The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-11-03
LATER NEWS.

undergoing an extended fast.
General Butler has warned Secretary
Alger that some show of strength must
be made soon or America will lose all
prestige with the Cubans
The recent storm on the lakes was
most furious. Chicago's water front
was badly battered in spots. The sever.
ity OF the blow was the greatest since
1894. The total damage is estimated
at $81, 500.
An electrician has made the startling
discovery that escaped electricity in
New York follows underground pipes
and resulting electrolysis cuts away the
bottoms Of street-car rails and iron
foundations of all kinds of structures.
Complete returns received by the
treasury department show that the doc
umented American merchant shipping
June 80, 1898. comprised 22,7O5 ves-
sells, of 4, 747,738 gross tons, compared
with 2,6S3 vessels of 4,769, O2O tons
on the like date of 1897.
Governor Tanner. of Illinois, says
that labor must not be imported to his
state, and if an attempt, is made the
train carrying the imported laborers
will be met at the state line and shot
to pieces with gatling guns.
President Mckinley is said to have a
plan to get back at Germany by exclud-
ing impure German products. and thus
retaliate against the kaiser's govern
ment for the unjust discrimination con-
tinually being made against American
pork and other meat products.
The Cuban debt question has been
finally disposed of at Paris. The Span
ish peace commissioners acquiesced in
the refusal of the Americans to have
the heavy burden saddled upon the
United States. The cession of Guam to
America was agreed upon and all differ
ences regarding Porto Rico settled by
mutual understanding.
The monthly statement of the collec-
tions of internal revenue shows that
during September last the total receipts
frota all sources were $2l, 713, 1889, a
gain as compared with September,
1897, of s., 1858, 1888. For the three
months ending September 80, 1898, the
receipts were ST., 9S9, 400, a gain as
compared with the same period in 1897
of $28, 196.823.
1t is expected that the decision of the
secretary of the navy to retain all the
vessels purchased during the war will
have the effect of causing a boom in
American shipbuilding. It comes just
at time when there is an unusual de-
mand for ships flying the American
flag on account of the expanding COM
MERGE of the United States in general,
and particularly on account Of the de-
cision of the administration to confne
trade between American ports and
Porto Rico to American vessels.
A cabinet crisis is again reported to
be imminent in Spain.
The Cook county circuit court has
decided that the Chicago wheel-tax law
is illegal.
The Mississippi basin was visited by
storm. and considerable property loss
has resulted.
The postmaster at Sweet Home, Or,
has been arrested for embezzlement.
He made no returns to the government.
The British steamer Moana. which
sailed from Sydney. N. S. W., for San
Francisco, had on board 2,OO0, 600 SOW
ereigns in gold.
Extraordinary precautions are being
taken by Palestine authorities to insure
the safety of Emperor William during
his tour of the Holy Land.
The Philippine insurgents have
peaceably Withdrawn to the distance
desired by the Americans, except in
Calocan, the northern suburb OF Manila.
Pardo Lucero. whose age. as shown
by the records of the missions OF Los
Angeles and Soledad, was las years.
died at the county hospital at Salinas,
Cal.
A Kobe dispatch says the Japanese
steamship Milagala sank after being IN
collision with the Japanese cruiser
Kingsamaru. Sixty Japanese were
drowned.
A serious Indian outbreak has occur
red at Midas, Nye county, New, and
the settlers have asked for arms and
ammunition. Governor Sadler has Tor
warded 70 rifles and supply OF ammu-
milton.
Further information, received from
Forest, Miss, says that IA is the num-
Der of negroes killed in the Harpers.
vile race riot. The negroes who ned
! to the swamps have all made good
their escape, and the race conflict is
now at an end.
Spain wants the battleships Oregon
and Iowa recalled, and protests against
the United States sending the Warsnipa
TO Manila. She claims such action Il
in violation of the terms Of the prot0-
col, and that the status quo must DC
maintained until peace is concluded.
Cotton buyers of Dallas, Tex. on for
eign orders say that owing to the
threatened war between England ard
France4fiey have received cables say
ing: "All shipments from this date
until otherwise instructed must be
made subject to war risks.
Graham A. Young, Of the army en-
gineers corps, who died at Wlliettf
Point. was heir to over 81. 900, 600.
| Thomas Greenwald, q private in bat
terry /, Seventh United States artillery.