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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-07-25

ten setting forth the merits Of ne
Sambson- Schley controversy and point
Ing out wherein man who stayed and
fought differed from a man who was
absent and merely constructively par
ticipant In the big fight on Santiago.
The material collected was su1icient
to make one complete edition Of the
baltimore American. The type was Get,
the plates cast and one copy Of. this
special edition was printed OF. With
this under his arm and blood IN his
eye, Gen. Agnus went to Washington.
He called upon President Mckinley and
laid the unique copy Of that special
edition before Mckinley.
There has been printed only this
copy" said Gen. Agnus. ut will be
published tomorrow II you are still de-
termined to- send the Sampson promo
ton to the Senate"
President Mckinley looked the paper
over.
This interests me deply, Gen. Ag-
nus" he said. "Will you leave it with
me? I promise to do nothing In the
matter Of the Senate nominations until
have communicated with you"
The result Of President McKinley's
examination Of that special copy of the
special edition of the Baltimore Ameri-
can is well known. Justice was done
to Admiral Schley and the plates that
were kept locked up in safe in the
Baltimore American building were de-
stroyed. There was never occasion to
use more than that one copy.
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OLD PARIS STREETS.

The automobile which glides noise.
lessly and smoothly along the we'll
paved streets of Paris would not have
had so easy time some centuries ago.
Nowadays one of the first demands
civilization makes upon a community
is that the paving and sewerage shall
be good. 1t is hardly possible for the
Notwithstanding mind to conceive the
conditions of old-time streets and Of
the Inconvenience and dangers the
public endured. Some idea of ancient
Partisan thoroughfares is given in
Tighe Hopkins IAN Idler in Old
France
Lutetia. the name by which Paris
was first known, is said to have come
from word meaning mud" This de-
rivation is inexact, but its appropriate
ness was practically borne out in the
condition of the streets. Unpaved,
rough as woodland tracks, flooded
with waste waters from the houses, the
roadways were populated by pigs, dogs,
geese, ducks and rabbits. In 1131
Philippe, son of Louis lie eros and heir
to the throne, was killed while riding
in the city streets by being thrown
from his horse by an abbot's pig.
Shows and rains made the roads al.
most impossible, and the odor from
them rose far above the housetops. It
was said that on the darkest night
traveller, out Of his course, might know
by the stencil how near he was to Par
is The mud of the streets gained IN
early celebrity. at sticks like Paris
mud" was proverb Of antiquity. II
clothes were stained with it one was
advised to "cut the piece out, for it
burns whatever it touches"
In 1855 the king, standing by an
open window Of the palace, viewing
cart which had stuck In the mud, was
30 sickened by the stencil that he gave
orders to have the streets paved This
movement inaugurated the street de-
partment Of Paris, but the effort was
a feeble one. The work was begun, but
at the peoples expense. The king Of
fered only a slender contribution.
Taxes were levied on duelists, on can
dies, boots, cake, and other things. But
the enterprise was soon abandoned.
1t was not until 1348 that any sys.
tematic care was taken of the streets,
and pigs denied the public ways. Even
then the cleaning was confined to the
highways; the smaller streets were
still filed with heaps and hillocks Of
rotting refuse.
The germ-wise minds Of to-day may
well wonder that any good or any con-
tinuance of life came out OF such con-
ditiOns.
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WHAT CAUSES rsxozno 1ono1a

1Aedx Existenos Proved, but scaea.
t1sts CANNOT Unaerstana Then.
! have seen enough to make me s..
iieve In Zollner's fourth dimension. but
don't, writes Hamlin Garland IN
Everybody's. My mind IL % con-
structed that such wonders az we have
seen recently produce very little effect
on me. They are as normal to me as
the popping Of corn or the roasting OF
potatoes But as for belief-well. that
Is not a matter Of the will, but Of
evidence, and the evidence is not yet
sufficient to bring me to any definite
conclusion. In fact, in the broad day.
and especially the second day after
have been through one Of these expe-
riences, begin to doubt my senses
Richet speaks Of this curious recession
OF belief and admits his own inability
to retain the conviction that at the
moment Of the phenomena was COM
plete. No sooner Is the sitting over
than my doubts come swarming back
upon me-" he says 1.-The real world
which surrounds us, with its preju-
dices, its scheme of habitual opinions,
holds us In so strong grasp that we
can scarcely free ourselves completely.
Certainty does not follow on demon
stratiOn, but on habit"
Maxwell says: II believe In these
phenomena, but see no need to at
tribute them to any supernatural In
Prevention. am inclined to think they
are produced by some force within
ourselves" just what he means by
that I can't precisely explain. It's
harder to understand than the spirit
hypothesis. He goes on to say that
while he is certain that we are In the
presence Of an unknown force, he is
convinced that the phenomena will ul-
timately be found orderly, like all other
facts of nature. "Some future Newton
will discover more complete formula
than ours" he prophesies. Every
natural fact should be studied and IL
1t be real Incorporated in the patrimony
Of knowledge" He then adds, with the
true scientists humble acknowledge
ment of the infinite reach Of the undis-
covered universe: "Our knowledge Is
very limited and our experience young"
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locoEo-LAhp CONVENTION.
Everett Meeting Results in Perm.nent
Organization.

