The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-09-16
yEVS OF THE WEEK.
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
pprFF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
.,,rehensiye Review Of the Import
ant Happenings of the Cur
rent Week.


rent Week.
terrible explosion of nitroglycerins
.,onrred in Cygnet, o., resulting in the
5.,tb Of six persons and the injury of a
large number.
# is said that John w. Mackay, the
American millionaire, will lay Cana
Eon Pacific cable from Vancouver, B.
c. to Australia.
Count Okuma, of Japan, has notified
his minister at Honolulu of the terms
and conditions of Japan's acceptance of
the proposal to arbitrate the dispute
with Hawai-.
A New York Herald special from
B2rcelona says that it is stated ON the
highest diplomatic authority that the
rqsent Spanish government will go
ant within fortnight, and that the
liberals Will come in.
Customs inspectors at Laredo, Tex,
hare found an unclaimed grip on a
train. containing 100000 worth Of
diamonds, jewelry and other valuables.
The papers in the valise indicate that
# belonged to a Spanish officer. 1t is
believed it was stolen by man who
lacked the courage to claim ownership.
". P. Atwell, commercial agent OF
fine United States at Robaix, France,
sends to the state department report
On the short wheat crop in France.
He saws the crop in France, and in fact
all Europe, has fallen much below the
average, and that it is estimated that
the United States and Canada will be
called upon to export from 10000, 900
TO 1870, 600, 600 bushels more than they
exported to Europe last year. France
will require about 6O,00O,000 bushels
to meet the deficit in that country.
A Portland company has offered to
build sugar beet factory in La
Grande.
&. J. Layzell was killed and Claude
Hawthorne severely injured by a fire
On a launch in Astoria, Or.
Falls Company, manufacturers of
cotton goods, in Norwich, Conn.,, have
started up on full time, giving employ
ment to 800 hands.
The New Orleans health authorities
have sent out notice of death by yell
low fever in that city. Quarantine has
been declared by several Southern
cities.
A rich strike is reported in the
Schroeder mine, in Yreka, CAL, on the
l,2OO-foot level, the vein averaging
four feet in width, and running $3.50 to
the ton.
Edward Lyons, a patient at the Ore
gOn state insane asylum hung himself
to tree in the asylum grounds. He
was committed from Multnomah county
last March.
In the Milford labor union, at it's
games in Milford, Mass, H. S. Dono-
van, of Natick, ran 100 yards in 90
seconds, breaking the worlds record by
one-tenth of a second, according to the
tmekeepers.
George W. Clark broke the world IS
hlgh-dive record by jumping off the
railing Of the Halstead-street life bridge
In Chicago, when the structure was
raised to an elevation of 165 feet above
the Chicago river. The diver was
taken out of the river uninjured, and
nj NV 10
The Washington Star says: 1t is
stated that S. D. North, of Boston, has
been selected as superintendent of the
next census, and that his appointment
Will be made as soon as necessary legls-
latiOn can be enacted. The president
Is said to favor the establishment of a
Permanent bureau on census, and is
likely to express some views on that
subject in his next message to congress.
Wild horses have become nuisance
IN Northern Arizona, and Attorny-
General Frasier has been asked if they
may not be legally slaughtered. That
Vicinity has been overrun by several
large bands, hundreds in number, un-
branded and unclaimed by any one.
Ihey have rapidly increased in number
and have become wilder than deer and
vicious as we'll. The matter has been
referred to the livestock board.
A Phoenix, Ariz., dispatch says it j
expected that work will be resumed
within 60 days on the great Rio Verde
irrigation enterprise which is to redeem
<VO, 600 acres of the finest land in the
Salt river valley. Of the $50 miles o.
canals that will constitute the Rio
verde irrigation system, % have beer
aug, and large amount Of work. cost
aug altogether $500, 600, has been done
al and near the headworks.
We are on the verge of great min
ing era," remarked Clarence King
FORMER chief of the United States geo
logical survey, in Denver. "The tim'
Is not far distant when man can star
out Of Denver and travel to Klondike
Stopping every night at mining camp
already two American stamp mills an
pounding away on the border OF tn
o'ralts of Magellan, and the day is ap
preaching when chain Of mining
lamps will extend from Cape Horn t.
o. Michaels."
A Philadelphia & Reading wreckinl
engine crashed into wagon ut grad
uosslng at Frush Valley, 3 few mile
sOove Reading, Pa, and three live
We're lost.
The Marquis Of Salisbury's propose
ior the constitution of an internationa
.Ommitee representing the six power
" assume control of the revenues, Wit
which Greece win guarantee the pay
nent of interest for holders on Oh
0onds as we'll as payment Of the indem
al'y loan. has been accepted by To
Powers.