The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-05-03
LATER NEWS.

sail boat.
Fire destroyed the building occupied
by the Atlas Brewing Company, of Chi
cago. Loss 100000.
At an Indian famine mass netting in
New York, $l,667 was contributed.
Helen M. Gould pledged 5000.
George G. Tod, formerly of Ken.
tucky, a brother-in-law of President
Lincoln, died at Barnwell, S. C.
Desk Sergeant Timothy S. O'Connell,
OF the Woodlawn police station, Chi.
cago, was shot and killed by footpads.
Mayor Harrison has issued an appeal
to citizens of Chicago to use their in.
fiuence in settling the labor troubles
there.
The Berlin press says Lord Roberts
has blundered in believing that the
southern half of Orange Free State was
fortified.
Senior Perfecto Lacoste has accepted
the office of secretary of agriculture of
Cuba, made vacant by the resignation
OF General Ruiz Rivers.
British ammunition wagons passing
through Basutoland were stopped by
Basutos, who informed General DeWet.
The British were forced to retire.
The British government has issued
orders for the clearing of all the hos
pitals at Cape Town, with view to
providing for future contingencies.
Mrs. NJ. 1. Warield Clay, the di.
vorced wife of Hon. Cassius M. Clay,
sage of Whitehall, died. 86 years old.
She was the mother of Brutus j. Clay.
Floods in Texas continue unabated,
and hundreds of families are moving
from the submerged district. The
| rainfall has been the heaviest since
1852.
The engagement of Albert G. Van
derbilt, second son and the principal
| heir of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt,
and Miss Elsie French, the daughter of
| Mrs. Francis Ormond French. is an
nounced.
In the accident at Matanzas, Cuba,
which resulted in the death of the wife
of General Wilson, governor of the de-
partment of Matanzas, Santa Clara,
the daughter. who was driving with
her, was also burned, though not seri-
ously, while endeavoring to extinguish
the flames. Mrs. Wilson's hands were
so badly swollen before death that it
was found necessary to cut the rings
from her fingers in order to give her
relief.
Luzon rebels lost S3S killed in two
days.
Oregon wool growers are urged to de-
mand 20 cents pound for their pro-
duct.
Pennsylvanians believe that Quay's
defeat in the senate winds up his polit-
ical career.
War taxes have brought in a total of
$183, ,4O5, ,292 to the United States
government.
The rumor of an American plot to
destroy the Welland canal has proven
to be unfounded.
The transport Bavarian has sailed
from Cape Town for st. Helena with
1850 Boer prisoners.
Reinhold Harras, convicted at Walla
Walla of stealing cattle, was sentenced
to four years in the penitentiary.
The prospect for the admission of
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma
as states at this session of congress is
slim.
Chinese emperor is said to be dying
by inches. Some aver that slow pois-
oning by the empress dowager is the
cause.
Hon. W H. King, representative
from Utah. successor to Brigham H.
Roberts, the polygamist, has been
sworn in.
The Tammany delegation GOO strong)
to the national convention at Kansas
City, will have five special trains to
carry them.
Casualties of the garrison at Mafeking
mp to April l had been 368 killed and
wounded. They are now living on
bread made of oats.
Prominent American capitalists OF
Philadelphia and Richmond, are en-
deavoring to secure the contract for a
S9O, 100000 railroad line from ST..
Petersburg to Odessa, in Russia.
The naval board of construction has
finally approved the plans for the three
battle ships authorized by the last con-
gress and given instructions to have the
specifications prepared at once prelim.
mary to calling for bids from the ship
builders. The ships will be enlarged
Iowas in type, with the same rectangu-
lar superst1ucture and the two turrets,
bow and stern, on the main deck.
The state department at Washington
has notified Mrs. Rita L. Ruiz, widow
of DIR. Ricardo Ruiz. who was murdered
in prison at Cuanabacao. Cuba,
while captive of the Spaniards, that
the chair on which he wrote his last
message in blood would be forwarded
to her. The message reads: "Mer-
cedes, mine, Evangeline, Ricardlito,
goodbye. My children of my lite, l
give you my blessing. Be obedient to
your mother. Goodbye, Rita OF my
soul.o
From Cuba 100000 pineapples
will be shipped into the states this
year. The fruit now reaches New York
from Havana in three days.