The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-02-09
LATER NEWS.
A combination of the big fl eight and
passenger car companies of the United
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A combination OF the big II eight and
passenger car companies of the United
States is being formed.
Fine buildings covering half block
in the heart of the BUSINESS portion of
Colum bus. O.. were destroyed by fire.
The transports, Ohio and Senator,
bearing the Twenty-second infantry to
the Philippines have sailed from San
Francisco.
A freighting patty was caught in a
snow slide in Lincoln gulch, nine
miles above Aspen, Colo, and it is be-
lieved five men were killed.
The second battalion of the Seven
teenth infantry are en- route to Manila
via New York. They sailed from that
port on the transport Sherman.
The largest combination of whisky
and distilling interests yet attempted
has been concluded in New York. un-
der the title of the Kentucky Distillers
& Warehouse Company.
Negotiations for the consolidation OF
the leading pottery interests have been
concluded in New York by the forma-
ton of the American pottery compa-
MES. with capitaliz alton of $40. 900, :
900.
A snow slide occurred on the Cana
dian Pacific at Rogers Pass, in the Sell
kirk range. The railroad roundhouse
and other buildings were demolished.
Nine persons are known to have been
killed and two injured.
Contracts have been let for the erec-
tion Of large beet-sugar factory at
Amers. small town west of Omaha,
on the Union Pacific. The men who
are furnishing the money to build the
factory are Boston capitalists.
The United States transport Grant.
which left New York January 10, hav.
ing Oh board Major-General Lawton.
the Fourth infantry and q battalion OF
the Seventeenth infantry. bound for
Manila, has arrived at Gibraltar.
Steamer Rhynland, from Liverpool.
for Philadelphia, went ashore four
miles north of Penwick's island life
saving station. A heavy snow-storm
was prevailing at the time. There
were AZ passengers and a crew of 70 on
board, all of whom were rescued.
There has been no further general
fighting between the partisans of the
rival chieftains in the Samoan islands,
since the last advices except that q
party of Mataafa's followers was routed
in the bush by Malietoans. 1t is ex.
pected, however, that fighting will be
resumed, as Mataafa is arresting per.
sons who have been already fined and
released. The work Of piilage con-
tinues, among the houses looted being
Wilma, the home of the late Robert
Louis Stevenson, the novelist.
Iowa mineworkers are making an
effort to have eight hours declared a
days work.
Native troops are to be utilized in
Cuba and American soldiers gradually
withdrawn.
A syndicate composed of American,
Canadian, English and French capital.
lists. is making an effort to secure con-
troll of all the railroads in Cuba now
building and in operation, and all te
be constructed hereafter.
The bishop of Havana has declared
that Protestant services cannot be held
over the graves of the Maine victims in
Columbus cemetery, as it is conseorated
ground. Americans were preparing ia
decorate the graves on the anniversary
of the explosion.
The Central Cable Company an
nonnces that the United States govern
ment in the Philippines has modified
the recent prohibition of kilograms in
ipher or code. Messages in secret Ian
guage may now be accepted, subject to
government censorship.
The senate committee on naval
affairs has decided upon favorable re-
port on the bill providing for add.
tional pay to laborers in navy-yardf
who worked overtime during the emer.
gency of war with Spain. The amount
required is about $1,000 and about
6. 900 men are involved.
The Filipino junta has received a
cable message from Hong Kong ex'
planning the second proclamation o.
the Philippine republic. The message
says: 'The fret proclamation. in Au
gust, was the work of Aguinaldo and
the generals. The second is the unani.
nous work of the Filipino assembly
General Otis cables the war depart
ment. giving the number of deaths IN
his command since January 2. The
total is 10, many of whom died o.
smallpox. The greater number o.
deaths W ere of Kansas. Colorado, Cali.
fornia and Pennsylvania privates II
the list appear the names of Allen T.
Carlyle, private, First Washington,
January 16. typhoid; Earld A. Jeans
First Washington, January rs. ty
phoid; Wistar Hawthorne, private
Second Oregon, diphtheria.
Cuban General Gomez refuses t.
disband his army unless paid neari,
$50. 100000 He claims to have 40. OO(
men under arms. for which he ask
pay for three years. service, at the same
rate as given American soldiers. Fol
his own services in the past be wants
$1,000 year. the same as paid an
American lieutenant-general. He hal
about 200 brigadier generals, who de-
mand pay at the rate of IS, 500 annually
for three years past, besides numerous
other officers. whose pay aggregates
s.. 78S, 900.