The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome OF the Geographic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES

An Interesting Collection OF Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in . Condensed Form.
Governor Ben Tillman, the Populist
politician of South Carolina, is in Ore
gon in the interests of the party.
An Athens dispatch says that insur.
gent Greeks and Turks fought all day
October 8, near Greavena, Macedonia.
Both sides sustained heavy losses.
Baron Nicholas Knebitsky, governor
of the Russian fur seal islands, is in
San Francisco on his way to Washing
ton, where he intends to present,
through the Russian ambassador, the
form Of new treaty between his coun-
try and the United States.
Il is expected that 10, 900, 900 salmon
fry will be turned into the Columbia
river this year. OF this number, g.
900, 600 will come from the Clackamas
hatchery, 100000 from Sandy sta.
ton, 100000 from Little White
waters of the Clackamas
1t is believed that 25, 900 persons are
without the necessaries of life in Quay.
aquil as result of the recent fire there.
Ten thousand persons have already left
the city, fearing pestilence will follow
the fire. Every thing possible is being
done to relieve suffering among those
who have remained.
The grand jury has indicted eleven
directors of the Bank of Commerce, of
New Orleans, which closed up last
month with loss of $4,000. Cash.
Ter de Blanc was also indicted for
falsely swearing to bank statements.
The indicted directors are some of the
most important business men of the
community.
In his annual report to the secretary
of war, General Greedy, the chief sig
nal officer, says the military telegraph
lines running through mountainous and
desert regions have been maitained in
excellent order. The commercial bust
ness over the lines has largely increas-
ed, and the receipts now amount to
one twelfth of the cost Of operation of
the entire signal corps.
An east. bound Union Pacific pas
senger train was held up short dis
lance east of Uintah, Utah, near the
mouth of Weber canyon, and about
eight miles from Ogden. No passen-
gers were molested, the robbers con.
fining their operations to the mail and
express cars. The baggage and express
cars were uncoupled by the robbers and
run ahead of the train few hundred
yards and both cars broken open. The
robbers failed to open the safe in the
express car. Railway officials say the
booty secured was few mail bags, but
as a great portion Of the mail was cor
respondence between banks, inclosing
exchanges and remittances, and always
a good proportion of cash, the loss is
supposed to be of consequence.
Three men were instantly killed in
Wilkesbarre, Pa, by fall Of rock.
The Republican headquarters at
Chehalis, Wash, were broken into by
some miscreants and quantity of lit.
erature, private letters, accounts and
postage stamps taken.
BERTHE Trip, whose right name is
supposed to be Helen Forest, mem
Der of the Salvation Army, committed
suicide by taking poison in Butte,
Mont No cause for the act is known.
The Italian government has address
ed a peremptory note to the porte in
reference to young Italian subject
who was murdered in the recent mas
sacres. The note says that the young
man was beaten on the head and felled
to the ground by man in Turkish uni
form until he was killed. The note
demands the punishment of the guilty
persons and the payment of indemnity
for the murder of an Italian subject.
An unsuccessful attempt at wholesale
poisoning by paris green has been dis
covered in Almond, Wis. While pre-
pairing a can of milk for shipment,
John Bibby, wealthy milk-shipper,
noticed peculiar color, and, on in
yestigation found large quantity OF
paris green at the bottom of the can.
John Burns, another farmer, found
score of piles of paris green and salt
scattered in his pasture land, and
Thomas Brown lost five of the most
valuable COWS of his herd from the
same poison, deposited by unknown
parties on his grazing range. No clew
as yet to the perpetrators of the out
rage has been found.
Boston has refused to accept the
bronze Bacohante by Macmonnies, for
the new public library. The statue is
too suggestive of immortality and thirst
for the Puritan town. At meeting
of the art committee it was decided to
reject it. The curator of the museum
sent the following note to the trustees
of the library: "voted, That the
secretary be instructed to inform the
trustees of the public libary that, while
recognizing the remarkable technical
merits of Mr.. Macmonnies' statue OF
Bacchante as work OF art, this COM
mittee does not regard it as suited to
the public library building.
II is generally believed among the
leading Catholic clergy that Bishop
Hortman, of Cleveland. O., diocese,
will be rendered the position OF rector
of the Catholic university at Washing
ton. made vacant by the resignation OF
Bishop Keane. The bishop, who is at
present in the East, has given out moth
ing concerning the appointment, but it
ia said he has been privately notified
that he is the choice Of the pope, and
that his visit in the East is for the