Organization.
Practically every county in weater,
washington, several districts Of Brit.
lsn Columbia and Oregon, and every
toWn and community in Snohomiab
county had representatives among ~.
1Oo or more delegates who attendad
the logged-off lands convention At Nv.
erett. n a. ~
Inc discussion, illustration aro
demonstration of new ideas and M.
chanical devices by scientific and nras
ucai men will, in the expressed on;r.
ION OF many present, in the near fu.
ture lead to success.
The convention was the first of ~ :
Kind ever held in the state and almost
every speaker conceded that II ranre.
sented one Of the most imnortant
movements ever undertaken in til.
Northwest. '
Al the conclusion of the experience
meeting which followed the sched.
uled addresses, permanent oreaniza.
tion OF the Washington Logged-of,
Land Association was perfected by the
eiectlon OF these officers: Joel Sho.
maker, King county, president; Her
pert Conner, Skagit county, first vice.
president; w. H. Paulhamus. Pierce
county, second vice-president; Elmer
y. johnston, Snohomish county, secre.
tary; d. H. Mathews, Monroe. press
agent. The executive committee. to
De composed Of one man from each
county, is to be selected from nomi
nees to be presented at called meet.
Ing within the next month.
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~~~~~~~~

For the twelve months ended March
81, 1907, London's consumption Of wa
ter amounted to S2,125, 249,347 gallons,
representing a daily average supply OF
thirty-three gallons head.
Altogether during the year 1908 there
will have been under construction
buildings directly or Indirectly connect
ed with Princeton University repre-
senting an expenditure of nearly two
million dollars.
Exports OF iron and steel from the
United Kingdom for the first three
months of the current calendar year
show a decline compared with the cor
responding months of last year OF
10000 tons In volume and Of Sc, 195,251
In value.
With the accession Of Professors
Caps and Abbott, the classical depart
ment of Princeton University win en-
roll twenty-four professors, preceptors
and instructors, being probably the larg-
est and strongest classical faculty in,
America.
OF known iron ore, the South has.
more than all the known ore supply Of
the rest of the country. In this 1t has
the foundation for duplicating all the
iron and steel industry Of the United
States.-R. H. Edmonds, In the Youths
Companion.
The first dress suit that ever came
to Kansas came with the laid" from
Boston during the dry summer Of 1880.
Some rich man in the East contributed
1t, having outgrown 1t, and farmer
named Paswell, In Kapioma township,
in this county, plowed corn in 1t all
summer-Atchison Globe.
1t is estimated that italian rivers
would yield between four and five mil
lion horsepower, of which scarcely 20
per cent is at present turned to ac-
count. The city of Rome has obtained
a concession which will mean an addi-
ton OF $4,000 horsepower and Naples
also adds 10000 horsepower to her sup
ply.
Solingen is the center Of the cutlery
industry In the German empire. There
are firms in Eolingen who do not sell q.
pound of product in Germany. Every
item produced Is for American orders.
For the most part the goods are for
large department stores in the United
States, and comprise scissors, knives,
manicure sets and the like.
In the United States last year 10Se
100000 railway ties were used, which
denuded 100000 acres Of forest to sup
ply. The British railways are supplied
from Russia, 1000. 900 ties year being
needed. The Russian forests are now
g much exhausted that the peasants
have to sIedge the trees for making
these ties 1 distance Of twenty miles
"a get them to the rivers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-07-25
Spanning ON the Common.

