The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-10-06
BONES OF THE WEEK
NH t Has Happened in the
Civilized World.
r,1yTHE PRESS DISPATCHES
~. Review of the News OF tina
Past Seven Days in This ana
All Foreign Lands.

General Sir Herbert Kitchener has
oIeyated to the peerage by the
been ''', rorornment as reward of
merit.
81, American evacuation commits
iD y. Havana has been officially noti-
f ssj that Manzanillo will be evacuated
October p
The Italian government has sent to
pr.sia automatically worded accept
Nu'' - the cars invitation to take
D ',r in the peace conference
Manage to the amount of about $3o,-
oon was caused by fire in the Hotel
yI San Jose, CAL, which is one
oi the finest hotels on the coast.
rbo New York transport Yucatan
,,a arrived from Ponce, having on
n Las 1g5 men belonging to the various
WV a;morts sent home for muster out.
The president has appointed Harvey
unmnbrey. of Washington, special
a,ant TO aIot lands in severalty to the
films on the Colville reservation IN
Washington.
Tho farmers bank in Flora, Ind,
was looted, the robbers securing about
sI9 600. Cashier William Lennon,
who was aroused by the noise, was shot
and probablv fatally injured. Blood
bonnds were put on the trail OF the
bandits.
The commission to investigate the
cOpduct of the war department held a
secret meeting Monday. Nothing can
no learned as to what TRANSFERRED. The
commission decided to hold two ses-
sions daily, one from 10 A. M. to 1880
PM and the other from to P. M.
The first word that has come to
Washington from the American men,
hers Of the peace commission since their
departure was received at the navy de-
partment Monday, being a cablegram
requesting that Captain Bradford, chief
OF the equipment bureau, be sent at
once 10 Paris to assist the commission.
A new and highly important inven-
ton has been tested at the German
naval maneuvers at Berlin. 1t was in
the shape of a Greek PhOenlcian fire,
Invented by Berlin engineer. 1t ig-
Mites on contact with the air or water,
and cannot be quenched by either
water or earth. 1t burns with brill
liant fame, exceeding big searchlights,
and it can be sunk under water or un-
der ground, and, when brought to the
surface, instantly bursts into fame at
any desired point. 1t WAS tested dur
Ing the night evOlutons off the island
Of Hellgoland, and off Kiel, and proved
NEST efficient in detecting the presence
Of the enemy.
The work of raising the Cristobal
Colon has now been taken up by the
navy department.
recapltulation of the reports of the
board of health shows total of 1874
cases In the state of Mississippi.
Inc war department will not enter.
TAIN applications for discharge, ex.
cepIlng they reach it through military
channels
during the month of July the total
internal revenue receipts amounted tc
N.'oV4,673, a net increase of $685..
hO over July, 1897.
news has been received from Ju.
Heau, Alaska, of the drowning of w.
Nulllng, of Michigan, and w. H. Lock
Wood, of California.
iHe Louisiana board of health make:
~: le Viilclal announcement that Frank
IN mas had l0l cases to date. Five
persons have died there.
An official dispatch from s.. Louis
So, IN west french Africa, says {
Go g oi Soudanese sharpshooters il
Sa s fiehch service defeated an army O.
~ so.as under one of Samody's chiefs
@p'urlng 5000 men.
=, me most beautiful of the souvenir,
s.n ns great naval battle of July 8, of
NV. ',ago' has reached the navy depart
ms, i ~ Guantanamo. 1t is bronz,
ho ss Ol Christopher Columb bus, taken
rb i, 'n \, flagship Cristobal Colon
Gcea s" lie lies below the surface of tn,
'''n' 20 miles from Santiago.
e,, Hu S' firm San Francisco say Gen
his sl en-. snaiter will soon return to resume
neOt " u. a as commander of the depart
Ne,,;.OI california, relieving Genera
SOFA, ,lam' who will probably be az
ns rtu 10 his former duties as com
BIZ D'' Vi the department of the Colum
uo Az meeting of the French canine
ept !! al the ministers being pres
revi, i version Ci 10 was taken in favor of
Drevtuss u a the e, trial of former Capital,
viii bo and the documents in the cas-
Crowds sent y. to the court OF cessation
Of tbe ~ VI people outside the ministr,
Gil was 'Ih' oi1 where the cabinet coun
tes T %el1' loudly cheered the minis
hial Dro os legality OF the proposed re-
by the cOusl must be passed upol
Tbo ~ Minor News Items.
selueed North tr Atlantic squadron is to b
sells to 20 9'om a force of about 100 YES