The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-09-01
Mn (ESSI0N OF LUz0N
,, Will Undoubtedly
Fight Against It.
or,ru RLOW TO THEIR PRESTIGE
"a, Agreement Between Eng
land and America Also c"u'-
ing Uneasiness

,oa and America Also C"us-
ing Uneasiness.
o.,ors for releasing 5000 volun-
o,J have been Issued by the govern
,.a Polo was drowned by the cap
. ?o ot his boat during the fishboat
OF II g Astoria regatta.
The supreme lodge, knights OF ~
40 met in biennial session in the
,m - the house of repl esentatives at
indianapolis, Ind.
The British expedition in the Soudan
a.,s terrible scenes Of slaughter by
. ,tp iervjshes. Everywhere are evil
I J of misery and decay.
Tho cath annual meeting OF the
,aorcan Bankers Association con-
naned at the Broadway theater, Denver
" '' Tuesday. Most of the 500 dele
Gates expected were present.
rhoro are now in the hospitals at
comn Wikoff, Montauk Point, more
.San 900 men. OF these about 900
ars in the general hospital In deten-
.;o r MANY of those in the general
hosn;tsl are improving, and some are
now now being discharged as we'll every
day.
The war news was suppressed at San
1ron and the people did not hear OF
Snansb reyerses for weeks after they
had occurred. The truth about the
destruction of Cervera's fleet was never
nuhlished. The same secrecy was OBJ
served when Santiago fell. News OF
fine restoration of peace caused reJolo-
ing among all classes.
EIGHT men we're killed, possibly 10,
and five injured, two fatally, at the
C,rneoie tunnel On Charters division
If the Panhandle railroad near Pitts
hurp. Pa. The accident was due to the
wall of the tunnel caving in. The
dead are: John Jones, fOreman; Felix
Mills. a laborer, and six unknown
foreigners.
General Merritt has sent word to the
war department that he needed no
more troops. This statement was in
response to an inquiry from the White
House. The president and his war
managers are well pleased with the
generals dispatch. They accept it as
an assurance that the American COM
mander has the Filipinos under his
@ntrOl.
Coincdent with the West Indian
sugar conference to assemble at Barba-
does September s. for the purpose OF
protesting against the sacrifice of the
colonies, Jamaica is preparing plebis-
cite to the British parliament, request
ing permission to endeavor to arrange
for annexation to the United States.
The promoters of this movement are
endeavoring to secure inter colonial CO.
operation, but are not depending
upon it.
The premier of Queensland. the pre-
mier Of New South Wales and the pre-
mier of Victoria, met in conference al
Sidney, N. S. w., and discussed plans
for Pacific cable. They decided to
make the definite offer that if Great
Britain and Canada collectively would
guarantee five-ninths of the cost of lay
Ing the new cable, they would recon-.
mend to their respective legislatures te
contribute one-ninth each, asking New
Zealand to contribute the remaining
ninth.
The Manila cable is again working
Major-General Miles is coming home
accompanied by his staff he will leave
Porto Rico in few days.
The natives control the water supply
OF Manila, and refuse to allow the wa
Ter to run except for a few hours eact
DAY. They have demonstrated tina
'hey are incapable of self-government
The president has promoted Capital,
oharles d. Sigsbee, U. S. N. now com
nahding the St. Paul, by advancing
IN three numbers on the list of, cap
,alns In the navy, for "extradordinar,
herosm."
Dave Speagle shot and killed Bol
renix at Wilbur, Wash. Speagle i
SAD to have been too intimate will
re, family. Penix started out t,
All speagle, and the latter killed hin
IN self-defense.
A tremendous explosion at the plan
VI me Chattanooga Powder Com pany
~ Cpltewah Station, killed two men
nuslus b. Eagan and Harton Mortchke
s a.; injured seriously, if not fatally
by fire. WV
a dispatch from Buda Pesth to tn
'oluah News agency says that Will
regiment of soldiers were crossing
pontnon bridge over the river Moras
TS Homd, the bridge collapsed
aH,ee hundred men were immerse
snu over 80 We're drowned,
our warships may soon coal q
thaa;u,g,o9-Pango, The contract for til
;n m OF station there is to be Il
tn . Work will be carrie
WOW "Sfu rapidly and completed ncz
se ea'' Naval officers declare the harbc
o eIufea by the United States is th
Sn,y land'locked port of refuge i
Minor News Items.
un;,ns a. Lane, storekeeper Of til
drn" ou states transport Minnewasks
Ga oppea dead on his boat at Savannah
tha "o TOTAL earnings OF Sc railroads e