That historic bit of ground known to
the world as Boston Common has been
the background Of many strange
and picturesque scene. Surely not one
Of the varied events which have been
acted upon 1t presents quainter pic
ture than one which took place about
1850. Frances Drake describes the
occurrence In his article In The Memo
rial History Of Boston" on Life II
Boston In the Provincial Period"
In ITO an attempt was made in Bos
ton to encourage the art OF spinning
and to establish schools where the
process could be taught to the poor. It
was recommended that twenty spin
ming wheels should be provided By the
town for the use Of children sent from
the almshouse and premium allowed
Of Is for the nrst piece d linen spun
and woven.
1n..1747 a society was orga1ized for
the encouragement Of the industry. and
the fourth anniversary was publicly
celebrated.
I'm the afternoon" says an old ac-
count. 800 young female spinstsss. de-
Gently dressed appeared on the COM
moa with their spinning wheeiA The
wheels were placed II three rowA =
female It each wheel Weavsfs also
appeared IN sasnsnts Of their own
weaving. There was an immsnse num-
49, - ~vrn<v&afnra - 81 =
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NEARLY A
MUTINY
PASSENGERS ON STEAMSHIP OHI(
WERE UP IN ARMS OVER
DELAY.
Captain Was Even Slow to Follow
Lead Of Revenue Cutters to Port
Passengers Put on Two Meals Day
When Flour Ran short-ship Slight.
Iy Damaged.

Ocdltle, july Zl.-A fOSIlnteluSeH
Ger cable from Nome, dated July 1a
and delayed in transmission, says:
A meeting which included arrange
ments to seize Captain Conrad and
the officers of the steamship Ohio and
force them to bring the vessel into
Nome was contemplated by the des
perate passengers prior to it's arrival
here. The plan included forcing the
officers and crew to do the work al
the point of revolvers, if there was ex
hibited any reluctance to buck the ice
after Captain Conrad had been de
posed from command
The revenue cutter Thetis, Captain
Henderson, and the Mccullough, Cap
tain Daniels, picked up the Ohio on
Friday, when the passengers of the
steamship petitioned to be taken of
and carried to Nome William Nc
Manus, chief of the railway mail ser
vice, demanded of Captain Conradi
that the mail on the Ohio be trans
ferred to one of the cutters. The rev.
enue captains asked Captain Conradi
if he would follow them into Nome il
they forced way.
Will the United States be RESPONSE
BILE for my ship if she is lost?" asked
Conrad, and receiving no answer, he
declined to follow the government yes
sells.
Commands for conradi.
IF you will not follow I command
you to remain here until I can take
part of your passengers to Nome" said
Captain Henderson, of the Thetis. 81
will return for the remainder of them
and the Mccullough will stay by you
to see that you obey"
Captain Henderson also commanded
Captain Conradi to turn over the mail
but finally the latter agreed to follow
and start was made, the Thetis lead
ing and the Mccullough trailing to see
that the procession was maintained
There was no trouble on the trip.
The other vessels sent after the Ohio
have not returned yet. Captain Con
radi openly declared his contempt fol
the passengers, declaring them a ode
graded bunch
Provisions Run Out.
The Ohio anchored thirty-six times
She ran out of flour on June 80, and
the passengers were put on two meals
a day. The Thetis met the Ohio in
the last week in June and offered to
lead the vessel in, but Captain Con
radi refused to follow for more than
ten or fifteen miles.
On June %, when the vessel was
anchored forty miles from Nome, a
huge piece of ice detached from a sub
merged berg was raised against the
side of the ship, wrenching loose a
plate and causing leak, but other
wise the ship is uninjured. On Tues
day last passengers heard other yes
sells whistling in the fog, but Captain
Conrad would not answer, they say.
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NEWSPAPERS BIG FEAT.

Gen. Felix Angus Unique Presenta-
tion of His Friend schley's Case.
1t was in one of his fights for a
friend and principle that Gen. Felix
Agnus, editor and owner Of the Balti-
more American, pulled OF one Of the
most remarkable newspaper feats ever
recorded in this country, says the New
York Telegraph. 1t was at the time
that President Mckinley was contem-
plating sending to the Senate the naval
appointments that Gen. Agnus began to
take q lively and dangerous interest In
the Sampson-Schley controversy. That
is, his interest was dangerous to Ad-
miral Sampson.
Not only did there exist q Damon
and Pythias friendship between Gen.
Agnus and Admiral Schley, but the
principle involved appealed to Gen. Az
mus He learned that 1t was the in
tention Of President Mckinley to send
to the Senate the names Of Schley and
Sampson on the same day, but giving
sampson the preference and 4 ratina
much higher than that Of echley. All
the fighting blood In Gen. Angus body
was aroused By this information. IT
was up to him to make q fixht for
schley and he made 1t. He sent his
reporters. special correspondents and
special writer's scurrytng all over the
country. He gathered together 4 par
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did you hAve any luck n1hihS1s
ssYess~
Elbow many did yoa catch q
a DIDN'T catch any. Hut I thonehf
- soune mighty GOD stof1oe . I'll -
fpila st honne 1ashingto IN Gtak
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-24

