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Arizona republican., 1908-06-05
AN ELDERLY WOMAN
 OF HISTORIC FAMILY
Death of Mrs. Benjamin W. Wiser
 Last Evening At the Home of Her

Mrs. Benjamin F. Wiser died last evening about 8 o'clock at the home of her son Dr. Frank c. Wiser No. S25 North Second avenue, as the final is sue of stroke of apopleXy with which she was seized on Monday morning. She immediately sank into uncons- ciousness and never rallied from it during her four days illness.
 The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the home Of her son. Members of the Masonic fra ternity will serve as pall-bearers, Dr. Wiser being a member of high degree in that order.
 Mary J. Allen was born April g, 1S41, in Pennsylvania being of an old Penn
Arizona republican., 1908-06-05

FOR SALE-10 acres on North 7th St, s3.00O.00. acres North Center, S3750.0O. 9 acres on Tempe road, $42O0.0O. Five room residence Grand Ave, windmill and tank, two lots, highly improved, s1600.00. 80 acres well improved, s80.OO per acre. 16O acres Buckeye. improved, s40.O0. F. Barr. West Adams.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
BIG LEAGUES MADE
ENORMOUS PROFITS

The professional baseball season, re-
Gently brought to dramatic termina-
ton, surpassed any in the history Of
the game. The total number of paid
admissions for the National league was
3,3142,85, as against 2,7377,93 the
previous season.
For the American league the gain
was less, owing to the fact that the
American league had nearly as closely
fought pennant race last season as
this. The figures for the American
league are 8, 554, 837, as against $685.
764 last season.
Even with hard times the game
fourished as never before, until the
two major leagues will clean up nearly
a million dollars on the season on an
investment Of less than 81, 600, 900.
Some clubs made more money this
season than their plants cost them, and
yet there were extravaganza methods
usded in many cases, in the way of
carrying a large number of players
wholly unfit for the big leagues. The
secret of success has been the we'll
matched teams in both leagues, where
championships were not settled until
the very last day, and the leaders came
together for the final count, something
never before heard of in major league
baseball.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
One Commission Enough
FRANCHISE DEFEATED
BY CLEVELAND VOTERS

Cleveland, Oct. q The franchise
under which the Municipal Traction
Company was operating the local street
railway lines on three-cent fare basis,
the result of consolidation of all the
lines of the city, was defeated by a
majority of $40 in the referendum
vote. The total vote cast was more
than 5000.
The defeat of the franchise may
mean that the railway poperty will re-
vert to it's original owners and that the
strife which has lasted for many years
will be renewed.
It is stated by some observers that
the franchise was defeated not so much
upon the issue involved as upon the
general dissatisfaction of the public
with the service given by the operat-
ing company, which was greatly cur
tailed in order to place the property
on a paying basis at the lower rate Of
fare. It is also admitted that the
labor trouble which occurred upon the
advent of the new operating company
was largely responsible for the out
come,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
AMERICAN FLEET HAS
SAILED SOUTHWARK

Yokohama, Oct. 25.-The Atlantic
battleship fleet sailed out of Yokohama
harbor promptly at 8 o'clock this
morning to continue its voyage around
the world, and the send-off that was
accorded the Americans as the ships
put out to sea was such a celebration
as has never before been heard of or
esen in Japan.
At earliest daylight the last launches
Of the fleet and small harbor craft were
speeding back and forth between the
ships and the shore, carrying the be-
lated men of the fleet to their respect
i've vessels, while other boats of the
harbor, brilliant with color and laden
with crowds gathered to bid the fleet
godspeed, steamed slowly about the
anchored ships. Larger steamships
loaded with excursionists, steamed
about, ready to follow the fleet out to
deep water.
The official farewells were said at
7 80. This ceremony over, Rear Ad-
miral Kaito, who was of the party
which boarded the American flagship,
was taken back to his own flagship, the
Mikassa, and Immediately thereafter
the Connecticut weighed anchor, and,
heading the long line of American
ships in single file, steamed down the
harbor and out past the breakwater,
while the guns of the Japanese fleet
thundered the last goodby. of the ma
tion
There was not single desertion
from the fleet here and not one blue
jacket was absent from his ship last
night, and the conduct of the men was
remarkably orderly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
MANY TO ATTEND
FARMERS COURSE

