The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-06-29
EVENTS OF THE DAY
r,;+ome of the Telegraphit
News of the World.
rrRsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES

..sresting Collection of Items FreH
rwo Hemispheres Presented
In Condensed Form.
Australia is suffering from water
famine.
The Elks, 10000 strong. are in an.
anal convention in St. Louis.
The National Democratic committee
is altering data on monopolies.
military prisoner at Leavenworth,
"a, WAS shot dead while trying to e.
cape.
4 member of congress says Hawaii
mill he given a territorial form of gov
eminent.
At the recent consistory the pope
o,oated IS new cardinals and mum bel
Of bishops.
The transport Sherman has reached
Manila, which adds nearly 1900 tt
Otis forces.
All volunteer regiments now in the
Philippines want to be mustered out
at San Francisco.
Articles have been signed for fight
between Sharkey and Jeffries. 1t will
take place October %.
Nearly 5000 Cuban soldiers have
been paid to date, and General Gomez
has commenced the preparation of new
lists.
Major General Wood. military gov
e,nor of Santiago de Cuba, is visiting
in Boston, He says Santiago is peace
full and prospering.
Tie steamer Danube, plying between
Victoria and Lynn canal, Alaska, wal
wrecked on the north shore of Denmar
island. No lives were lost.
Congressman Lorenzo Danforth
serving his sixth term as congressmaI
from the 10th Ohio district, died al
his country home near St. Claiis
Vile, 0. His death was sudden. and
was caused by heart disease.
A movement is on foot to erect 1
$4,000 monument to the memory o,
the late Richard P. Bland. William
j. Bryan has subscribed 5000, and othei
amounts, in all about $1,000 have
been raised.
The war department has received I
telegram signed by United States Sena
tors George g. Perkins and Stephen M
White, offering for Immediate service
in the Philippines a full regiment o.
infantry from Southern California. i
is stated at the war department tina
no action can be taken in the matte
of the California regiment. The ques
ton of calling for volunteers has no
been determined upon. and, besides
1t is not decided whether state troops
would be accepted, should volunteer
be called for.
San Francisco will welcome the re
turn of the Second Oregon.
AT an Omaha fire a powder magazin,
exploded. injuring l l firemen.
A Massachusetts sailor has startes
across the Atlantic in a four.tOn boat
One man was killed and six were in
Iured in railroad collision at Linn
ton, Or.
A Pennsylvania judge has decided
against the sale of liquor to soldiers il
canteens.
England has published her Trans
Vaal bluebook. 1t contains a warning
to Kruger.
An automobile company has been or
ganlzed IN Chicago with a capital o
100000 900.
The prohibition on the importation
INTO Belgium of American meat cattl,
has been raised.
Benjamin F. Harding, Oregon's old
est United States senator in point o
service. died at his home at Cottag,
Grove.
Kew. H. Phillips, Mrs. Phillips ant
MISS Sears and three native convert
were killed in the interior of China b.
rioters.
california bituminous coal ia to b,
electrically treated and made int,
0rlcquettes to compete with s'the East
EN- coal.
AN explosion occurred in the Smoke
TESS Powder Company's factory nea
can Rafael. CAL. killing four workmel
ana lnJuring number of others. 4
lghted pipe left by workman cause,
the disaster.
The Portland Oregonian has starte'
popular subscription to raise a fun,
~ oulld monument in Portland. com
memorating the fallen heroes of tn
second Oregon.
count Henckle Won Donnelsmarck
one OF the wealthiest German noble
neh' has gone into the manufacture O
0eiiuioid material for clothing. 81,
paid 100000 marks for the German
night 10 do SO.
a Berlin dispatch says: It is an
nouhced semi-officially that any in
erease in the tax on American bicycle
% impossible, because the commercia
"ea'ies with Austria. Russia and ltal.
exclude such thing.
Minor News Itsus.
Near-Admiral Walker has purchases
lor country house the New Hamp
'Niie farm On which he was born.