The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-05-04
LATER NEWS.


The navy department has repri-
manded Captain CoghIan, and the
incident is considered closed.
The application Of American immi.
grafton laws suits the Cubans. It
will shut out the Chinese and other
Objectionable aliens.
An important oonclave of Roman
Catholic prelates from Mexico, Central
and South America will be held in
Rome on May 20 next.
The rise in copper has resulted in
the discharge of 1900 men in Kynochs.
England, where cartridge shells are
made for the government.
The cabinet has decided not to send
General Wheeler to the Philippines.
He will command the department of
Texas, soon to be organized.
Three hundred houses in Cuta, Hun.
gary. have been burned. The remains
OF seven women and four children have
been taken from the ruins.
Another gigantic combination with
half billion capital, whose object is
to unite all the iron and steel interests
OF the country, is being formed.
Colorado convicts made counterfeit
silver dollars in the penitentiary at
Canon City. The coins are so we'll
executed AS to deceive any one.
Chicago negroes are to hold an anti
lynching service to protest against the
lynching of the Rev. Lige Strickland
at Palmetto, Ga, by mob of white
men.
At Easton, Pa, Edward Harding
and j. D. German were buried under
200 tons of slate, which fell in the Pen
Argyle quarry. A third man. an
Italian, was also killed.
A deal is pending in Chattanooga for
the purchase of Lookout Inn, on Look
out mountain, by the Order of Rail.
way Conductors. 1t is the intention
of the o. R. G. to convert the hotel
into university.
At Dexter, Mo-, one of the most
fiendish crimes ever committed in
Southeastern Missouri was the murder
of Mrs. Jane Tuttleton. widow of
Wash Tuttleton. prominent man of
that section, and her four children,
whose remains were partly incinerated
by the burning of their home. II miles
south of Madden. j. H. Tuttleton.
son of Wash Tuttleton, by his first
wife, is under arrest for the crime, and
all the circumstances seem to point to
his guilt.
The rise in the Missouri river al
Omaha has resulted in driving 600
people from their homes and the nearly
total submergence of bottom lands, six
miles long and two wide.
Henry Brunot. who is confined in
the Taylorville Jail at Pana. Ill. for
the murder Of his aunt Jane Brunot.
made second confession duplicating
his mother, Anna Brunot, in the crime.
James and Joseph Caldwell, brothers.
living on a ranch near Williamsport,
N. D., quarreled and James shot his
brother to death with rife. He then
committed suicide by drinking car
bOlic acid.
Edward Scott stabbed his son at
Jamestown, N. Y. The father had
been drinking and abusing the young
mans mother. which resulted in a
quarrel. The victim is in critical
condition. The father is under arrest.
Advices received at New Orleans
from Blueields, by the steamship Jarl,
state that pandemonium rei2ned IN
that city the night of April l8. Drunk
en- native soldiers paraded the streets.
firing at inoffensive citizens and into
houses. Several persons were wounded.
The first street-railway ordinance
which provides for Accent fare, 10 per
cent compensation to the city and the
option for municipal ownership has
been introduced in the city council at
Chicago. The company seeking 90
year franchise under these terms ls
the Chicago Western Elevated Railroad.
The members of the Samoan commits
sion have arrived in San Francisco and
will 90 to Apia on the transport Badger.
Judge Trip the American represent
alive saws that the commissioners are
in thorough harmony in their desire
to avoid international complications
and are in accord on the main issues
involved.
John Page. n years old. living at
Springdale, WASH, applied for PEN
sion. His son, James Page. company
D. Second Oregon volunteers. WAS
killed at Manila. March 10. He was
80 years old. single, and the sole sup
mort of his father, who is widower.
This is the first application for pension
filed in Washington on account OF the
late war.
A story has reached Victoria from
Alaska to the effect that party OF SIX
returning Kiondikers, one of whom Is
said to have been bringing ont consid-
erabla treasure, have been drowned
near Fify-Mile. where the river trail 10
now impossible. The story was given
at Skagwav by late arrival, but 1t -
unconfirmed by the other late comers'
No names we're given.
There are $50 employees to every lOo
miles of railroad in the United States.
The Kiowa Indians in Kansas re-
Gently chose az medicine man" the
white widow Of the previous incum bent
of the Office.
Mrs Mckinley, wife Of the presi-