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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-01-04
DOWAGER EMPRESS ORDERS
SUPPRESSION OF meetings

Picking, Dec. 28.-The dowager en-
press has given verbal orders to the
interior department and to the police
to suppress all public meetings in
Picking, and there is reason to believe
that this order will be extended to
the provinces.
The popular agitation along the
lines of rights recovery" is growing
in a phenomenal manner.
For a month past the government
here has been receiving kilograms in
increasing numbers, expressing the
strong desire of the senders that the
rights which have been alienated from
them by foreigners be restored to the
Chinese. The movement has reached
such magnitude that the government
is thoroughly alarmed, and it is striv-
ing to fill the conciliatory position be-
tween the revolutionary agitators and
those who consider themselves to be
aggrieved.
The agitation embraced the ques-
ton of the patrol of the West river by
Great Britain in an effort to put an
end to piracy there, and leading En-
glishmen here apprehend that the re
cent popular hostility will result in an
injury to British trade. The govern
ment is relying on the support OF
Great Britain, whose insistence upon
China's maintenance of her original
position has produced an apparent
solidarity among the Chinese minis
tiers.
1t is declared here that the foreign
agitation, the matter of the attitude
adopted by Japan with regard to Man
|churia and the warning OF Russia con-
|cerning the annulment of the tele-
graph convention have led the BRUSH
foreign office to take action in the
form of representations to the TOXIC
government.
France has consented to the revls'
ion of the .Tonking convention regaFa'
ing land telegraphs, but she has posi-
|poned discussion with China OF inc
cable controversy, as she desires u
secure facilities for the extensions
OF the submarine line to VladlvostoA'
China considers the attitude taken .!
Japan to be based upon imposslpie
claims, and Japan, it is averrea, ID
taking advantage of China's compllca'
lions with Great Britain in order
postpone the negotiations ,regaruino
Manchuria. She has delayed dratuns
the new postal convention, which "a'
promised for November.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-01-04
CANADA AND JAPAN FINISH y
IMMIGRATION NEGOTIATIONS

Tokyo, Dec. 26.-Rudolph E. LIE
miux, Canadian minister of labor, who
concluded his negotiations yesterday
with the Japanese government regard
ing the regulation of immigration to
Canada, said:
"My lips are sealed on the subject.
Any statement I have to make be-
longs first to the Dominion govern
ment. I return with nothing but the
most pleasant recollections."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-01-04
PROVIDE FOR PRESIDENTS
Cleveland Advocates Pension A''''
Term of Office Ends.

New York, Dec. 30.-Ex-Presloens,
Grover Cleveland, under the utle "
sOur People and Their Ex-Preslden.s
has contributed an interesting afl..s
to the Youths Companion for Janusi.
5. Referring to the poverty OF jew, !.
son after he left the presidency a. ~
blow to national pride, Mr.. Cle'ela 1;s
declares definite and generous p.U ION.
lon should be made for the MANI. and
ance Of chief magistrates at inc "a "a
OF their terms. He deals VIII .s.t
subject at length, and explains lin In.
he feels he can do so without nis e
-cerity being questioned, since ~ 9Th.
beyond the need Of aid from the =
lie treasury.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-01-04
JAPANESE DIET OPENED.
MiIkado's Speech Lays Stress on the
Friendly Relations Abroad.

