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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-21
SUBCOMMITTEE. FRAMING MEAS.
uRE PLANS GENERAL
LAW.
no Attempt. II is Said, Will Be Made
TO Apply Temporary Remedy to
present Conditions - LEGISLATION
Aimed to Preclude Recurrence Of
Shrinkage Of Currency in Future.

washington. Dec. 1G.-It can be
stated On the highest authority that
II the subcommittee of the house COM
mlttee on banking and currency now
oeailng with the subject can have it's
way no effort will be made by the
present congress to adopt legislation
remedial OF the present financial con-
dltion. All the energies Of that COM
mlttee will be directed toward the
framing and passage of laws more gen.
eral In character and which will be
intended to preclude shrinkage of the
circulation, entailing widespread finan-
cial distress.
The subcommittee held a four
hours conference Saturday with it's
chairman, Representative Fowler of
New Jersey, at which the bill which
the subcommittee has undertaken to
dra1t was earnestly discussed, but no
decision as to- its precise character
and scope was reached. It is not like
~ the subcommittee will be ready to
report on the bill until after the holt
days. Men high in the world of
finance will be given an opportunity
to appear before the committee to
present their views on the proposed
measure. Much time will be spent in
both the house and senate in consider.
Ing the bill when reported and it is
the hope Of the members of the bank
ing commission that the finances of
the country will have SO adjusted
themselves by that time that there
Will be no necessity for legislation
looking to the correction of present
conditions.
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VOTERS URGED TO VOTE.
Failure to Fulfill Franchise Declared
to Be Cause of Troubles.

to Be Cause of Troubles.
Chicago, Dec. 16.-At the banquet
of the Commercial Club Saturday
night Ethan Allen Hitchcock, former
secretary of the interior, delivered an
address covering the organization and
work of the department of the inter
ior. He narrated i'm general way all
that had been accomplished by the de-
partment since it's inception, covering
his own administration. He detailed
the problems which the department is
compelled to meet from time to time,
and said:
IF the laws are unjust and oppres-
sive, the. answer has been and still
is, to amend or repeal them. If the
people fail to exercise their rights and
duties at the primaries, they cannot
complain If politicians, thinking only
of their political debts, resort to meth
DDS and accomplish results which the
patriot would either regard with con-
tempt or Indignantly expose.
"Just so long as government Off
Gals wear the collar of those to whom
they are indebted for their nomina-
ton and appointment, just SO long will
we have land frauds by perjury, lille
gal fencing of the public domain to
the exclusion of the pioneer home
builder, and the speculative CRATER
ready and eager to rob the nations
wards of their rightful inheritance"
Before commencing his formal ad-
dress, Mr.. Hitchcock briefly discussed
the public land laws, declaring that
they are too numerous and impera-
lively need revision. He particularly
urged immediate repeal of the timber
and stone act, the desert land act and
especially the eighth section OF the
homestead law, under which, he said,
the greatest frauds have been and are
being perpetrated.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-21
DEMOCRATIC DAIECURRENCY REMEYDFAyoR %BUlK GRANT
,,,r,oNAL CONVENTION TO az
HELD AT DENVER, COLO,
JULY z, 1908.
,asr Considerable Discussion II Was
voted to Accept Fund Of 100000
offered by City-Extra Money to
Re Used to Start Off Campaign.

washington, Dec. 14.-After decid-
.~o to held the next democratic ma
.;oraI convention at Denver and fix
mo the date of the meeting for July
zoos the democratic national COM
rnit+ee entered upon a spirited debate
on the propriety of accepting more of
tba 100000 offered by Denver for
4ba convention than actually needed
~ nav the convention expenses in that
citv The opposition to the accept
once of the contribution took the
form of resolution by Representa-
five Clayton of Alabama, declining
money not actually needed for the
convention, but after a long debate
the resolution was laid on the table
bv a vote Of 81 to IA.
Mr., Clayton, Representative John
Williams of Mississippi and Gov
prnor Hoke Smith of Georgia all spoke
in favor of the passage of the resolu-
finn, Mr. Taggart advocated the ac-
ceptance of the 100000, saying it
would be needed now even worse
than it was needed in 1904, and that
at that time it would have been prae-
tically impossible to have opened
headquarters for Judge Parker If they
had not had the extra money secured
from ST. Louis, where the convention
was held.
On the first ballot Denver received
% votes as against II for Louisville,
5 for Chicago and 1 for st. Paul. July
7 was selected as the date for the
convention after a brief discussion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-21
EDUCATE PRINTERS
TO DO BETTER WORK

