The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-09-08
LATER NEWS.
Lighthouses in Southern Philippines
have been re-established,

Lighthouses in Southern Philippines
have been re-established.
The transport St. Paul has arrived
in Manila from San Francisco with all
we'll On board.
Foreign vessels will be allowed to
enter the ports of Hawaii as usual.
pending revision of the United States
laws.
Schley and Gordon, commissioners
to settle the conditions for the Spanish
evacuation OF Porto Rico, have sailed
for San Juan.
Being out of work and without meane
to support his family. Chicago drug
clerk turned highwayman, and in at
tempting to rob saloon was forced to
shoot the proprietor.
Several vessels of the Mosquito
fleet are useless. The board of survey
has found upon examination that their
machinery and boilers are badly worn,
and will make report condemnine
them.
The annual session of the National
Irrigation Congress opened at Chey.
enne Thursday. Ex-senator Carr, the
president, delivered the annual ad-
dress, urging the necessity for extend.
ing irrigation facilities.
Eight lives were lost and considera.
bic damage wrought by the Georgia
storm, which was more serious than
first reported. Lieutenant Morgan and
crew of six were drowned by the up
setting OF a yawl of Tybee island.
The mate of an Italian ship lost his life.
The American ship Barring Brothers,
from New York, has been burned in
the harbor OF Kobe About 8, 900 tons
of mating was also destroyed. It is
intimated that the fire was OF incendiary
origin. When the vessel arrived at
Kobe from Yokohama six of the crew
were In irons. Four were afterward
liberated.
Orders have been received in An
napolis from the president directing
Cervera to make arrangements to pro-
coed with his officers and men back to
Spain Immediately, in accordance with
instructions issued by the Spanish
ministers of marine. The officers were
very enthusiastic when they received
the news.
A passenger train on the New York,
Ontario & Western railroad, was
wrecked at Ingalls,, near Saratoga. The
wreck was doubtless due to the bastard
ly work of tramps. who threw open the
switch at which the train was wrecked.
The dead are: Engineer B. G. Dowd,
of Oswego: Fireman William Hall, of
Norwich; Brakeman A. L Osborne, of
Walton. Eight we're injured.
Cuban troops threatened to enter the
town of Guantanamo, but were pre-
vented by Colonel Ray.
Recent developments in the cele-
brated Dreyfus case in France, 1t is
said, may occasion retrial which
would liberate Dreyfus and Emile lola
Wilhelmina HELENA Paulina Maria
has attained her majority, and became
queen of the Netherlands. Solemn
IudukSklF4uH 6CISJCCc WCIC ASAN al
churches throughout the country.
Unknown incendiaries set FIRE to a
Chicago house. Their intention was to
kill a woman and child who were with
in, but the intended victims were res
cued by man who observed their
peril barely in time.
The hospital ship Oliyette. while
anchored near the quarantine station at
Fernandina. Fla, in some unaccounta-
BILE manner suddenly filled and went
down, giving those on board barely
time to escape with their lives.
Strikers are determined to prevent
by force, if need be, the operation OF
the coal mines at Para, Ill. SIX
thousand union men from other sections
are about to join the ranks of the
strikers, and aid in enforcing their de.
mands.
William Ferriss, wealthy resident
of Mount Vernon, ILL.,, died, aged 9d
wears. He served on board an Ameri-
can privateer in the war OF 1912. and
subsequently was a member OF the ex-
petition that cleared the Gulf OF Mexi-
co of PHI ates.
The naval construction board is at
work on plans for new battle-ships.
Three are to be built in the immediate
future, and will have minimum speed
of 1915 knots, and be capable of steam.
ing 10, 900 knots without re-ooaling
| and have 14-inch guns.
The convention assembled at Man.
aqua to form q constitution for feder-
aoy to consist of Salvador, Honduras
and Nicaragua has agreed upon AZ o.
the 149 articles. II has been agreed
that the name of the confederacY shall
be 1.-THE United States OF Central
America.
| General Garcia is now without q
command. The Shafter incident leo
to his removal at the hands OF General
Gomez. His successor has beer
named in the person Of Rodrigues, who
| win command the Cuban army In Sam
tiaeo. Garcia's sending Of his famoul
letter to Shafter was grave breach O
discipline.
General Wesley Merritt's last ofiicia
act before leaving Manila for Paris,
was to sign permission for the inanr'
gents to send an emissary to represent
them at the proceedings OF the Paril
grand commission. General Aguinaidt
has cent an agent to Hong Kong TO IN
form Felipe Agonciilo, the insureen1
leader, of bis appointment for thi'
duty.
Andrew Carnegie has offered tn