Pullman, Wash, Oct. GA large
number of inquiries coming in from
various parts of the state indicate that
the winter school for farmers, which
commences sessions the first week in
January, will have record breaking
attendance. Last year forty-five far
mers were enrolled in the winter
school, and up to the present date one
hundred and fifty inquiries have been
received from prospective students.
This year distinctly new phase of
the work of this school will be the use
OF textbooks and the assignment Of les
sons by the professors in charge. In
years heretofore the course has con-
sisted mainly of lectures. Prof. George
Severance, head of the department of
agriculture has just outlined the cour-
ses of instruction, which largely deal
with dairying, fruit growing, soil and
farm management, Bookkeeping, poul-
try raising, the care of livestock and
many other subjects of more or less
interest to persons following the agri-
cultural pursuits. Especial emphasis
will be placed ON instruction on the
available literature published nova
days on farming topics.
ga good many farmers say they are
too busy to read the papers, but they
cannot afford to be that busy" said
Prof. Severance. ''There are many
important things which can be learned
by carefully reading and studying the
carefully written articles on agricul-
tural topics that are nowadays SO prom
nently featured in a majority of our
larger publications.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
Minor Happenings
Of the Week

The supreme court of Nebraska has
sustained the legality of the Nebraska
blue laws, forbidding almost all Sun
day business transactions.
John P. Reynolds, Jr., has been ap-
pointed receiver of the banking firm Of
E. H. Cav & Co., of Boston The liza
bilities amour to about 81, OO0,OO
Prince August William of Prussia,
fourth son of Emperor William, and
the Duchess Alexandra Victoria of
Schleswig- Holstein, were married on
Thursday last.
The Austria Hungary government
has published an order prohibiting the
export or transmission through AustrO-
Hungary of any war material of any
kind to Servia or Montenegro.
The Presbyterian synod of Illinois,
at meeting last week, passed resolu-
tions urging the defeat of Speaker Can
non, of the national house Of represen
tatives, who is seeking reelection.
Whitelaw Reid, American ambassa-
dor, unveiled tablet in the city Of
Bath, England, in memory Of Edmund
Burke, the English statesman and ora
tor. The tablet had been set upon the
house where Burke lived in Bath.
The Pacific cruiser fleet, commanded
by Rear Admiral Swinburne, sailed
from Honolulu Thursday, with the &C
companying torpedo boat destroyers in
tow. for the Pacific coast. The cruisers
will proceed to Magdalena bay for tar
get practice, after which they will visit
the west coast of South America.
Nevadans are alarmed over the an
noumcement that another Mormon col
ony is to be established near Reno.
This will make four colonies in as
many different sections of the state.
Negotiations are pending, it is said,
for the sale of the Delmonte hotel at
San Francisco, to syndicate Of Eng
lish capitalists for consideration of
between 81, 500, 900 and So, 900, 900.
Delegates representing practically
every civilized nation Of the world are
assembled in Denver to attend the S5th
annual convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.
Congress will be asked to make an
appropriation Of s35, 900, 600 for carry
ing on the work of the Isthmian canal
during the fiscal year 1910, if estimates
prepared by the commission are ap-
proved by the war department. The
appropriation for the present year is
$27, 100000.
The, supreme court of the United
States has indicated disapproval of the
efforts to bring that court into politics
at this time by denying the motion to
advance the hearing in the case Of the
Nobel State bank of Oklahoma against
Gov. Haskell and others, involving the
constitutionality of Oklahoma's bank
deposit guaranty law.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
RUSSIA IS ASKED FOR
REVISION OF TREATY

New York, Oct. ga letter from
Secretary of State Root to Jacob H.
Schiff, Of New York, has been made
public, dealing with the attitude of the
government in securing equality of
treatment for American citizens visit
ing Russia, and also explaining the
governments position in the case of
Jan Jan of Pouren, the Russian refugee
now detained in New York city by the
federal court. Mr.. Roots letter brings
out for the first time that the United
States has asked Russia for complete
revision and amendment of the treaty
of 1882, which provides for reciprocal
rights of residence and travel of the
citizens of the two countries.
Secretary Root declares that this
government does not for moment
contemplate sending Pouren or anyone
else back to Russia or to any other
country to be tried for a political Of
Tense.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
PLAN TO CELEBRATE
NORTH BANK OPENING