Chicago, Dec. 11.-Plans for the es.
tablishment Of correspondence and
technical school of national scope for
the education Of apprentices and jour
neymen printers were taken up yes
terday when the apprenticeship COM
mission Of the International Typo.
graphical Union began a two days
conference In Chicago. It is planned
to establish technical schools in the
large cities and to establish travel
ing school Of lectures, charts and dia-
grams, which will be sent to the small
local unions In turn. The object is
to raise the standard of work and
ability among printers and pressmen.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-21
PRIVATE HATCHERY RIGHTS.
attorney General Says Owner May
Take Salmon at All Seasons.

axe Salmon at All Seasons.
olympia, Dec. 1.-THE status OF
private fish hatcheries is defined in
oil opinion the attorney general has
rendered to State Fish Commissioners
Sonn l.. Riseland Assistant Attorney
ueneral A. ]. Falknor holds that if
ule law is complied with in the mat
'er OF license and reports, the owner
VI the hatchery may take and sell its
PRODUCTS at any time. The opinion
follows:
Under the lawsof 1890 q B. c.
'Oso) 1t is provided:
Nothing in this act shall be con-
S'lued SO as to prevent the taking OF
uSn at any time of the year, and In
Guy manner, for propagation
ANY riparian proprietor, under ex-
sung law, may establish private fish
hatchery for the cultivation of food
nSnes. If the proprietor of the private
hatchery complies with the law in rel
eIence to a license, reports, and the
hatchery is approved by the fish COM
missioner, he may take and sell at any
''Iie the product Of the hatchery.
Under the term food fishes sal
,uon would be included, and as the
"a" exists the attorney general is OF
ue opinion that the owner OF pr1-
sste fish hatchery may take such fsn
=. a. any time of the year for propagar
me proprietor of a fish hatchery
~. sould not be permitted, however. 70
axe salmon or other food fishes TOR
us other purpose than propagAt1oa'
.:s, obtaining fish spawn and the ar
t.ncial Matching thereof, or the rais-
Ds OF fry and fish therefrom.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-21
FAIRBANKS TROUBLE TO END.
Eight-Hour Day and Open Shop Is
Basis of Agreement to Settle
the Iona Strike.

Fairbanks, Dec. 1.-THE labor trou-
bles which cut in two the gold output
of the Fairbanks camp in the season
of 1907 have been practically settled.
Terms of an agreement which will
permit the operation of the camp to
the fullest next season were decided
on at a conference of representatives
of the mine owners and the mine
workers.
The agreement, which has yet to be
ratified by the main body of the Mine
Owners Association, accepts the open
shop policy and provides for a scale
of S. and board for an eight-houf day.
Should the agreement made by the
representatives of the two sides to
the controversy be ratified, as they
are confident it will be, it will be eff
fective till October 1, 1908. In the
meantime, the parties hope that an
other agreement covering a longer
period can be entered into.
Mining men here had feared that a
continuation of the trouble which had
so adversely affected this years gold
production would be continued ever
probably all of next season, and the
outlook for the camp has, for that rea-
son, been considered gloomy. The
agreement changes all this and raises
The hopes of both miners and work
. men for one of the most active years
IN the history of the camp.
Both sides made concessiOnS-th
elshthour day being a victory for the
men and the open shop idea triumph
Tor the employers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-21

