The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-09-27
EVENTS OF THE DAY
F,itome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
rrRsE TICKS FROM ,HHE WIRES

TERSE TICKS FROM rHE WIRES
An Interesting Collection OF Items From
IN. Two Hemispheres Pros tlt a
In a Cor iensed Fcrm-
Court Won Waldersee has reached
Hong Kong.
The yellow fever situation in Ha-
vapa is decidedly unfavorable.
british and Beers are fighting for
the possession of Komatipoort.
Tine work of clearing away tia
wreckage in Galveston progresses.
Herman Petersdorf, farmer living
near Junction City, Or, murdered his
wife.
President Mitchell. of the United
Mneworkers, says lls,000 men are on
strike.
Germany demands that the Chinese
responsible for the outrages be deliv-
cred up.
Seventy-two new coal mines have
been opened in Prussia this year, in
creasing the output for 1900 by $780,
600 tons.
The transport Thomas sailed from
San Francisco for Manila with 1,648
enlisted men, l07 cabin passengers
and 81, 200, 900 in treasure.
Emperor William has pardoned a
German. American named Schuh, in
Kiel. After 20 years absence, Schuh
had visited his relatives and been sem
fenced to six months imprisonment for
contravenlng the army regulations.
Major Edward E. Dravo, commits
sarv OF subsistence, who has just ar
rived at San Francisco from the Phil
ippines, has been ordered to New York
for assignment to duty as chief COM
mssary of the department of the East,
to relieve Major David l.. Brainerd,
commissary OF subsistence.
The department. of the interior is
taking steps to prevent the further suf-
fering among the Pima Indians on the
SactOn reservation, Arizona, caused by
a scarcity of irrigation water. Col
onel +. II. Graves, of that department.,
who is at Phoenix making an exsmin-
alton of the conditions on the reserva.
tiOn and reporting any method of relief
that is practicable, has investigated
thoroughly and has planned system
by which the underflow in the Glla
river may be raised to the surface in
summer and supply of water devel-
oped sufficient to irrigate many hun
dreds OF acres now uncultivated.
Six persons perished in Cincinnati,
Ohio, fire.
Bryan's letter of acceptance was
given to the public.
The powers have accepted Lii Hung
Chang as a negotiator.
Plans are being drawn for harbor i'm
proyements in Manila.
Americans are building permanent
telegraph line to Pekin.
Lord Roberts will leave South Africa
Tor England about October 3.
Colorado Republicans nominated
Frank G. Goudy for governor.
Great Britain is preparing to have
more troops in readiness for service in
China
Troops of various nationalities are
hustIing for winter quarters at Tien
Tsn.
PORTUGAL has authorized the depart
are OF President Kruger from Lourenco
Marques.
Cuba had an orderly election, and
closer relations with the United States
are desired.
All Alaska is infected with small
pox and strict quarantine regulations
are prescribed.
government is building railroad
spur TO secure direct delivery of rock
10 Columbia river jetty.
III lung Chang sends memorial to
',e throne, advising the impeachment
o' several anti-foreign advisers. :
koosevelt's letter accepting the Re-
publican presidential nomination
discusses the financial question, trusts
and imperialism"
Inc steamer City of Grand Rapids,
ouiit Tor the Yukon trade, was burned
70 'he waters edge in the West Seattle
"Afoor' causing loss of $40, 1000.
An Official dispatch from Shanghai
'aSs German naval battalion, &C.
.Ompanied by 40 Bengal lancers, cap.
su'eo and burned the town of LANG
september IL. Chinese regular troops
SSe.upying the place had previously
ueu. The German loss was one man
killed and five wounded.
g. rroiessor David Starr Jordan, of
stanford University, Palo Alto, Cal. +,
.n as returned from three months trip
Niough Japan, where he succeeded in
oou oe1urlng the largest and uost complete
o.lecuon of Japanese fishes ever OBJ
a'neo oy scientists. Collections or
L'ofiptions were made of all bat l5
nn nnown species. besides l25 species un-
known to science.
Rap
o,.N' NeV' george B. Cutting, a young
siergyman in New Haven, Conn. has
discovered in hypnotism cure for the
cigarette habit.