Portland, Oct. 27.-November y
the probable date of the formal open.
ing of the Spokane-Seattle railroad u =,
as it is popularity known, the Nolul
Bank road into Portland. Arranse
ments are now being made for a gl.a'
celebration of the event on that da,0
James J. Hill, accompanied by ui a
chief officials of his system, will a''ena
the demonstration and will nlaAv
speeches. The welcoming OF the n -,
road will be under the auspices Oh Wv
Chamber of Commerce, the Comm mao
cial Club and Board of Trade. Inv
celebration will end with an elaooia AZ
banquet at which there will be a ~
liant list of speakers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
LIBERALS WIN IN
CANADIAN ELECTION
MAJORITY REDUCED

Ottawa, Ont. Oct. 27.-Elections for
the federal house of commons were
held yesterday throughout Canada.
Of the 221 constituencies in the Do
minion only two-Rouville, Ontario,
and South York, Ontario-returned
members by reclamation. In all the
others, with the exception OF five,
which will hold their elections later,
there were contests.
The returns show that Sir Wilfrld
Laurier, the present premier, who in
the last house had a majority of sixty
six, will be returned to power for an
other five years with a safe, although
slightly reduced majority.
French Canadian Quebec remained
loyal to the premier, electing a mem
bership almost solidly Liberal.
Ontario, where the Conservatives
expected to make their heaviest gains
did not come up to the opposition s
expectations The returns indicate an
almost evenly divided membership,
compared with thirty-nine Liberals
and forty-seven Conservatives in the
last house. The opposition gained
slightly in Manitoba, but the Liberals
carried the remainder of the West,
with few exceptions.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
ELIMINATES DECAY
IN SHIPPING FRUIT

San Francisco, Oct. 21.-The South.
ern Pacific Railroad Company has an.
nounced it's determination to expend a
million dollars in the near future in
the construction ofp lants for pre-cool-
ing fruit and vegetables according to
the Roy Sprague system, the object
being to permit long hauls of perish
able freight with little rks of decay.
The company has been experimenting
with the Sprague device for a year,
and has found it satisfactory. Two
large plants, one at Rosevile and one
at Cotton, will be erected, the first
capable of chilling 20 carloads in four
hours and the latter having capacity
of 40 carloads in the same time. To
accomplish the same result in an Or.
binary ice plant would require four
days. The company's scientists have
demonstrated that the sudden chilling
of vegetable matter causes an absolute
suspension of the process of decay, and
the company announces that the new
method practically will do away with
the loss Of time and consequent loss by
decay in shipments of California fruits
and vegetables to Eastern markets.
The Sprague device consists OF
plant equipped to force through the
loaded cars under vacuum pressure
blasts of air that have been previously
passed over ice. The vacuum removes
the warm air, thereby removing the
Immediate cause Of decay. The plants
will be operated in conjunction with
the new refrigerator cars adopted BY
the company recently.
Green deciduous fruit shipments this
year are 5000 carloads in excess OF
any previous year, according to rail-
road figures, and it is thought that the
use of the Sprague process will raise
the total to 10000 per year. Inc
plants are within hours of any part
of the state, and it is believed that oy
means of the better preservative pro-
cess it will be possible to pick trul1
when much ripper than has been 1le
custom thereby securing better nav"
and consequently higher value.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
TACOMA QUOTATIONS

Wheat-Bluestem, 95c; club, Gle;
red, 90c.
Poultry-Turkeys, dressed, 22@25c
spring chickens, dressed, 10000;
hens, dressed, &c.,; ducks, live, 1Oc;
spring chickens, live, 13c; geese,
fresh, dressed, 18c; squads, live, 81. 30
as doz; dressed, IS. so doz.
Butter-Washington, S3@34c; Ore
gon, 27@28c.
Eggs-Washington ranch, candled,
44@46c; Oregon, 27c.
Oats-$3O@31; rolled oats, 4S1@S2.
Hay, Alfalfa, Etc.-Wheat hay, $14
@15; timothy, $1S@19; mixed, $3.50
II; wild, $11@1s, clover, $15@16;
alfalfa, $12@13.
Feed-Corn, $s9@40; wheat, $s1@
50; barley, whole grain, $26@27 :;
rolled, $27@28; shorts, S28@29; bran,
$2e. 6O0$27T.0.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
Washington State News

