The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-09-15
10IyCS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened in the
Civilized World.
C,rry IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
,o+s Review of the News OF the
Past Seven Days In THIS ana
All Foreign Lands.

All Foreign Lanuo'
Memphis, Tenn, has been quaran-
tined.
Governor Lord has issued a proc
,.'o+;on calling the Oregon legislature
:"ovtra session September ~.
The steamer Lewiston ran ashore
uh;Ie carrying sick soldiers from Mon
WI Point to Boston. and it is feared
'onv men will die as result OF the
exposure.
sipbt clash has occurred at Daw-
,on United States Consul MoCook
Has compelled by Canadian officer to
s ~ the Stars and Stripes from the
aIaska Commercial Company's store.
The United States gunboat Benning-
.on has been ordered to Pango-Pango
Sar Samoa, according to Mare island
.oaorts TO make survey for a coaling
station. Upon finishing the survey she
will proceed to Manila and relieve the
Concord which will come to Mare
Island and 90 on drydock, the English
docks not being available.
There has been another series OF
fatalities in the Austrian Alps. One
case that of a newly married couple,
was particularly sad. The bride lost
her footing and fell; the rope broke,
and she went to destruction. The hus-
band deliberately threw himself after
her and was killed. A gentleman who
visited the spot two days later lost his
balance and fell, being killed instantly.
A Havana dispatch says: Senior Fer
nandez de Castrazo has directed dis
match to the mayors OF the provincial
towns, instructing them, in order to
avoid mistakes. to correct the igno-
rance regarding the origin of the relief
SUPPLIES now being sent into the in
terror from Havana" and to take steps
to inform every inhabitant that the
supplies are "bought, paid for and dis
tributed by the colonial government.
unaided by any foreign help or SUBJ
scriptiOn."
The whaling fleet has been lost in
Northern waters. At least three and
probably eight vessels were caught and
crushed in the ice above Point Barrow.
No news of the crews has been re-
ceived, but the general belief, however,
is that no lives were lost. The Belvi.
dere got out. The Wanderer is also
said to have reached Herschel island.
The vessels lost. therefore, were the
Newport, Fearless, JEANNE, Belana,
Grampus, Beloga, Norwhal and Mary
D. Hume
1t has been decided to abandon Camp
Wikof within the next three weeks.
James Wilson, king of Tramps,"
has been commended for his bravery at
Santiago.
Fifty deaths and over one hundred
mostratons is the result of one hot day
in New York.
John Hills, well-to-do New York
Ice dealer, his wife and his sister-in.
law Mary Conlin, have been poisoned
by whisky sent through the mail.
Private letters from our consuls
abroad indicate that the Philippines
must be retained if the United States
ueslres to maintain its position in the
world of nations.
The French minister Of war, M.
UaValgnac, has resigned. The resigna-
non Is due to disagreement with bis
coileagues, who desire a revision of the
Dfeytus case. Thus revision of the
case seems assured.
Oriental advices say that the recent
asSaulting of an American missionary
IN the Sorachi district, Japan, is caus-
my considerable excitement, especial
" since the new treaties will spread
lofeign residents all through the in.
terror.
More soldiers are soon to leave for
honolulu. General Miller says three
iegiments will sail from San Francisco
r nithih month. The First Tennessee,
iht!'hrst Iowa and Twentieth Kansas
are The lucky men The 9th and 18th
T"'llornla and California heavy arti:.
'e'y are to be mustered out.
According to native Japanses papers,
, W In Seattle On the Kinshu Maru,
marquis lto's visit to China is liable to
,esa'l 10 his changing residence. 1t is
s sa,u mat he has been offered a princely
aalafy TO become general adviser to the
emperor.
spanish soldiers have demanded their
pa!' and they object to leaving Cuba
, Uncut 1t. Posters exhorting the
w. .toops to refuse to leave Havana unless
o money is first forthcoming, were
son. ala'eo IN Havana. The prevailing
Mna ,iment Is one of animosity toward
Ia a Madrid dispatch says: General
ptba i,:' ad interim governor of the
man. .p,pihes' replying to the govern-
tr, n' sfequest for information as to the
no lug situation of affairs in the archi.
maa n.y. reports that to resume establish-
is' r"s Oh Spanish sovereignty over the
loco snus would require feet and end
''SS quantities of material.
NV, amor News Items.
il co, men .he trans-Siberian railroad
Son ' ~ pleted it will be easy for per-
davs ~ 20 from London to Japan in ia
mit,ao meeting of the executive COM
cided VI lammany Hall it was de-
elec.;a not to recognize the new state