The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-01
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES

~GAsS1 AAOAO nun 1AL WARLO
An Interesting Collection OF Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
In Condensed Form
In collision between an express and
an excursion train on the Great East
ern railroad, near London, seventeen
persons were seriously injured.
DR.. Lewis Swift, of the Mount Low
observatory, Pasadena, CAL, has dis
covered two new comets close together,
both being about one degree from the
sun.
A terrific gale has swept the coast
of the United Kingdom. The storm
played havoc with the trees in London
parks, and caused great damage among
coast and fishing craft. The loss of
life is reported slight.
The Clyde line passenger steamer
Frederick DeBarry. New York to Jack
sonville, was wrecked at Kittyhawk,
N. G. The crew of seventeen men
were taken off by a life saving boat.
There were no passengers or cargo
aboard.
In pitched battle between a squad
of policemen and gang of hoodlums,
at Philadelphia, Pa, Michael Pizza
was shot and killed and five others,
three of whom were officers, were seri.
ously injured. The scene of the ARRAY
was dingy three. story brick house in
the heart of the Italian district.
Charles Pfeifer. living at Bright
wood, Ind, cut his wife's throat and
hanged himself. Both are dead.
Pfeifer was an operator on the Big
Four. The couple were married a
year ago and lived happily. 1t is be-
lieved that Pfeifer was temporarily in
sane.
The boiler Of a ninety ton ten-wheel
locomotive on the Big Four road burst
at Pekin, Ill, hurting the engine more
than 100 feet, partly demolishing a
factory, killing the fireman and break
ing nearly all the glass within quar-
ter of a mile of the scene Pieces of
the engine were picked up 1000 feet
away and one of the big drive wheels
was hurled 400 feet from the track.
The turnpike rioters are out again
in Lawrenceburg, KY, and have de-
stroyed twenty of the twentyfour toll
gates in Anderson county. The county
last fall voted to make the pixies free.
Proceedings for appraisement con-
demnation and purchasing have been
made, but the people did not wait for
relief in that way Under the laws OF
Kentucky the county will have to make
good the loss and damage by the mob.
Richard Williams, the Excursions
inspector, of San Francisco, convicted
of extortion, has been sentenced to six
years imprisonment and $4,000 fine.
A bakery at WOODBURY., Or, was
destroyed by fire, and baker named
Ruhl was burned while trying to save
some of his effects from the building.
The loss is $4,000.
Hops aggregating in quantity over
IS, 900 pounds have been contracted by
Marion county growers to Charles
Green & Son, the purchase price being
5 cents pound.
Edison Keith, for forty years promi-
nent citizen of Chicago, threw himself
into the lake at the foot of Thirteenth
street in that city, while temporarily
insane, as a result of chronic dyspepsia
and insomnia.
The American ship Luzon, Captain
Park, which left New York May 81
for Shanghai, passing Anjeron August
IS, grounded on a bar at Woo Sung.
1t is probable the ship will be f1oated
after she has been lightened, but she
must be drydocked before putting to
sea again.
"Kill me, kill me; shoot me out of
this misery" This was the agonizing
CRY of Anton Dusback, who has been
employed in the Guggenheim smelling
works near Woodbridge, N. j. Dus-
back was working near tank of sui
phuric acid, when he lost his balance
and plunged headforemost to a fate
more horrible than death. Els eyes
were badly burned and his hair eaten
off. He cannot recover.
From Pittsburg, Pa, comes word
that Russian spies sent out by the gov
eminent of the czar have stolen Amerl'
can armor- plate secrets and propose to
turn their acquisition to profit by fur
nishing information by means OF which
Russia may make her own sheaths Tor
battle-ships. This in brief is the dis
coyery which has been kept quiet for
somemonths by the officials Of the Car
negie Company, and which has worried
the naval authorities and officials OF
this country and of the steel company.
The engineer and ordinance depart
ments of the army are preparing for
the execution of the legislation OF the
last congress, looking to the improve
ment and strengthening the fortlflca-
tions and coast defenses of this country.
plans for these important works have
been formulated, and in most instances
the approved projects are under head
way. The appropriation of $12, 900, 900
made by the last congress has been al
loted so as to accomplish the greatest
GOOD with the means and facilities at
hand.
The dwelling of James Madison, a
farmer living near New Era, Or,
burned to the ground while Mr.. Madl-
son was away from home. The build
inc was worth about $500 and Madi-
son had $1,000 in paper money, notes
and accounts and $40 in gold In the
house, all of which was lost. There
was no insurance.
A man named Baker, in charge OF
the pumps at the White Swan mine.