The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-11-26
EVENTS OF THE DAY
ro;tome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
rrRsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
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urs Mary B. Stevens, Of Yale,
rbile acting as chaplain Of the Daugh-
.er, If Rebekah, at their annual session
:, Springfield, Ill, and as she was just
negi1ning a prayer dropped to the floor
and died of heart disease.
late rider in the American soldiers
- Rnfalo Bills Wild West show, was
most brutally murdered by a comrade
IN omaha, Neb. The motive was evil
daptlv robbery, and the murderer has
eod from the city, after most remark
.bIe exhibition of GOODNESS after his
crime.
Edward W. Curry, chairman of the
nomocratic state committee, died in
nes Moines, Ia, of blood poisoning,
ire result of an initiation into the
Elks' lodge few weeks ago. He was
coated in the electric chair and was
horribly burned fore those operating
il real. zed what they were doing.
Mrs. Foley, a widow, aged 60, and
her unmarried daughter, Fanny. aged
AZ were found murdered in their home
near Liberty, Mo. 1t was cold-blood-
ed murder for the sole purpose OF rob-
hery. The robber or robbers first dis.
Matched the women, then ransacked the
house. Fifty dollars, all that was Sc
cured, was taken from the foot Of a
bed on which the women had slept.
A correspondent Of the London Daily
Mail at St. Petersburg says he is able
TO confirm the report MISREPRESENTATION
existed while the czar was on his visit
in Egland over the discovery of a plot
against his life. The Belgian police
seized a parcel of bombs, which were en-
route for Paris. just before the czar was
leaving England. On the same night
the Paris police arrested forty suspects.
In the absence of absolute proof the
matter was dropped.
The Philadelphia & Reading Rail.
road Company was reorganized at
Philadelphia. The railroad was sold
under foreclosure on September %.
Under the plan of reorganization there
will be three companies-the Philadel-
phia & Reading Railway Company,
the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and
Iron Company, and the Reading Com.
pany. The latter is known as the Ma
tional Company, but an application has
been fled in the court to have the title
changed.
1t has been definitely decided by Su-
perintendent Irwin that the holiday
session of the Oregon State Teachers
Association will be- held at Salem this
year, beginning on Monday, December
Is, and continuing for one n eek.
John S. Frye, a returned Alaska
miner, met an old schoolmate from
Germany in Tacoma. They roomed
together one night, and in the morning
Frye missed $500 in gold, his sole pos
sessions. His old schoolmate had
stolen it and made his escape.
An angry mob attempted TO lynch
an old German named Breckman in
Cherryville, Kan, for his brutal treat
ment Of his daughter. She was beaten
into insensibility and died from her in
luries. The sheriff prevented the mob
from securing Breckman and he was
hurried to Jail.
a three-story structure at the corner
OF Front and Davis streets, Portland,
owned by the Ainsworth estate. was
partly destroyed by fire. The building
was occupied by the Oregon Cracker
Company, whose plant was ruined,
entalling loss of about $40, coo. The
damage to the building will amount to
$4,000.
The Cariboo Gold Mining Company,
OF Spokane, has declared dividend
OF cents share. This makes a total
$l25,OO0 paid in dividends since
Feoruary, 1895. This Is the mine
whose manager was held up by high.
Sayman and robbed of 81 900 in gold
OollloD not long ago. The robber was
afterwards killed by the foreman Of
Che mine.
Inc board of fire commissioners in
Npoksne has decided to request the
tosignatlon of Chief Winebrener, Of
.nS IRE department. Mayor Belt, af-
'ef long contest, has secured control
VI the commissioners, and extensive
.0noVals are probable in the various
apartments. 1t is thought that Clair
nunt, of the water department., will be
the next one to 60.
", burglars broke into the house of John
Tfka' an old miser, of Cleveland, o.
40 was known to have his money hid
s 0n somewhere about the premises and
NC robbers tried to force him to tell
t ,uen his secret hiding place. He re.
s USED and they tortured him. He was
, IOuno hand and foot and a lighted
up placed at his feet until the flesh
"s literally cooked. The old man
.h Ia'neo In his agony, but protested
. I'D. ne had no money. The fends then
III tp,i7o the flame to his hands, then to
coa oouy' until he finally sank into I'M
rasoiousness, in which condition he
s,as Aound IN the morning. The bur.
s'sfs got nothing.
W. IS understood the next step in the
v Guezuela affair will be that Venezuela
.e,, i empower her plenipotentiary to
nO noe and sign with the British pleni.
srv \: treaty referring the bound.
oo. uispute to arbitration. 1t is sug.
Woas w. that the treaty be signed in
q, aux Walkers saloon, in Baker City,
w. U was visited by four masked men
en- i y. the till of its contents
Tho Inc robbers cornered the men il
and s saloon with shotguns and pistols