The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-02-16
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Fnitome of the Te1egraphic
News of the World.
rrRsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
.erestipg Collection Of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
i'm "a Condensed Form.

The neace treaty was ratified by the
,onate bv majority OF three votes over
tho ,eouired three-fourths. The treaty
was ratified without amendment.
Isaac Diner, groceryman. doing
bnsiness in Portland, Or, was held up
and robbed in his store about $3.50 in
the evening by lone highwayman.
Jobn NJ. Comstock, for 40 years
chief of the customs division of the
treasury department. died in Washing
ton after an illness of several weeks.
monster petition to President Nc
Einley and the members OF the joint
h;,h commission is being signed, ask
inc their assistance in securing the re-
,o9l Of the alien exclusion act recently
nassed by the government of British
roIumbia, in which the Atlin mining
district is located.
According to a recent dispatch, 10
iron and steel sheet manufactures in
Pennsylvania. Ohio, West Virginia,
Kentucky and Indiana, controlling an
aggregate annual output Of $4,000
TONS Of steel and iron sheets, are pre-
narjng to consolidate. This action, it
j. added. is made necessary by the COM
bination of tin plate plants, and it is
believed that the proposed consolIda.
ton will eventually be absorbed by the
tin-plate trust.
Local representatives at Tacoma adj
NIT that the street railway systems OF
that CITY are to be consolidated, with
Eastern capitalists in control. A COM
pany with 50, 600, 900 capital has been
organized to operate all street-cars and
furnish power to manufactures. A
water-power plant will be constructed.
Representatives of J. p. Morgan & Co.
the Northern Pacific railway, Union
Pacific and the O. R. & NJ, with local
men, are interested in the deal.
The two highwaymen who for the
past two months have been holding up
citizens and stores and terrorizing all
Portland are safely lodged in Jail. One
of them, Harry Tracy, was arrested by
Detective Weiner, after shooting
ARRAY that stopped a passenger train
and reused whole neighborhood. The
other, Dave Merrill, fell into the
hands of Detectives Cordano and Ford
Sunday, and gave the information
which led to the capture of his accom-
plice. Both are ex-convicts and des-
perate men.
Two soap trusts are being formed
one at Chicago, with 800, 900, 900 cap
ital. and one at Boston with $40, OOO,-
600.
San Francisco is to have a worlds
fair In 1901. 1t is to be known as the
Pacific Ocean and International Expo.
siton.
Turkey is making military prepara-
tons IN view of possible Macedonian
uprising. Bulgaria is also hastily Or
sanlzlng and arming troops.
President Mckinley has presented to
Charles A. Schott. chief of the oomput.
Ing division OF the United States coast
and geodetic survey, the prize recently
conferred upon him by the Academy Of
France.
Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, found guilty
by San Francisco court of the murder
OF Mrs. John P. Dunning, has been
sentenced to prison for life, the judge
refusing new trial. The case will be
appealed.
The Filipino junta at Hong Kons
mas issued statement setting forth
mat the fighting at Manila was only
an outpost skirmish designed to influ-
ence the vote in the United States SEN
"'e on the peace treaty.
The commission to investigate the
'ohunct OF the war is devoting all of it's
energies to closing up Its report. The
iOugh draft is practically completed,
ana copies are being made of the docu-
ment' SO far as it is ready.
II Is said administration officials are
urging the president to endeavor 10 en-
iIsl the services of Aguinaldo in the
se'uement of the Philippine question.
az he has the services of General CO.
uiez IN the pacification of Cuba.
Lord Charles Beresford, the distin-
sulshed British naval officer and states
man, VIII arrive in San Francisco on
sNe Japanese steamer American Maru,
oue on February IL, and the chambe
=, commerce. is arranging for public
reception to the Englishman.
Inc situation at the mining camp OF
nl,''1uependence, Is miles from Aspen,
oolo'' Is critical in the extreme. STAR
.a'ion stares the inhabitants of the
so"h IN the face. Provisions and fuel
,bl are nearly exhausted. Wood
n rna' mad been cut and piled for winter
o lies buried under many. feet of
1 nOm' and cannot be reached. Roads
saulhg to Aspen, the only source Of
MI i Tor Independence, arc mpassa-
,r onowslides are so frequent be-
i en aspen and Independence that il
route. w ''0
IN Minor News Items.
Inc town of Stilesboro. Ga. was
Early wiped out of existence recently
tornado. No lives were lost. but