Mikado'8 speech lays stress on tne
Friendly Relations Abroad.
Toxic, Dec. 28.-The twenty-fourth
diet was formally opened at 1880 a.
m. today by the emperor, who deliv-
cred the speech from the throne in
the house of peers. In the speech
from the throne the emperor laid
stress on the increasing cordial rela-
tions with foreign powers and the i'm
portaft bearing on peace in the far
East of the entente -cordiale conclud-
ed with Russia and France by Japan.
He dwelt on the Importance of the
most careful deliberation of fiscal
measures and said he expected the
concurrence of the diet in the budget
which would be presented by the gov
eminent.
Three minutes were consumed in
the delivery of the speech from the
throne.
The emperor was driven to and
from the diet in a closed carriage un-
der the escrot of company OF
lancers.
The replies of the two houses to the
speech from the throne will be short
and formal and will be presented to
his majesty in the Paledo later in the
day, after which the presidents OF
both houses will report back to their
respective houses the emperor's ap-
probation and both houses will adj
journ for three weeks, at which time
the business of the session will be
commenced.
The overwhelming majority of the
government in the diet makes it i'm
probable that there will be any ex-
tended debates, although there may
be some on the finance and immigra.
ton questions.
1t is generally understood, however
that all the leaders are practically
agreed on the government policy
looking toward the restriction of emf
grafton.
It is probable that a motion of lack
of confidence in the cabinet will be in
troduced because of the proposed in.
crease in taxation, which is unpopular
with the masses.
The motion may possibly pass in
view of the fact that this is the last
session of the diet. The general cleo
ton will occur in the spring, at which
time a new diet will be chosen.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-01-04
NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION
WILL MEET IN SEATTLE

Chicago, Dec. 31.Seattle was Sc
lected as the meeting place Of the
American Bar Association at meet.
ing Of the executive committee of the
organization held here yesterday In
the office Of Jacon NJ Dickinson, pres.
ident OF the association. The conven.
ton win assemble August Is. Alton
B. Parker, who was one Of the com
mittee members present, declared him
self out Of politics and said that he
will view. all future campaigns as an
innocent bystander."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-01-04
Contractor Gets Extension.

Washington, Dec. 28.-An extension
of time has been granted to A. G..
Noodle of Matches, Wash, to April
Is, 1908, in which to complete his
contract for the construction of the
tunnel on the Tieto1 main canal, Tie
ton irrigation project, Washington.
The inability of the contractor to
obtain an adequate force of laborers
and the unexpected existence of slide
rock, a difficult material to handle,
made the completion of the contract
by January 1, 1908, impossible.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-01-04
Shipping Empties East.

Tacoma, Dec. 28.-Rather an limo
walton in railroading in the North.
west is a movement of hundreds OF
empty cars by the Northern Pacific
back over its main line to st. Paul
These cars are what are called 'for.
eigns," belonging to other roads, and
the railroad is now endeavoring to
send them home. Heretofore it has
been the policy of the road to send
all OF them back loaded. It was de,
termined, however, not to wait for
the lumber mills to begin operations
SO the empties are going East.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-01-04
Minor Happenings
Of the Week

The interior of Turkey is said to be
suffering from severe famine.
Tin mills at Martins Ferry, Ohio,
have resumed operations after four
weeks of idleness.
A bill has been introduced in con-
gress for the marking of the boundary
line between Washington and Idaho.
The provincial exhibition buildings
at Victoria have been completely de-
stroyed by fire, causing loss OF $S9-
900. -
President Charles w. Fair
banks was unanimously indorsed for
the presidency at the love feast OF
the Indiana Republicans at Indianapo-
lis Thursday last.
Following the lead of the Erie rail-
road, the New York Central has an
nounced, reduction of 10 per cent
in the wages of it's $4,000 employees.
The cut will be made in January.
The National Enameling & Stamp
ing Company's plant at Granite City,
ILL.,, will resume work January 6. Two
thousand men who have been out OF
work for nearly a month will resume.
The convention of the National
Commercial Teachers Federation and
its affiliated bodies, embracing the
United States and Canada, opened at
Pittsburg Friday for a four days seS-
sion.
The mill company at Port Gamble,
Wash, distributed gifts to every in
dividual in that town on Christmas.
The Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills
Company has declared it's regular an
nual dividend of per cent on the pre-
ferred shares.
By a majority of 545, Raleigh, N.
c., has voted out it's liquor dispensary
and will become prohibition city,
the dispensary having closed. In the
city there we're 928 votes for prohibi-
ton, 3S1 for dispensary and two for
saloons.
Trinity College, Cambridge, bene-
fits to the extent of 100000 by the
death of Lady Pierce. Her husband,
Sir William George Pierce, died on
November 2 last. By his will his for
tune was bequeathed to Trinity Col
lege on the death of Lady Pierce.
A sale of the properties of the
North Chicago Street Railway Com
paly, the West Chicago Street Rail
way Company and the Chicago Union
Traction Company, under decree OF
foreclosure, was ordered by Judge
Peter S. Grosscup, sitting in the Unit
to take place at noon on January 25
United States Senator Mallory OF
Florida is dead.
According to dispatch from London
Great Britain will soon rehabilitate
tho naval station at Esquimalt and
will send a fleet to Pacific waters.
William R. Smith, Scotchman by
birth, is about to complete his 18Th
year as superintendent of the botan
ical garden in Washington. He says
he has served the federal government
in the same position longer than any
other of it's employees.
If a movement started by women
voters of Colorado succeeds, two wo
men will be included in the Colorado
delegation to the next Democratic
convention, and one will be Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Leavitt, eldest daughter OF
William J. Bryan.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-01-04
Exact Time Of New Year.

