The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-03-22
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection OF Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
In "a Condensed Form.

Iohn q. Little, the actor, died In
Brooklyn, aged 81 years.
The United States will establish
naval station in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
San Francisco has had case of genu-
inc bubonic plague. Chinatown Is to
be cleaned up.
The Cinnamon of Philadelphia have
decided to band together for the pur-
pose OF self-protection.
Fifteen persons, the majority of
whom were children, perished in a
touement-house fire at Newark, n. J.
In Chicago, while playing with re-
yolyer, 7-year-old boy shot his mother
in the abdomen. The wound will
prove fatal.
Erying Winslow, secretary of the
Anti ti-Imperialist League, says that the
anti.expansion vote will be between
1000. 600 and 100000.
Walla Walla, WASH, veterans of the
Spanish American war contemplate or
ganizng camp to be named after
General Henry w. LawtOn.
Addison C. Rand, president of the
Rand Drill Company, and treasurer of
the Latin & Rand Powder Company,
died III New York, aged SO years.
The schooner Lila and Matte was
wrecked on Tillamook bar, being blown
ashore while trying to get out of the
bay. The vessel will be a total wreck
Puerto Rlcaus must be fed for many
months vet. In the center of the
island there is nothing to eat and fruit
cannot be had for from two to four
months.
The Portuguese authorities at Lou.
renco Marques. at the request of Great
Britain have arrested four Germans
bound for Pretoria, with arms and let.
ters of introduction from DR.. Leyds.
Permission to do general business in
Japan has been refused 60 foreign in
surance companies, most of them
American. Japanese officials state that
this results from the fact that their ap-
plications have failed to comply with
the Japanese insurance laws.
1t is probable that the warning Chi.
nese tongs in San Francisco will be
brought together for the purpose of
etfecting peaceful settlement of the
difficulties which caused the death of
three prominent Chinese within the last
two weeks. The Wah Ting and Sin
Suey Wing tongs have been arrayed
against the Suey Sing tongs, and while
the former organizations started the
shooting, the latter retaliated in a ter
rible way week ago. when two prom
inent members of the first named tong
were shot down in their places of bust.
ness.
The senate passed the diplomatic and
consular bill.
Queen Liliuokalani will receive no
pension from the government.
General Joe Wheeler's resignation
will be accepted ON his arrival in
Washington.
Rear Admiral Mccormick has been
placed on the retired list on his own
application.
Thousands of organized insurgents
are resisting the Americans in the
Antique province in Panay.
The annual reports of Indian agents
show that the entire Indian population
tha Tp,t &c,
The legislature of Illinois appropriate
ed 500, 900 for the reconstruction OF
the Lincoln moument at Springfield.
The mutual Life Insurance Company
OF New York, has subscribed for E..
oOO, 900 of the new English war loans.
The legislative trouble at Frankfort,
Ky, is at the boiling point. Militia is
In complete control of the state execu.
tive building.
The threatened strike of the EN-.
pIoyes of the St. Louis Transit Com
pany is off. An agreement satisfactory
10 both sides was reached.
Indications are that the Boer war is
mas appealed to Lord Salisbury for .
cessation of hostilities.
Taxation of corporations in Paris has
ied TO the transfer of many main Offices
70 Brussels, French societies being in
corporated there under the laws of Bel
gum to avoid the French income tax.
Admiral Kautz, commander in. chief
oi the Pacific squadron, has been
ordered to proceed with the Philadel-
lhla TO the coast of Central America
ior the purpose of protecting American
interests there.
lhe President has commuted to i'm
Pflsonment for life the sentence Ol
ueath imposed by court-martial in the
case OF Private George Murphy, com.
pany Z, Twenty-fourth infantry, con-
Hcted OF the murder of another soldier
Vi The same company in the Philippines.
AT Cripple Creek, COL, the February
output OF gold was 81, 296, 7OC
Throughout Illinois, Michigan, Indi.
ana the southwest and west, the heav.
lest snowstorm in years prevailed.
democrats of the Kentucky legisla.
.ure appropriated $1,000 for detec.
oon of Goebel's murderer.
Many college presidents and profess.
ors met in Chicago to form an organi.
-ation to make uniform higher degrees
sud shut out cheap diplomas.