The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-02-18
EJEyTS OF THE DAY
ro;tome OF the Te1egraphic
News of the World.
rrRsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
,...re.tinx Collection Of Items From
Two Hemispheres Presented
IN G. Condemned Form.

in Condensed Form.
-, prince Of Wales has bestowed
n, Nansen, the Arctic explorer,
.,,...iaI medal of the Royal Geo
.rpbi,ai society.
..o Francisco capitalists are said to
.,,;,ealing plan to get lottery
IN through the Nevada legislature,
,,,.;na baen encouraged to make the at
..,nr Inv the ease with which the prize
s.lting bill was passed.
The house committee on Pacific rail-
,.,l. has decided to report favorably
.f.b-U drafted by Representative Har-
-;.m which provides for the creation
~, commission to settle the indebted
.... NJ the Pacific roads to the govern
mut
# is said that Speaker Reed will
i,-a.tal legislation, other than tariff,
~ the extra session of congress by ap-
,ointius only two committees, those on
r,ys and means and on mileage, and
rsrrvins disappointment of other COM
mittees until the regular session.
While the action is unprecedented,
members say it would be legal.
George Davies, a prominent COM
mission merchant of Cleveland, O., was
shot and killed by his wife at their
residence in that city. The tragedy
WAS the result Of a long series of quar-
rpIs Mrs. Davies when taken into
custody wept bitterly, and said her hus-
band had treated her unkindly and
called her bitter names.
During the voyage from Hampton
Roads Of Admiral Bunce's blockade
sauadron. which reached Charleston,
three men We're lost overheard from the
httleship Maine, one man was crushed
odeath on the cruiser Marblehead, an
other was fatally injured and six others
were so badly hurt that several may
lose limbs. The officers say the voyage
was made in the worst gale ever expert
enced by the fleet.
A press representative who visited
the poor houses Of the famine district
Of India says the inmates were found to
be in a deplorable condition. The
buildings were overcrowded and med
ical attendance was lacking. A man
outside OF one of them was dead and
another was diving. A girl of years
Of age weighed only ten pounds, and
several adults were under fifty pounds
IN weight. The skin in ali cases was
drawn Ger the faces, showing the out
lines OF the skulls and the limbs and
joints had the appearance of those OF
Gucultated skeletons. 1t is estimated
that the present famine is the greatest
o. the century, and will greatly surpass
that Of 1876. both in area and severity.
The famine belt is 1900 miles long by
100 miles wide.
Mrs. Mary Scott, pioneer of 1864.
dled at her home in Walla Walla, at
lle aye OF - years. Her husband,
John Scott, died only three months ago.
The president has signed, on the rec
ommendatlon Of the secretary of the
INTERIOR an order, reducing the num-
Der Of pension agencies in the United
Mates from eighteen to nine. 1t is said
uls Will save at least $3.50, 900 per an
nun.
Hon. ]. F. Boyer died at his resi-
uence IN Wal!a Walla. Mr.. Boyer was
Ohe OF the best known men of that
UF' In business, in church, in social
!, HE and IN almost every matter of pub
-s interest he was for many years one
u lhe most prominent men of the In
and Empire.
a santa Fe train was held up and
'O0oed by two masked men near Mel
"n' A. [. One of the robbers while
attempting to break into the express
,'' was shot and killed by Messenger
summers .l The other escaped, taking
WIN MN about half dozen registered
51 7. the through mail pouches
Velng unmolested.
L grand ball, on luxurious scale, in
.lOlOf OF President and Mrs. Diaz, was
s sNep Saturday night at the palatial
o ,ssl1eAce OF Pablo Escandon, of the
;pulent family of that name. 1t was
point OF Importance, taste and dis
r s%E} What the Bradley-Martin ball
viii be IN New York.
news has been received of the whole
.~s killing Of pacifcos at Jubaco, Ma
M MS province, last week, by one Of
,.;i 'gr S captains, named Marios. He
A. 1sI small village, expecting to find
J;,. Insurgent hospital there. Being
ma appointed he arrested twenty Of the
d. "1d' putting them in line, he or
,ros sa every odd numbered man shot,
soor to spare the others. No
ba L', mad these been dispatched than
p1 "u me others put to the machete.
rar Wv Myron Reed, pastor of the Den
nra,. broadway Temple Association,
SrnSleo sensational sermon last
co1 I'Day' ID which he discouraged the
ss. .r:'lon Of grain and money for the
n rIg PEOPLE of India, while there is
n,- lucn suffering and need in our own
naaa! Rev. Reed declared that
ho ~'IV conditions in India were
nsrt gut about by British misgovern-
m - ana should therefore be relieved
M me British people.
artis ,'naei Munckacsy, the celebrated
nrr. Is hopelessly insane. A Vienna
pb1S Spohdent says that for months,
spna, at Codesburg, suffering from
iop o. paralysis, Munkacsy was brood
eyeo Gnu melancholy. Suddenly, in an
nea, IS OF madness, he attacked and
Of u >! Strangled the attendants and one
Sent ~ doctors. Accordingly he was
reno, 70 The insane asylum. The doctors
alar ,t The paralysis is increasing with
pecta rapidity, and that the pros
nOte Oh his recovery are very re-