The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-05
Events OF THE DAY
r,;+ome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
rrpsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
oesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres PRESENCE"
in a Condensed Form.

in, Condensed Form.
.su,;raI SIMPSONS daughter is to
,oj Californian.
..r,bn the well-known syndicate
IN, i critically i'll at her home In
New York
rho O r. & N. C.'s steamship Co
-, oo he, last trip made the run
tn, San Francisco TO Portland III Al
lours and 30 minutes.
rho American National hank, OF
,;-aa q was robbed OF SIS. l62. The
r was taken from the big vault.
Tto rohberv was perpetrated In skill
nj manner, no damage being zone 10
tie vault.
,,exnreSs train and freight train
mot on tue same track near E:acennes,
Ina and three trainmen were serious
II bnrt and a score or more passengers
L,ujsed and scratched.
c,rtain +. D. Evans name is PROM
;.ar,ir mentioned as Rear-Ad'nIral
Brnce's successor in the Brooklyn
Inward now that it seems TO be de-
n;5o1 that Rear Admiral Sampson Will
,o,oain commander in chief OF the
vo,tb Atlantic station, and Rear-Ad-
,o;,al Srhlev viii be assigned to sea
dntv in compliance with his request.
The conference based upon the dis
armament proposal of Emperor Nicho-
las has been fixed for St. Petersbu g
about the beginning Of May next, prior
to which the Russian government VIII
snbmit officially to the powers a def
mite plan Of disarmament IN order to
enable them to formulate notifications
or counter suggestions.
4 special from Dawson dated No
vember 10 SAYS: Reports from all
creeks in the vicinity of Dawson indi-
cate that the winters product of gold
will exceed that of last year by more
than 100 per cent. Several persons are
reported to have been frozen to death.
One of these was found in knceling
posture beside his sled and dogs, be-
tween Hunker and Dominion, at the
summit.
The navy department is going to be
prepared fox any emergency that may
hereafter arise in the Atlantic and Pa
cific oceans by carrying on hand the
enormous stock of nearly half million
tons OF the best steaming coal for war
ships hat can be procured. This sup
ply of the most important of all sinews
Of modern WAY is to be Systematically
distributed in American ports most
conveniently located for the coaling OF
ships for any operations the navy may
cOnceivably he called upon to under
take.
Judge Day. president of the Paris
peace commission, has arrived home.
A loaded lumber schooner is ashore
at Cannon beach, near Elk creek, Or.
The recently appointed register of
the Nula;o land office in Alaska is
missing.
In trainwreck near Lexington. KY,
nine tlanmen We're injured, TWO piob
ably fatally.
lmportatlons of manufactures from
ureat Britain into the United States
seem likely to show an unusually small
Total IN the year 1898.
Public men in office, especially those
III congress, newspaper correspondents
ana everybody who is supposed to have
influence III shaping legislation or with
'ne administration are being flooded
WIN literature from foreign countries
Il. relation to our changed condition OF
"Aairs as result of the American.
Spanish war.
fFe destroyed the house occupied by
'enor Don Carlos Morla Vicuua. the
O"''t"h minister, at the corner of Con.
ne''lcut avenue and N street, Wash.
"S'oh' The roof and top story were
DVS'foyed and the furniture of the
""oie mouse was ruined by smoke and
water entailing loss of $4,000. The
minister and his family barely es.
capped.
NE cotton receipts at Houston, Tex,
.'"'e 'lie beginning of the present sea
~" nave been 1900. 900 bales, recort
'N'e' einaled by an interior town OF
port OF the United States. and which
vii, vii. lie celebrated by a banquet t.
wi, %"''i all the the prominent civic off
:. ."'s ana cotton men will be invited.
-, estimated by Secretary Warner. O.
L n9 cotton exchange. that 500. oO(
,o "''s VIII yet be received during tn,
'enalnder of the season.
= Inc table of proposed stations q
C "''eu States troops, submitted b,
"' wade, shows total of 10000
a. y. distributed as follows: PROVING,
M II rlnaf del Rio, 5000; province o
IA qua $4,000; province of Matanzas
V'VoV' province of Santa Clara. 10 600
n,O'i of Puerto Principe, 1000
,aoo si'ce OF Santiago. 1000. Tn,
ns,. of the commission. i
nj ;nt out would require 45 regiment.
bat ln,antfy and five of cavalry, with 81,
Haran OF light artillery, four TO
'"'ia and two for Matanzas.
"'h"r News Items.
ho .t> hi'rldge, of Harvard, is said t,
EIio,, e only man living WHO can rea,
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