The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-06-22
LATER NEWS.


The Northern Pacific will drop one
of its transcontinental trains.
San Francisco wants her new federal
building built Of home material.
California fruit Gamers have com.
bined. They will close up half the
plants and advance prices.
Earl Hanchette, con of former Los
Angeles newspaper man, killed his
wife and then attem pied suicide.
Kruger is conciliatory. He will con-
tinue to make concessions. whether
Great Britain accepts arbitration or
not.
The Alaskan boundary difficulties
are practically smoothed over until
the meeting of the high commission
in August.
Rather than concede the 8-hour day,
Colorado smelters belonging to the
trust have closed down, throwing thou
sands out of employment.
The tornado which struck Herman,
Neb., also wrecked several houses at
Dane Hollow. Two persons were killed
and ten severely injured.
Sam L. Simpson, Oregon's best
known poet, died as the result OF a fall
sustained recently while walking in
Portland. He was 81 years of age.
Major. General Anderson, command
ing the department. of the Lakes, has
been mustered out of the volunteer
service and assumed the IaLk of b.iga-
dier-general.
In street.corner speech in Los An
geles, Rev. Mr.. Jefffies. father of the
new champion pugilist, said he hoped
his boy would soon get licked, and he
would then see the error of his way
aud seek salvation.
Ten persons dead, 25 injured, five of
whom will die. and half Of the re-
mainder suffering from very serious
wounds, sums up the list of casualties
resulting from the cyclone that
wrecked Herman, Neb.
Henry o. Havemeyer appeared be-
fore the industrial commission in
Washington in connection with the in
vestigation of trusts. He contended
that the tariff is tie most gigantic
trust of them all. and robs the people
of $24, 100000 annually. With the
tariff of, he says, refined sugar would
be cents pound.
A bear escaped from his pit in the
park at Tacoma.
A torpedo factory blew up at Mari.
eta. O., killing two.
Six thousand garment makers are on
q strike in New York.
A cloudburst occurred near Viola,
Wis. damaging crops.
A salmon oannery at Vancouver, B.
c., burned; loss. $4,000.
The supreme lodge of Workmen are
in session at Indianapolis.
T. g. Shaughnessy is the new presi
dent Of the Canadian Pacific.
Disarmament schemes are not to be
seriously considered at The Hague.
Whites and Howards, of Kentucky
planned an attack On troops at Lexing
ton,
John D. Rockefeller and James ].
Hill held a conference at Seattle Tues
day.
| Portions of a body are being foune
all over New York. Another murder
mystery.
J.R. Orr, Californian, on his way
to Klondike, was robbed OF $1,000 II
Vancouver, b. G.
New York Manhattan railway mus
pay 81, 10000 taxes by recent De
cision of the court.
The company which lost the City o
kParis. has ordered two new boats to b.
built in this country.
With the present transport servlce'
II would take four months to get 80,
} 600 troops to Manila.
Transports bringing the Second Ore
oon home will first touch at San Fran
cisco to land other troops.
The famous Wells Fargo war case tai
! has been ordered back for rehearing II
, the California supreme court.
: The Manila feet forced the rebels t
, abandon their guns, who, however
chung on stubbornly for four hours.
II General Luna and his aid-de-camp
. Lieutenant Pasco Ramon. were assassi
mated by Aguinaldo's guard, at the iat
ter's headquarters.
Lavton's troops had q severe engage
ment with the enemy in strong en-
trenchment at the crossing Of Zapot
, river. near Bacor, Cavite province
He drove the enemy back with heav.
/ loss. Our casualties are some 40 &C
, cordine to Otis. Press dispatches Civ
, | the loss as 60.
According to report made to Chic
Constructor Hichborn, the battle-shil
Kearsarge is 81 per cent advances
toward completion; the Kentucky J
. 40 per cent, the Alabama SO per cent
!. the Wisconsin 20 per cent, the iiilnol
: e5 per cent, the Maine s per cent an
the Ohio s cent. The Albany. Duiid
ing in England. is 80 Per cent 90
vanced.
The Presbyterian general assemb
in session in Minneapolis decided :
hold the meeting next year IN St. Louis
r "Blind'' Boone, once famous as
nianist. il living at Columbia, Nc
r:.s...a;tod nth nnaeesainx FORUM