Washington, Dec. 30.Ihe Naval
Observatory has made the usual ar
rangements to fash the signal mark
ing the instant Of the beginning Of
the new year to the four standard
time belts Of the country. The time
for each belt Will be sent out from
Washington during the i've minutes
preceding the hour Of midnight ID
each respective belt.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-01-04
Demands Of Trainmen Deferreo'

Chicago, Dec. 31.-Tralnmen nm.
conductors on all the railroads .;aed
ming east OF Chicago have deels0 !
to defer action on the demands ~ *.
general revision of wages anu ,s;oa
ing conditions. This was the aeo,s am.
OF the executive committee, WHICH :. me
|pleted here recently its canvass u
votes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-01-04

Seattle is ahead Of all the rest in
percentage of increase in population,
deposits, clearings and postoffice re-
|ceipts. In clearings no other city even
entered the thousand percentage, while
Seattle showed 1925 per cent gain.
Birmingham, Ala, with 1,120 per cent
gain in deposits, was the only one
that entered the thousand per cent
class, in which Seattle stands 1899.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-01-04
GROWTH OF SEATTLE.
strikingIy Shown by Table Prepared
by New York Magazine.

ingly shown in a table prepared by
Trust Companies, New York maya
zine. The table was designed to show
the growth of forty representative cit
les of the United States in ten years.
The figures are not separated so as to
show to the especial advantage of any
city. Seattle is placed some distance
down in the list SO far. as the table
is concerned, but the fact is soon dis
covered on inspection that this city is
well to the front in it's show of growth.
The percentages of gain are as fol
lows:
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-01-04

But there is one sad note, and only
one, in the secretary's report. While
he says the farmer viii have more to
spend and more to invest than he ever
before had out of one years work, he
Acknowledges that his figures and es-
Inmates were made just before those
chaps in New York, who toll not and
neither do they spin, served their
blasting joke upon the country. If
there proves something wrong, there
fore, with the reports prediction re-
garding the amount OF money the
farmers will realize out Of the years
business it must not be attributed to
the secretary nor to the farmers, nor
to anyone but those self-same New
Workers. who have bet the country to
q standstill, and who; now that their
game is temporarily suspended, are
seeking to fasten the responsibility
for whatever has happened, or may
happen, upon someone else.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-01-04
SEATTLE MARKET REPORT
Purchasing Prices.

