The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-02-11
EVENTS OF THE DAY
r.,tore OF the Telegraphic
News of the World.
rvPSg TICKS FROM THE WIRES
...rssting Collection OF Items From
..a Two Hemispheres Presented
IN a Condensed Form.

-, c~cat Northern weSt-bOund over.
o,ssenger train was wrecked near
II %". Wash. The wreck was
", .-,j bv the spreading of the rails,
eau I the entire train left the track.
S''a If the coaches went over twelve.
s''- omb3nkment and landed on their
Iva l.Ias There were about thirty people
= oacb coach, but almost miracuiously
IL one was killed, and only three per-
co. soo. we're painfully injured.
The Pennsylvania state capitol has
,oen DESTROYED by fire. The legislative
t,IIs are in ruins and new structure
.nns+ rise from the ashes of the building
+Lst has served as a meeting place of
tbe state legislature since 1922. The
asnos within the short space of an
Ionr ate up 81, 50O,0 worth Of prop
INV The inefficiency of the Harris
bnrg volunteer fire department is gen.
orally blamed.
soqciaI cablegram from Frankfort
or.the-Main to the New York Post says
that tbe Berlin committee of holders of
0~egon Railway g. Navigation Com
many ; ner cent bonds have received a
noiipt bid Of Is from the Northern Pa
rifs and Great Northern railroad COM
nanjes for all the stock Of the Railway
& Navigation Company represented by
them. the purchase price to be payable
July /, with per cent interest. The
bid is conditional On its acceptance by
at least $3,G00,00 of stock. It is I'M
6qrstood the Union Pacific will also
become interested later in the purchase.
The committee recommended acceptance
to the bondhOlders.
George Edward Butler, the most
noted criminal of late years, has just ar
rived in San Francisco on the Swan :
hilda from Australia. He was imme-
diatey arrested by Australian detec-
tives and will be taken back to answer
TO his numerous crimes. He is known
to have killed at least twelve men, and
it is said his crimes may reach forty.
His cold blooded method was to insert
an "ad" in Australian papers for a
prospecting partner. When he found a
man that suited his purpose he would
lure him to some desolate spot and
there request him to dig. When the
unsuspecting victim would have dug
deep enough in the earth, Butler would
come behind him, and either shoot or
stab him. He would then rob him,
bury the body in the newly made
grave, destroy all traces of his crime
and return to the city for fresh vic
tim. His crimes show that he was ut
terly devoid of any sense of humanity.
It is understood among Massachusetts,
Republicans that ex-Congressman John
D. Long has been rendered and has ac-
cepted the Office of secretary of the
navy in the incoming administration.
The Chinese New Year in San Fran
cisco was a gloomy festival. No fire.
crackers were discharged, the edict of
the chief of police positively forbidding
any noisy demonstrations. A high
binder riot was feared and many sus-
plclous characters have been arrested
by the police.
A Washington special says President
cleveland has decided to veto the immi-
cation bill passed by congress. He has
disclosed his intentions to Senator
rainier. The chief executive will &C.
company the veto with a strong mes
sage pointing out the alleged eccentrici-
, lies OF the bill. The president is very
utter in his denunciation of the bill.
Berlin dispatch says the court at
Mayence has condemned Percy Bar
l1oloW, United States consul at that
pace, to pay fine of 900 marks for as
@ultlng and severely injuring an in
mate Of his house by striking him on
'ne mead with revolver. The assault
w was committed in October last, and in
NVvember 1t was reported that pro-
Veuihgs had been abandoned upon his
.f with the man privately, but
Dis appeared not to have been the case.
h1-Congressman James Wilson, of
a. mas announced his acceptance Of
t Iie caolnet portfolio recently rendered
,rtt oy President-elect Mckinley. Mr..
IlSon IN an interview said: cit is
u ue have been invited into President
e ~ec' Mckinley's cabinet. have ac-
s s5 That is all there is to say
L t the matter" 1t is generally
.a that Mr.. Wilson will be secre-
Say as u agriculture, he having wired to
bo3 Allison that that portfolio
'''u oeen offered and accepted.
attorney General Harmon has given
a nsructlons to the United States attor-
tbs d, Jacksonville to proceed against
ny ny alleged filibuster Three Friends,
n nauer section 4297, of the revised stat
H. iof engaging in an act of piracy.
pono. aI'lon Is taken by the attorney
81 ,e'ai III view of the recent decision
bai Iauage Locke, of Jacksonville, which
ooH a III effect that the Cuban insur-
., ~, were not people, state, district,
t;on 'v eoy within the meaning of sec
do To-" oSoo OF the revised statutes, un-
OH. which the libel was brought. In
wb;L Words, that the expedition in
ltiaa iI she was engaged was not po-
torn mouse was destroyed in China
in t n, Portland, by fire, the loss being
ra, vie :. nelghborhood of SIS, 600, with
's ~ light insurance.
Of Sue malt Of the famous Naglee brandy
en- s s Francisco, has been shipped east
lon ,Uu'e to Europe. This brandy be-
sbee 0u 10 the estate of General Naglee.
tbs V made part of it in 1869. and was
bins property - of his daughter, Mrs. Rob-
sisted VI e can Jose. The shipment con-
The 'u OF seven carloads. It is probably
Over mos valuable shipment Of brandy
~ made from California