The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-20
LATER NEWS.

The English annual naval maneuver.
have begun.
Agricultural implements have nd.
vanced in price.
General Joe Wheeler's seat in con.
Rress will probably be declared vacant.
An industrial commission will in.
sest'Rate the smelter troubles in Colo
RADIO.
Great Britain's argument in the
Venezuelan boundary dispute is COM
pleted.
A war department order perm it's SOL
diers' families to purchase fuel and
supplies at post prices.
A tube trust has been formed. II
will be the third largest steel and iron
incorporation in the world.
Secretary Aleer has made a state
mens through the press in which he
says he has no intentions of resigning.
Subscription books have been opened
in this country and Europe for the gold
loan to Mexico. 1t will amount to
tll0, 095, 900.
The president has appointed Colonel
Alfred E. Bates paymaster general o.
the army. to succeed General Asa b.
Carey, retired.
The Second Oregon regiment has ar
rived safely in San Francisco. The
health Of the regiment is good, and
there were no casualties on the tip
over.
Seven persons already have died at
Or near New York from lockjaw. result.
ing from Fourth OF July pistol acci.
dents. and others are in a precarious
condition.
The Atlantic liner Paris. which was
stranded on the Manacles. of the Eng
lish coast. and given up for lost, has
been floated and is now safe in Fal.
mouth harbor
The cruiser Olympia from Colombo.
Cey Ion, has arrived at Suez and has
entered the canal. Admiral Dewey
said that his men and himself we're in
very good health.
A copy of the Independence has
reached Manila containing the speech
which Aguinaldo made during the re-
| cent celebration at Tarlac of the an
nual anniversary Of the proclamation
of Filipino independence. It is very
howery, and in it he calls attention to
the anti-expansion sentiment in the
United States.
An offer from prominent firm of
shipbrokers, to purchase the Reina
Mercedes and any and all of the other
war craft captured during the late war
has aroused suspicion that Spain il
trying in this indirect manner to OBJ
tain possession of the vessels and thus
remove the offense to Spanieh pride
caused by the floating of the American
flag over her ships. The navy depart
ment will not sell any Of these vessels.
and that anwer will be returned to the
writer of the letter.
General Joe Wheeler has started for
Manila.
New York. Wednesday. shipped
ITO, 600 ounces OF gold to Europe.
Roosevelt 10 being doomed In some
sections of the East for secretary OF
war.
British soldiers have been ordered to
proceed to the Cape. presumably to
| fight the Beers.
After thorough cleaning the battle
ship Iowa has been fioated out Of the
Port Orchard dry dock.
DR.. Tuttle's .'thorite.'' the new high
explosive, was tested at Sandy Hook
and pronounced q success.
Captain Watkins frankly admits that
his miscalculations caused the accident
to the steamship Paris.
The educational convention opened
at Los Angeles. The delegates were
welcomed BY Governor Gage.
The Austin, Tex. cotton exchange
says the heavy rains benefited and
ruined an equal proportion OF the cot
ton crop.
General Gilleta de Sanguiseppe, the
Italian officer recently sentenced to ave
years. imprisonment as spy. has been
pardoned.
The French governments is attempt
ING to raise revenue by letting out the
backs of match boxes. which are state
monopoly, to outside advertisers
The New York World says the presi-
dent is preparing to submit to the Gu
hans to vote upon whether they will
have Independence or annexation.
Canada. It 10 said. will send mounted
notice to the Porcupine region, which
i in DISPUTED territory. and the United
states will respond BY sending troops
to Pyramid harbor.
The president has confirmed ana
commissioued the officers recommend
ed by General Otis for the Thirty sixth
and Thirty-sevsnth volunteer reeif
ments, now being organised In tho
Philippines.
The war department. has announced
that the customs receipts 1t the port
Of Havana for Jnne were II Oh. SSS.
The total receipts for elk months OF
1899 are. to be exact. Is. l46. $50. The
monthly average for six months e
1857. sos.
The steamer Portia, from New YORK
fnv Halifax. was wrecked in dense foe
on Flynn . leland. od SambFo. point
about Is miles 70 the eastward OF Hail.
fax. The passengsre and Grew. lie al
foId landed on the island In the ships
hoats. Ne loss OF life il reported.