The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-06-01
GEyTS OF THE DAY.
co;tone of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
,rpsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
.sting Collection OF Items From
Al run Hemispheres Presented
in a Condensed Form.

"a
tna Condensed Form.
nuocratio conference has been
- meet in St. Louis this week.
The grain shoveIers' strike at But
V has been settled, and the
'C will return to work.
The body of H. D. Mcclure, Ore
80 fsb commissioner, was found in
-. Ss Umpqua a mile from where the
drowning took place.
Tho section men of the Grand Trunk
.Irav system recently asked for an
:" in wages, which was refused,
.J obout 800 men have struck. The
..;to affects the road from Sarnia,
nnt TO Portland. Me.
nortion of the Ilwaco Railway &
Narration Company's trestle at IL
-oco collapsed, while the beach train
ros rassing over il, and the locomotive
was dumped overheard into the bay.
bnt fortunately no one was injured.
While digging for relics at the site
u od Fort Mackinac. in Michigan,
ely complete skeletons were un-
sar,bed. This is possibly the burying
,Iace of some of the victims of the
massacre which took place 100 years
ago.
Three Chicago men, employees of the
Aetna Powder Company. at Aetna.
we're blown to atoms in the explosion
Of tank of nitro gycerline. A pipe
leading from the engine burst, igniting
some saw dust and leaves near a 6ue
leading into the room containing the
niho-glycerlne tank.
General del Pillar, one Of Aguinaldo'a
peace ENJOYS, saws: ''The insurgents
are anxious to surrender, but want the
assurance first that there will be no
putting to death of the leaders in the
rebellion. and some proof that Ameri-
cans will carry out the general state
ments in their Proclamation.
Private letters from Riga, province
of Livonia, Prussia, report that Lettish
and Lithuanian wOrkmen there quar-
relied because the latter worked for
lower wages, and street fighting fol.
lowed wheIeupOn the military in ter
fered. Several workmen were killed,
MANY injured, and mum Der of houses
were destroyed
A fund of $3.50. 900, drawn from a
dividend on 400, 03S shares of worlds
fair stock, is being set aside for needy
and suffering members Of the various
Illinois volunteer regiments of Cook
county who served in Cuba. Funds
are reported now on hand to pay
per cent dividend on the stock, and q
relief committee will be appointed
from the society of the army Of San.
tlago to act with a committee of colo
nes of the regiment to secure the divi-
dend.
Agoncillo is said to be in Hong
hong under an assumed name.
Nearl y 400 persons lost their lives
In the big Australian hurricane.
Arbitration. it is said, will have
nfst place In the peace conference.
England will press a mum Der of large
damage claims against Nicaragua.
The wife of Georgia planter killed
NEGRO who tried to enter her room.
Flce-President Hobart is slowly re-
covering from his illness, and is now
able to sit up.
The Buffalo strikers have taken
bishop Quigley's advice and are re-
turning to work.
The Reina Mercedes. one of Ger
vera fleet sunk off Santiago last July,
las arrived at Hampton Roads.
rOut men were killed in the War
A"sie mine at Rossland. by the hoist
getting away from the engineer.
"A Chicago court has held that bank
1'iec'ofs are not liable for the mis-
management of funds by a specializing
President.
Inc Atlantic liner Paris ran ashore
Vi 'ne English coast. She lost her
oOG'se In heavy fog. The officers
WIN crew kept cool and the passengers
"''s taken Oft without fatality.
lhe cruiser Olympia, with Admiral
De"ey on board, has lef. Manila for
u tIls country. The first stop will be at
OHs hong. An enthusiastic farewell
va "as given by the vessels and forts In
Manila harbor.
HeVi Moore, a clerk in the city
ban at Kansas City, shot and per-
c aps fatally wounded Mrs. Jennie
s'n poeli' Mrs. Ella Lands and Mrs.
Ca nl'a Neck, in jealous rage. The
= "npoeli woman had deserted Moore
'Of another man.
"Jor'deneral Otis has declined ia
o aeOsnlze the rebels to the extent oil
ro,;e eing TO an armistice, but he has
,os sineu the American commanders to
tia tram temporarily from aggressive ac.
s" un thus he is in a position to re.
Will e hostllities at any time. This
TIM ueleat any subterfuges to gain
thn which would not BIZ the case II
general agreed to an armistice.
Minor News Iteuss
in queen ~ Victoria has seen every throne
SOU ne world vacated at least once and
NO-'e OF them several times.
IN IoVernor Roosevelt, of New York,
~ DENYING narda