Tacoma public schools are making
preparations for large exhibit at the
1909 exposition in Seattle.
Half of the apple crop of the Yak
ina valley, it is estimated, has been
already shipped to Eastern cities.
The New Washington hotel, at Seat
tie, was formally opened last Wednes-
day evening. The scene was one of
the most brilliant in Seattle's history.
Experts working on the books of the
City Of Spokane have reported that the
shortage in the water department. is
$3, 800, in the police court department
$614, in other departments $500, and
$33, 500 in the street department. The
last named shortage lis due to old and
uncollected bills. The experts find
there has been gross carelessness and
crudeness in keeping the city's books.
The National Lumber and Box
Company's mill at Hoquiam began run
ming full time Monday evening. A
crew of $50 men composes the night
shift.
An increase of from 10 to Is per
cent over the appropriation of two
years ago will be asked by the board
of regents Of the state normal school
at Bellingham.
A public meeting of farmers was
held at the courthouse at Colville
Thursday for the purpose of perfecting
the organization Of cooperative mer-
camille company to include farmers.
A monument is to be unveiled at
Four Mound Prairie, near Spokane, on
October %, in commemoration of the
establishment Of Camp Washington at
that Point by Gov. Isaac l. Stevens in
1853
During the month of September 22O
cars of fruit were shipped from We
natchee, and so far in October over
$50 cars Of early fruit were shipped
by freight alone, besides the enormous
shipments made by express.
Prosecuting Attorney Peringer has
issued an edict to the cigar and tobac-
co vendors of Bellingham that they
will be allowed to keep their places
of business open on Sundays provided
they do not shake dice with their pat
rOns for the smokes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT
Purchasing Prices

The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots f. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no.
tice.:
Grain-Oats,$ $500 s1.oo per ton bar
ley, $25. 5O@26; wheat, chicken feed,
$28@29; corn, $500.
Hay-Eastern Washington timothy,
$16@$17 per ton; Puget sound hay,
$1,000 @11.00; wheat hay, .$12 alfalfa,
%. 5O@1O.5O;
Eggs-Select ranch, $45@48c doz.
Poultry-Live hens, 12@13c per
lb; springs, 14@15c.
Live Stock-Steers, 41@4%c per
Id; COWS, 3A@3Hc;wethers, 4Hc;
lambs, &c; hogs, 7@71ac; veal, SO
7c.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
SEATTLE SHRINERS To
FORM LARGEST TEMP ;

Seattle, Oct. 24.-The largest sb,;
er tempt eever formed in Amer;c. -,
be instituted in Seattle next Wedn.
day evening. There are 40 cbo..
members of this, the Nile Temn,o :.
which more than 400 are residents :.
Seattle. In less than six weeks clos,
of other candidates will begin troddin,
the burning sands of the Arabian A.,
ert, and by the first of the wear =
expected that the membership will 10
at least 600. The elaborate corou
MES of opening the Nile Temple will
take place in the Elks lodge room :.
the Alaska building, because the NJ.
sonic hall is inadequate to accomodo.
the hundreds who will be present '
This is the third temple to be formoa
in the state and the one hundred .na
tenth to be formed in America Tha
first temple formed in this state was
the Aft Temple at Tacoma, in 1899
which row has a membership of noo,
~ 1000. The second temple formed
in the state was at Spokane, in 1900
which now has membership of abont
800. 0'
The dispensation for the Seattle
temple was granted by the imperial
council of the Mystic Shrine. which
met in July. The policy Of tho
Shriners has always been to have
samll number of temples and to have
each occupy field independent of anv
other. Until last July the Tacoma
temples territory extended over all
that part of Washington west of the
10th degree of longitude. The iuris.
diction of the Nile Temple will be all
the territory in Washington west Of
the 10th degree Of longitude and
north of an imaginary line drawn east
and west through point equi.distapt
from Seattle and Tacoma. The Ia.
coma temple will continue to hold
sway south of that line. Ellis L. Gar.
retson, potentate of Aft Temple at
Tacoma, acting as deputy to the i'm.
perial potentate, will come here to
institute the Nile Temple and install
the new officers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
MANY "DON'TS" HANDED
OUT TO JAPANESE

