copies of the Indian war
records have been completed and sent
BY registered mail to Olympia. Mr..
Cushman was authorized by the COVER
nor some time ago to have these
copies made and to employ the neces-
sary clerical help The cost Of the
copies is $198.75. These records will
give the full official history Of the
Indian wars occurring in this state
and will contain the roster Of all those
who served in any Of the wars.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
INHERITANCE TAX Law
AMENDED BY SENATE

Olympia, Feb. 16.-A bill by Soma
tor Knickerbocker to put the state
board Of tax commissioners in closer
touch with estates, from which inheri-
lance tax is due, and to prevent per-
sons about to die from deciding away
the property in order to avoid inheri-
lance taxes, has passed the senate.
The bill amends the existing law so
that Inheritance tax shall be collected
on property which shall pass''by deed,
grant, sale or gift made in contempla-
ton of the death Of the grantor or
donor" The words quoted are the
amendment. Recently the state fail.
ed to get large inheritance tax money
because just before death property
was decided away to others or turned
over to q corporation.
The bill also amends the existing
law 80 that, on all sums passing to or
'.for the benefit of collateral relatives
or strangers to the blood. who arr
aliens not residing in the United
States, q tax of % per cent shall be
levied and collected"
The following provision is intended
to prevent any tax escaping:
''No safe deposit company, bank, OF
any other institution, person or per.
sons, holding any securities, property
or assets of any on-resident decedent,
shall deliver or transfer the same to
any nonresident executor, or repre-
sentative of such decedent, until after
notice in writing of the time and
place Of such transfer shall have been
duly given the state board of tax com.
missioners at least ten days prior there
to, and the tax imposed by this act
paid thereon, and every such safe de-
post company, bank or other institu-
tion, person or persons, shall be liable
for the payment of such tax"
The bill gives the state board Of tax
commissioners general supervision Of
the collection of inheritance taxes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
Seattle Possoffics Cets Help

Washington, Feb. 19.-The tele-
graphic inquiry from the Seattle
Chamber Of Commerce, asking per-
mission for Seattle business men to
hire additional postofdce clerks at the
own expense was taken up with the
postofnce department by Senator Piles.
The department held that such permits
sion could not be given, but to partly
remedy the cngestioon at the Seattle
Office they promised to allow i've new
clerks for immediate use. These
CLERKS viii Be temporarily appointed
until "a appropriation By congress Is
provided. After that the department
expects to be able to allow still; more
help Tor tho Seattle Office, - they are
beginning TO realize the needs Of that
0fI3na
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
CUTS RAILWAY PAY
House Not Msvsd By Thrsats Abo,,
Nil Service.

/ Washington, Feb. 18.-In the di.
cussion Of the postofice appropriation
bill in the house Mr.. Overstreet said
the committee had reached the con.
clusion that reduction in he rail.
way mail transportatin was absolutely
necessary.
1.-THE railroads are trying to STAN.
pede the house." he said, yet thera
is not scintilla Of evidence to SHOW
that the reduction is excessive. Thu
postal se1 vice will not be impaired in
the slightest degree and not train
will be cut of, notwithstanding the
threats of the railroad companiea
There has not been telegram receiy.
ed by the members of this house from
q business concern or commercial
body which has not been prompted bv
the railroads, and for one I refuse to
be stampeded by their threats or de.
flected by their entreaties.'
"a united press is more powerful
than congress" said Mr.. Overstreet in
discussing the report Of the postoface
commission on second class matter.
but he added that it was with great
regret that he had observed the ab
seuce Of fair Investigation on the part
Of certain newspapers In criticizinR
the findings Of the commission.
1--WE will never be able, in my
Judgment, to reach any kind of salts
factory solution Of the great problem
of second class mail matter unless We
can have tho cooperation Of the great.
or press, daily and periodical. It is
in the interest Of those enterprises
that legislation is needed. The anti.
quated laws of today are scarcely en-.
forceable. A strict enforcement Of
the laws relative to the second class Of
mail matter might easily result in
great harm and loss to publishers, but
az long AZ the newspapers and period.
icals of the country insist on whole
sale criticism without fair and reason.
able cooperation on their part, I fear
we will always have an unfortunate
ENHANCEMENT and a contest which
will bring about no fair results. Much
information has been spread abroad
with respect to tn action Of that CON-
mission.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
Citizens to Publish Paper

