The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-02
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Geographic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES

An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemisphere Presented
In a Condensed Form.
The opposition has decided to re-
quest the Spanish government to in
troduce bill providing for sufficient
resources to prosecute the campaign in
Cuba.
Miss Lansing Rowan, an actress, of
the Frawley company, playing in San
Francisco, has challenged Champion
Corbett to meet her in scientific spar
ring contest.
Henry Gardner, a farmer, living
near Mount Dale, Washington county,
Or, was accidentally killed by being
struck in the stomach by falling tree
which he had just cut down.
A cyclone swept a section of country
four miles south of Clayton, Wis, and
number of dwellings and barns were
demolished. One man, name un-
known, was fatally injured.
A Constantinople dispatch says dis
turbances of a serious character occur
red at Van. Many Armenians were
killed. Many sought refuge at the
British consulate. 1t is estimated that
400 persons were killed on both sides
in the rioting last week.
1t is now believed that the skeleton
recently discovered at Dry creek, near
Pendleton, is that of J. Keith, who,
about a year ago started with Ben
Bowers to go to the higher mountains
and was never seen again, although
Bowers soon returned. The two men
are known to have had some trouble
over a woman.
A London paper says that Great
Britain and the United States have
agreed to publish simultaneously,
within fortnight, all the arbitration
correspondence exchanged between the
governments of the two countries. Its
publication has been delayed pending
the arrival of Secretary Olney's latest
communication.
IS In a collision between Chicago,
Minneapolis & st. Paul and Chicago
& Burlington trains at Davis Junction,
ILL.,, in a deep cut, thirty-fi five cars were
piled in heap and burned fiercely all
day. Thomas F. Moran, fireman,
was instantly killed, and Fred Blair, a
brakeman, fatally hurt. Engineer
DAILY was injured.
Controller Eckels, a Washington dis
patch says, has undertaken an extensive
inquiry to learn the various kinds of
credit instruments and money held by
all the banking institutions in the
United States. He has sent out 81 900
letters to national banks, state and pri-
vate banks and loan and trust COM
panies asking for information on these
points. A year ago the controller made
an investigation of this kind, but he
confined it to the 5000 national banks.
The returns will be published in his
annual report which issues in Decem-
Der.
Twenty-four hundred additional
Turkish troops are now on their way
to Crete.
It is thought the Turks are preparing
for another massacre. Houses OF
Christians are being marked by the
Turkish soldiers.
Sir Joseph Prestwich, porfessor OF
geology at Oxford, and the author of
valuable geological works. died in Lon
don, aged "a.
French officers were grossly insulted
at Canea by Turkish soldiers. They
were cursed and reviled and swords
were drawn threatening their lives.
6. 81. Henderson, fisherman of AS
toria, is missing, and, as he was very
respondent previous to his disappear
ance, it is believed that he has COM
mitted suicide.
Notices have been posted at all the
collieries of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre
Coal Company, of Pennsylvania, that
work is discontinued until further no.
tice. Eight thousand men and boys
are idle.
President Jordan, of the Stanford
university, has arrived at Seattle to
take charge Of the expedition which is
to sail on the steamer Albatross to in
vestigate the seal fisheries on the
islands of the north, and study the life
and habits of the seals.
The largest single nights catch OF
salmon which has been made for many
wears in the Columbia river, was taken
between midnight and dawn Tuesday
morning. The canneries were COM
PEELED to limit the boat to certain
amount Of fish each. as they were un-
able to handle all that was brought In.
Unless significant signs fail, the
squadron of United States warships,
lust now stationed in the harbor OF
New York, will be dispatched soon on
an important mission. Those who
should be in position to know say the
destination will be the coast of Cuba.
During the last week work on all the
vessels has been doubled in response to
q special order received from the Sec
retary of the navy. The nature OF this
order cannot be ascertained.
A Requisition Provided For.
Washington. Acting Secretary OF
the Interior Sims has approved and
nroyided for a requisition on the treas
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