The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-10-11
LATER NEWS.
The Beers are active in Orange River

Jolony. ~
Roosevelt Re- spoke to two big meetings
in Chicago.
japanese troops are withdrawing
fiom China.
Bourke Cochran discussed the issues
in Topeka. Kansas.
The battleship Texas may be perman.
emily retired from service.
A collision on the Great Nortberr
line near Seattle resulted in the death
OF an engineer and the serious in iury
of another.
A tornado struck the town Of Bfwa.
blk. in Northern Minnesota, killing
nine persons, injuring several Others
and doing damage to the amount OF
100000.
The secretary of the interior has de.
cided to dispose of, the Indian lands
ceded to the Chippewas in Minnesota.
amounting to "a, 125 acres. They CON
sist OF pine and agricultural lands.
Fire on the docks of the Atlantic
Transport Line, in the North river.
New York, destroyed one of the piers
OF the company, with all the merchsn-
disc on it. entailing loss of $l75. 900.
The population of the city of Taco-
ma. WASH, according to the United
States census for 1900, is officially an
nounced as 37,l04. against SO, in
1890. an increase of ! ,7O8, or A. 81 per
cent.
1t is officially announced by the cen.
sus bureau that the population of the
state of New Hampshire is All, ,5SS.
In 1890, the population was 376, $50,
the increase being 35, 1858. or $50 per
cent.
LII Hung Chang has ordered the re.
lease and safe escort to Pekin of five
Belgian engineers and Is missionaries,
who have been kept prisoners many
weeks at Pao Ting Flu. Ii Hung
Chang is apparently doing his utmost
to please the powers.
At Trenton, N. j., Eddie Mcbride,
10 years old, died from burns received
while playing ''Indian" with compan-
ions. Mcbride was tied to stake and
his clothing saturated with gasoline
and then ignited. The boy broke loose
and ran screaming to his home, where
he died.
The war department has approved
an exhaustive opinion by Judge Advo-
cate-General Lieber to the effect that
absentees from volunteer regiment.
save prisoners of war, are discharged
from the service on the same date upon
which their organization is mustered
out. The decision was important as
affecting the pay and status of many
officers serving on detached duty.
Fighting has broken out again in
Ashantee.
Shan Hal Kwan forts surrendered to
the British.
A plot to assassinate President Nc
Kinley has been discovered.
In train hold-up near Council
Bluffs, one robber was killed.
Passengers on Nome steamer were
vacinated on account of new outbreak
of samllpox in Alaska.
Evidence claimed to have been found
which proves that Mount Baker mines
are not in American territory.
In an explosion at the Corning Paw
der Works at Santa Cruz, CAL. c.
Merier. an employe. was killed, and j.
Valencia was fatally injured.
Portuguese officials at Lourenco
Marques have warned President Kruger
to make no more speeches and forbid
his wearing insignia OF Office.
The latest report of cotton damage
to the state of Texas by the recent
floods places the estimates at 400, 900
bales. The value is estimated at not
less than 500, 900, 600.
Beers captured British CONVOY and
wrecked a train. OF the c0nvOy's
escort of 60 men only IL escaped and
in the train wreck, five Britons were
killed and 10 injured.
The population of Arkansas, as Off
cially announced by the United States
census bureau, is 1871, ,564, an in
crease over the population OF 1880 OF
1873, ,3S5, or 1925 per cent.
General Wood, commanding the
United States forces in Cubs. has made
his annual report to the war depart
ment. 1t contains his recommendation
that all troops in Cuba be mounted, to-
gether with an account of the with.
drawal of the troops during the past
year. The health Of the troops. he
says, has been good. and their conduct
is commended.
G. e. Gallaway, aged 80, died at
Denver. Colo, from injuries received
by being struck by tramway car.
He was believed to be the oldest news
paper editor in the United States he
was born in Portage county, O.. Feb.
ruary Is, 1912. learned the printing
| trade in Lawrenceville. Ind, and pub
lished and edited newspapers in Ohio,
Illinois, Missouri and Utah.
Private letters received from Havana
| indicate that much apprehenAon ex-
lists among the Americans there regard
ing the yellow fever, as the conditions
crow worse instead of improving.
Civilian employees in Cuba seem to be
subject to the disease. and in several
government Offices many have been
stricken. There is yet no fear OF the
fever spreading among the troops.
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