Riverside, Feb. 19.-The citizens Of
OkanoRan, formerly Alma. have organ.
lied the Okanogan Publishing Com.
pany, with capital of 81, 600, and will
publish newspaper there as soon az
q printing plant can be secured. For
the last two or three years that town
has been seeking newspaper man
with nerve enough to tackle the pub
location there Of a newspaper, and
though many came and looked the
scenery over none stayed to supply a
newspaper.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
SEATTLE FlARkcT REPORT


The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots I. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no.
toe:
Grain-Oats, $sS@s9 Per ton; bar
ley. t22@s2H wheat, chicken feed,
$s2@a4; bran, SIS; shorts, SIS;
corn, t28@es7.
Hay-Eastsrn Washington, $3.50
"a; Puget Sound, $ls@21; alfalfa.
$l7@19.50.
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, 27@SOo.
Poultry-Live hens, 15@16c per lb;
old roosters, $50; ducks, old, 15c;
spring chickens. 16c; turkeya 21@
$40.
Wool-Eastern Washington, 16@
$50 per ID; Western Washington, 80
@Ssc; dirty or timber stained, 18020c
Live Sheep, wetheEs, $40 Per
ID; sweA bK@oo; hogs, 7@7kc;
steers, ~; cows, $40; calves. 4@6o;
lmbs. S@6Ho.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23

Wheat-Club, eco; blusstsm, 71c;
red, ETC
Oats-tS0@S2; rolled oats, 3s1@8s.
Hay, Alfalfa, Etc-Wheat hay, go
Gal; timothy, $s6@s7; mixed. $15@
81; alfalfa, $40. 60@s1.
Feed-Corn, sac; Wheat, Gas. SOC
%; barley. whole grain, ga. 0O@94;
rolled, $22. b0@24; shorts. $2l. 00@
800; bran, Gao. O0@2l.00.
Poultry-TurkeyA dressed, $50;
chickens, dressed, 100; ducks, dressed,
loo; geese. dressed, leo; Live-Hena,
iS1@14c;spring chickens, 16c;f7clsI
lilo; geese, lilo.
Butter-Washington creamery, e60
SEQ; Eastern creamery, 80c;.
EggD-Washington ranch, 25c: Or.
ogon. Soc: Eastern. 500.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
Confidencs i Expressed

Paris, Feb. 3O.--By . majority Of
S51 the chamber 1t deputies not only
expressed confidence in the govern
ment and authorized it to conclude
negotiations for the leasing OF
churches TO parish priests. but it in
dorsed with storms Of applause re-
markable speech BY Minister Of Edu-
cation BRAND. "a which the extreme
left was openly rebuked for it, intoler-
ant spirit. Il is agreed now on all
sides that Z formula for the leases
soon win b found and that the most
acute phase Of the church contTo-
versy i ct a end.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
FRENCH CABINET CRISIS
Clemencian Administration May Ye
Meet Defeat ON Church Matter

Clemencian Administration May Yet
Meet Defeat ON Church Matter
= Paris, Feb. 18.-Just as an agree
ment regarding terms on which the
churches of France could be leased to
the Catholic clergy was about to be
reached between M. BRAND, minis or
of education, and Cardinal Richard,
arch bishop of Paris, an agreement in
volving settlement of the most acute
phase Of the religious conflict, q min.
isterial crisis has doomed up on the
horizon, and it is now doubtful whether
Premier Clemenceau's cabinet will
survive the coming week.
The premier, at cabinet meeting
Sunday insisted that the cabinet
alone should not assume the RESPONSE
bility of authorizing the form of con-
tracts The premier doubted that q
parliamentary majority would approve
those contracts. and in any event he
insisted that parliament must be given
an opportunity to express it's opinion
before the government commits itself.
The premier said he was fully aware
of the plots of the followers Of M.
Combes and other groups, and as an old
parliamentary fighter he argued that
it was better to secure the con ,ent Of
parliament in advance than to run the
risk OF being outvoted later. It is
understood that NJ. BRAND took sharp
issue with his chief after the adjourn
ment Of the cabinet. It is said that
he intends to submit his views to his
colleagues, and that either be or II.
Clemenceau will resign.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
BUTTE PAPERS QUIT
Will Cease Publication Pending Contrs
versy With Employees.


