The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-08-20
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome OF the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in q Condensed Form.

in Condensed Form.
Malloh Rezza, who assassina ted ths,
shah of Persia in MAY last. WAS hanged
at Teheran in the presence of an I'M
mense concourse.
Ben Meyer, who was arrested upon
suspicion of having robbed the Wilhoit
stage, has been released from Jail with.
out having been given an examination
upon the charge.
In fight at Vodena, Macedonia. be-
tween so insurgents and 500 Turkish
troops, the former were reinforced after
four hours and routed the Turks, fifty
Of whom were killed.
Frank Farnsworth Barnard, aged AZ,
tenor singer we'll known in theatre
cal circles. committed suicide in New
York by shooting himself in the right
temple with revolver.
The cyclists of Olympia, Wash. have
formed club, with a membership of
100, for the vigorous prosecution Of a
good roads crusade. They propose to
Immediately begin the i'm orovement Of
the various roads leading out Of the
city.
The four-story mill of the Sperry
Flour Company, at Paso Robes, Cal,
was burned together with three adj ac-
ent cabins and a blacksmith shop.
The mill was valued at $4,000, and
the stock Of wheat and -four ON hand
was worth $4,000, and it was a
total loss. There was $4,000 insur.
ance on the building.
A dispatch from Egypt says: "To
show the futility of any hope of arrest
ing the course of cholera at present,
during the week before last fresh out
breaks occurred in sixty-nine different
places and last week in eighty seven.
During the seven days to August /,
1900 deaths were reported, and in the
following six days / ZOO deaths.
Judge Noble denied the application
of the Brown Hosting Company's
locked out employees for an injunction
to restrain Mayor McKisson, of Cleve.
land, from calling additional militia
into service; to restrain the Brown
company from arming its employees
and to compel the company to carry
out the agreement made with the
locked-out men on July 81.
The cannery and machinery of the
Anderson (Cal) Canning & Packing
Company. owned by Dan Grover and
B. 7. Ryan, burned. The cannery was
worth So, 900. A stock of dried fruit
worth $500, 800 sacks of wheat and
large quantity of tin was also de.
stroyed. There is no insurance. Two
adjacent cottages owned by Dan Grover
and ]. T. Ryan. valued at $500, were
also burned.
At San Antonio de los Banos, pro-
prietor named Domingo Hernandez,
who was 20 years old, has been hanged
by the insurgents.
AT the Novelty theater, London, in
a stabbing scene, the spring dagger
made for stage use failed to act and an
actor was stabbed to the heart SO that
he died in few minutes.
Senior Marcel de Azacarra, Spanish
minister of war, is considering o
scheme to introduce CONSUMPTION in
order to facilitate the recruiting of
forces for the Spanish army service in
Cuba.
Miss Clara Barton, president of the
American branch of the Red Cross So
ciety, has started on her return to the
United States, her mission of distribut.
ing relief to the Armenians having
been ended.
A. ". Fawcett, the recently deposed
mayor of Tacoma, announces that the
fight for occupancy Of the Office is not
yet ended by any means, and that he
will Immediately carry the contest to
the supreme court for settlement.
John Thompson and Jay Leonard
were killed by lightning in violent
storm at Ssndusky, o. They were
working on the new government pier
at Cedar Point, with augers in their
hands, which attracted the lightning.
The body of a newly born male in
FAINT was discovered floating in the
Willamette river near New Era one day
last week. A coroner's inquest was
held over the remains, but nothing was
developed which would tend to throw
any light upon the mystery, as to why
the body of the babe was thrown into
the river.
The steam schooner Point Arena,
bound from San Francisco to Mendo-
elmo, went on the rocks near Point
Reyes. Captain johnson, her master,
was on the bridge when she grounded
He at once began to back her, and
within ten minutes she was free of the
rocks. As soon as the vessel was
loosened the water began to rush in
through hole in her port bow, inst
forward of the forward hold. Captain
Johnson headed for San Francisco, and
came up under full head of steam.
the pumps being kept in action all the
while. By the time she reached the
Mission slip. where she was locked,
there was four feet of water in her for.
ward hold.
A. w. Pile, of California. secretary
of the national silver committee, was
found dead at Washington. d. G. I'M
der circumstances which lead to sus-
picion of foul play. He had been mis-
sing for four days. His body was
found under the aqueduCt bridge.
When last seen he had considerable
money, but the money was missing
when the body was discovered. A sill
yer watch. however, had not been dis
urbed. There is no evidence OF sui
.ide. Mr.. Pile was the son OF ex-Con-
gresham Pile, Of California.