The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-26
LATER NEWS.
Chauncey M. Depew was elected to
the United States senate from New
York.

Chauncey M. Depew was elected to
the United States senate from New
York,
Senator Lodge has been reelected
from Massachusetts,, and Senator Davis
from Minnesota.
Francis M. Cockrell was elected to
the United States senate by the Mis-
souri, legislature.
A fire broke out in the Wheeler
mine at Denver, Col, on the night of
the 18th. All the miners escaped.
The fire in confined to one room.
The secretary of the interior, in
communication with the house COM
mittee on Indian affairs, said an in
vestigation shows the reports of a
threatened uprising of Indians of the
Northern Cheyenne reservation are rn-
founded.
All important companies in the
world which are engaged in the pro-
duction of borax and boracic acid have
joined in combination. This organi-
cation includes the owners of the main
deposits of borax. and extends through
the United States, England. France
and South America.
Reports from Pinar del Rio, Cuba,
say that the province is being ravaged
by bandits, who have broken away
from the insurgent forces. Thus far no
great damage has been done. and the
crimes committed are not of serious
nature, but the ranks of the outlaws
are constantly incr easing. and the raids
are becoming more daring.
At the annual meeting of the Bust
ness Mems League at st. Louis, two
hundred merchants and capitalists were
present. A resolution was adopted
heartily endorsing the action of the
delegates from the states and territor-
les comprised in the Louisiana pur-
chs in deciding to commemorate the
event of the purchase by holding a
worlds fair in St. Louis, and plddging
full support to the Undertaking.
The congressional subcommission on
agriculture and agricultural labor oil
the industrial commission has made
public lite syllabus of the topical plan
of inquiry on the condition of labor
and capital employed in these pursuits.
The plan is divided into three general
heads, viz: Labor employed, capital
employed, and remedial legislation.
Under the general head of each are
questions on which the subcommission
desires information. They embrace 80
in all, and thoroughly cover the field,
which the subcommission has in hand.
Witnesses making responses to the
questions asked are required to give
facts rather than opinions except in
such instances where suggestions are
invited.
A state funeral almost majestic in its
impressiveness was given the late Rep
resentative Dingley in the house OF rep
resentatives.
A Madrid dispatch says the premier,
Senior Sagasta, in an interview de-
clared that he only awaited the United
States senate's ratification of the peace
treaty to convoke the cOrtes.
The new Panama Canal Company
was given hearing before the house
committee on commerce. The hearing
was in accordance with recent deter
mination of the committee to hear all
persons concerned in an isthmian canal
King Humbert, of Italy, has signed
decree amnestying or reducing the
punishment of the rioters who took
part in the disturbances last spring.
About 700 persons who we're sentenced
by court-martiAl and about 1000 who
were condemned by civil courts have
been liberated.
The secretary of the interior has for
warded to the senate the papers Gear
ing upon the proposition to remove the
Northern Cheyenne Indians from their
reservation in Northern Montana to
the Grow reservation. The secretary
states that the Cheyennes are averse to
the change, and he recommends that
they be allowed to remain where they
are, and that legislation be enacted
looking to the improvement OF their
condition.
Herr Schmidt. socialist member Of
the German reichstag, has voluntar-
lily informed the public prosecutor at
Madgeburg that he was solely respons-
ible for the publication in the Social
list Volks Stimme, of the article pur-
porting to be a conversation between
the Prince of Bagdad and his tutor, on
account of which the editor. Herr Au-
gust Mueller, was sentenced last week
to 40 months imprisonment on the
charge of lese majestic. The whole
case must now be reopened. The
Madgeburg court interpreted the ale.
CORY of which Herr Schmidt confesees
the authorship as an insult to the sec.
ond son of Emperor William, Prince
Fitel.
A most daring attempt was made by
three youths of Boise, Idaho. to WRECK
the Oregon Short Line pay-car short
distance west OF Mountain Home. a
heavy log chain had been tied around
the track, but was fortunately dis
covered and removed by some section
men before the pay-car passed the
point. A search was instituted in the
nelghborhood, which resulted in lind.
ing Emmett Allen, Hugh Breen and
John Richardson, boys of Boise, rang
ing from 16 to is years Of age, in hid
ing near by. They subsequently con
fessed to the attempt at wrecking tht
pay-car for the purpose of getting thu
money. They are now in jail q
Mountain Home.