The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-31
E1EJTS OF THE DAY
r.itome OF the Telegraphic
News of the World.
,rpsr TICKS FROM THE WIRES
r.4sresting Collection of Items From
she Two Hemispheres Presented
IN Condensed Form.


IN Condensed Form.
birmingham. Ala, special says
loo lanes, colored, was lynched
'l'r vToo5.rack. He attempted to as
" Fannie smith, aged II, while she
PAS a.s on her way to school.
A. ir,de has been issued granting
.no.tv to all Armenian prisoners, ex-
' +bose sentenced to death for muir
l.r The terms of the amnesty include
nr zoe Armenians under sentence
' 10th for other offenses than murder.
Contrary to advices from Spain, it
- hean sgcsrtained that the Spaniards
- ignominiousIy defeated by Phil
nine insurgents in the combined naval
an1 foot attscz on Noveleta from No
rsmber S to H. The Spaniards lost
heavily.
s1eciai from Paris says it is sug-
costed that Great Britain, France and
f,sIv the powers most interested, offer
+bair services in the Cuban question in
order 10 prevent a conflict between
Sosin and the United States, and ter
innate the revolt.
Dr Z. Forbes, representing a Lon
i,u frm. arrived on the last steamer
from the Orient in San Francisco, with
cases Of medical instruments valued
at $50. 600. He claims they are works
If grt. and should be admitted free of
dnty. The customs authorities are
withholding the instruments, however,
until the duty is paid.
The postmaster of Des Moines, Ia,
bad his carriers look up worthy cases
Of poor families and delivered presents
10 them on Christmas morning. Sew
ersl hundred dollars was subscribed by
business men for the purpose. Scores
ofletters were received from poor chill
dren telling what they desired Santa
Claus to bring them.
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon. has
proposed sn amendment to the sundry
civil appropriation bill, providing for
auxiliary fshcultural stations at points
10 be selected by the commissioner of
fish and fisheries in Oregon, Washing
ton ard California, for the propagation
Of mlmon, trout and other fishes. The
amendment appropriates SIZE for
the purpose.
Jerry Burke, the colored boy, who
hacked Mrs. John Foss and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Cayanaugh, with an ak, at
their home at Clio, Livingston parish,
Louisiana, last Sunday, was captured
by posse Of citizens about a mile
from the scene Of the crime. In view
Of the fact that the ladies are not dead,
the plan to burn him at the stake was
abandoned, and he was simply riddled
with bullets
The secretary of the treasury has
sent to congress q computation Of the
Pacific railroad debts as made by the
government aCtuary. The statement
shows that the advances to the Union
Pacific including the Kansas Pacific,
By the government, will, at maturity,
the hrst Of next July, amount to $685.
At,%o5, Of which sufficient has been re-
PAID to reduce the amount to $53, 289, :
5sS The balance due on account of
Inc Central Pacific on July l next will
be 60,318,377.
Dr' Thomas Powell, of Missouri, re-
Gently made some remarkable expert
uPnts before q party of doctors in Los
angeles IN order to prove the efficacy
u his remedy for certain diseases. He
alarmed the physicians present by in
9Ftlng bacillus tuberculosis and bac-
uIli dlptherial into himself, appearing
lake them without evil effect. He
also injected some bactina into two
guinea pigs, which promptly died.
MS next experiment. will be to inject
spu'am from woman dying of con-
sumption into himself.
The annual statement of construc-
nOn published by the Railway Age, of
CINago SHOWS that during 1895 only
Low miles Of railway lines were built
- 'ne United States. This is one mile
.s@ 'nan the total reported for 1895.
@1u Inc smallest mileage built in any
'''' since 1878. The number of lines
=" Whlcn this track was laid is 1853,
". SHlcA Is eleven less than the number
" lew lines added in the previous
|sl Track was laid in thirty eight
NJ 'He Iorty-four states and territories.
80 longest mileage was built in Cali
''n'"-l0' miles on eight lines.
"A a farls paper publishes interviews
t,s H prominent men of France and a
c s-0isn diplomat, all of whom reproach
nv '1 At Britain and Spain for abandon
of,1 rance IN the Mexican expedition
r. .'o|' the object of which, they say,
;, '' u create al American government
rn; vOo3nterbalance the power of the
United States.
3oa - russian ambassador, M. de Nell
,rl,, LAS had an audience with the
tho VI Turkey, at which he urged
v,.,- 4.nlfoductlon of reforms and the
arne -uS OF amnesty to imprisoned
ha ueilans. The sultan asserted that
sro asIo[ms agreed upon by the powers
issd @uy mad been executed and prom
few " issue an amnesty decree in a
sa,s -T ~ race riot occurred near May
6rss' n.y. and hundred shots were
Mlo,s q. 'ne residence of Tom Cham bers,
INV ana the house afterwards
bsa aned' A number of negroes have
to1h, warned to leave town, and more
"G u, is expected.
On h. southern Pacific train was held
tspUy masked men abon+ onn n,;los