The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-04-06
EVENTS OF THE DAY
ro;tome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
urpsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
,.+.restjng Collection OF Items Fronl
the Two HemisPheres Presented
in Condensed Form.


rwo Hemisp heres Presented
in a Condensed Form.
polo has been burned and abandoned
uv the Filipinos.
1anan is considering project for the
decentralization of railways.
school of psychology will be held
Of Chicago from April 8 to 8, inclusive.
The Twelfth New York volunteers
toro arrived home for muster out.
Secretary of War Alger has arrived
., Havana on tour of inspection.
Two thousand men are idle as the re-
.uIt Of the pantsmakers' strike at Phila-
IeIphia.
Half the business portion of Har-
,ison Valley, Pa, was destroyed BY
FIRE Loss. $4,000.
Rv a collision between freight trains
near Pittsburg two men were killed and
Two fatally injured.
The mineral of Ex-Governor Francis
Harrison Pierpont, of the virginia..
was held at Pittsburg.
Denmark proposes to demand cessiOn
Of treaty port in China, AMI will send
mt cruiser tor the purpose.
Arrangements have been completed
nr construction of RAILROAD from Al
varado to San Andreas Tuxeto, Mexico.
War department officers express un-
ualided satisfaction with the work of
the volunteers before and around Ma
Mia.
The search of the Windsor hotel
minis. at New York, for dead bodies
continues. Parts of human remains
were found.
Two carloads of Eastern oysters are
on their way to Willapa harbor for an
artificial propagation experiment by
oystermen.
The steamship Tacoma. which has ar
rived at Tacoma from China and Japan,
brought 1927 Japanese. most OF them OF
the tailoring class
Rear-Admiral Sampson arrived at
Santiago de Cuba on board the cruiser
New York, and was given royal vel
come by the people.
Queen Victoria has been petitloned
to force President Kruger, of the Trans
yaa. to reform existing abuses, which
bear heavily on the Uitlanders.
The statistics of fire insurance bu-i-
ness transacted in the state of Wash
ington for the year of 1898. shows risks
written amounting to $82,S3, 718.
In the victorious charges on the in
surgents at Polo, Sunday, General Irv-
ing Hale fell wounded-it is thought
serIously-while directing the advance.
Lieutenant-C Colonel Alfred G. Cir.
ard, chief surgeon, has been ordered to
Vancouver barracks. Wash, as chiel
surgeon of that department. Acting
Assistant Surgeon T. g. Holmes hal
been ordered to new Fort Spokane.
WASH
The Paris correspondent of the Lon.
don Observer telegraphs that furious
nght occurred On the Boulevard st.
Michael between parties of Dreyfua
and anti-Dreyfus students. Several
persons were injured and two cafes
were wrecked.
Fifteen hundred employees of the
Philadelphia clothing manufactured
nave struck for increase of waves. ab0.
Nuon OF sub-contractors and an agree.
meht that the wages will not be re.
uuced. Other operatives were thrown
out OF work, making in all 5000 per.
sons out.
Inc American army. some 10000
SHOng. is advancing against the Fill
plhO Insurgents, mum bering $4,000,
tne americans are successfully driving
s'e reoels from their strongholds afte,
STUBBORN resistance. The American
,Oss is quite heavy, but not nearly *
large as that Of the insurgents.
In the storming of the rebel capital
tne Killed in the Second Oregon were:
U UoCmpany B, Private H. B. Adams; D,
" "niiam W. Cook; L, Charles Herbert
ouy Willard. Thirty-eight wer.
wounded. The First Washington in.
.antIy had seven wounded, one NOR.
'ally' Captain Fortson, whose home j,
hear Seattle.
o., spanish officers at Madrid acquaint
w.; with the Philippine islands con.
C n"e TO predict the failure of Major.
;n oHefai Otis campaign, notwithstand,
t hs 'he American success They sal
a nat while the Americans will I'm.
loa uO'eoiy win all the battles, they viii
s rSe me campaign itself. owing to til,
r ps.'uue OF the Tagalos to conduct 1
war OF surprises and ambuscades.
.. Inc United States district attorne,
br aan Francisco has been INSTRUCTED
10 hr; e United States attorney genera
H. ling suit against the San Francisco
nj NJ Dock Company to secure possession
prono ssion rock. in that harbor. It j,
sta.;O to establish a naval coalinp
rlaima ;. 'here: The dock company
STATE Tile rock under title from tie
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