The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-04-01
Events OF THE DAY
r,;tome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
rERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
a.tinp Collection Of Items From
Two Hemispheres Presented
In a Condensed Form.

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,.nrican tariff, Canadian distillers are
n ,:n,,;rq large quantities of whisky to
the United States.
Senator Lindsay, from the committed
- indiciarv. has reported the bankrupt
VI " lin iii substantially as it was reported
" senator Teller, during the last con-
gess.
Nineteen business buildings in
Bloomington. Wis, were burned. The
sro originated in a saloon at l O'Clock
n tbe morning. The total loss is $780,
OOO with light insurance.
The senate in executive session con-
frmed the nomination Of Willis Van
doventer of Wyoming, to be assistant
attorney-general; Charles Schaller to
bo major, ordnance department of the
army.
representative Evans, of Kentucky,
hos introduced resolution in congress
raOuesting the president to give notice
that the United States would terminate
at the end of twelve months the exist
ing commercial reciprocity convention
with the Hawaiian republic.
A draft of the treaties between the
Transyaal republic and the Orange Free
State have been concluded at BloemfOn-
tein, the capital of the latter republic,
and are published in Pretoria. They
give the burghers in each state fran
chise in either republic and the two re-
publics agree to support one another in
case of attack. The treaties must be
ratified by the volksraads of both re-
publics.
The secretary of the treasury has au-
thorized the collector of customs at Fer
dinando to issue clearance papers to the
suspected flibuster Bermuda, now at
that port. These instructions were is
sued upon receipt of an affidavit made
by the captain OF the Bermuda, pledg-
ing himself not to enter Cuban ports nor
to take on arms or ammunition to be
transferred to another vessel on the
high seas or to do any act in violation
Of the laws of the United States.
The strike on the Erie canal, at Pen
detOn, N. Y, has assumed a serious
aspect. The stonemasons were attacked
by sixty Italians, because they refused
to quit work. Sheriff Kinney ordered
the Italians to return to their cabins.
They refused, and We're reinforced by
POlacks, whereupon the sheriff and
posse fired volley at them. The men
ran from the field. Three Italian pa
drones have been arrested and brought
to LOckport twenty-five men are at
work on the canal under guard of a
dozen deputy sheriffs.
Samuel Cozine, an old Yamhill coun-
F pioneer Of 1S43, died at his home in
McMinnyille, at the age of 70 years.
The Illinois legislature is considering
ablll giving free school books to all
pupils Of the public schools of the state.
Mrs. Marcy Smith was dragged from
The bedside of her dying son in Oak
land, Cal, in crazed condition. For
aVeek she had stood guard in a little
cottage where her only boy, Harry, has
Oeen at deaths door from pneumonia.
Inc mother, worn out by much watch
Ing and suffering for want of food,
gradually lost her reason and was taken
away by force to prevent her doing
harm to those who had come to nurse
her boy.
Follce Telegraph Operator Harry
ufeenhotf, of the East Chicago avenue
sA.on' narrowly escaped death while
,uaAlng heroic rescue of a child from
" ueneath the wheels of an engine on st.
raul bridge. So near did he become to
NJ Uving crushed that his coat was torn off.
lne child he rescued was but 4 years
.iu' ana had wandered ON the bridge in
n l,Ont of the fast freight train, when
uieenhotf saw its danger and rescued it,
d. The peril of his own life.
!. Inc question of opening the Cascade
); auoer reserve for the herding of stock
:. - creating a stir among prominent
''OcSmen of Eastern Oregon. The vari-
r E STOCK associations in Wasco, Gill
a"ln' Crook and Sherman counties pro-
pOse to raise fund of $500 to pay the
, s OF delegate to Washington to
pOperiy present the matter to con-
s 81 The question is a vital one to
~ . q as the closing of the reserve
~, II .Iiem means such a scarcity of range
0 ,a' successful sheepraising in Eastern
s ~.1soh Will be impracticable on large
d. theodore Durrant has by no means
s ! up the fight for his life. George
,al might has been added to his coun-
ipa in, a anu IS now preparing a petition ask
Of . 'ne supreme court for rehearing
daa ale application previously made and
t;on Vu' lor new trial. If this petit
s, Yn' which will be sumbitted without
sts sument' be denied, as the district
ms Glney anticipates, there will only re-
tau rn The possibility of securing the in
rs ,rvlence of the federal courts in Dur
tba behalf. Failing in that, only
tvaa a''lon of the president can step be-
low WI The condemned man and the gall
Drnp: Brooks locomotive works, Of
TIM nAlf6, N. Y, has resumed on full
crasao, The force has been greatly in
eynaa su during the past week: It is
in ~ the full force will be employed
sn i 'he departments before April /.
who 'N I've Scovel, the correspondent,
svea was imprisoned in Cuba. has ar
snc W. IN New York on board the Segur-
The Ire from Havana. Mr.. Scovel was in
prest 'ss' OF health, and stated that q
On h; ueal of sympathy had been wasted
erea. hl as he had been treated with
consideration and kindness.