The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-17
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome OF the Telegraphic
News of the World.

Epitome OF the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection OF Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in . Condensed Form.
Butte, Mont. IL also organizing q
company for TIE Cuban service. Two
hundred names have already been added
to the list
| A company Of twenty young men left
Kanakee, ILL.,, bound for Cuba, where
they will enlist in the insargent cause.
They are under charge of an ex. soldier,
A report comes from Sing Sing, N.
Y. that the Rev. T. Dewitt TalmaRe
and Miss Susie Manan, of New York,
are to be married. The event will hap.
pen within a week.
VIM. G. Powers, conductor on the
South Mount Tabor (Or) line of the
East Side Railway Company, was shot
by one OF two highwaymen at the end
OF the line. His injuries are, for.
tunately, not fatal. Robbery was the
purpose Of the thugs who fred the shot.
In Keswick. CAL, there was an ex-
plosion of gasoline. resulting in the
burning OF twelve men, among them
Arthur Dean, OF Redding. Dean had
charge Of the electric plant, and 1t is
presumed that the explosion took place
in the power house.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Drake. Of the
battleship Oregon, has enlisted the
services Of the police of San Francisco
in finding Edward Perry. steward of
the vessel. He deserted the ship after
having squsndered about 800 which
had been given him to purchase pro.
visions.
An attempt was made to wreck pas
senger train on the Iowa Central rail-
road, near Latimer, la. Iron rails
were laid on the track on the upper end
of curve, where the obstruction could
not be seen by the engineer An extra
freight train ahead of the regular pas
senger train ran into the obstruction,
without damage. Robbery was the
evident motive of the wreckers.
Frank 81. Cheeseman, of South Berk.
ley, CAL, has made an eighth attempt
at suicide and his life is now despaired
of. In fit of dependency he shot
himself through the lung, inflicting
what is thought to be a fatal wound.
Cheeseman is only "a years of age, and
the physicians give insanity as the
cause for his repeated efforts to end his
life.
Powers of Vermont, chairman of the
house committee on the Pacific rail.
roads, heartily approves that portion
of President Cleveland's message relat-
ing to the Pacific railroads "Some-
thing must be done at once," said he.
"We will bring up the bill agreed upon
by the committee in the session at the
earliest possible moment" He feels
confident that the measure will be set
tied at this session.
Liquor dealers in California are up
in arms over the announcement that
Governor Budd has on hand plan to
secure the enactment by the next legis-
lature of law establishing state
liquor license. The liquor men say
they now pay federal taxes, and also
local, county and municipal Licenses,
and they propose to fight tho proposed
state license, the proceeds of which. it
is proposed, shall 20 towards the main
tenance Of the public asylums.
The steamer Dalles City, that sank
last week opposite Sprague's landing,
on the Columbia river, has been sue.
oessfully raised by the aid of several
scows. The damage to the hull, while
it is considerable, consisting Of hole
more than swenty feet long, can be re-
paired without injury to the boat. The
Dalles City has been towed to the Cas-
oades, where a temporary bulkhead
will be built around the damaged por.
ton. II is possible she may be taken
to Portland that she may undergo per.
manent repairs.
A tragedy occurred in Schuyler, Neb
As q result of rejected lovers insane
attempt to murder his sweetheart and
exterminate her family, Deidrick Giles
ing is dead. his mother and father,
brother and sister dangerously wound
ed by terrible clubbing, another Sis
ter almost crazed by bsing repeatedly
fired upon at close range, and Claus
Destefef, the murderer, is being pur-
sued by determined posse. The MUIR
derer is young man OF the neighbor-
hood, who was infatuated with Miss
Closing. His advances had been re-
fused, and for months he had threat.
ened murder.
Several members Of the Miners
Union of Leadville, Colo, have been
arrested under indictments by the spec
ial grand jury, for their alleged con-
nection with the attack on the Coro-
nado and Emmett mines few months
ago.
The New York Herald has dispatch
from Havana which states that Antonio
Maceo has crossed the trocha with
large force. II il reported according to
this dispatch, that Captain General
Weyler has bean wounded at the front.
All news from the Scene OF the engage
ment 10 suppressed by the oficials At
the palace.
A dispatch from Lima. Perm. says
that observers there see q probability OF
another clash of arms between Peru and
Bolivia, over the new trouble which Is
brewing owing to Bolivia having pro-