The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-17
l0IJGS Of THE WEEK
,,,,. d Has Happened In the
Civilized World.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
,..a Review of the News OF the
Past Seven Gays in This ana
Ali Foreign Lands.

,,,bbishop W. II. Gross, of Oregon
:. seriously i'll at Baltimore
coban assembly has effected
permanent organization at SANTA 0'" ',,
~ nl. Tinted States, it is said, will
ossr to buy the Philippines ITO"
Spain. :.,,oo,
.,n in the United States alter the
I.n.a Of many years.
nn,, Failing, president Of the First
r il' hank, of Portland. Or, and
T%irknown citizen, is dead
urs Leslie Carter, the actress. mas
asa netition in bankruptcy at New
2 vs,E showing liabilities of s63,773 and
DO assets
ruo sticks of dynamite addressed to
w. Turtjsb consul at San Francisco,
wv wv. discovered in the mails before any
hahn Was uoN0
uoodan rims for bicycles are not pat
...oHo according to a ruling made by
InI,o Seaman in the United States
cou,t at Milwaukee.
1Odge Grosscup, of the United States
.;,cuit court at Chicago, rendered
decision uphoding the constltutlonallty
Of the war revenue law.
evolution is imminent in Samoa,
.n1 tbe cruiser Philadelphia has been
ordared there to protect American In
arrests The Yorktown may follow.
Norfolk, Va, dispatch says the
Merritt Wrecking Company has re-
cqived information that the Maria
Teresa which was reported sunk, is
ashore at Cat island.
Nikola Tesla claims to have learned
how 10 control vessels at a great dis
lance Bv the use Of an invention
mon which he is working, torpedo
heats NAV be sent out unnamed and
guided into contact with an enemy's
shin by an operator at a safe distance.
General Miles report On the late war
has been fled Plain statements are
made, and there is no mincing OF words.
Facts regarding the conduct of the war
are clearly stated. Friends of the gen.
qral SAYS Secretary Alger will be COM
yelled to publish the report despite his
hSinclination to do so.
A London cOroner's jury which has
been investigating the death on Octo-
Der 20 last of Harold Frederic, corre-
spOndent of the New York Times, has
rendered a verdict Of manslaughter
against Kate Lyon, q member Of the
late Frederic's household, and Mrs.
Mills Christian Scientist.
David A. Wells, the famous econ
Onist, died at Norwich, Conn.
Half the population of Gibara, Cuba,
ssald to be suffering from smallpox.
Major General Otis at Manila reports
II deaths among the troops since his
last report.
General Wade will have entire
charge Of the government of Cuba, both
civil and military.
Inc omaha exposition proved a fnan.
cal success, and subscribers will be
paid back in full.
Troops at Manila expect to see fur.
"er nghtlng, as they think the insur-
gents Will make trouble.
Il llre IN the Southern Pacific rail.
iOaa shops at Sacramento caused dam.
age to the extent of $4,000
one (ntlfe block of buildings in Pit
hH' Colo, was destroyed by fire, be.
100000.
fhlhp Brogan, ST., wealthy sheep
I Ian OF Antelope, Or, was stabbed and
r n".eu Oy an employe in dispute over
Ins news that the United States
INV INV demands the whole of the Philip.
t"1 stands has created much interest
oo, Dellln' The German newspapers
"unent unfavorably upon it.
"a cry tor relief again comes from
s s3Sa' Conditions in Havana, 1t is
saw u' nave become intolerable, and
or. e'e criticism of America is heard On
"! nand. While the commissioners
sDd waiting waiting, crime, poverty, misery
sAd death increase
i, .hs feature of President MoKinley,s
he a. message to congress will
a..;a appeal Tor immediate legislative
tbs V NJ: looking to the constr uction Of
yoDa iOaIasua waterway. Delay be.
cbsuo.n next session will jeopardize
iDtr" oes Tor American control in the
flsinos :; :, eSiaus respecting the
kinn M III The neighborhood of Chung
a,s;n., Onlna. state it is a movement
amaH s' The missionaries On the nart Of
TIE ''1 Ta |; band led by one Yu Mar
scboo, ine French church, hospital and
isl eh and also the American Method.
miles f.o, at Hong Chau, about sc
strOvad iIOm Chungking. have been de.
w. "ihor News items.
and s 1s Virginia is without a state deb,
in ba nas cash surplus of 81, 600. oot
cH As Drawing 8 per cent interest.
Gator S'la an Packard, the well.knovn adn.
college eud d; founder of Packard business.
aged d. :, died at his home in New YORK ORR
plicat II said that 25 per cent Of the an
Dakota Us made for divorce in N No 81
Y York .t this Year were made from re- N Mr..
New Y a'a'' :i and most Of these from