$1,6oo-Saloon: best location in wholesale dis
trict; elegantly fitted cheap rent: receipts $50
daily; day trade. KREDO 10 Sd ST.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-24
MUSICAL
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

- - -
A CHANCE to get musical instrument free for
little work.
Byron Mauzy, manufacturers of the Byron
Mauzy Gold Medal pianos dealer in musical
Instruments of all kinds, sheet music, ETC.. is
Stockton ST., Union square So that every one
will know this and talk about It, he proposes
to give away as an advertisement 100 prizes of
musical instruments, pianos. piano gold bonds.
organs.I violin outfits, guitars. mandolins talk
ing machines. banJos cornets. drums. etc. BY
sending us list of not less than people who
you know are thinking of purchasing a piano
or some kind Of musical instrument in the next
three months, you may secure one of these
prizes. The one sending us the best list from
which we shall realize the most business (your
own purchases count will be given first prize
next best second prize. etc, Prizes win be dis
tributed December 10. 1905 For further par
ticulars send &c stamp for circular. During
sale some good bargains are offered Pianos TO
rent So, carriage. BYRON MAUZY, 1175
O'Farrell ST.
bargains. BOWERS & SON, 529-535 McAllister
ST. near Van Ness av- Ivers & Pond agents
SEE other pianos first, then examine storage
pianos; sacrificed 4l5 Van Ness av. and
ALMOST given away; storage pianos dirt cheap.
AN electric Peerless piano for sale at reasonable
aoGR SGRr1s s1a Faso Fi1 CO. 3 %ersh ae- St
AT HORNUNG'S, best bargains in second hand
pianos. 1854 Eddy st. near Fillmore.
FINE Decker upright at less than half original
price 469 goth ST.. Oakland.
NEW pianos for rent, So per month; rent al
lowed II purchased. STATHAM. "a Hill st.
NEW pianos to rent. SO per mo-; installments S.
JOS. SCHMITz & CO.. 430 Devisadero mr.. Fell
STEINwAY. $l25; Chickering, $105; Knabe 500.
HETNE PIANO COMPANY. 9OS Van Ness av.
WILL exchange upright piano for rent of house
Keeping rooms 1466 Bush st.
CALL BRANCH OFFICE, 1861 Fillmore st. near
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-24
THE FRANCIsco CALI. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER "a 1908
BUSINESS cHANCEs-Continued

-
A. KREDO g. CO...........10 Sd ST.
Adjoining Call Building.
OLDEST. MOST RELIABLE BUSINESS ACTS.
CAN SELL YOUR BUSINESS.
$500 for 5000 stock speculation; chance to
make good money; Japanese vases, bronzes,
81. 600 Saloon; best on Market St; fittings and
ony 500 cr KREDo RIfs rfcelsaS fo 81 s. to rent
81; ;eoo.s9loon; best location in wholesale dis
trict; elegantly fitted; cheap rent: receipts $50
daily; day trade. KREDo, 10 Sd ST.
s55o-Partner wholesale cigar business; owner owner
large profits KREDO. 10 Sd st.
tools and machinery worth price asked; op-
portunity live man. KREDo, 10 Sd ST.
s.. 2.soo-Elegantly fitted hotel. with bar connec-
tion. which does business $25 daily; hotel con-
tains 80 rooms: best town Napa county: rail
road electric car connection. kREDO. 10 Sd.
ss5o-Fine paying saloon; cheap rent; lease;
business $50 day; disagreement Pa partners tn cause
81 .2oo--Saloon: junction corner near North
rent s4o long lease nothing better for the
price hREDo, 10 Sd ST
ss5o-House. lots. 5ox1oeo each. all in fruit;
chicken house. chickens. bees, grapes. berries.
Solano CO.. s. p. R. R. express and Z. o.
agencies: SALARY 500 month. KRFDO 10 Sd ST.
LODGING HOUSES FOR SALE
A. KREpo & CO.. O...................10 Sd ST.
Adjoining Call Building
OLDEST. MOST RELIABLE ROOM1NG HOUSE
AGENTS-CAN SELL YOUR HOUSE.
SO, ,750-Swel 60 room hotel; rent $500; years
lease; excellent furniture, carpets bedding.
hot and cold water; in fne location; all
new and clean: a commercial house, all
men roomers. KREDO, 10 Sd st.
S650-Best IL rooms; down town; good furniture;
cheap rent: clears $50. kREDO. 10 Sd st. =
500 up TO 81, ,000-We loan money on furniture
In fats and houses. KREDO, 10 Sd ST.
TWENTY room house. clearing SIS per month.
$400 il taken at once.
54 room transient house, one of the best cor
ners in Oakland, So, 900; $150 per month; 3
years lease.
20 room apartment house, clearing s10o per
month; rent 500; lease: price $1,000.
COAST REALTY CO.,
dUav Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-24

