The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-08-11
LATER NEWS.

GU o,VVV meH az arroyo, % miles east
OF Ponce, Porto Rico. From there he
can strike the military road leading
to San Juana to Cayey. beyond Aibonlto.
This will compel the Spanish COM
mander, General Otega, to abandon his
stronghold. or be caught between two
| fires.
Mayor Van Wyck of New York,
made a record as beach hero. He
rescued three young women from death
in the waves at Freeport, L. I. One
had gone beyond her depth, and the
others, in attempting her rescue, also
went down, when the mayor dashed
in and brought all three ashore uncon-
| sciOus.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has sent
an urgent appeal to General Shaftel
to reomve our troops from the fever
districts of Cuba. He says: 'To
keep us here, In the opinion of every
officer commanding division or brig
ade, will simply involve the destruc-
ton of thousands. There is no possible
reason for not shipping practically the
entire command North at once"
A cablegram to the Boston Journal
from Ponce, Porto Rico, says A ire.
mendous sensation has occurred in the
Sixth Massachusetts,. The friction be-
tween the line officers and the officers
Of the brigade, which has been grow
ing ever since the command left Cuba,
reached climax Monday, when Col
onel Woodward, Lieutenant-C Colonel
Chain. Major Taylor, Chaplain
Dousseault and Captain Goodell, COM
pany K, resigned their commissions.
The exact reason which prompted them
to take this action is not at present
known. The matter has been fully
reported to General Miles, and a rigid
investigation ordered
Aspecial to the Tribune from Wash
ington dated Wednesday says: Spain
has practically agreed to the terms OF
peace without asking for their material
modification. The hour spent by Am
bassador Cambon at the White House
this afternoon not only removed all
doubt on this point, but sufficiently
indicated that formal conclusion OF
the negotiations would be secured more
promptly than had been expected by
even the most sanguine. The charac-
ter Of the inquiries regarding certain
details demonstrated that Spain in all
sincerity was ready to end the war, the
sooner the better, but apparently could
not resist temporizing for few days
for the sake Of avoiding an appearance
OF too great precipitancy in surrender
ing, and at the same time taking
advantage of the opportunity to gain a
few trivial concessions which would
be popular with Spaniards generally.
| A dispatch from Barcelona says for.
midable rising of Carlists has taken
place near Lorida, Catalonia.
The pope has asked the war and navy
department to protect the Catholics in
Cavite. Massacre by Aguinaldo and
his forces is feared.
A strike involving over 1900 mem
bers of the Federated Wire Trades has
occurred at Cleveland, O. The cause
is an alleged cut Of about 80 per cent
in wages.
It is reported that George N. Cur
zon, parliamentary secretary of foreign
! office, has accepted the Office Of vicerOy
| of India, in succession to the Earl OF
Elgin.
The village of Medina, Spain, has
been wrecked by Cyclone. which kill
| ed many persons. Several houses at
Hornillos have BEEN engulfed by floods
and number of people have persisted.
At Anardkah, Oklahoma, a~negro
named Barrett was killed while trying
to enter the room of Miss Phoebe
Stokes, a school teacher. Miss Stokes
heard him opening the window and
fred six shots into his body, killing
him instantly.
| Assistant Secretary Howell has made
public the following statement in re-
gard to the receipts and disbursements
of the government during the last ifs
cal year: Receipts. including Pacific
railroad items. $405, 1871. 1886; expedi-
lures, including Pacific railroad, $449,
S6s, $50; deficit, $38, 047,247
Reports from Madrid by way OF Lon
don, stating that Spain had determined
upon an answer to the demands of the
United States, had the effect of arous-
ing the most lively interest in all offic-
isl quarters Tuesday. While the re-
ports are accepted as showing the I'M
doubted tendency Of the Spanish gov
eminent toward peace, ard as likely to
be borne out in the near future BY the
formal response of Madrid. yet It can
be stated positively that 80 far the Unit
ed States has received no answer from
Spain. nor has the French EN- bassy re-
ceiyed an answer which will be commu.
nicated to the authorities here. It is
apparent from this that the answer
could not have been sent from Madrid
on Monday, as stated in some OF the
foreign reports. The misapprehenalon
doubtless arises from the fact that the
Madrid cabinet, after receiving the
American terms. desired more informa'
tioa upon some Of the points involved.
This led to communication to N.
Cambon. Il was not intended as 70
Spouse to the American terms, and was
in no senee conclusive upon the suD1ecs
matter Of the negotiations.
j Word has been received ct San Fran
cisco that on the day the news q an
nexation was received It Honolulu ~
expedition. AUTHORISED BY the Hawaiian
-a,,rl,l;c started a. I 1 TOO mile voyage