The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-12-22
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mon were killed by the explo'
~" ~ na.ural gas at Cannonsville, lnd'
w. man was killed and several
o ,,r wounded at school entertain
I nsnt at Charleston, W. Va
Harry J. Nelligan. cook, George W.
n ns both of company e, First
D De'"1. stationed at Huntsville, Ala
l."ro killed in a camp quarrel.
smooth gang of counterfeiters is al
~ in the Mississippi valley. The
S ""rtarfeit is of the standard silver
t IoIIors All of which have so far been
Jiscovered bear the date OF 1890. 1t IL
h haIieved aomething like 100000 Of
them have gained circulation.
corotor Davis, OF the Paris peace
mission. in an interview with q
I T"ndon Daily Mail correspondent, de-
la,ed in favor of triple alliance be.
.moon the United States, England and
1sDan, for the protection OF all their
interests north of the equator.
Charles Tracy, aged 16. shot and
instantly killed Tim Connors, custodian
a. GreenIawn cemetery, Indianapolis,
Ind Tracy with a number of Other
bovs was near the cemetery throwing
snouballs at pedestrians. Refusing
70 desist he was killed by Connors.
The thirteenth annual convention Of
tho American Federation of Labor met
at Kansas City, Mo. About $50 dele
oates from all parts of the country were
mpsept; also William Thorne and Will
liam Inskip, of London, representing
tbe British trades union congress.
The British Columbian government
has made a crown reserve of all town
sites and land outside of the mining
fields in the Lake Atlin district. This
was recently announced privately by
Mr.. C. Settln, premier of British Co
lumbia, to Gold Commissioner w. j.
Rant, who has just arrived in Seattle
from Atlin.
Rossland's famous LIE Rol mine is at
last before London investors. The
London Globe Corporation and the
British America Corporation have in.
yited subscriptions to 100000 shares
If e5 each in the LIE Roi Company, ltd.
The purchase price is $3.50, 900. paya'
bic in cash in fully paid shares, leaving
$4,000 for the working capital.
The United States government is not
aware that any arrangement has been
made Tor the transfer of the title of the
samoan islands to Germany, and beins
one Of the parties to the tripartite
agreement under which Samoa is now
governed, it is not conceivable that
any change in the status of the island.
can be made without the knowledge Of
this government.
President Mckinley will make 8
tour Of Porto Rico and Cuba.
only two men were killed in the
Nardner Idaho mine disaster.
len deaths as a result of suicide,
and accident is the record of one Sun
Jay IN Greater New York
germany is now said to be seeking
al any and wants the friendship O.
Uncle Sam. German Ambassador yor
holeoen has been commissioned Il
N'l'e whatever differences exist.
An area OF 20 blocks in the 28tf
ward In Brooklyn was inundated b,
'sins waters, which washed out tn,
mutations of houses, tore down trolle,
anu telegraph poles. imprisoned peopl,
In their homes.
r. unalles ". Miller. of Chicago, las
i i;al slS-day champion. won the grea
o o,o!cle race at Madison-square Garder
,s sa,n thls year, beating the world,
. oo0 lhls OWN by "a miles. He mad,
s'Vv' miles, and rested but "a hour,
in the l42. "o"'
hs aa''s:i secrecy obtains as t,
~. he conditions of the construction o
Ama aHianfock, the challenger for tn,
mos. 'Ia cup. Not merely are tn,
r0 0s' s'fict precautions taken to pre
srro. . leakage of the details of her con
+ b";' but even the place where sh,
Oeing built is kept secret.
49,. The foreign exhibitors have beer GOV;
p.,; Affected by the decision of th,
ds sa appeal court in rejecting the sui
nanns "lss moroiderer against a French
The as who copied his designs
sipns 'Hect OF the decision is that de
hibits o aH1 patterns in the foreign ex
puni,r " lSUo may be copied with inn
lssa.! by French manufacturers mn
he.ol le exhibitors possess a mann
a , Inc Dattle-ship Massachusetts struo,
nOnd u.s. suhken obstruction near Dia
aors is ssel' off Castle William, Cover
trom a, .siand' N. Y, while on her wa,
choraoe 90 s" " to the naval an
dauase vi Iompkinsville, S. |. Tn
rester ~ wrought was considerabl,
and Ii i ;. than was at first supposed
squi,ad y Dc fully 80 days viii b
togo 10 % w. 70 put the vessel in conditio,
hurt. 'ea' even if she is not vital,
~ Minor News Items.
Of Bos sn,l OF the late Edward Austin