The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-04-20
LATER NEWS.
The hospital-ship Missouri has A.
rived at Fortress Monroe from Havana
with ala sick soldiers.

Mie9Oufl mas ar.
rived at Fortress Monroe from Havana.
with 2ls sick soldiers.
One thousand United States militia.
men will take part in the queens birth
day celebration in Kingston. Ont.
The Crook has arrived at Ponce
where she will receive the remaindar
OF the dead soldiers in Porto Rico.
The sixth annual convention Of tho
Association of Railroad Air Brakemen
Is in session In Detroit, with about Ion
delegates present.
The British house of commons re-
jected the bill providing for the com.
pulsory reinstatement of Irish tenants
evicted since 1879.
A miner has reached Dyea. Alaska
who claims to be the survivor of a
party of three. two of whom were MUIR
derd by Chilkat Indians near the vii
laRe of Klukwan. The men killed
were Sidney Vance. an Englishman,
and Chalres Erickson, q Swede.
The appointment OF Count d,Arcos
as Spanish minister to the United
States is accepted as settled in the Dip
lomatic quarters having fullest infor-
nation, and it is understood that posi-
tive statements to this effect have al.
ready come through official channels.
In the battle between the revolution.
lists under Pando and President Alon-
EOS army, near Oruro, Bolivia, 200
were killed. General Pando occupied
Oruro without confusion. President
Alonzo. with small body guard, is q
refugee at Antofagssta. bay of Moreno,
Chile.
Ensign Monaghan, who was brutality
killed at Apia. Samoa. was born at
Chewelah, WASH, in 1873. He was
educated in private schools of San
Francisco and Portland, and in Con-
zaga college. Jesuit institution of
Spokane. His father is now q resident
of the latter city.
The Maryland Steel Company at
Sparrows Point. has received an order
for $4,000 tons OF 67-pound steel rails.
for the Chinese Eastern railroad. The
mills are working day and night on a
large order of similar rails for the
trans-Siberian road, of which the
Chinese Eastern will be continuation.
Prospectors who have arrived from
Alaska bring news that there are at
least 400 prospectors on the Edmonton
trail between Dease lake and the Hud-
sons Bay post on the Liald river, most
of whom are in destitute circum-
stances. Many of the men are said to
be suffering from scurvy and frost
bites. The sick cannot receive proper
medical attendance, and many are
dying.
The Cleveland carpenters strike was
settled by compounds.
The international League of Press
Clubs is in convention in Baltimore.
The American Smelling g Refining
Company organized in New York by
electing directors.
The Cuban railway strike has ended.
Trainmen, afraid to lose their jobs,
surrendered without condition.
President Barows. of Oberlin col
lege, announced the anonymous gift OF
$50. 900 for building and equipping
chemical laboratory.
At Bridgeport. Conn.,, DR.. Nancy A..
Guilford pleaded guilty to man.
slaughter. and was sentenced to 10
years' imprisonment.
The ratifcations Of the peace treaty
have been exchanged. Bellamv Storer,
now minister 10 Belgium. will be the
new minister to Spain.
The Victoria trades and labor council
protests against the importation OF 20
men from Pennsylvania to work on q
steamer at Lake Bennett.
In scuffie for possession OF rifle,
Albert Pemberton, private OF the
Twenty-ffth infantry, was killed at
Fort Logan by comrade, Peter Horn.
John E. O'Brien. chief Of the Santa
Fe FIRE department. was instantly
killed bv the California limited train
az it was passing through the yards in
Topeka.
Ex-Secretary Whitney has organised
a trust in New York to control electric
TRANSPORTATION. It 10 said the trust
will in time extend its operations TO
the Western cities.
Two thousand miners who went out
At Danville, ILL.,, last week. have de-
cided to lay the matter before tho state
arbitration board, and will Tespme
operations
Five children Of Ole Peterson. OF
viborR. Turner county. South Dakota'
were poisoned by eating Wild parsnips.
Two are dead, one dangerously III. ana
two will recover.
John D. Sims and Leonard Hale
we're drowned at Shorebar. CAL. on
thu north side Of Feather river. Inoy
attempted to cross the stream In can
vas boat. which upset.
Tho private bank Of L. p. Hunner
and McKinsis. at Alma. Wis. has been
cloeei by order Of the state bank ex-
sminer. The bank owes depos'tors
SEQ, 900. and mas vsry little casn on
hand.
An rrder has BEEN prepared 81 the
v.r department for the reorganization
~ the army on I peace basis. Most OF
The General ofIicers Of the volunteer g.
tahl;shment will b mustered ont. and
radical changes made in the stan de-
:. -trosnte 81 the same. Including the
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