The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
RRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
comprehensive Review Of the Import
ant Happenings of the Cur
rent Week.

An effort is on foot to reduce the
rroduction of cotton.
3 Gold has been discovered at Skagway
which goes s. to the pan.
Normons have secured 5000, 900
acres of land in Mexico for colony.
i John Cross, of Cove, Or, was arrest
Cd for having counterfeit money in his
possession.
Bates Soper, who murdered his wife
II and two children at Aschie, Mo-, in
1891, and who was recently arrested in
81 Oregon, where he married again, was
sentenced in Jacksonville, Mo-, to be
hanged on February 4.
The Spanish government, it is again
announced, is negotiating with the Arm
strongs, this time for cruiser of
800 tons, said to be worth $500, 900,
built for Japan, but which Japan does
not want. The vessel is said to be
practically ready for sea.
About 100 wholesale druggists from
the cities of the Central West held
conference in Chicago for the purpose
of considering the cut rates at which
8 drugs and patent medicines are being
\ sold by the department stores, as we'll
as by many retail druggists, and to take
steps to stop the practice if possible.
The Dingley tariff law will not be
s. changed in any of its custom features
8 at the present session of congress. A
general understanding to this effect
has been reached among the Republi-
can members of the ways and means
II committee, who feel that it is most de-
sirable to avoid what is generally
known as tariff tinkering.
& The subcommittee of the senate COM
s mttee on Indian affairs, appointed to
S consider the problems, presented in In
dian territory have practically decided
to recommend amendments to thespres-
qnt law, providing for the apportion-
ment of all the lands held by the FIVE
civilized tribes among the members of
these tribes, and aslo an amendment
providing that all valid leases shall be
recognized by the government of the
United States, and the money paid on
account of them covered into the treas
" ury of the United States for the bene-
fit of the various tribes as such.
81 Wheat fell over cents per bushel in
Chicago Monday.
Senator White of California has in
troduced bill in congress to strengthen
the eight-hour law as applicable to gov
eminent work.
The controller of the currency has de-
clared a dividend of 10 per cent in favor
u Of depositors of the Moscow National
bank, Moscow, Idaho.
Judge Sanborn in the court of ap-
s. peals at St. Louis has granted a post
pOnement of the proposed sale of the
Kansas Pacific for 60 days.
One of the interesting items in the
III agricultural appropriation bill is pro-
~ vision for $4,000 for an agricultural
experiment. station in Alaska.
\ Brigadier-General Otis, stationed at
81 Denver, has received a telegram from
Fort Duchesne stating that all the Ute
Indians have returned to their reserva-
81 ton.
A dispatch from Havana states that
Gomez is being hard pushed by a
Spanish column under command OF
General Pando, in the province OF
Puerto Principe.
George G. Green, carpenter OF Mo-
deSto. CAL, fatally shot his wife and
wounded his daughter, Mrs. w. =.
Lledman with a revolver. He then
turned the revolver upon himself, but
only inflicted scalp wound.
q The agricultural department issues
the following: A special wheat in
Vestigation instituted by the depart
ment of agriculture indicates crop OF
$4,000, 900 bushels. These figures are
i subject to slight modification in the
final report.
The Legislative, executive and judi
cal appropriation bill, as reported to
V the house by the committee on appro-
prlations, carries total of $21, 562, 425,
being $7S0,S6l less than the former
oil. The number of salaries provided
lOr is 10000, being 1913 less than the
number provided for in the current
# law.
Hans Frohman 'curled" pair OF
tlsht-pound dunn bells $4,000 times
ID an hour and 45 minutes in New
FORK gymnasium. When he had nm
shed his IL, 900 curl in one hour and
~ minutes, it was proposed that Froh-
man stop, but he insisted on continu-
ing, and executed the 14,00Oth curl In
Inc time stated.
The United States supreme court has
lendered decision in the case OF
inomas Bran. under sentence OF death
III massachusetts, for murder committed
atsea. He was accused OF numbering
ue captain, mate and captains wife
NJ NJ a vessel bound for South America.
,ne opinion reversed the decision Of
w nie court below on the ground that
n,am's testimony should not have been
admitted
y, a Birmingham, Ala, dispatch says:
q cue tennessee Coal & Iron Railroad
CCOmpany and the Sloss Iron q Steel
s. tsUmpany have shipped 5000 tons q
Slaoama pig iron to Pensacola, from
snence it will be forwarded to Kobe
aua Yokohama, Japan. A trial ship
4ent of Alabama iron made to Japan
sseral months ago gave such satisfac-
SOn that extensive orders are result
s ,ns' this shipment being the first Of z
Ines Japan heretofore was supplied
l.. European furnaces, but Alabams
-A' superseded these.