The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-30
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome OF the Te1egraphic
News of the World.
rERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES

An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
In Condensed Form.
Cleveland, o., is celebrating Its GEN.
tennial with due ceremony.
News comes from the Washington
state Republican headquarters that the
state convention will probably be held
at Tacoma, some time between August
Is and September 10.
Hon. Samuel Layman, a prominent
and well.known Oregonian, died at his
home near Woodburn from the effects
OF injuries which he sustained some
weeks ago by falling from cherry
tree. Mr.. Layman was So years of age.
A meeting of representatives from
the large foreign banking-houses was
held in New York, to consider plans
for the protection Uf the treasury gold
reserve. 1t Is understood a plan was
arranged to ease the exchange market
until the crop movement starts the
balance in our favor.
A San Francisco dispatch says: Ed.
win B. Webster, the young paymaster
who was recently contaminated at
Mare Island and found guilty of a
charge Of embezzlement, does not in.
tend to abide by the Judgment Of the
court. He will appeal to President
Cleveland for clemency before the
navy department shall have an oppor-
tunity to pass upon the recently found
verdict.
Peroival Lowell, Boston's famous
astronomer, who is now on his way to
Flagstaff, Ariz. Is at the head of the
most important scientific expedition
planned for more than half a century.
The object of the expedition is to make
observations ON Mars, and to procure,
if possible, evidence to support the
theory held by Mr.. Lowell and other
astronomers that the "red star of war"
is inhabited by human beings.
Three members of the revolutionary
committee have just arrived in Athens
from Crete on special mission. In
the course of an interview they made
the following statement on an author
ity of their committee: 1--WE wish to
say it has been decided that we must
have granted to us the demands we
have sent to the sultan or else we shall
fight. The powers must either give Us
autonomy or see US crushed. Should
our demands be neglected, then within
fifteen days of July Is, the date at
which they were made, we shall break
the armistice.
Advices from Hong Kong say that
imperial Chinese troops were recently
sent to Lanchou to suppress the Mo-
hammedan rebels, who had risen
against the authorities The rebels
surrounded the imperial troops and
seem to have totally annihilated them,
although the imperial troops were bet
ter provisioned and equipped. There
were 6, 900 troops sent to subdue the
rebels and all are either killed or miss.
ing. The rebels are now mad for
blood, massacreing all In authority.
killing and pillaging on their triumph
ant march through the country.
Chinatown in San Francisco is in
fever of excitement and another high
binder war has been declared.
Cloclin's sawmill, situated on Deep
creek, near Medical lake, Wash, was
burned to the ground. The loss is
$500.
Cholera Is abating in Egypt. Bat
ties in Crete are almost of hourly occur.
renee, and the Turks have suffered
heavy losses.
The remains of Ed Moran were found
floating in the Puyallup river. Moran
is supposed to have drowned himself
on June 80 last.
The storthing, the representative
body of Norway, mas defeated the bill
for the temporary increase OF duties
on petroleum and sugar, and for the
imposition of duty on meat.
Mrs. T. 81. Tofree, who was Grover
Cleveland's secretary while he was
mayor Of Buffalo, committed suicide IN
Mojave, Cal, by drinking carbolic acid.
It is supposed she was temporarily in
sane.
Adjutant. General Tuttle has received
from the secretary of the state OF Ore
gon a warrant for $5,917, with which
to pay the militia boys for their serv.
ices at Astoria during the recent fishing
troubles.
Near Dryden, Mich. George Swayne.
a farmer, about IS years old, killed his
three small children and set fire to his
house, then blew his brains out His
wife died a short time ago. 1t is
thought that this deranged his mind.
The barkentine Herbert Fuller, Cap
tain Nash, from Boston for Rosario,
has put into Halifax, NOVA Scotia.
There had been mutiny on board.
The captain, his wife and the second
mate were killed in their berths in the
night. The first officer, who was on
watch, knew nothing about the affair.
The murderer or murderers crawled
aft to the cabin, descended, and with
axes chopped the victims to death.
Upon the arrival Of the barkentine all
the crew were locked up in the police
station to await trial
There is no longer doubt that the
wheat crop in Eastern Washington has
been badly damaged by hot winds, says
a Walla Walla dispatch. Reports from
the Palouse country are to the effect
that the damage is about rs per cent,
and that many fields are not worth
cutting. The grain on Eureka fiat, in
this county, is damaged about 90 per
cent. and will only average about fif-.
team bnshels to the acre. One farm.