The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-09-22
D0IyGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened In the
Civilized World.
crvpy IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
Nat. Review Of the News OF tAe
Past Seven Gays In This and
Ali Foreign Lands.

Tho Madrid senate has definitely
,aanted the Ilispano-Amerioan proto-
col
r.r+v ont of every 100 of the Fifth
.,Iois ot Santiago are reported sick.
H. daaths have occurred among the
;a,mnncs from malaria.
qo.hou1s' rain in Texarkana, Tex,
mead considerable property loss. A
.a;n an the Texas & Pacific road ran
;nto vashout and one man was killed
and six were injured.
Aside from the loss of her colonies
and fine ships destroyed in battle, the
'an, has cost Spain about 1884, 800, 600.
1nfoymation TO this effect has been re-
,a;vod At the navy department. from
.ko naval attaches of this government
abroad.
The Cubans are out in new mani.
fssto and the necessity for organiza-
.ior Of a new party is set forth. The
document appeals to all Cubans having
.bo rrooress and welfare of the infant
ranublic at heart to join with the
rationalists in putting the government
on stable basis.
The Spsniards appear to be in no
GREAT rush to leave Cuba, and the gov
ernment has been urged to take vigor.
ous measures to accelerate their move
meuts. The charge is made in certain
quarters that the evacuation is being
DELAYED so that the Spanish govern.
ment may continue to collect Cuban
revenues for time.
The cutter Bear, with the govern.
ment relief expedition, is back from the
North with the crews OF the whalers
which were crushed iii the ice. Three
ships were wrecked. The Orca and
Freeman were lost last fall and the
Rosario last spring. All the crews
were saved. Some Of the men were
rescued by the Bear when on the very
verge of starvation. The Bear had a
narrow escape from destruction in the
ice off Point Barrow.
The navy department has arrived at
what it regards as a fair and satisfac.
tory settlement of the question of
awarding the contracts for the con.
structiOn of the three battleships. The
Cramps, the Newport News and the
Union iron works, of San Francisco,
will each secure a big fighting ma.
chine. The latter two companies will
be asked to amend their bids to conform
to the speed requirements of Is knots,
as set forth in Cramps plans.
Fearing a yellow fever epidemic.
half the population of Jackson, Miss.
have fled from the town.
The bitter passenger rate war Is ter.
minated. All western roads have agreed
10 a restoration of passenger rates, tc
be effective September 81.
Captain James G. Blaine, assistant
adlutant-general, U. S. ", has been
discharged from the army for his recen,
Migrant escapades at San Francisco and
Honolulu.
Spain has lost another Pacific posses
son' Native forces captured the gar.
fison OF Ponape and took full posses.
son OF the Calolines, which this coun
ny mad contemplated seizing had the
war been prolonged.
governor Lord, of Oregon, has com
P.eled his Investigation of the condition
u The $50 recruits of the Second Ore
soh volunteers encamped at San Fran
.iSco' and has telegraphed to the secre
"iy OF wal that he has found every
Thing satisfactory.
GENERAL Rios, governor of the vi.
@Fas islands, and ad interim governor
S Sc OF the Spanish territory in the
anllpplnes has wired the Madrid gov
s'H,ieh' that he has arrived at ''ar
UNDERSTANDING with the American
'O'Hofi'les respecting Luzon island.
mere IS reason to believe that tn,
department has selected the Texa
sto .ne 1nture flagship of the Asiati,
sS The understanding is tina
olr VIII replace the protected cruise
~; "p'a' which is to be ordered to tn,
' G"''ed States as soon as her relief ar
ives on the Asiatic station.
,oas Aaorid dispatch says Spain i
a~a , J, 10 concede our every demand
uu 'ne lmpossibility of resuminp tn
s nussle is fully recognized. The gov
with 1eil' Is evidently of the opinion tina
hoo" strong navy there might hav
ccma inherent story to tell of the out
S,.,o. :" the war with the United
las ~ and deplores the fact that sh,
Aas but few ships left. ~ '
smon Uu.an patriot writes that miser,
and :: Tue Cubans is on the increase
and MA. na. conditions in Havana Cit,
mo y, r'o''nce are worse now than dur
Tba Nle war, with no relief in sight
ins ,E spanlards, he says. are revene
rO6b themselves for the loss of Cuba b,
every nlaitfeating and depressing il
peon,o possible way the un fortunat
and AZ Vi the island. Chaos reign
plata ILe public service has been com
abandoned in all departments.
IT, Minor News Items.
eycha s banking department of Low,
III London has susnendad
ventsa electric locomotive headlight in
ILL.,, bas ny L. J. Wooley, of Springfield
use on mas proved success and is now i
trail, ana 'ae Big Four, New York Ger
bank nj, At A. Todd Todd cashier of the wrecke
Jail after : seston, Mimi. was lodged j
him. 'g H,s mob had gathered to iync
amount n rs calculations are now said II !