what have you found about this Non;
sieur Chabot?"
He Il an adventurer. one Of the d.
cayed gentleman class belongs to cou-
pie OF clubs: has the entree Into some
very good and also some very question
able society. He has become afiliated
with the vicomte and his set only within
the last year or two. They are In several
schemes together. Lately he has been
making some money"
And the vicomte, you say, ID an able
fnancierT
VERY, I should say. He hoated tho
City and Suburban Messenger Company,
and was shrewd enough to withdraw be-
fore It went under. He ID, a. told you.
president Of the Mutual Credit Com
pany, and large operator on the Bourse.
he appears to have been very successful.
dis wife, the vicomtesSe, has doubtless
been powerful factor In the making Of
his fortunes. All, but she is charming.
You should see her. 1t was her influ-
ence, doubtless, which secured the CO.
operation of Monsieur Colbert Remplin,
the banker Of Rue Hartmann, In that
deal. He was a naughty old fellow and
never would have entertained the busi-
ness proposition Of de Valiar II it hadn't
been for the vicomtesse. She sat NEXT
to him at dinner. The next day the
prospectus Of the Montainbleau Charcoal
Company was issued, and the name Of
Colbert Remplin was on the board Of di.
rectors."
who told you all this7"
sSVoId Yno9 Why -. 49,
They put me in as well. Look, here am
In big type. See!"
m. CHARLES D'AUBURON,
Capitalist"
Cassagne's eye cleaned with delight.
He felt proud Of his pupil. He sat and
listened while his pupil ratified on, think
ing deeply, as was his won't. Presently
he pulled out his watch.
1T II two o'clock" he said. my train
leaves at three-thirty, and have few
matters to attend to before start. II
You have occasion to wire me you can
find me at that address"
he wrote upon the back Of card:
"RAptiste Goulet,
Care Police Headquarters,
"Belliers, Dept Of Loire"
mat Will be my name for the next
two or three days; at any rate, a. lons
AZ may find it necessary to stay a
Belliers. Don't telegraph unless my pres
ence is absolutely necessary. leave that
to your discretion. Keep an eye on Mon
sieur Chabot, and procure a man at once
to keep track of DR.. Paul Mason's move
ments. Totally unnecessary, you say?
Not at all. He may be the deepest villain
Of them all, and have called me in merely
to keep the other side from retaining my
services, thinking that by such a step he
could best secure the impossibility Of my
being put upon his own track"
Charles D'Auburon lost sight Of the
sublime egotiAm of his leader in his adj
miration Of the manner in which he left
no point uncovered. His movements in
the case were to be compared to those
of skillful general, who, before the bat.
tie actually commences, disposes Of his
men to the utmost advantage. What in
other men would have been vanity was in
M. Cassagne simply an expression Of con.
fdence born of his self-reliant. nature.
Ito be continued.)
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Must Do Mfntnu Only.

lawson, Dec. 16.-Instructi0ns naye
wee osen received from Ottawa in the golo
commissioners office In Dawson the1
presentation on the large coppel
s'alms, 100 acres each, II Yukon ter
,a.ory, must be represented wholly -
nlng on the claims.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-21

Johnny-"Can I 80 to the circus.
pa7"
Tather-"No indeed, wouldn't
think OF letting you see such desrad-
ing exhibition"
Johnny-"Then won't You please
take me to the menagerie7 Teacher
says we ought to see the animals"
Father-"What! Pay full price 30
zee only half the show7 guess not
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-21
LAST YEARS LUMBER SALES.
Timber on. 1s,Oe1 Acres Sold by Stat
Under Five Year Contract.

Olympia, Dec. 14.-Data furnished
the Lumbermen's Association BY the
state land commissioner office
shows that for the year ending Sep.
tember 1, 1907. the state sold under
nve-year contracts timber, exclusive
Of land. on 1901 acres 1t m agEre.
nate value Of 1857 ,zos.so. or N aver.
are Of $18.77 per acre.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-12-21
The Roupell Mystery
CHAPTER xI1.-(Continued.)


