The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-11-08
LATER NEWS.

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Manila hospital states that Aguinaldo
is dead.
The close Of the campaign in New
YORK city was marked by parade Of
$1,000 Republicans.
The naval increase programme for
1901 involves the; construction of SO
vessels OF $4,000 tons displacement.
Osgood Field. grandson of Samuel
Osgood, the first postmaster. general of
the United States, died In Paris, aged
n.
Sensational disclosures which were
brought out at criminal trial at Ber.
lin showed the corruptness of the DO.
lice force.
A German force had hard fight
with Chinese regulars in q pass near
the great wall, in which the Chinese
were defeated.
The safe of the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank at jackson Center, O.,
was blown open by desperadoes and
$1,000 was secured.
General Macarthur has cabled list
OF casualties during recent engagements
with Filipino insurgents, showing nine
killed and IL wounded.
The steamer Senator arrived at Seat.
tie from Nome with S33 passengers and
$500, 900 in treasure. She encounter.
ed succession of violent gales.
The population of Verm mt, as an
nounced by the census bureau, is S43,-
GAL, against 332, 422 in l89O-an in.
crease of IL, ,219, or 3.S PEI cent.
Twelve miners were killed by an ex.
plosion in a mine at Berrysberg. w.
Va. The explosion was the result Of
an accidental discharge of dynamite.
Commander Booth Tucker and sew.
eral other officers Of the Salvation
Army. have purchased homes in Mount
Vernon, in which. city it sis said the
American headquarters Of the army
will be located.
The navy department has directed
Admiral Remey, at Cayite TO convene
a court of inquiry to inquire into the
charges of cowardice against Captain
Hall. United States marines, preferred
by Minister Conger at Pekin.
The joint commission appointed to
investigate the desirabilify OF a pneu.
matic-tube system for the Chicago mail
service will make favorable recon-
mendatlon to the postmaster. general.
This improvement is expected to bring
about revolution in local mail facili.
ties.
British troops in Africa have been
ordered to China.
The screen door combine has been
forced to dissolve.
A census shows that the City oil
Mexico, Mexico. has a population oI
over 400, 900.
Eight distinct earthquake shocks
were felt in Jacksonville, Fla, but no
damage was done.
The Venezuelan government has de-
creed the resumption of payment ofSin-
terest on all debts and loans from Nov
ember.
Many people were killed and injured
in Venezuela by an earthquake, and
railroad and telephonic communication
is interrupted.
There have been serious tax riots in
the Serat district of Roumania. Two
local officials were killed, and the
troops who were sent to enforce pay
ment were resisted by the peasants,
who killed eight of them.
The Susquehanna Coal Company. at
William Penn, Pa. granted the de-
mands of the mineworkers in that col
lliery and will resume operations.
This is one of the largest collieries in
the country. 700 men being employed
By the explosion of alcohol vat at
the Homestead steel works, at Pitts
burg, three workmen, Andrew Dlikiv.
Michael Donder and John Harnett,
were terribly burned. Dolikiv and
Donder, it is thought. will die. The
explosion was caused BY alcohol com-
ing in contact with natural gas.
| Official confirmation has been re.
ceived at Vienna from Mostar. in Her.
sogovine, of the reports of collision
growing out of boundary dispute be-
| tween an Austro- Hungary military pa
troll and force Of Montenegrin sol
die1s.e One Montenegrin was killed
and several wounded.
IA belated dispatch from Pretoria
tells of the failure of British negotia-
tions with General Botha for the SUR
render of the Boers. Botba received
General Paget's flag OF truce courteous
| " and admitted his defeat. but said 1t
was impossible to treat for surrender a.
long az any burghers wished TO conttn-
ne the war. President Steyn was more
| irreconcilable. He refused to even see
the bearer Of . dag of truce.
The young man who for several years
annoyed the Pullmans in Chicago by
| demanding money of them and calling
himself Gustave Pullman, has been ar
rested in New York. He called At the
hotel where young George and Singer
Pullman are living and aent his card
up TO the former. Pullman had him
| eiected and he returned and demanded
sec, 900. He was again put out and on
his third visit was arrested.
Five thousand honey bees. - they
leave the hive. weigh about one
pound. but when tie insects return
from their visits % the flowers.