The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-06-21
lA1eR NEWS.

A second-class naval station will be
established at San Diego, Cal.
Churches and residences of foreigners
in Tien Tsin have been burned.
An extra session of congress may be
convened owing to the Chinese war.
China will have heavy bill of dam
ages to pay for the Boxer outrages
when order is again restored.
Fire destroyed the Home for the
Friendless children at Leadville, Colo,
causing the death of four OF the inmates.
Francis of Orleans, Prince of Join
Vile. son OF the late Louis Philippe,
king of the French, is dead of pneu-
monia, aged 80 years.
Three persons were killed and l6
seriously injured by collision between
an express train and train filled with
race-goers near London, England.
6. p. Rummelin, a well.kno wn
merchant of Portland, Or, was MUIR
dered in New York city, presumably
for the purpose of robbery. His throat
was cut from ear to ear.
A native rising has occurred in the
Gambia colony, West Africa, and two
British commissioners and six mem bers
of the police have been killed at Sann-
kandi, on the south banks of Gambia
river, by Mandingoes The party had
gone to Sannkanndi to settle question
OF local administration, when the Man.
dingoes suddenly attacked and mur.
dered them.
The Mexican government, following
the example set by Texas, has quaran.
tined against San Francisco, and until
notice to the contrary is given, all per-
sons who have been in San Francisco
within period of Is days will not be
allowed TO pass the border until they
have remained in quarantine for a suf.
ficient length of time to make up the
Is days. The Mexican quarantine
relates to passengers only. The border
authorities have the matter in hand.
Journal specials from towns in South.
west Nebraska tell of violent rain and
wind storms with some hail. At Syrs-
cuse, 5 y inches of rain has fallen in
"a hours. Damage to crops is heavy.
The Little Nehama valley is one vast
lake, and many families have been
compelled to abandon their homes.
Freight trains on the Burlington have
been abandoned. Weeping Water
creek, at Weeping Water, Cass county,
is the highest known for 10 years and
Missouri Pacific trains are delayed.
Able Mareux, the astronomer, has
discovered and sketched through the
big telescope in the optic palace of the
exposition, at Paris. a remarkable spot
on the sun. forming part of an extens-
i've group, and having diameter of
nearly 40 kilometers. This spot, he
says, will remain for seven days, and
become visible to the naked eye. He
predicts the appearance of other spots
in July, August and Septem Der, inferr-
ing that the heat during these months
will be very great.
British marines killed and wounded
40 Boxers.
Roberts line of communication is
| again open.
General Grant reports the capture of
San Miguel, rebel stronghold.
The summer residence of the British
minister at Peking has been burned.
Seven persons were drowned by the
upsetting of boat on Lake Bennett,
Alaska.
Four people were killed by the de-
| struction of a large cooperage plant in
Brooklyn.
Roberts forces had hard battle
with General Botha. but did not defeat
the Boer leader.
Pennsylvanians will push the candi-
dacy of former governor Pattison for
the vice presidency.
The money appropriated by congress
for use at the mouth of the Columbia
Will be used at once.
Two persons were drowned at South
Bend, Ind, by the capsizing of boat
on the river, at that place.
Methuen and Kitchener, in an en-.
gagement with Dewet's troops, scat.
tered the Beers in all directions.
Terry McGovern, champion light
eight of the world, knocked out Tom
White in three rounds at New York
City.
New York capitalists have secured
concessions from the government o:
Honduras to build q railroad in thas
country.
Wood workers of Chicago threaten tc
20 out on July 1, unless their wagee
are increased. The strike will involve
5000 workmen.
Two city detectives of Kansas City
undertook to stop street fight between
a crowd of negro men and women anc
as result man and . woman wers
killed.
News has been received in New York
of the murder of DR.. Edna 6. Terry,
in charge of the station of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society at Tsung Hua, China.
Thomas Lewis, miner of Tucson.
Ariz., has been arrested on q charge OF
setting fire to the Catelina forests,
where 5000, 900 feet of timber were
destroyed. A miner who was with
Lewis claims that Lewis became in
censed because the pine needles hurt
his feet and set fire to them, causing
the most disastrous forest fire ever
known in the Southwest.