Time was precious with the detective.
He thought Of the prisoner then anguish
ing in the dungeons Of La Mazase He
put both bills in his pocket, took up his
hat and arose from the table.
Then am to understand that madame
prefers to be cited to appear before the
tribunal. I think your witness fees and
mileage will amount to about one-quarter
Of the sum l offer"
Either the threat or the sense of loss
1t implied brought Mime. Beausantin to
her senses. The little beady eyes dilated
again, and she put her hand upon the
door.
Don't go; will tell you everything"
''That is more like business" remarked
Cassagne. ''Now tell me all you know.
You see l keep faith with you. Here
are your hundred francs. The other
hundred are yours when you have told
your story"
II don't know much" said Mime. Beau
santin. II knew Monsieur Graham only
as customer. He was a pleasant, civil
man, little given to drink, / should
Judge. l should say nothing but his at
lection for his little son kept him from
going to the dogs"
His son! Was Monsieur Graham,
then, married."
'You don't know much about him, evil
IDENTIFY. l know he had son. 1t must
have been his son. He was very like
him."
do you think you would recognize
Monsieur Graham's portrait, if you saw
it,"
The detective drew out the locket and
placed 1t before her. Nine. Beausantin
took it In her hand, adjusted it to the
light of the shop window, and examined
it carefully.
'"This is the portrait Of very young
man. The man knew was older than
this. Where did you get it? Yes, it is
the portrait of Monsieur Graham. l
would know it by several things. He had
q peculiar way of looking"
what was that?"
HE looked downward, at slight an
gle, habitually. He never looked one
straight in the face. He also wore an
eye glass, like the man in the picture"
The detective drew out the second note
and balanced it dexterously between his
fingers.
"Tell me where he lived, and this is
yours also"
HE lived at No. % Rue de Santin.
It is an apartment house. The same
concierge is still there. He can tell you
more than l can"
NJ. Cassagne handed the other note to
Nine. Beausahtin, took up his hat, and
bidding the laundress good-day passed out
into the street.
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VEL IN soE11. g. - a. y
Posk IS
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-03-09

some deeper, more human stimulus.
Such a stimulus is found i'll the brut-
al, calous disregard of human life on
the part of American railroad Off
cials everywhere. This murderous
indifference is nothing new. 1t is
part of the inherited traditions of
American ~railroading. Mark Twain
noticed the contrast with European
practise forty years ago, and wrote
i'll The lnnocents Abroad':
mo, they have no railroad acct
dents to speak of III France. But
Why? Because, when one occurs,
somebody has to hang for it. Not
hang, maybe, but be punished at
least with such vigor OF emphasis as
to make negligence a thing to be
shuddered at by railroad officials for
many a day thereafter. No blame
attached to the officers'-that lying
and disaster-breeding verdict, so
common to our soft-hearted %juries,
is seldom rendered in France"
In the month of January and the
first three weeks of February of this
year there were fourteen serious rail-
road accidents in the United States,
besides scores of minor ones. That
list just fails to take in the terrible
disaster at Terra Gotta, near Wash
ington, which happened two days be-
fore the beginning Of the year with
the loss of ffty-ninc lives and injur-
les to sixty persons. Three days after
the Terra Gotta wreck thirty-ive per-
sons were killed and forty wounded
on the Rock Island at Volland, Kan
sas, On January 10Th the Big -Four
had two great accidents in Indiana
in a single day, one at Fowler, where
an engineer ran past signals in a
fog at full speed, and the other at
Sanford, where a carload of powder
blew a passenger train off the track.
One of those affairs cost twenty
lives and the other -hirty-two, with
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-03-09
RAIL HOMICIDE.

The incessant stream of railroad
accidents is getting on the nerves of
the American people. Before the
dead of one disaster have been buried
the manned of another crowd the
hospitals. While the coroner's jury
was still at work trying to fix the
responsibility for the massacre on the
New York Central near Bronx Park,
the Pennsylvania Chicago flyer
jumped the rails on a curve i'll III
exactly similar manner and three
Pullman cars rolled down an en-
bankment sixty feet high into the
Conemaugh River. By a miracle no.
sixty-six passengers and trainmen in
the cars was injured. These things
are only samples. Some accident,
more or less serious, is happening
somewhere not only every day but
every hour. In fact, that is an under
statement. The whole American
people are beginning to share Mr..
Hills feeling that the man who starts
on a railway journey is undertaking
an enterprise of unknown periis.
Railroad officials are complaining
of the hostility they have to cou
ter at the hands of the public, of
legislative bodies, and of prosecuting
officials, and lay the blame on the
disturbing personality of President
Roosevelt. They might better look
nearer home, Rebates, stock-water-
ing, and other financial jugglery have
had something to do with this hos
tility, but it is doubtful whether any
mere matters of business would have
been able to stir up a good-natured
and tolerant people to the bitter en-
nifty from which The corporations
are. suffering without the help of
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OUR ISLAND WARD.

