The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-18
DOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened In the
Civilized World.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
,ste Review of the News Of the
Past Seven Gays In This and
Ali Foreign Lands.

com,,ete Review Of the News Of the
Past Seven Gays In This and
Ali Foreign Lands.
marble bust of the late James g.
pla;ne has been placed in the rotunda
n the state house in Augusta Me.
dispatch from Santiago to Adju-
t-General Corbin says the Lycante
LAS been loaded with the Spanish sick.
+ carried 1000 and left Wednesday
morAing.
The United States has magnani-
uouslv offered to parole the ], 300 Span
isb naval prisoners taken at the de-
a.rrction of Admiral Cervera's fleet,
wbeneyer Spain is ready to 1epatriate
them.
Had rescue boat been sent out,
,orv Of the victims of the La Bour-
copne might have been saved. There Is
annie evidence that some OF them
CHING to wreckage Cor three or four
DAYS before they persisted.
Senator Morgan, of the Hawaiian
commission, is quoted by the San
Francisco Call as saying that ex-Presi-
dent Dole will be the first governor of
Hawaii. and not Minister Sewall, as re-
Gently reported. The senator added
that he had the best of reasons for be-
lievins that Admiral Miller was carry
ing Dole's commission to the island.
Vessels arriving at San Francisco
from Oregon and Puget sound ports have
reported sighting a dangerous derelict
in the path of navigation. 1t has been
surmised to be the wreck Of either the
lane GREY, Nomad or Forest Queen, all
of which are missing, and are possibly
sdrift on the ocean. Captin Turner,
of the Iroquis, has received orders to
proceed to Mare Island, procure sup
ply of explosives, and 60 in search OF
the derelict that is menace to navi-
CATION. He is either to tow it into
port or blow it up.
General Miles invasion of Porto
Rico is progressing in an entirely salts
factory manner, and the Americans are
gaining ground daily His plan is to
have the troops march on San Juan
from four different directions. When
Schwan and Henry form a junction at
Arecibo there will be formida BILE army
ready TO march on San Juan. The for
age for horses is superb. Miles is CIV
ing his personal attention to the man
gement Of the details of the campaign.
De intends to press forward to San
Juan, regardless of peace negotiations
until Washington orders hostilities to
cease.
The total collections of war tax in
the Northwest district for the first
month (July) amounted to nearly $780,
900.
Owing to scarcity of transports
most OF the troops at San Francisco
may have to remain there for some
time yet.
Passengers report conditions at st.
Michaes as extremely precarious.
thousands of people are stranded and
relief must be sent by the government.
Three were killed and number of
mail clerks severely injured at Canton,
junction, Mass, Monday, by the ex-
press mail special. from New York to
Boston, jumping the track.
The Hawaiian commissioners Sena-
TORS Cullom and Morgan and Repre-
sentative Hit, have arrived in San
Francisco and will take passage for
Honolulu on the Mariposa.
Ex.Mayor Sut1o, of San Francisco.
uied Monday. He was the largest in
ui'ioual property owner in the bay
WY de superintendent the construc-
C ruH ol the Sutlo canal at Virginia
City, New
nofk has begun on the Notifications
az ioihs wilson, Wash. These fortifi-
cations will be constructed by the gov
,u%en' direct. and not by contract as
'n0 case with works on Admiralty
o oea and Marrowstone point. About
w sGV men Will be employed and the work
s %ma Oe pushed ahead as speedily as
circumstances will permit.
90 Hannerymen at Astoria have been
0f.g hVe cents for salmon. The
.; an u nsh continues light and indica-
LIN n5 "a are that the pack will be at least
T M, cases short of that of last year.
t ,n.' Is due in a great measure to the
,;s Wv mat nearly every fisherman on the
,o ,el mas sold fish to the cold storage
mo npanies as they have paid half cent
NiOfe than the packers.
s.na Washington special to the Herald
seao.; IN connection with the probable
NAVY OF Secretary Day as one OF the
h We, commissioners, it is stated that
osso Wal at an early date retire from the
cono1,, Oh secretary of state, and, after
,ba 'iuuing his labors as a member Of
Of lo eUnimlssion, resume the practice
frs, va" a. canton. Although this is the
tends p y. announcement that Day In
lona ~, " retire from public life, it has
that =. Zen known to his intimate friends
did so @n ,.: ne accepted the portfolio he
wouIS s WIN the understanding that he
was rop esign Immediately after peace
r.. e'eoreQ beWteen Snain ord %ha
IT, Minor News Items.
will M" ny OF Invasion to Porto Rico
lumber $4,000 when completed.
the lN,s a..9y is being concentrated in