Butte, Mont, Feb. 16.-At q meet
ing of the Butte Typographical union
Friday afternoon, the demands Of the
Butte Publishers association were re-
jected in toto, the printers in reply to
the newspaper companies stating that
they firmly but respectfully would de.
cline to aocede in any manner what
ever to the terms offered by the pub
fishers. Exception was taken to 4
number Of statements made by the
publishers in the communication Of
the latter addressed to the allied print.
ing trades rejecting upon the compel.
ency Of the International Typographi.
cal union working for tho press OF
Butte.
The publishers ut . meeting in the
evening formally received the reply Of
the printers. They stated that their
stand had been given and that until
the unions accede to the terms offered
newspaper publication in Butte is al
. standstill. The independent iot
printing houses, 1t ia understood,
will close this evening.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
Dominican Treaty Reported

Washington, Feb. 2l.-The com
nittee on foreign relations has author
lied favorable report on the treaty
with .Santo Domingo relative to the
collection Of the revenues Of that
country by Americana. The Demo-
orsts upon the committe, with the ex-
ception OF Senator Morgan, voted
against the report.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
Minor Happenings
Of the Week

The French cabinet has agreed upon
an income tax measure, which Will
be passed by the chamber of deputies.
A bill has been passed by the house
to extend the time for the completion
of the Valdez, Marshall Pass q North
eru railroad in Alaska.
The trial of Abe Ruef on the charge
Of practicing extortion while city at
torney of San Francisco, has begun.
He entered plea Of not guilty.
A hill appropriating $4,000 for an
exhibit at the Alaska. Yukon. Pacific
fair has been introduced in the Kansas
legislature. It is fatbered by the
finance committee Of the senate.
A subpoena was served Monday on
Z. b. Hartman calling for his appear
anoe before the interstate commerce
commission in New York on Monday
next. Mr.. Hartman accepted service.
The receiver of the Traders Fire
Insurance Company of Chicago, which
failed last May, announces that q sub.
stantial dividend will be paid on
claims presented not later than June l.
The Indebtedness of the company is
50, 900, 900, of which s., 900, 900 was
due to the San Francisco fire. The
company will pay about 70 cents on
the dollar.
A Chicago dispatch says the rail-
roads of the country are preparing to
make a general increase in freight
rates by eliminating hundreds Of 'com-
modify rates" and compelling shippers
to submit to classification rates, which
are substantially higher. The change
would net the railroads many millions
Of dollars annually. Conferences on
the subject are being held in Chicago.
Gov. Gooding, of Idaho, has signed
proclamation establishing quaran.
tine against sheep coming into that
state from Nevada and Oregon.
DR.. A. 81. Hedderly and Richard
Hines, prominent Los Angeles bust
ness men, have been taken to Portland,
Or, to stand trial there for alleged
completely in Oregon land frauds.
A St. Petersburg Dispatch says that
a son Of Count Leo Tolstoi has besn
indicted for high treason on the
charge of printing the latest political
pamphlet written by his father.
A Chicago dispatch states that the
Postal Telegraph Company, "went the
Western Union one BETTER" snnounc-
ing that Postal employees throughout
the country would receive an increase
Of Is per cent in pay.
A dispatch from Tokyo to the Lon
don Times says: cit is denied here
that Japan has agreed to any solution
Of the San Francisco problem depend
ing upon the restriction Of the admis-
sion of Japanese laborers to the United
States.
The Kansas senate, by a vote Of "a
to IS adopted resolution barring rep
resentatives Of the Kansas City Star
from the galleries of the senate. This
action was taken because the Star
printed articles commenting upon the
alleged pro. railroad tendencies Of the
senate.
The United States government il
buying coal in Japan for use at the
Hawaiian island coaling stations, &C
oording to advices received by the
army quartermaster at Seattle. The
transport Dix is reported to be on the
way with ciargo of coal which she
will leave at Honolulu.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-02-23
Naval Bill Passes Senate

Warrington, Fab. 2i.-The naval
appropriation bi l, carrying 500, 1877
607, has boon passed BY the senate.