The closing days of the Fifty-ninth
Congress brought a new victory to
President Roosevelt. By a vote OF
10 to Io-just two more than neccs-
sary-thc Senate ratified the treaty
legalizing the management of Santo
Domingo's finances by the United
States. Hitherto. in the absence OF
Senatorial authority for his action.
the Presidents proceedings in Santo
Domingo have been strictly informal.
He has not appointed collectors Of
customs. but has recommended suit
able men who have worked under
the authority of the Dominican Gov
ernment. Now he will be able to
act openly. The treaty gives legal
recognition to the plan of having the
Dominican revenues collected by
American agents, who are authorized
to deposit $I,2ooo,o 600 a year for the
benefit of the public creditors. The
lie Government of SantO Domingo
is now receiving $4,000, 600, a year
tor its w purposes, which is twice
as much as it got from its own off
Gals when they were supposed to
give to it everything they collected.
The President of the United States
- ~, W "i'NNN ~ dplplIll I'll SCllCldl
receiver of customs without submit
ting his name to the Senate.
Although this treaty does not great
ly differ from the one the Senate neld
NJ for years. no REPUBLICAN, Senator
voted against the President when TIE
final test came. The vote was almost
strictly on party lines. Two Demo-
Gratis, Clark OF Arkansas and Pat
tnrca,, af rA1,-,J, .-..I r. ii
treaty, and one, McEnery OF Louisi-
ana. was paired in its favor. Senator
Bacon OF Georgia expressed the ap-
Grchcnsion that the course we were
c%nbarking upon would lead to the
annexation of Santo Domingo and
Haiti and the introduction OF a mil
lion more negros under the Stars and
Stripes. This idea seems to have
been responsible for much of the
Southern opposition to the treaty.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-03-09

ten and thirty-fve wounded respec-
lively. On the same day a Rock Is
land train ran into d washout near
Bureau, Illinois; an Atchison loco
motive exploded on a bridge neal
De Soto, Kansas, destroying the
bridge and throwing the engine and
fourteen cars into a creek; a freight
train coilided with a passenger train
on the Atlantic Coast Line zeal Den
mark, South Carolina; a Lake Shore
suburban train was wrecked at Ham
mond, Indiana; two freight trans
collided on the Indian Harbor Rail
road; the Winnipeg Flyer of the
Great Northern went to smash ten
miles out of Minneapolis; two frelghe
trains had a rear-end collision on the
Worcester and Norwich division of
ger car on the Boston & Maine was
knocked off the track by a train of
empties. These were merely such
of one days happenings as were con
sidered important enough to be de-
scribed in print.
1t is of no avail TO say that this or
that disaster was an "accident"-a
case of bad luck, unavoidable by any
human foresight. The awful statis-
tics, written in red day by day, week
by week, month by month, year by
year, and decade by decade, eliminate
the idea of accident as completely as
in the mortuary tables of an insur-
C company. This or that man may
die unexpectedly, but the company
knows that on the average so many
thousand persons will die in a year.
When the American railroad system
kills or Injuries 58,IS5 persons in 1900,
6I,7o4 in 1901, 1880 IN 1903, 94,2oI in
1904, and o5,7II in 1905, it is plain
that some underlying cause is at work.
That cause is, that the managers of
the system do not take any serious
interest in saving life. The same sit.
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uation exists in the street railroad
field, and if its casualty figures were
included the figures would be still
more appalling, The evidence at the
inquest on the occasion of the Bronx
Park wreck showed that no calcula-
tons had been made to show whether
the rails at the curve would stand
the extra weight of the electric en-
gines. Professor Earl B. Lowell of
Columbia, t~estifying as an expert on
that occasion, said that under the
conditions an accident was eventually
bound to happen at that point and
that it could have been prevented by
proper precautions."-Collier
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NAUvoo LEGION.

The next monthly meeting of the
association of the Nauvoo Legion
will be held Friday evening, March.
18th, in the Bishops office Tithing
yard at 8 o'clock. A full attendance
is requested so that the reputation of
the association may be kept up as in
former years.
VIM. NJ. BROWN, 8
Secretary A. N. l..
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FOR FATHER.

The four-year-old customer came
up to the notion ounter with brazen
confidence. please, ma'am," he
asked, can ] have a pipe for father?"
But the storekeeper, says a writer in
Punch, was experienced in such deal
ings.
What does father want it for -.
she asked.
Blowing soap-bubbles," said the
customer, promptly.-Youth's Com
panion.