AIRS. DR.. F. CLARK.
The well known trance medium gives truth
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more. San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-24

A. KREDO & CO......1 10 Sd ST.
Adjoining Call Building.
OLDEST, MOST RELIABLE BUSINESS ACTS.
CAN SELL YOUR BUSINESS.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-24

]. .ooo-Saloon; best Market ST; fittings and
stock worth price: receipts $50 daily; rent
only $50. KREDO. 10 Sd st.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-08
SIDES WITH ENGLISH
Manager of Canadian Olympic Team
Says That the Americans Made
Themselves Thoroughly DisIiked by
Their Competitors and Others.

Montreal, Aug. S.-The Canadian
Olympic team was met by crowd Of
admirers on it's arrival here on the
steamship Victorian, laA night. The
athletes were escorted thru the streets
to the Montreal Athletic club amid
cheers and plaudits, and formally well
coined home. j. H. Crocker, manager
Of the team, sides with the English
athletes and officials in the dispute
with the American team. He says:
Starting with the hole-digging Incl
dent for the pole vault, and finishing
up with the fould 400-metres, the
Americans made themselves thorough
ly disliked by the other competitors,
and despised by the officials and Eng
lish people. Most of their protests
were of the most trivial nature"
Speaking of the famous 40O-metre
race, in which Carpenter, an Ameri-
can, was alleged to have "bored" Hals-
we'll, Crocker declared emphatically
that it was one of the most deliberate
fouls that could have been devised.
More than that. Crocker AYERS that
the foul was premeditated.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-08
A Fine Organization and Glow
ing Reports Are Brought to
Eastern Headquarters
EVERYTHING WEST OF MISSOURI
A. NJ. Stevenson, of Denver Say. Taft
Will Carry All States With Possible
Exception Of Nevada and May Car
ry That Expect Close Fight in
Nebraska.

New York, Aug. 8.-Glowing reports
from organization work in the west
were brought to republican headquar-
ters today by A. NJ. Stevenson, of Den
yer, former member of the national
committee from Colorado. Stevenson
said all the state chairmen from the
states west of the Missouri river are
carrying on their work in accordance
with the plans made at the Colorado
Springs conference. Stevenson assert
ed Taft would carry everyone of the
western states with the possible ex-
ception of Nevada, and he thought that
state was good fighting ground for the
republicans. In Nebraska and Montana
he predicted the fight would be close
but Taft would win. Utah, he said,
would give the biggest republican ma
jority ever cast for any republican
candidate. He expected Oklahoma,
which he classed as a southern state,
to give Bryan its electoral vote.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-08
A WARM GREETING
New Zealand Presents Officers of Bat
tIeship, Fleet With Handsome Sou
venir and Expresses High Regard
for United States.

Auckland. Aug. S.-A book which has
been printed by the government for
presentation to the officers Of the
American battleship fleet as SOU
venir of their visit here, contains the
following greeting, written by the
prime minister, Joseph G. Ward:
"No visit of foreign warships was
ever so welcome as is yours today. In
receiving the fleet a sense of kinship
stirs our hearts for we feel the great
est nation of the west has come to
visit us, this fleet being the visible en-
bodiment of its might, majesty and do
minion. President Roosevelt in act and
word Of his life works reflects and
voices our national ethics and aspira-
Jtions. The name of Roosevelt in New
Zealand stands for national righteous
ness and is cherished, honored and
revered. The fleet stands for peace,
justice and freedom, and these are
the thought, , and feelings that are
stirring our hearts today"