The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-09-29
DOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened in the
Civilized World.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
,ots Reyiew of the News Of ths
Past Seven Days in This ana
All Foreign Lands.

conf1ence in the American govern
~ &c General among the Filipino
,nsJors SINCE the Malo Los conference.
r.;cbtful misery and immense dam
,riIl he caused if the eruption OF
Mount Vesuvius continues on the
ala,ming scale it has reached In the
last few days.
Il &c said that Garcia's action was
..rnr;se to the Cubans. His resiena-
.;nn was sent to General Gomez and
w. him accepted without consultation
- the Cuban civil authorities.
Christian Brownfeld, an old resi-
1ont Of the Puget Sound country, was
'un over and instantly killed by a
,ro;cbt train, near Roy, Wash. He
wos deaf and 70 years of age.
The Filipino congress has favorably
IMMERSED the Europeans, who have
witnessed its proceedings. 1t is be-
lieved that it's deliberations will result
IN petition to President Mckinley to
establish protectorate.
Nearly one-tenth of the entire popu-
,ot,on Of Plainwell. Mich, is i'll from
eating canned beef at church social.
Fifty-fve persons were poisoned. 20 are
dangerously i'll and four are expected
to die. the doctors having expressed no
hone of their recovery.
The aggregate value of lands in the
otate Of Washington as returned by the
county boards of equalization amounts
to SOS, O9l, 97l, but as valued by the
state board of equalization, they
amount to SIS, 1866 The aggregate
yslue of improvements upon land was
placed at $40, $50, 33l, but reduced by
the state board to $7,267, 6S7.
The Filipinos are said to have en-
tered on campaign of conquest against
Cebu and IIoilo American warships
have been dispatched from Manila for
the scene of the conflict. The crews
of the insurgent vessels are said to
have already committed several ques-
tionable acts. Twenty Spanish steam
ers have been transferred to the Ameri-
can flag
Full reports of the damage wrought
by the recent hurricane in the Barba-
does have been made. They show
that the destruction of property was
not overestimated, though the loss Of
life was somewhat smaller than was
supposed at first. AS it was, the re-
ports show 100 fatlities. Fifty thou.
sand persons We're made homeless by
the storm. Full damage is estimated
at more than 100000.
The Italian government has proposed
to the powers that immediate action be
taken against anarchists.
Mail advices from Japan state that
another formidable rebellion against
Japanese rule has broken out in For
mOsa.
Aguinaldo still maintains that his
government is kindly disposed towards
ours and that relations will continue
friendly.
The president has appointed Fred
Page Tustin, of Oregon, commissioner
Tor the district of Alaska. to reside
at Wrangel.
The London Daily Telegraph's st.
petersburg correspondent says that Lui.
glnl, the assassin of the Austrian EN-.
press belonged to an organized gang of
anarchists, whose purpose is to murder
crowned heads of Europe.
The streets of Havana are crowded
With beggars since the closing of the
soup Kitchens. There is almost a total
lack OF food and clothing, and men,
women and children are dying by
inches from disease and hunger.
The Spanish minister of war, Gen.
efai Correa, has issued instructions fol
, IN return OF the Spanish troops In the
west Indies. The sick are to leave
nrst and the archives will be brought
10 Spain with the arms, ammunition,
nass and material stored in Cuba and
Porto Rico.
~ Is no longer a secret that Germany
y 'he only nation from which the gov.
.'nihent apprehends trouble in the set
.emeht OF the Philippine question,
anu IL is to avert the commitment Of
an overt act that the president deter
,nihed to so strengthen Rear Admira
De"ey's command as to make 1t super
.Oi TO the German feet In Asiati.
waters.
more troops are to 90 to Manila al
. unee' The Fifty-frst Iowa, TWEEN,
W Kansas, First Tennessee, FRS
n Washington and the Oregon recruit,
, I,.l comprise the expedition. Th.
, ,S'e order OF the war department OF
T 1ue subject has been directly reversed
a anere is much conjecture as to ths
fuse Tor the sudden change of policy
,h me war department announces tha
No. ,no move Is merely in furtherance Of /
a p,an n TO garrison the Philippines, Cub,
a rorto Rico. 1t is also said tn,
DIV DIP plan includes 10000 men for tn,
eeonlnlipplnes, IL. 800 for Porto Rico ant
$4,000 for Cuba.
Minor News Items.
nussia's common soldier gets 81. 81