The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-12-01
LATER NEWS.

patched the steamer Bratten from Sa-
vanah with 700 tons Of provisions for
the starving people of Cuba.
The Baldwin hotel on Market street.
San Francisco, was destroyed by FIRE
and two lives are known to have been
lost, with possibility OF more.
Prospects are good for an early settle
ment of the Behring sea sealing oues-
ton by the Anglo-American commits
sion now in session at Washington.
The price of whisky has been ad.
vanced one cent. The causes of the
advance were strong demand for corn,
the stiffness OF the market and q crop
shortage.
A three-story building in San Fran
cisco, occupied by Chinese, was de.
stroyed by fire and two of the inmates,
Wong Quay and Wong Cow, were
burned to death.
Colonel Charles Smart, deputy sur.
geon-general of the army says the sick.
ness and mortality during the war with
Spain was not relatively so great as that
our volunteer troops suffered during the
civil war.
Stockholders Of the Kelley Motor
Company have not abandoned the hope
that the secret of the life work Of John
W. Kelley will not be buried with the
inventor. His papers will be secured
and the work carried on.
Late advices from Salvador via Mica
ragua indicate that the revolt is more
serious than at first thought. It may
involve ell the five states In general
conf1agration. According to advices.
the real object of the movement is the
overthrow of the federal republic,
which was organized November l at
Amapala.
The treasury department has recon-
mended to the secretary of war that
quinine be admitted into the countries
of Cuba and Porto Rico free of duty.
Under the Spanish laws the duty on
quinine was about $1S pound. The
war department undoubtedly will con-
cur in the treasury departments recon.
mendation.
Complete returns have been received
of the casualties Of the Santiago cam.
paign. The adjutant-general's Office
has divided the campaign into different
dates and periods. The statement
shows: La Quasina, June 24-Killed.
one officer and 10 men; wounded. six
officers, A men. San Juan, July l.
Killed, four officers and 1874 men;
wounded, SO officers and 938 men. Ell
Caney. July KILLED, four officers, "a
men; wounded, "a officers, 334 men.
Aguadores, July and Wounded,
two officers, 10 men. Around Santiago,
July 10 to 12-Killed, one officer, one
man; wounded, one officer, % men.
The war department has decided not
to occupy Cienfuegos before January /.
Governor Tanner has issued procla-
nation declaring Pana, ILL.,, under
martial law.
Captain McCalla has wired the navy
department that he has abandoned the
cruiser Maria Teresa.
Nine millions and a quarter is the
price the Union Pacific. Denver g Gulf
railroad brought at foreclosure sale.
The reorganization committee was the
purchaser.
Senator Quay. Pennsylvania po-
litical boss, is in serious trouble Five
indictments which are not easily ex-
planned away, have been returned by
the grand jury.
A number of Filipinos have arrived
in San Francisco on their way to Wash
ington to look after their claims
against the government for damages
sustained by the American invasion oil
Manila.
Star Pointer, the famous PAGER with
the worlds record Of 1884 for mile.
was sold in New York to W. J. White.
of Cleveland, O., for $15, 900, 5000 less
than he was sold for In 1897 to James
A. Murphy, of Chicago.
Late advices from Japan state that
10000 more fishermen living on Etrup
island, northern Japan, are on the
verge of starvation. Some have moth
ing to eat, while others are existing on
rats and putrefed behring's.
The Spanish mail steamer San Au-
gustin, which sailed from Nuevitas for
Spain, carried the Columbus monu-
ment, formerly in the cathedral ct
Havana, with 287 boxes of archives.
She took also % officers and 160 SOL
diers.
President Brown. Of Norwich uni
versity, has received personal letter
from Admiral Dewey, IN which the adj
miral Gays: 't1 trust the entire archi-
pelsgo will be retained by the United
States. ANY other arrangements will
lead to no end OF trouble"
The semi-ofacial Journal de st.
Petersburg repudiates the anti-AmeIi-
can views with reference to the Philip
pine islands recently expounded by the
Bourse Gazette, which, II declares. In
no way represents the views held 10
leading Russian circles.
Nearly all the bucks Of the White
river Utes. and part Of the Uintah tribe
are of the reservation. and probably q
great many Of them are In Colorado.
The Indians say if the government
won't pay for the land they bought
from them they will hunt On u - often
as they can GET there to hunt.
Mrs. William r. Havemeyef died Of
her home in New York Of pleurisy.
Secretary Alger has ordered the entire
army armed with Krag-Jorgensens
II il nndarstood that negotiations te