The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-15
UNDER THE NEW RULER.

unQer JDlS ueClSlOH any VI GHc oicOIIoHc
held under the Australian system may,
it is believed, be contested.
UNDER THE NEW RULER.
Some Possible Changes at the Russian
Capital.
ST. PETERSBURG, November 10.-Count
Scouvaloff, Russian Ambassador at Ber-
lin, will start for this place soon. 1t is
expected that he will become Foreign
Minister in succession to M. de Giers,
who, it is believed, will -retire on account
of poor health. Prince Henry of Prus-
STA has started from Berlin for Kiel,
whence he will proceed to st. Peters
burg to attend the funeral as the repre-
sentative of Emperor William. Admiral
Goltze and three other officers will rep
resent the German navy.
LOYAL HEBREWS.
ST. PETERSBURG, November 10.-Court
Minister Count Vorentzoffdachkoff,a act
ing for the Gear and Czarina, has thanked
the Hebrew residents of st. Petersburg
for their message of coincidence upon the
death of the late Gar and for the loyal
and patriotic sentiments expressed by
them.
PETITION FOR PARDoNS.
LONDON, November 10.-The Daily
News correspondent in Vienna says
The relatives of the Klinski convicts
have petitioned the Gar to pardon them.
General Gourko received the petition.
This is regarded asproof of an impend-
ing change in the situation, as General
Gourko never previously accepted pc
tition. 1t is reported in Warsaw that
Grand Duke Paul will succeed Gourko.
ABOUT THE WEDDING.
LONDON, November 10.-The Daily
Chronicles Vienna correspondent says
that preparations for royal guest con-
tinue at Monrepos Villa in Corfu, and it
is understood that Nicholas and his bride
will pass their honeymoon there.
FROM GERMAN SOURCE.
Zeitung says that Nicholas II. and Prin-
cess Alix of Hesse will be married in
three months.
REFUSED TO TAKE THE OATH.
BERLIN, November 10.-Many Catho-
lie priests in Russian Poland have been
arrested for refusing to take the oath
allegiance to the new Gar. At Lubin
Bishop Pacdewski was arrested for read
ing the oath in Polish.
News From Alaska.
TACOMA, November 10.-The steamer
Mexico arrived tonight from Alaska,
bringing news that A. Hayward and G..
D. Lane of San Francisco have pur-
chased twenty-one of the richest quartz
claims in the Silver Bow basin. The
Alaska News of Juneau states it to be
the biggest mining deal in the history of
that city. The steamer also brings news
that England has laid claim to the head
of the Chilkoot Inlet, nearly 400 miles
northwest of Juneau and near Mount St.
Elias. This claim is made as a result
of the international boundary survey
work for the purpose of establishing a
coaling station there. The News con-
tends that the inlet belongs to the United
States.
The Right to Stop Over.
SAN Francisco, November 10.-This
afternoon three of the Justices of the Su-
preme Court ordered the Clerk to enter
on record that they have dissented from
granting a rehearing in the suit of DR..
Robinson against the Southern Pacific
for stopping-over privileges between San
Francisco and Alameda. The Justices
who dissented were Garroutte, Harrison
and DeHaven. Beyond bare minute
order there was no opinion filed. The
order granting the rehearing yesterday
was written by Van Fleet and McFar-
land and concurred in by Beatty and
Fitzgerald.