The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-04-27
NEyTS OF THE DAY
.,,e Of the Telegraphie
News of the World.
rrRsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES

rERSE TICKS fhoA III" "'
interesting Collection OF Items Fr'-
=" Two Hemispheres Presented
IN Condensed Form.
n.o.iaept Mckinley was entertained
Tnner given by Associate Justice
Cav of the supreme court.
nj, Canadian Pacific railways
i Ibouse at Fort William, Manitoba,
lU"" dsstroyed by fire. Seven new Mo-
s wa engrnes we're ruined. Total loss
about $4,000.
A. order for $4,000 rifles of light
ar has been placed by the Mexican
pO" rrment in New York. The order
! .bo largest one in this country by q
a = power in the last 25 years.
uorr Polack, a well-known engineer
"a sle,tr;cian, has discovered, says
' ar" Vienna correspondent Of the London
ck,onicle. a means of telegraphinR
so 400 words per hour over a single
vlre
While the Denver fire department
u,s vorking to extinguish fire at the
pintsch gas works, an explosion OF gas
a..n,red inside of the building. injur-
n, piybt men, all connected with the
department..
The British house of commons has
Dqssed to second reading the bill in
uoiuced by Chamberlain, empowering
Iocal authorities to advance money to
enable occupiers to acquire ownership
Of small houses.
Mrs. Catherine Woods. aged "a
wears was burned to death at Sacra-
mento and 4-year-old grandson wal
50 badly burned that his recovery il
doubtful. The child dragged lighted
lamp from table.
Walter Gray, aged 60, assistant
bookkeeper in the subtreasury at st.
Louis. was arrested for embezzling
800. He admitted having taken the
money. to get medical attention fol-
his crippled child, and intended later
to repay 1t.
The Twenty-frst United States in.
fantry, the famous Indian fighting regi.
ment of early days, and later very &C.
tive participants in the Cuban cam.
paign, have departed from San Fran
cisco for the Philippines on the trans
port Hancock.
During election riots at Bilboa,
Spain, rs persons were wounded. Pop
ular feeling runs high in Valencia and
surrounding districts. There was q
serious affair in the town of Portos,
province of Tanagona, where the Off.
cla candidate being beaten, the munic'
pal officials fired guns at the crowd,
mluring number of persons.
!. W. Ginstead. Humboldt, New,
bank cashier, committed suicide. Hi
accounts were $4,000 short.
Mrs. Ida Ewing, charged with hav.
Ing murdered her sister in-law, Mrs.
Lz7le Ewing, was acquitted by 4
Aaryville, Mo-, jury.
The schooner Mary Bidwell, that left
H. hlchaels. Alaska. in August last.
Tor Alaska ports, has been heard from
MfOrt Clarence, waiting to sail fol
the south
arrangements have been completed
whereby President Mckinley will
push an electric button which will
START work on the San Pedro break
water.
'nce-tresldent Hobart, who is sici
" Washington. is holding the gain
SHOWN last week. He is able to par.
lake Of more hearty food, and sits ur
ABOUT half an hour daily.
Inc Americans plan to trap Agui.
uA'uo oY sending troops via the seq
.Uu.e 10 the north of him. Then hs
VIII oe between two lines of Ameri
'"'S' and 1t may besult in his capture
a verdict of $4,000 damages agains,
No. No. carson, Kentucky racehors,
nIa' In favor of W. F. Singleton
ssaO'ogfapher. who was shot by Car
''uS Was returned at Lexington.
ny The explosion Ct sawmill boiler,
aoa a' ohlppewa Falls, Wis, Lem Will
w. WY Ionn Brisnois and William Olsor
sn1 o Killed and Engineer P. A. BriRg.
Du 'Our others were injured.
naval orders posted at Washington
,s auOunce the promotion to the rank O
r s" Of Sampson, Schley ant
tba Slanar, the latter commandment O
Vie Norfolk navy-yard.
,.; .us Madrid official gazette con
nI s a royal decree appointing tn,
t,.o., ue ARGOS to be Spanish envoy ex.
,i.,n uinaIy and minister plenipoten
nary 10 the United States.
Bo,, ne United States consul-eeneral a,
p, a,ih' Frank Mason, has revised fie
non.h no"ing that in the last thre,
& aoa ~. there was an increase O
Upi,ah; V 20 In the expectation to tn,
eu States from Germany.
tona, s 10th annual meeting of the ma
rsction .OnleIence of charities and cor.
Nsr O ,s Will be held in Cincinnati
Un ay ~ to 80. Every state in III,
haps nah 'l De represented except per
add w unano' Montana. Nevada, Utah
q. Minor News Items.
prisoners Uoro .