The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-01-19
LATER NEWS.
At Furley, Kan, Thomas Greene
killed his wife and then shot himself.
Jealousy was the cause.

At Furley, Kan, Thomas Greene
killed his wife and then shot himself.
Jealousy was the cause.
Rev. DR.. William Maxwell Black
burn, president of Huron college at
Pierre, S. D., died at the age OF IS
years.
Margaret Livingston Chanler and
Anna Bouling, heroic women who
served without pay as nurses in Porto
Rico during the war, have been recon-
mended for that rare honor, the thanks
Of congress.
1t is reported from Picking that
Russia has demanded a lease of the
Mao Tao islands as torpedo station.
These islands lie across the entrance
of the Gulf of Pe-Chi-Li, south of Port
Arthur. The acquisition of these
islands would still further strengthen
Russia's hold on the approaches to
Peking.
The quartermaster's department. il
preparing to disinter and bring to this
country the remains of the / 400 heroes
of the Spanish war who were either
| killed by bullets or died of fever in
Cuba and Porto Rico. Colonel Moore,
assistant quartermaster- general, sayt
the expedition of disinterment is well
under way.
Senator Teller, of Colorado, has in
troduced bill for the amendment of
the war-revenue act, so as to provide
for tax upon the actual value or SELL
ing prices instead of the nominal
value of certain stocks. The bill is in
tended to relieve the cheaper mining
stocks from what is claimed to be an
enormous burden upon them.
An inventory of the personal effects
of the late John w. Kelley, of motor
fame, has been filed in the register OF
wills Office. in New York, in which
the valuation of the property is placed
at $1,536. One of the items. which
relates to the motor, reads: Fifteen
pieces Of experimental apparatus, a
certain right Of unknown valuation in
certain uncompleted and unpatented
inventions. -
A petition from ex-Queen Liliouka-
lani of Hawaii has been presented to
the house, protesting against the Unit
ed States assertion OF ownership to the
crown lands of Hawaii as taking of
property without due process of law.
and appealing to the president, con-
gress and the people for restoration
of these lands. A like petition was
presented to the senate.
A Havana cable to the New York
World says: "The graves of the Maine
victims in the Havana cemetery are
neglected. Two small, sickly shrubs,
one weather-beaten pot with dead
plant and two blasted stalks of three
slips are all there is to show that any
thing has been done in this beautiful
burial place for our nations dead. A
month ago. upon the interment of some
sailors of the Resolute, their comrades
put an 1924 inch calico American flag
on the mound. This little faded flag
is the only thing given by either the
army or the navy.
The monthly statement of the col
lections of internal revenue shows that
during November, 1898, the receipts
amounted to 81. 404. 4O5. against $751;
$50, 1876 for November, 1897.
The reports that Drefus left the Isle
du Diable and been brought to Paris
receive further denial in statement
that the whole examination of the pris.
oner by the court of cessation will be
conducted by cable. This will entail
an enormous expense.
At Hong Kong, the Filipino COM
mittee has broken off all relations with
United States Consul Wildman. The
committee has issued a writ in the su-
preme court to recover the sum OF $47.-
600. which the Filipinos claim to have
been deposited with Wildman as
treasurer of the Filipino independence
fund in June last.
The gnnboat Yorktown has sailed
from San Francisco for Manila, via
Honolulu. She will 60 all the way
under a full head Of steam, and should
make the run in three weeks if she is
not delayed at Honolulu. She is the
bearer of full instructions to Admiral
Dewey and General Otis in regard tc
the situation in the Philippines.
Mataafa has been elected king OF Sa.
moa, to succeed Malietoa. Official in.
formation to this effect has been re.
ceived in Washington. The election
was held without trouble, though Ia.
masese, who was vice-king in 1881,
4 backed by a small following. en-.
deavored to obtain the Office. The stu.
alton, according to the latest advices,
q is quiet.
Senator Mason, of Illinois, occupied
the attention of the senate for nearly
an hour and a half Tuesday, with 9
speech in support OF his resolution 90.
claring that the United States will
never attempt to govern the people o.
any country without their consent.
In many respects the speech was one
Of the most notable utterances from
the senate thus far this session.
!, At Kokomo. Ind, there are l.
tramps in the Howard county Jail
slowly starving to death. Two weeks
ago the hobos refused to work on the
stone pile, and Sheriff Harness put
them in Jail on diet Of bread and
water, mostly water. until they signi-
fed a willingness to work. At the
close of the second week Of the strike,
, the taller reduced the bread supply TO
two loaves day for the entire gang.
They declare they will starve to deatn
Il in their cells rather than hammer stone.