The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-06-01
LATER NEWS.
Japan has occupied Marcus islam
N the Pacific.


CoIonel Summers, OF the Second Or.
egon, has been promoted to brevet
brigadier-Reneral of volunteers. and
Captain Case to be major by brevet.
Queen victoria's soth birthday was
celebrated throughout the British EN-.
piIe. Festivities were also held in the
leading capitals of America and En-.
rope.
The coroner's jury investigating the
train wreck at Exeter, on the Reading
railroad. found that the accident was
due to the negligence of employees OF
the company.
The Duke of ARGOS, Spanish ministe,
to the United States, and the duchess.
were among the passengers on board
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, sailing
from southampton.
The naavl orders posted at Washing
ton, assign Captain j. B. Coghlan to
duty as commandant of the Puget sound
naval station. June 80. by which time
the Raleigh will be out of commission.
At Griffin. Ca. the foqging of four
colored operatives of the Kincaid mills.
by whitecaps, has led to sensational
developments. The mayor has called
out the militia to protect the negroes.
At Copenhagen. while some men
were engaged in filling shells at mil
itary laboratory, some of them exploded,
killing several men and severely injur-
ing noncommissioned officer and two
workmen. The laboratory was de-
stroyed.
Rain and hail has done m UGH damage
to the crops and property in Central
Kansas. In Saline county. wheat and
other crops for miles were completely
destroyed, many buildings were dam
aged and thousands of window lights
were broken. Some cattle and many
chickens and birds were killed.
Joohn Burkholder. OF Martindale.
and L. W. Frank Howser, of Terre
Hill, Pa, have been arrested on the
charge of counterfeiting labels of the
Cigarmakers' International Union. It
is alleged they have been engaged ex-
tensively in this business for years. and
supplied large number of factories.
James Neill Gresham, a young man
from La Grande, shot himself through
the heart while in his room at the
Hotel Perkins, Portland. he was a
nephew of the late General Walter q.
Gresham, Cleveland's secretary of
state, and a nephew of Ex-Governor
Taylor, of Tennessee. The young man
was in the custody of an officer, and
could not face disgrace.
A Philadelphia company is building
a bridge for shipment to Japan.
The Missouri legislature has ad.
journed after session of 1873 days.
In a skirmish with the rebels near
Mariauina, two Americans were killed.
A clash is reported between General
Otis and the civil Philippine commits
sioners.
The old soldiers have declared for
General Henderson, of Iowa, for the
speakership.
Admiral Dewey was given tremen-
dous ovation by the Britishers on his
arrival at Hong Kong.
The Washington state law requiring
railroads to accept grain for shipment
over competing roads has been de-
clared invalid.
Charles w. Whitney and Frank
Whitney, brothers, were drowned at
Palouse rapids, about three miles below
Grange. Wash. by the capsizing OF their
canoe.
Miss Hilton, of Aurora, Or, was
dragged from her horse by maniac.
Solomon Bachart, her assailant. at.
tempted to commit suicide by shooting
himself.
Rostario, a Filipino congressman,
wealthy resident of Manila, and for
merly Aguinaldo's commissary gen.
eral, accompanied by an insurgent cap
tain has surrendered to General Otis.
The war department is not going to
spare any pains in making the return
VOYAGE of the volunteers pleasant and
com Portable, and the trip across the
Pacific will be made in style.
Receipts of wool of the 1899 clip at
Pendleton have been to date 100000
pounds. Some wool is selling. and the
prices range cents under the figures
of last year. The quality of the crop
is below last years standard.
A confession of Claude Branton,
recently hanged at Eugene, Dr.. mas
been made public in which he admits
firing the shot that killed Linn. The
confession was left to minister to Do
published ten days after the hanging.
The Oregon state grange. Patrons OF
Husbandry, convened in its 26tn annuai
session at Portland. Reports show
advancement all along the line. Inc
membership is growing fast, ans more
than uasual interest is being shown
by farmers
General Lawton says he has found
a letter near San Isidro, written by one
of the Yorktown's crew, saying that
they were being kicked. that their hair
was being pulled out and that they
were cruelty treated In various otheI
ways, and imploring the Americans 10
hurry to their release.
The government has decided to es-
tablish . military post at fyramid
harbor in Alaska. This haIbor Is on
Chilkat inlet, near Chilkat village.
Commissioner General Peck has &C.
,-.d r,O additional feet OF space At