The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06
EVENTS OF THE DAY
r,;tome of the Telegraphit
News of the World.
rrRsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
,ntsrestinR Collection Of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presonted
In a Condensed Form.

c,on prospects in England and
c,once have improved.
The French chamber of deputies will
,,nnort the new cabinet.
Fire in the freight yards at Toledo,
n did $500, 900 damage.
p;ch New Workers are On their way
10 Alaska to develop American mines.
A life size statue of solid gold will
no Colorado's state exhibit at the Paris
exposition.
Rear-Admiral Sampson will re.
rnon;sh command of the North Allan.
tic squadron in November.
John Bull is said to be in a bad
rpcb and Germany and France are not
Tar behind. They all need American
gold.
The new French cabinet is being
well received Two hostile groups
have Withdrawn their opposition and
most journals are favorable.
Three hundred native Porto Ricans
have been enlisted in the new battal.
ion authorized by the war department,
and 100 more will be taken.
Aguinaldo expects recognition after
the next election. He has proclaimed
fiat the present administration OF the
limited States will meet defeat and Fill
ipno independence will follow.
News received from Idaho is to the
effect that the Northern Pacific rail.
vav has beaten the Oregon Railway &
Navigation Company in the fight for
the control of the Clear water valley.
At Poughkeepsie. N. Y, in the COL
ege boat races, Pennsylvania four
Dared and Cornell freshmen were the
winners. The eight-oared race was an
exciting contest between the IthaGans
and Columbia.
dispatch from Pekin says: g. A.
Flche, Interpreter Of the French leRa-
ton there, has been struck by a China
man. and is suffering from bruises.
The French minister demands public
apology from the tsung Ii yamen.
Sir Thomas Lipton's cup challenger
Shamrock was launched 1T Millwall,
England As the Shamrock reached
mdstream from the slips. barge ool-
lided with her, stiking the Yachts bow
above the waterline, and making big
dent.
At Pueblo Colo, the Eilers smelt-
ers, one of the trust plants. has resumed
operations with about half the regular
force. The wages paid out are about
what the company originally offered.
and the men are guaranteed protection
il they choose to violate the eight-hour
law.
a six story building burned in Bos-
ton entaiing loss of $4,000.
Many buildings were wrecked and
some stock killed in Bradley. Neb., BY
a twister.
President Timothy Dwight has bade
farewell to Yale, and delivered his last
bacCalaureate sermon,
The degree of doctor of laws has been
conferred on William r. Day, by the
New York university.
Owing to the prolonged drought and
The plague OF locusts Asiatic Russia ID
threatened with famine.
young woman in the Atlin coun-
Try has discovered vein of quartz .
mile long and 600 feet wide.
In religious riot near Rome. several
men have been killed, and troops have
been sent to quell the rioters.
Goldseekers on Edmonton trail are
aiyng of scurvy and cold. An attempt
VIII be made to get food to them.
AT the peace conference Russia sub
m'tted proposal to keep navies of the
world at standstill for three years.
At the Rough Riders reunion at Las
vegas, N. NJ. Colonel Theodore Rooee.
welt was presented with a gold medal.
Colonel Thomas R. Cornelius, an
Ore gon pioneer and a veteran of the
Safiy Indian wars. died at Cornelius,
Or.
Ohlna will tear down her great wall
Al an enormous expense. A Chicago
'Vil engineer will superintend the
work.
=, At Camden. N. j.. fire damaged the
Noro-Phillips chemical works to the
sA'ent of 100000. Three large build
'nss used in the manufacture of phOs.
plate were destroyed.
Inc officials of the South Chicago
furnace Company will start up their
ulg Plant. and it is expected it will
1uh steadily for an indefinite period.
~ entire capacity for the coming II
mohths has already been sold.
lhe body of Ensign Monaghan, who
was Killed in Samoa, was fittingly re-
seFeu In Portland. A requiem mass
vas said at the cathedral and sermon
T Tas preached by Archbishop Christie.
ne oody was escorted to the train BY
naval military and church Organise.
tons.
Minor News ttesss.
Tor 20 years Roswell Beardsley has
Ten postmaster at North Lansing.