The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-08
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome OF the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIR IS

An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in Condensed Form.
The Idaho mines. located in the Slo.
cum district, British Columbia, have
just declared a dividend Of $40, 1000.
The owners of the property expect in
future to receive dividend of from
SIS, 900 to $4,000 monthly.
The barge Sumatra, the consort of
the w. B. Arnold, from Chicago, with
load of railroad iron, foundered off
Government pier, near Milwaukee.
-Four sailors were drowned. The cap.
lain, mate and cook were rescued by
life-saving crew.
Jennie Love was shot in the head and
instantly killed by William Swanson
in st. Louis. The testimony of several
witnesses goes to show that the bullet
which ended the woman's life was in
tended for William Lee, negro with
whom Swanson had been quarreling.
Jealousy about the woman is the cause
alleged.
A vicious st. Bernard dog attacked
a party of school children in Marys-
vile, Cal. Laura Baumann, aged Z,
was bitten about the face and head and
will probably die; Baby Kuchs, was
almost torn to shreds, its arms and
breast were terribly bitten, and it can
not recover. Albert Kuchs was bitten
through the wrist, and will recover,
unless rabies follows. A little girl
was bitten in the leg, but will recover.
doc Payne and Lon Beckwith,
middle-weights, met in Cleveland, O.,
for finish fight for $3.50 side and
the gate receipts in Lavac's gymna-
stun. In the seventh round, when
Payne was all but knocked out, the
police burst in the doors and stopped
the fight, arresting all the principals,
seconds and referee. Two hundred
spectators were in attendance, and
only ten of them escaped, jumping
from the windows. All of the patrol
wagons in the city made trip after trip
conveying the crowd, which contained
many prominent citizens, to the sta.
ton.
1t is reported that Lewis Gimm, of
Cleveland, O., the holder of the Ameri-
can 24-hour indoor biycle record, is
mentally unbalanced from the effects
of his remarkable performance in that
city last week. Gimm rode 486 miles
and 1,115 yards in % q hours, break
ing the American record by more than
33 miles. He would have fallen from
his wheel at the finish but for the
judges, who noticed the movements Of
the rider and carried him from the
track.
Manuel Gregory, colored, was shot
in Chattanooga, Tenn, while attempt
ing to rob house. The bullet. fired
at distance of twelve feet, struck
Gregory in the head and fattened out
as it if had been made of paste. The
negro is not seriously injured.
Hon. William Collins Whitney and
Mrs. Edith S. Randolph, were married
at Bar Harobr, Me. 1t was an in
formal affair. There were no brides.
maids and no best man. The entrance
to the church was mass of roses,
laurel hydrangeas and potted plants.
D. M. Browning, controller of Indian
affairs, has made his annual report to
the secretary of the interior. He says
that with no outbreak or disturbance
during the year, the progress of the In
dams in general education and civiliza-
ton has been uninterrupted and SUBJ
stantial, The main effort now, as for
many years, must be to put the In
dian upon his allotment, teach him to
support himself. protect him from en-
croachment and injustice, and educate
his children in books and industries.
The steamer Umatilia, from San
Francisco to Puget sound, struck on
the rocks off Point Wilson promon.
tory, in Discovery bay, near Port
Townsend. All of the passengers were
landed safely by means of small boats.
The starboard bow of the steamship
was stove in badly and the steamer is
leaking seriously, but rests above the
water supported on the rocks. The
cause of the disaster is attributed to
the fogs 80 prevalent in Northern wa
ters at this season.
The Cuban junta has received an
offer from an English syndicate OF
loan of $6,00O,000 for $50, 600, O0O
payable in twenty years. President 1.
Estrada Palma and the other members
of the junta held conference as soon
as the offer was received. The presl-
dent was asked what action was taken
and stated: eve have taken no de-
cided action as yet" he said. we
have received a number OF similar
offers from bankers, who see that we
are almost certain to win, and we
have them all under advisement. We
will probably accept the best terms, the
offer of the English syndicate seems to
call for very large interest, but the
fact that they may never get 1t Dack
must be considered. During the last
wear of the Mexican war for independ-
ence Mexican bonds sold for $2.oO on
the hundred.
The dredge Enterprise is now at
Cascade locks engaged in clearing the
sand from the upper entrance. Inc
inner wall on the south side has been
completed, and the concrete foundation
for the north wall is done. Several
courses of masonry remain to be laid
mon this latter wall. It is the gen.
eral feeling that the locks are nearing
completion, and any further delay
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