The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Events OF THE DAY.
,.o,oe of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
,rRsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
,,t.re.tfng Collection Of Items FROM
the Two Hemispheres presented
inn Condensed Form.

nj, eohting cruiser Brooklyn, the
Inv addition to the United States
ns"o' hos been tested and accepted by
be government
49,, Abel. a workman at the Nelson
,,r.;. dressed beef works, st. Louis,
~ was horribly burned while at
nv .t The flesh on the right leg was
viii ~hoilod Abel tripped on the greasy
pa in the rendering room. and fell
in+o vat of boiling grease.
lana Shelly, the 14-year-old daugh-
-. # Joseph Shelly, a farmer living
", miles south of Olympia, WASH,
~ ulr' reaching for some object ON the
Ua, when her clothes caught
a 1n~ froro the fire in the fire. place. She
I.U terribly burned and died after a
few days of suffering.
Dalbert Crawford, a young man 10
-oorc old. was found twelve miles
trom Pendleton, dead beneath an over
.,rrad loaded wagon He was hauling
rrain TO the city, and the wagon ran
If the grade into canyon. His four
horse team stood all night hitched to
tbo wagon. and were found the next
morning covered with snow.
I'll. Henry. living on the Apple
cate near jacksonville, Or, on Novem
b0r % last went over to one Of the min
ing camps to look for job cooking for
The miners. He started home over the
Watkins trail. A storm started up
and he wandered about in the noun
ains and frozo to death. The whole
community turned out to search for
him, and succeeded in finding his body.
He had crawled into a brush pile and
WAS frozen to death. He leaves a
widow and six children practically des'
ttute.
Jennie Ward, a well-dressed young
woman, created a sensation by walk
ing along Wabash avenue, Chicago,
smoking. People turned and stared at
the woman, but she paid no attention
to them, and continued to send blue
clouds of smoke heavenward. She
was placed under arrest by Detectives
Woodbridge and Schubert and locked up
at the Harrison street station, charged
with disorderly conduct, and when her
case was called for trial in Justic e
Richardson's court she failed to appear.
This is something terrible" said the
court, and as a warning | will fine
this woman 81 for smoking. 1t is ter
Fible"
A freight train of thirty cars loaded
with lumber and shingles from the
West got beyond control on a heavy
rade east of Mullen tunnel, on the
Northern Pacific road, and ran away.
Iwenty-six cars were scattered along
distance of eight miles, when the en-
CINE left the track. Ed Jarbeau, head
brakeman, was killed. Fireman Young
had his collar bone broken, and En-
gneer John Flunn's leg was broken,
besides internal injuries. Conductor
John McBean's thigh was broken, and
bis back wrenched. 1t is the worst
wreck the Northern Pacific has ever
nad from the point of damage to track
and rolling stock.
Thirteen prisoners escaped from a
jail IN Wyandotte. Kan. Three have
Oeen captured and the officers are in
pursuit of the others.
rev. b. N. Hill, formerly a mission
ny TO China, was stricken with paraly-
us While delivering a sermon at his
church IN Bentonville, Ark. He cannot
recover
george W. Hill, well-known
printer and stationer, of Portland, OK,
snot and killed himself. He was of O
u0Spondent nature, and about five years
'so attempted suicide by taking NOR
phine.
Farmers in the vicinity Of Tacoma
ua'0 lost many thousands of bushels
" pOtatotes because Of the cold. One
.fnef mad 5000 bushels stored in his
Uain' and nearly the wohle lot was de-
itroyed
1ne prisoners in Bedford, Ind, made
81 desperate effort to escape by setting
s.0 10 the Jail. But for the timely
discovery of the fire by the sheriff, some
slem would have escaped, and others
would have been cremated.
iNteen-ye ar.old Emma Taylor, an
u.pnsn' has been held as an important
~ .'uess against four men who, on
saauAsglVlng night, attempted to rob
No saf iull OF passengers in Kansas City.
,h n' young girl says that she made
70. masks for the robbers and knew
(o S't :. plans 1t is believed by the po-
sns M 1nat the girl was seized by the gang
a made to do their bidding.
nv auvloes received at Tampa, Fla.
issr u havana are that Weyler will soon
ha another tobacco order prohibiting
~ ekportation of remedies tobacco
NV nun the islands of Cuba. This was
OWL NV included in his other order, and a
msa a' aesl has been exported. Havana
t. 'u1Slacturers have petitioned Weyler
b,oo oaOse the Cuban ports to this to.
49, 49, d. Northern and Eastern manu-
po,.a4e efs were buying all of il for ex-
''''On to this country.
Do, uue OF the boldest robberies ever
T Sapetrated occurred in Alameda. Cal.
Bs,. unknown men called Charlie
Of 49, from his house and relieved him
snS go in gold Berry went home late
did wi was followed by the robbers, but
oa Nj not know it at the time. He was
iOa ,'0 to the door by repeated knock.
pr az and upon opening it he was
oo sUoea by the men. His mouth was
BY tba o ~ one and the entire pocket cut
b. b . .as other form his pants, in which
mad ..i the money. The men then
'As'F escape in the darkness.