The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-23
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

The legislature of Quebec has voted an
annual appropriation of 5000 for public
lectures on the art of making cheese.
A special from Caimanera, Cuba, to
the Evening Telegram, reports the death
of John Sherman, on board the Paris.
The tallsst women, and possibly the
tallest person, in the United States, is
Miss Ella Ewing, Of CORN, Scotland
county, Missouri. She is eight feet and
two inches tall and weighs 256 pounds.
The announcement of the intention of
the Whatcom county commissioners to
dispense with the services of the county
test from the fruit growers and the press
Of that county.
The Peoples Advocate, official organ of
the Populists in Whitman county. was
sold at sheriff's sale. It was bought by
1925, which is $500 less than the mortgage
held by the bank on the plant.
It is reported on apparently good au-
thority that Hon. F. j. Browne, state
superintendent of public instruction, will
That Mr.. Browne will accept the presi-
dency OF the Whatcom Normal school.
Mrs. Martha Place was executed al
Sing Sing prison Monday for the murder
of her step-daughter and attempted muir.
der of her husband. She was the first
woman to die in the electric chair in the
state of New York, and she went to hel
death quietly. Her death was instan-
taneOus.
The Catholic Church of the Sacred
Heart, conducted by the Redemptarist
| fathers, one of the finest houses Of wOr-
ship in the city of Seattle, was totally de-
stroyed by fire early Sunday morning,
entailing loss estimated at from $25, OOc
| to 10000. There is hardly a doubt that
the flames were started by the torch OF
an incendiary.
Ian Maclaren, who is now on lectur-
| ing tour in this country, begins in ar
early issue of The Ladies' Home journal
his latest piece of literary work. 1t is 9
series Of popular articles in which he de.
fines the relation that minister holds tt
his congregation; how a preacher il
helped by his people; how a congrega'
| ton can make the most OF minister
and other phases of the most satisfactory
attitude of a congregation to pastor.
The Homeseekers' half-fare rate on tn.
transcOntinental lines went into effec1
| TUESDAY OH The NOrtuOTu dCll1C, duu tI1S
Great Northern was compelled to double
it's facilities in order to handle the crowds
/ Not less than 5000 people took advantage
of the low rates and the Great Northern
sent out an extra train at noon, while the
| Northern Pacific was compelled to add q
second section to its through trains. The
railroad officials report that many of thu
travellers bought only one-way tickets
which is taken as an indication of all in
tention to locate permanently.
r. E. Thompson, young man work
ing for Thomas Nesbett, on WILDLY
island, was almost killed by vicious
bull on Wednesday of last week. The
bull threw him into the air and repeated
the operation as fast as he came down
following him distance of several hun
dred yards. He finally played "possum,'
and the bull, thinking him dead, went t.
grazing. Watching his opportunity
Thompson jumped up and made for the
fence, the bull taking after him as soor
as he saw him move, but he succeeded IL
| getting away. DR.. Martin was called and
| found Thompson seriously injured inter
nally, and his whole body badly bruised
The bull had been dehorned, otherwise
Thompson would have been killed. 81
died last Monday morning from the in
juries received.