The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-10-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
RRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
Commemorative Review Of the Import.
ant Happenings of the Cur
rent Week.

ant Happenings of the Cur
rent Week.
Three persons were killed on the Bal.
timore e. Ohio railroad tracks near
Chester, Pa, by passenger train
crashing into wagon.
The Daily Mail laughs at the report
Of the Canadian expedition in Hudson's
bav hosting the British flag over
Bafins Land, to get ahead of the
Americans, and declares that the terri
tory has long been British possession.
The first of the sealing feet to re-
turn TO Victoria was the Casco.
She brought l ,O64 skins, taken off the
Japanese coast and Copper islands. She
reports that the Calotta, with 1,4O0
skins, and the Director, with 1000
skins, are close behind her.
Five men met horrible death from
black damp, the REORGANIZATION of
fire in the Jermyn mine near Rend-
ham, Pa. The bodies were discovered
b7 gang Of men who went down into
the mine with supplies for combating
the fro Noobdy knew of their deaths
until The discovery of the lifeless bodies.
During the past month nearly S.
600, 600 worth of grain has left the Pa
cific ports for Europe. Besides this, 80
lumber vesses have sailed for foreign
ports with cargoes valued at over $780,
600. AS the month of August nearly
equaled September, the export of grain
and -four alone for the two months
would easily run into the ten-million
figures.
Baron Won Stumm' S organ. the Post,
Berlin, published an article calling at
tention to the fact that 3,308 horses
were imported from America during
the first seven months of 1897, and in
sisting that this new import ought to
be excluded. In the same article the
Post claims America sends even greater
numbers of dead horses to Germany in
the shape of sausages.
Over 5000 textile workers have been
locked out at Loebau, Germany, and in
its vicinity.
Commander Booth Tucker has ar
rived in Denver to complete the ar.
rangements for establishing Salvation
Army colony in the Arkansas valley.
Michael Simmonds, a railroad brake
man, aged 80, shot and tried to kill his
sweetheart, Miss Jenny Long. aged 49,,
at Baltimore, and then committed
suicide.
Rose the 19-yeabr-old daughter of
John Miller Murphy, died at Olympia,
Wash. Her death was caused by an
overdose of laudanum, taken to allay
neuralgia pains.
Engineer E. Bennett Mitchell was
killed and Fireman John H. Cawley
seriously injured by the explosion Of a
locomotive on the Northern Central
railway at Georgetown, Pa.
Secretary Wilson has secured an Or
der from the postoffice department to
attach the government frank to pack
ages of sugar-beet seed to be sent
throughout the country for analysis.
The latest news from Guatemala re-
ceiyed here states that price of $780,
600 has been placed on the heads OF
Prosper Morales and his aide, Manuel
Fuentes. 1t is asserted that an order
to this effect has been promulgated by
President Barrios.
As a result of the breaking of a cable,
three colored men who were being car
rled up in an elevator shaft OF the
Northwest Land tunnel, at Chicago, fell
vs. feet to the bottom of the excavation.
One of them was killed instantly, and
the other two sustained fatal injuries.
Word comes from Kaslo, B., c., that
three men who were out on the lake
about 800 yards were drowned by the
boat capsizing. A stiff breeze was
blowing, and, as the boat reached the
beginning of the swift undertow oppo-
site kaslo, the men tried to change po-
su0ns, and the boat was overturned.
In recent interview, Lieutenant
Peary, who has just returned to Boston
rom the Arctic on the whaling bark
Hope, said: 1.-THE 100-ton meteorite
In the hold of the Hope fell from the
skies hundreds of years ago, and has
long been the source of iron supplies for
the Esquimaux. l discovered it in
May, 1894, and since that time have
oeen trying to secure it and bring it to
America"
The duel between Count Badeni, the
austrian premier, and DR.. Wolff, the
herman nationalist leader, has caused
lhe widest sensation. Count Badenl
Sent his seconds to DIR. Wolff, who ac-
cepted the challenge. The premier
sent telegram to the emperor, asking
Permission to fight the duel, and at the
same time rendering his resignation.
IN reply he received not only permits
zion to fight, but also the imperial ap-
prevail Count Badeni then made his
Will, after which he spent the evening
al the Jockey Club and pleasure re-
soft. His wife and family knew moth
ing about the affair until the duel was
vSer' 1t Is thought that, as the premier
Has set example, with the emperor's APP
prevail, there will be a serious epidemic
VI dueling.
:, commissioner Evans estimates that
Ne payments for pensions for the fiscal
year will foot up STAT, 500, 900. The
saPpropriation was Sal. 26S, $50. The
nlagn-water mark for pensions was IN
. 1913 when the payments amounted to
ttlo9'357, 557, since which time they
20. lave been kept down TO the figures o.
WIS years appropriation. The pay
ments for pensions this year will Be
within $50, 600, 600 Of as much as the
en'lre receipts of the government from
.ustoms last year. and more than equal