The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-09
LATER NEWS.
The Eighth United States voluutee,
regiment is now being mustered ont.

An0 Gikntn Onited States volunteer
fegimeAt is now being mustered out.
The Covington. KY, postofaoe hae
been robbed Of stamps and monev to
the amounst of $40. 900.
The pope has undergone an opera
tion for removal OF q long standing
cyst which suddenly became inflamed.
Professor Wallace p. Day, q director
OF the Illinois college Of music, and
well known among musical celebrities
East and West, is dead at Jacksonville.
Fla.
By a collision between . passenger
train and helper locomotive on the
Southern Pacific near Hot Springs.
Nevada. the two engineers and the are.
men OF the two engines were killed.
1t is said the United States has sent
dispatch to Madrid protesting against
the false statement being cabled from
Manila by General Rios. who formerly
commanded the Spanish troops in the
Philippines.
Among the passengers from Honolulu
on the steamer Australia, were A SOL
diers from the Kansas and New York
regiments, six Of whom have been dis
charged. The others returned on ac-
count Of illness.
Rain has fallen in many sections of
California and the long-continued dry
spell is thought to be over. The pres
emit rain will save the wheat crop in
critical districts and add to production
where growth is favorable.
1t is reported in Madrid that Spain
authorized General Rios to offer the
Philippine republic $500. 900 for the re-
lease of the Spanish prisoners. The
offer was Indignantly declined, and the
insurgents asked $1,000, 900.
1t is reported on good authority that
the interests of the Royal Baking Pow
der Company. the New York Baking
Powder Company and the Cleveland
Baking Powder Company have been
sold to William Zeigler for between
81 900. 600 and tl2, 200. 900.
Affairs are still unsatisfactory in
Samoa. The provisional government.
it appears. is interfering with the ma
tive and British subjects, and also
with the servants of the British SUBJ
jects, and is taxing the Malietoa people
81, and the Mataafa people 81 each.
Lord Herschell, one Of the joint high
commissioners from Great Britain. who
was sent to take q leading part in the
negotiations between the United States
and Canada. died suddenly In Washing
ton. He expired in half an hour after
being taken i'll. Heart failure was
the cause.
DR.. Rafael, the German president Of
the municipal council at Apia, at the
instigation of the British consul, has
apologized for boycotting the British
third-oiass cruiser Porpoise and Tor in
sulting the chief justice and Malietoa's
lawyer. while they were guests on board
the Porpoise.
A dispatch from Rome Tuesday says
the pope was taken suddenly i'll that
morning.
The battle-ship Oregon accompanied
by the collier Iris, sailed from Homo
lulu for Manila February 90.
The sundry civil bill. together With
large number of public building
measures were passed by the United
States senate Tuesday.
The American Pottery Company.
with it's burden Of $50. 600. 600 capital
ization, is likely to fail in its purpose
of uniting the potteries.
Monday congress passed the army re-
organization bill with an amendment
providing that no permanent increase
in the army shall be made beyond 1901.
The German government has ordered
it's warships to. leave the Philippine
islands and has placed German sub
jects there under the protection OF the
United States.
According to advices from Genoa,
province of Barcelona. the number OF
disbanded Spanish sailors in Cuba who
are joining the American navy is con-
siderably increasing.
Six second lieutenants In the regular
army. just graduated from the mill
tary academy ct West Point, have ar
rived at San Francisco, on their way to
Manila to Join various regular infantry
regiments
The Southern Pacific overland from
Portland ran into . landslide in q can-
ron As miles south OF ROeebuig, Or..