Purchasing Prices.
The following prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots (. o. b. Sc
attic, and are subject to change with
out notice:
Grain-Oats, $24@26 per ton: bar
ley, $27 per ton; wheat, chicken feed,
$zS@29 per tom: bran, $40 per ton;
shorts. $21 per ton; corn. $2S@29 per
ton.
Hay-Eastern Washington timothy,
$40 per ton; Puget Sound hay, $3.50
II per ton; wheat hay, SIS per ton;
alfalfa. 1904 per ton.
Eggs Select ranch, 37@3Sc per doz.
Poultry-Lve hens, 1870 per lb;
small spring chickens, 14c per lb.
Wool-Eastern Washington wool,
clean, 14@16c per lb; do dirty, 100
lac ger ID; Puget sound wood, clean,
10000 per lb: do timber stained.
.1s@17c per ID; sheep pelts, full wool,
1.40@Is0 each: medium wool, 7O@s0c
each; shearlings, 10000 each.
Live Stock-Sheep-Wethers 4A@
Sic per lb; ewes, 41zc per ID; lambs,
5h@6hc per Id. Hogs-61kc per lb.
Cattle Steers, 4@4Ac per Id; cows,
2h03hc per ID: calves, 41zc per ID.
Tacoma Quotations.
Wheat Bluestem. SIC; club, soc:
red. 78c.
Poultry - Dressed - Turkeys, 22c;
spring chickens, 1sc; hens, 16c;
ducks. 1Sc; geese, 1Sc. Lve-hens,
lie; springs. 12c; ducks, 12c; geese,
11@12c.
Observation-Disclosures, 36@38c; Ore
gon, 36c: Eastern, 28@33c.
Eggs Washington ranch, strictly
fresh. 35c.
Oats $32@3S; rolled oats, $1,000
Hay. Alfalfa, Wheat hay,
$1s@1s: timothy. $25@36: mixed.
$22@23; wild. $15020; clover, 5000
q: timothy and clover, $22023; al
talfa, $15016; straw. $12@13.
Feed Corn, $3S: wheat, $32033:
barley. whole grain, 3ef02S: Yolled,
$1,000: shorts, SIC; bran, $23.500 "a;
middlings, $sO0s1: OIL meal. $44@45.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-31
Apples From Washington

The following news item we clip from
the London Daily Telegraph of Now: %:
"Covent- gardens central avenue or
grand row as it is popula'ly called
was thronged yesterday with spectators
interested in Il magnificent display of
picturesque apples from the Wenatchee
valley, Washington, United States of
America. Members of the fruit trade
were unanimous in pronouncng it to
be The handsonest consignment Of che
fruit they had seen. A hitherto un-
known variety, the Winter Banana, of
autiful delicate hue, attracted a
considerable amount Of attention This
j., the first cnusi ynmrnt of apples from
the Wcnalchee valley, and if the quail
It., of the crop is as indicated by this
ARRIVAL, there will be ready and &C
tive market for the produce. 1t is
SAID that large shipments to English
markets from this district are comtem-
plated.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-31

fruits shall be gathered by the genera.
should cultivate this germ and it may
grow with unerring care, unblemished
and unscarred? Then it's fruits shall
yield a hundredfold. 1t is not for our
selves alone that we have being but
for those around rs Shall we lock up
the treasures gathered with our own
fellow man? | trust there is not a
Granger in the entire fraternity so
wrapped up in self, so unconscious Of
others woes. so regardless OF others
pleasures that be cannot share with
his brethren the pain and pleasures
alike that may come to each and every
one of US in the coming years OF this
Grange history Let US ever be on the
alert striving to out strip the past re-
cord. Can we not add another grain
TO the balance and tip the scale to the
side of the advancement? Can we not
step higher, reaching another round in
the latter of progression: Can we not
advance step in fraternal friendship?
believe we can. Union is the silken
cord, the great factor of Fraternal
strength. Without it nations mble,
thrones dismantled, and organizations
fail. | believe the Grange is Ia its In
fancy, that the sun is but just in the
morning of its glory and that its zenith
is yet far in the future aud that it's
gems will sparkle brighter and bright
err down through the centuries.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-31

The Grange is an order whose motto
is pro ress and the teachings of which
are + or the lettering of mankind, for
pleasanter and happier homes, and in
creased social intercourse. Have we
accomplished these (esres? The history
of the past alone can tell. We have
an organization without parallel in
growth and prosperity, an order whose
tendrils Irvine around and brighten
thousands of homes throughout the
length and breadth of the land. We
have to-day started on another year in
its history. We meet evening after
evening. Can we not at each meeting
add to the laurels already won? Can
we not add something to the comfort
and wellbeng of our fellowm and to
those with whom we are so intimately
connected? | believe the Grange is
destined to unfold far greater develop
ments than it's most sanguine founders
anticipated. We are living in the
morning of the Goth century-already
the golden rays streak the horizon of
another epoch in the worlds history.
Shall we sit idly down and be content
to pass into the unfathomed unknown
without an effort to leave some token
of res pect and interest to the genera
ti0ns that are to follow? 1t is our deeds
and our lives that link together the
centuries and connect the past and the
future in one unbroken chain, welded
and cemented by the accomplishment
of the present. | believe the present
presents far-reaching opportunities and
opens a broad field for improvement to
the American Farmer and to American
Household, such as never has been pre-
scented by any organization since the
history of the world began. The
Grange is promoter of equality, the
first to open her doors for woman t.
enter on an equal plane with man and
give to her the rights that belong tC
her. 1t is woman who rocks the cradle
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-31

