The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-09-24
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Te1egraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in Condensed Form.


One workman, John Nonan, was
killed and three perhaps fatally in
jured by falling pile of bricks in Chi
cago. The accident was caused by the
caving-in of the old brick foundations.
The bark Gainsborough, from New
castle for San Francisco, coal laden,
went ashore near Diamond Head, four
miles from Honolulu, and is total
loss. The crew with the captain, his
wife and children, left in boats and
were picked up by a tug.
Frank Hepburn, a son of Congress-
man Hepburn, Of Iowa, fought duel
in Chester, Ark, and was killed by
the second shot from his antagonists
weapon. The duel was the outcame Of
joke which Hepburn perpetrated
upon W. E. Sims, saloon proprietor.
An examination of the papers left by
Henry Dixon, an Englishman who died
in the almshouse in Wichita, Kan,
reveals the fact that Dixon was Of noble
birth, and that his wife was the grand.
daughter of the Earl of Albermarle
and daughter of Lady Georgiana Hill,
who eloped with Thomas McGann, the
Fenian agitator. The story was told
in an old diary found among Dixon's
papers.
An Infatuated mob of laborers bat
tied with the police of South Chicago
for the possession of wagon-driver
whom they threatened with lynching,
because his runaway horse knocked
down several of the crowd. After
fierce struggle in which stones and
clubs were freely used, the driver,
Peter Zisliski, was rescued from his as
sailants. In addition to the half dozen
men trampled beneath the hoofs of the
frantic horse, a number of the crowd
were severely beaten by the police.
Reports made by three vessels that
have arrived recently in New York
arouse the gravest fears that the three
masted ship State of Maine, which left
New York September with a cargo of
coal for Shanghai, has been burned at
sea, and that all on board, some twen-
ty-six men, have persisted. The State
of Maine is well known along the Pa
cific coast She has been to San Fran
cisco number Of times. She held the
record between San Francisco and New
York. The captain was part owner
in the vessel.
Two men and twenty five horses lost
their lives in fire in Milwaukee,
Wis, which partially destroyed Albert
Managers livery stable. The flames
spread so rapidly that only three men
and a few horses managed to escape.
Hon. w. S. Allen, chairman of the
Populist national committee, has
mailed to ". J. Bryan letter official
ly notifying him of his nomination by
that body. No sacrifices are demanded,
and Mr.. Bryan is neither asked nor ex-
pected to abandon his adhesion to the
Chicago platform.
William Porter, former cashier OF
the Bank of Kansas City, Kan, which
failed last February, was arrested in
that city on warrants charging him
with receiving deposits when the bank
was in failing condition and he knew
it was insolvent. The complaining
witnesses are two former depositors.
Porter was placed in 81 500 bonds and
in default went to Jail.
The American schooner Frederick
Gearing was seized off the coast OF
Nova Scotia, having been caught inside
the three mile limit. She was con-
demned by the court, and the depart
ment of justice has now been notified
that the owners will appeal to the su-
preme court of Canada, as they claim
that she was not within the three
mile limit at the time.
John Mccarthy, the alleged bank.
robber, was arraigned in Los Angeles.
He made statement to the court to
the effect that his alleged confession,
said to have been made to Captain
Lees in Sacramento, was bogus one
in toto, and that he has nothing to con.
fess. as he was not connected with the
ATTEMPT to rob the First National bank
of that city in any way. He was held,
and his bail fixed at IS, 900.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cavanaugh, an aged
woman of San Francisco, has brought
suit in the superior court OF that city
against her husband and her son,
charging them with having conspired
to rob her of her possessions, and with
having held her and caused her to be
held a prisoner for four months in
local private insane asylum. The
property was acquired through her own
hard work taking in washing.
Ida Buchanan, of Hannibal, Mo-,
aged Is, committed suicide by shoot
ing herself. She dressed herself for
burial. then went out in the front yard,
Law down on the grass and blew out
her brains. She was engaged to be
married, and her lover was in the
bouse at the time She left note say.
ing her health was poor and that she
did not wish to become burden on
any one. Her mother is a widow.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina,
chairman of the Populist executive
committee, has officially notified T. E.
Watson. of Georgia, of his nomination
"a candidate for vice president by the
PEOPLES party. In long letter con-
viewing the notification, Senator Butler
reviewed the history of the People
marty and the causes which led to the
adoption of cooperative ticket, wnlcn
he referred to as 1.-THE best silver ticket
in the field and one which is more rep
resentative of American interest than
any other.