The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-10-27
LATER NEWS.

become naturalized Americans.
The British ship Blenfeld burned
at the mouth Of the Thames river, and
IA Of those on board lost their lives.
The Nicaragua canal commission is
working hard to get its report ready fol
congress when it meets in December.
The torpedo-boat Davis, while on a
trial run down the Columbia, was dis
abled by tho bursting of some boiler
tubes. Six or eight men were badly
scalded.
A French missionary and several
Chinese Catholics have been massacred
Or burned to death in chapel at Pc
king, China, by a mob. France has
demanded reparation.
The Spaniards at Havana are becom.
ing insolent, and disregarding the
American demands. Blanco has auc-
toned off cannon which rightly be-
longed to the United States.
In the annual report of the third
assistant postmaster-general a strong
recommendation is made that negotia-
tons be opened looking to the reduc-
ton of the international rate to cents
half ounce or fraction thereof.
In terrible typhoon off Formosa
hundreds of lives were lost. Among
the ships lost was the American bark
Comet. The crew was saved. Home
ward-bound passengers say they passed
numerous abandoned vessels The loss
of life must have been enormous.
The coal-mining town of Yelling
ton, Vancouver island, has been the
scene of several subsidences, and there
is general alarm there owing to indica-
tions that another is likely to take
place. The whole town is under
mined, owing to the extensive opera
lions for coal mining.
A dispatch from Manila says: The
insurgent general, Pho Pillar, has agreed
to evacuate Pace Pace, the last suburb
of Manila held by the Filipinos Tues
day. This completes the American
conquest of the city. The last rebel
has left Cavite and Manila, the rest of
the island of Luzon being in the hands
of the insurrectionist faction.
Disastrous typhoons, sandstorms and
foods have caused fearful loss of life
and property in the Orient. In the
district watered by the river Feng, in
Japan, hundreds of villages have been
swept away and 1900 people drowned.
Another report says $50 towns are un-
der water. Thousands of refugees are
flocking to the cities. The Ishkarie
river also overf1owed, drowning over
1000 people.
Smallpox has broken out in Dawson
City. N. W. T.
A family of five were brutality muir
dered at Stuartburn, Manitoba.
Senator Proctor. of Vermont has been
reelected by an overwhelming vote.
The dowager empress of China has
begun instituting reforms on her own
account.
Withdrawal from Crete of all the
Turkish troops there has been ordered
by the sultan.
Emperor William. of Germany. was
personally received at Constantinople
by the sultan.
Princess Kaiulani, of Hawaii, is re-
ported engaged to be married to Andrew
Adam, q reporter.
All trade at Havana is said to be at
a standstill. awaiting the future des-
tiny of the island.
Many officers of the staff of General
Gomez have resigned, owing to the
trouble with their chief.
During an Indian dance near Ard
more, I. T., one man was killed and
two were wounded, one fatally.
Liberia. through its special repre-
sentative, Bishop Hartzell, is about to
ask to be taken under the protection of
the United States.
Prince Chang, president of the Chi
nese tsung-li-yamen. announces that
the health of the recently deposed en-
peror is improving.
Commissioner Ogilvie has broken up
the monopoly of Canadian doctors in
the Klondike country and American
physicians may now practice there.
Blanco has acceded to the requests
of the American evacuation commits
sioners that Red Cross supplies be al
lowed free entry to the ports of Cuba.
General Wood, in his capacity as
governor of Santiago, has ordered the
return to Jamaica of large number OF
destitute negroes who had Just arrived
from there.
A New York World dispatch from
Washington says: The United States
will assume the Indebtedness OF the
Cuban municipalities, but will not
agree to pay OF guarantees any portion
of the general Cuban debt. IT is con-
sidered big concession on the part OF
the United States and partial victory
for Spain.
Three vessels were wrecked in q
storm of the English coast. The Nor
wegian bark Frivold stranded of Spurn-
head. Two members of the crew were
drowned. The Norwegian brigantine
Aupvald was wrecked of Goudon har-
Dor. Seven Of the crew were drowned.
The Russian schooner Wilhelm was
wrecked of ST. Andrews Five OF the
crew were saved. and one drowned.
Rear Admiral Phelps is the only SUR
viving member Of the first graduating
class from the naval academy. There
were ~ members in the class.
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