[ tablish certain funds like the general
fund, the sewer fund, the bridge fund,
the grading fund, the park fund, etc
for which fixed tax is levied and col.
lected. Each fund must be kept in
violate and used for no other purpose
than that for which it is intended. A
violation of this law is made serious
offense.
Yet the records of recent council
meetings show that The new council
has tran. ferred to the general fund
from the sewer fund 1850; from the
grading fund 81, $50; from the bridge
fund 81, 700: from the park fund $1,000:
from the cemetery fund 5000; from the
judgment fnnd, which is provided by
law to pay judgements against the city
only, 81, 900 was taken for the general
fund. Also an $500 salary was paid
from the Judgement fund.
The law providing for this creation
of separate funds is not considered a
good law by municipal experts. They
declare that the city government should
be allowed to levy a single tax for all
purposes, limited at a reasonable figure
and then to use the money thus raised
for all city purposes as required. Spec
ial funds cause high taxation, for
councils always levy to the limit in
each fund regardless Of needs. With
a single fund, economy would be en-
couraged.
But good or bad, the law is the law,
and this law has been evaded by the
new council. It's reasons are as good
as could be given-absolute necessity
but, say their critics, these reasons do
not wipe out law violation.
JUGGLING OF FUNDS.
Though the old plan is generally
condemned, this Juggling of funds could
not be done so easily under it, said
Mr.. Bremuer. There was check
against it in the city auditor and the
city treasurer. and also ia the city So
llcitor. Frequently the old council I'm.
dertook to transfer funds in this inn
proper way, or otherwise draw on city
money for purposes not strictly legal.
The city auditor, who was not crea-
ture OF the city council but elected by
the people, refused to draw the war
rants. The council commanded him to,
but when | advised him that he was
right he still refused The result was
that the council was checked and forced
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-31
som e FUN
"A little fun now and then
/, rel ished by the best of men,

While campaigning in his home
state, Speaker Cannon was once in
veilged into visiting the public school
of a town where he was billed to speak
In one of the lower or 1es an anb BIZ
lions teacher called uaOn youthful
DemOsthen to entertain the distin.
guished visitor with an exhibition of
amateur oratory. The selection at
tempted was Bryon's Battle of Wat
erloo," and just as the boy reached the
end of the first paragraph Speaker
Cannon suddenly gave vent to violent
sneeze.
"But, hush. bark" detained the
youngster-"a deep sound strikes like
a rising knell. Did We hear it,"
The visitors smiled and moment
later the second sneeze-which the
speaker was vainly.trying to hold back,
came with an increasing violence.
But, hark.' --(hawled the boy)--
that heavy sound breaks in once
more,
And nearer, clearer, deadlicr than
before.
, Arm. arm. it is the cannon opening
roar"
This was too mich, and the laugh thf
broke from the party swelled to roar
when "Uncle Joe" chuckled "Put up
your weapons, children. | won't shoot
any more. success Magazine.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-12-31
Democratic Papers Supports
Bryan.

WAsHINGTON, d. c. Dec. 10, -
Under the direction of l., G. War
field, secretary of the national
Democratic league, the National
Democrat, new weekly paper,
will begin publication January 2.
The motto of the paper will be.
We believe in the policies advo-
Gated by William J. Bryan as
against the pretensions of Theodore
Roosevelt. 1t will probably be-
come the official publication of the
National Democratic league.