Yokohama, Oct. 24.-The visit of
Admiral Sperry's warships to the ports
Of Nippon has caused an apprehensive
overhauling of the codes of etiquette.
The governor Of Kanagawa has COM
piled code of etiquette that surpasses
any "don't book" of the Occident
due recognition must be given the
fact that it is the custom with foreign
ers to walk hand in hand" is precept
to the children upon observing any in
clination to spooniness on the part of
the visitors.
"Impediments shall not be given to
the foreigners at play or on bicycles
by arraying many children in the
street.
''The finger shall not be pointed at
foreigners, is striking admonition.
''Those who are learning foreign
languages should not try unnecessary
talk with foreigners for the mere pur-
pose Of practicing their tongue -
For the protection of women the gov
ernor writes: ''The age of foreigner
shall not be asked unless some special
necessity demands it. -
1T shall be understood that when a
foreigner looks at his watch he sug-
gests that he has some urgent engage
ment. :"
The Japanese weekly Gazette, in
which the governor gives his advice to
the unmannered, contains nearly col
umn of polite hints that include certain
observances of cleanliness deemed to
be particularly pleasing ito the for
ei oner -
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
Chinese Students Arrive

San Francisco, Oct. 22.-Ten Chi.
nese students, bent on gaining higher
education in American universities,
have arrived here from the far East.
Eight of them are bound to Harvard.
Yale and Cornell, and the other two
will matriculate at the University of
California. These youths were select
ed out of a vast number who offered
themselves to the Chinese provincial
government that is paying expenses.
They will remain in this country four
years and return to China to help edu-
cate their less fortunate fellows &C
cording to American ideas.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
SEATTLE WOMAN GETS
A CARNEGIE MEDAL

Seattle, Oct. 27.-In recognition of
her heroism and self-sacricfiing de-
votion to duty in re-entering the burn
in building Of the Washington Child
ren's Home to rescue two babes COM
mitted to her care, the Carnegie hero
fund commission, at a meeting held in
Pittsburg last week, awarded a silver
medal and cash gift of $1,000 to
Mrs. Minnie L. Meyers, matron Of the
Washington Childrens home, now at
Ravenna.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
CLIMAX OF
SPLENDOR
FIFTY THOUSAND IN MON
STER LANTERN PROCESS.
SION IN TOKYO
Demonstration Crowns Unbroken
Series of LuncheOns, Recep-
tons, Dinners and Garden Par
ties---American Tars Behaving
Splendidly.

Tokyo, Oct. 24.-Last night the re-
ception to the officers and men Of the
American battleship fleet reached a
climax. A spontaneos outburst of en-
thusiasm in which SO, 900 of the popu-
lace participated, crowned the unbro-
ken series Of luncheons, dinners, ball
and garden parties that have marked
the five days since the warships an
chored in Yokohama harbor. The peO-
pie of Tokyo did honor to their Amer
lean visitors in demonstration that
eclipsed any in the history of the city,
not even excepting the celebration that
followed the signal successes of the
Japanese army or navy.
A torchlight procession, arranged as
surprise, was the concluding feature
of the day. For hours the principal
streets were packed with paraders who
numbered upwards Of $4,000 and who
wound their way through the city like
a crooked river of running fire. Every
individual of the vast multitude car
ried a lantern, and, in addition, the
Japanese and American flags. At in
tervals there were huge Examinations
of costly and striking design.
Are Cheered Everywhere.
Everywhere the Americans were
cheered, and nowhere was the enthusi-
asm aroused to wilder pitch than
when the great procession reached the
American embassy. For over an hour
the pageant wound through the grounds
cheering the admirals of the American
fleet and calling by name for Ambassa-
dor O'Brien, who, as it CHANGED, was
in attendance at the dinner of Count
KOmura.
Commencing at noon officers and
men of the American battleship fleet
were constantly in motion to keep pace
with the rapidly succeeding features of
the entertainment in their honor.
The mayor of Tokyo presided at a
banquet at noon, attended by Rear Ad-
miral Sperry, Ambassador O'Brien,
members Of the diplomatic corps and
half the fleets officers. Half an hour
later the gates Of Hibiya park were
opened to 5000 American bluejackets
and marines, who found every variety
of entertainment provided in their hon
or. Altogether 5000 invitations to
this function were issued. There were
besides many entertainments of minor
character, which kept all ashore busy
the entire day.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-31
Hindus Object to Arrangement

Vancouver, B. c., Oct. 22.-The
Hindus at Victoria object to deporta-
ton to British Honduras, and have
had telegram sent to the secretary
Of state for India and copy to Sir
Wilfrid Laurier, in which they say
that the Sikhs in Victoria protest
against their possible removal to Bri-
fish Honduras. They declare they are
willing to stay in Canada, and if forced
to vacate Canada they prefer to return
to India.