The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-05-04
EVENTS OF THE DAY
.:to,ne of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
rrpsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
os,inc Collection of Items From
t,e Two Hemispheres Presented
in a Condensed Form.

Governor Gage has appointed Dan
ms 90 United States senator from
p ,,:Ia,nia 10 succeed Stephen M.
White.
rxGoyernor Richard J. Oglesby fell
,.ad near Lincoln, Neb. He had been
~ Ill health for some time. but the end
was unexpected.
n.niel E. Brewer, a prominent Chi
.,,o Musician, in lecture, advocated
,ho establishment of a Tarpeian rock in
rricoco unless the city secures a new
,ode of criminal law.
The inv in the Windsor hotel fire
% Now York, brought in verdict that
.La FIRE WAS caused by accident. The
rolice still have $40, 900 worth of un-
rrIaimed jewelry and other valuables
rocoyered from the fire ruins.
Major Francis B. Dodge, of the pay
dona,tment, recently relieved from
5nty at Denver, has been selected by
tbo war department to disburse the $3,-
400 900 allotted by the government for
the nav of the Cuban troops.
The United States Worsted Com
many with a capital of 10000, 600,
and the American Plumbing Supply &
Lead Company, with an authorized
canital of $50, 900, 900, have been in
co,norated under the laws of New Jer-
sey.
N. NJ. DYER, captain of the cruiser
Baltimore. now at Manila, will return
at once on account of sickness, and will
arrive in Boston, June 80. The family
has notified Baltimore city officials,
and they will present him with a
sword.
The president has appointed Colonel
lanes f. Smith of the First California
regiment, to be a brigadier-general OF
volunteers. The regiment is now in
the Philippines. General Smith will
be assigned to one of the brigades OF
General Otis army.
At Springfield, Mo bold attempt
was made to release from the county
Jail Jack Kennedy, Bill Ryan and Bill
Sheppard, who are held here pending
trial for the recent train robbery on
the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Mem
! phis road, near Macomb, Mo.
In the United States supreme court
an opinion was handed down in the
case of Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr.,
VS.. &. D. Hunt, holding that copyright
On book, the contents of which have
been published serially without being
previously copyrighted, is invalid.
Captain Wild, of the United States
cruiser Boston, has protested against
the promotion Of Colonel Miller to be
Orgadler general as a reward for the
capture of lilo lilo. Itappears that this
capture had been effected and that the
place was simply turned over to Col
Onel Miller, who, up to that time, had
nothing to do with its capture. This
action is Endorsed by Admiral Dewey.
The majority of the wounded in the
Vungua engagement were Nebraska
men.
The Asiatic liner, Glenogle, sank
Inc City of Kingston in fog near Ia
coma
Gam Hose, a negro, was burned at
NE stake IN Georgia. He had killed
alired Crawford, a white farmer, near
Palmetto, and outraged his wife.
NaJor-Geneial Otis at Manila reports
'a' one OF the regiments under his
VOnlmand has received some cable
grams reading Don't enlist boys"
The Duke Of Tetuan, ex-minister of
sU'egn affairs, has been appointed
SPANS delegate to the peace confer
eAce' which is to meet at The Hague
next month.
7 contracts were signed in London
tnuay which formally transferred to a
.h usIe organization practically all Of
, ho large producing copper mines in
ue United States.
-"e senatorial elections for the new
LIES was held at Madrid, and passed
~ tranquility throughout the country.
s aney have resulted in giving the gov
s, nnleht larger majority in the sem
., ~ 'ilan 1t had secured in the cham Der
Oh deputies.
so .iesident Zelaya has granted an OPP
NJ SIH' I'll IN force until January 1. 1900. to
NJ a' Ohailes Nicoll. British counsel at
s,"a nagua' to purchase the railroads and
ros anlooats of Nicaragua, with the
hn asnops appertaining to them, for
SUN OF $1,000 900 pesos (silver).
Co .ne oeet court will recommend that
bs t:, Miles be reprimanded because
Of t ,a,'ea to advise the secretary of war
haa nis objections against canned roast
nsn ,' and tor his discussing in news
tion y, matters solely in the jurisdic-
snds VI ~ court of inquiry. The court
sllas Substantially that General Miles
cana sa,lons as to the applicability of
non leu roast beef are sustained, but
iiro. az 10 the use of chemicals in re-
'''"'eo beef is not sufficient.
o. "in"r News Items.
cuff I w. " heller has recently had set al
from 'u''ohs two buttons that we're shot
~ ~" his uniform during the war al