The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26
EVEyTS OF THE DAY
..ome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
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Comm ssary-General Eagan has sent
40, investigating commission
10 ;no statement in place OF that o,is,
fe', ,1,, made in response to Miles
man! ia has omitted the objection
able portions
.tr;a,s besitancy in raising the
at Of her diplomatic mission to the
1 Irn;,od States is due entirely to her ds-
s;ra not to give offense to Spain. IN
s,p to this effect is in the possess
.;on Of the state department.
woot Point appointments are to De
mo5o by the present congress. One
' m;II he from the first Oregon. The list
will include eight cadets, all OF whom
WI, VIA, orter West Point next June. NO
,pDI vacancies will be filled until
, ,oOO when So cadets will be named.
Tho 1yu nresept class will graduate Febru-
airy 10.
coomodore Watson, now in COM
mond at the Mare island navy-yard.
has annlied for the command OF the
Aoiatic station to succeed Admiral
nowov when that officer shall have
oaasei duty. Dewey will retire from
oo,;ve service next December, provld.
in, tbe law be not amended in his in
terest.
French sentiment is once more being
worked up against the United States
an account of the Spanish war. Hos
file newspaper criticism, which tenn
nor,r,Iv was shut down by the victor
les Of Manila and Santiago, is now re-
assuring itself in consequence OF the
difficulties which President McKin-
Lewis vacilIating policy has caused in
the Philippines.
The steamship City of Macon, from
Boston, brought into Savannah, Ga,
CAPTAIN Kennerly and the crew, nine
men all told, of the schooner Aloha, of
Bath, Me-, abandoned Saturday night.
$50 miles southeast of Georgetown
light, in a sinking condition. The
Aloha left Fernandina a week ago with
cargo Of phosphate rock, bound for
New York
At Pana, ILL.,, the scene of the re-
cent labor trouble Ike lngles shot and
killed Dave Evans, a fellow-negrO
miner, at the Springside mine. The
trouble arose over dividing their wages.
Frank Jones and James Palmer. nom
union white miners, were assaulted to-
day and seriously injured. Their as
saiants are unknown. Three COM
panies OF militia, which have been do
ing guard duty for several months,
have beer ordered home.
The first detachment of the Seven.
tenth has left Columbus for New
York, en- route to the Philippines.
The entire military department of
Santa Clara, Maj General J. G. Bates
commanding, is quiet. Twenty-seven
thousand Spaniards still remain in the
vicinity of Cienfuegos, but one trans
port has loaded and IL others are ex-
pected to arrive at an early date. It
SlmpOssible, however. that the evacu-
atlon Will be completed much before
ml0dla nf
Great fear is felt for the safety of
Inc naptha launch Paul Jones, mailing
rom Louisville, which left the mouth
u the mississippi river January 3 for
ieISacoia, Fla, with party of ladies
ana gentlemen from Chicago and In
uianapoiis on board. Nothing has been
neaid there of the launch, and one of
'i'e fastest tugs has left to make a thor.
oush search On the Gulf.
9, A tram of empty cars on the Oregon
ol,'r' Line, while leaving Butte, ran
INV al open switch near the city, and
u'snea INTO switch engine. Both
engines and some of the cars were
. Sie'Aea The crew of the train and
H cn"' VI the switch engine all Jumped.
uONuuctor Joseph Grant, of the freight.
WAS Was thrown under the wreck and
Th ,leu' Fireman Bowling was injured.
-"e rest escaped unhurt.
onlclal dispatches from lilo Ilo ia.
. anu ol fanay, indicate that the ma.
Lor s are disposed to be friendly, al.
;nOush absolutely opposed to the land.
orS VI 'he United States forces without
oar Ii rom Malolos, the seat of the so.
Soma .. flllplno native government.
i u OF the officials at lilo lilo are moi
erumo Uiu with the revolutionary GOV.
AmnO: n'' out are willing to accent ar
state , VA pfotectorate, and will 90 te
t,ar rove 'he case 70 Aginaldo if furnished
pof'ation by the Americans.
don Inc T: Berlin correspondent of the Lon.
G Du lines quotes from the Coloon.
atiou ' "s 'nat 'rumors as to the annex
Islands " sauVa' one of the Friendl,
Of t tho by Germany, are an inventioJ
inc ha. who desire to stir up ill.feel
st s between Germany and the un;'ef
CoIoano tie says. however. AZ tn.
actiys u go. Gazette was among the mos,
Germo originally Spreading reports O.
ipnina ahs intention to annex the Phil
the e' nss, its excessive Indignation !,
done. S'u' instance is somewhat over
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