The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-02-13

and Daniel B. McKercher, has paid the
penalty of his crime by death on the
gallows. The prisoner exhibited con.
siderable pluck, considering his youth,
and did not finch upon the scaffold.
The execution took place, as required
by law, in an inclosure in the jailyard
at Albany. Or. An hour before he
went upon the scaffold he wrote out
and signed the following statement:
u did it. I am guilty. o God, have
mercy on me. Take me as / am, a
poor sinner. l am sorry for what
have done. God, do have mercy on
my poor soul; for my sake, do, and
forgive all my sins, each and every one
OF them, and forgive those who sin
against me. Oh, God, help the preci-
Gus souls to see the way of life for my
sake. Do help them and guide them
through this life.''
Colonel W. P. Thompson, president
of the National Lead Company, died
OF pneumonia in New York.
The Chicago city council has passed
an ordinance prohibiting any person
from engaging in the traffic of horse
meat.
1t Is announced in London that
Justin Mccarthy will resign the lead
ership Of the Irish parliamentary party
at the next meeting of that party.
Word comes from Brazil that rain
has fallen in such torrents for the last
few days that it has caused the falling
OF many houses in the cities Yellow
fever is increasing and one man on the
Italian cruiser Lomardi has died of the
disease.
The storthing has been opened. In
the speech from the throne, King Oscar
said he hoped that the meeting of the
on the condition of the
union of Norway and Sweden would
tend to an agreement for the happiness
of both nations.
The United States minister to Tur-
key, Mr.. Terrell, has demanded an in
demnity of 100000 for the burning
and pillage of the American mis-
sions at Marash and Kharput. He
also asked for the immediate granting
of firmans for rebuilding them.
The celebrated case of DR.. Arthur
Duestrow, the St. Louis millionaire,
who has been on trial during the past
month for the -blooded murder of
his wife and baby boy, two years old,
has ended, the jury returning ver-
dict of guilty in the first degree.
After a six months search through
ancient and modern history the patent
Office has issued a patent ON boomers.
The man who gets the credit of invent
ing this up-to date article is Thomas
H. Royce, of Brooklyn. In the future
the new woman will have to pay Royce
a royalty on her neither garments.
Developments show that Lee Sellers,
lynched in Knoxville, Tenn. ten years
ago for the supposed murder and rob-
berry of 81, 100 from Edward Madness,
was innocent. Lizzie Hickman, on
her deathbed, confessed that Ike
Wright, a notorious character, was
the murderer. He is now being pur-
sued by the officers.
The federal council has authorized
the president of the Swiss republic to
accept the proposal rendered by the
of Great Britain and the
United States that, in the event of a
disagreement as to a choice of arbitra
tor for the Canadian sealers' claim, the
president of Switzerland shall desig
nate the arbitrator.
Z. An agent Of the Chinese government
has come to the Pacific coast to place
an order for so, 900, 900 feet of lumber.
Most of the timber is intended for the
construction and repair of government
buildings. The agent says the indica-
lions are good for healthy revival Of
the lumber trade throughout China
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and Japan this Anu iaoav yo-1------y z ~ .
Andrew Fl. Davidson, of New York,
who is greatly interested in securing
the release of Mrs. Maybrick, confined
in an English prison on a charge of
her husband, says the next
attempt to secure her release will be
made by the Masons and Roman Cath
olics, and that the effort will be made
on the same lines as those in the past.
The congressional delegates from
the Pacific coast are making quite a
push in the matter of the additional
revenue cutters for the coast. If
Squire's bill should go through, the
are that one will be sta
toned at Puget sound and the other in
the Columbia and adjacent waters.
They will no doubt be built on the
coast.
1t is expected that the battleship
Oregon will have her official trial SOME
time in the latter part of April or early
in May, and Immediately after that
she will be ready to be commissioned
as a.first.class battleship of the United
States. All that remains to be done is
to-place the armor plate Of the after
turret and mount the two 13-inch
breech- loading guns it is to shelter.
The Mexican International EXPOSE
ton Company expects this week to con-
clude arrangements with the govern
ment for a national exhibit, and ma
tional committee to cooperate with
the exposition managers will be APP
pointed. The land on which the expo
sition will be held has been formally
conveyed to the New York syndicate
to carry out the project.
The biggest trust ever formed on the
Pacific coast, and representing capital
Of over $40, 200, 900, has been consum
mated. It is the Central Lumber Com
pany, of California. Its membership