The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-08-16
EVENTS OF THE DAY
r,itome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
rrpSE TICKS FROM HHE WIRES
or.stinc Collection Of Items From
IN, Two Hemispheres Pres tih
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& Louis strikers blow up car with
dynamite.
uorrismith surrendered to the Brit
ish August /.
pnssian troops looted, tortured and
murdered at Tien Tsin.
Toune declines the Populist nomina.
,op for vice-president.
Ii Hung Chang says the Chinese
must fight if the allies advance.
Americans want General Macarthur
30 load the International forces.
Chinese reported to have ITO, 900
.-oons between Tien Tsin and Pekin.
Insurgents are troublesome in the
r;cinity of Cagayan, Island of Min
danao.
Governor Geer says he will offer
Oregon troops if war shall be declared
against China.
Fire in the heart of the city of Blue
fields, Nicaragua, did damage to the
amount OF $4,000.
Three people were killed and II in
irred in a collision on the Monon
route, near Lafayette, Ind.
Courer cables that the situation of
the ministers is precarious. Imperial
troop are firing on the legations.
Battery O, with its 7-inch siege
guns, the largest in the army, and 175
men. have lett Fort Riley, Kan, for
China.
Memorial services for Humbert in a
Catholic church at Washington augur
better relations between the papacy
and the Italian government.
1t is stated positively that President
Kruger is willing and anxious to sur
render, providing a satisfactory promise
is given as to his ultimate destination.
A. II. Zeigler, of Santa Cruz, CAL,
formerly jnstice of the peace in
Idaho, killed his wife by cutting her
throat, and attempted suicide by hack
lng his own throat.
Fire at Spencer, Tioga county. N.
Y, destroyed the saw mill, grist mill
and the lumber yards of A. Zeeley, the
Grove hotel the town electric light
plant. the Lehigh Valley railroad sta.
tiOn, and other property, entailing a
loss OF $l5O,000
Democrats sweep Alabama.
General Miles volunteers to go to
China.
New parasite discovered which de.
stroys army worm.
Prince Tuan and Lii Ping Hong are
in control Of affairs at Pekin.
The allies were defeated in a battle
with theChinese at Peit Sang.
Transport Logan arrived at San Fran.
cisco with refugees from Tien Tsin.
Rich strike made in the Concord
group of mines in Sumpter district.
The assassin who had designs on the
lie OF ltaly's new king was arrested.
The British are slowly closing in on
President Steyn and General Dewet.
Good prospect for Southern Pacific
railroad to build line to Klamath
Falls.
Russia and United States are nego.
hating to uphold the integrity oi
China.
lelephonic communications between
herman and French cities have been
opened.
Ex'government officials claims re.
ports OF disease in Cape Nome section
are untrue.
Japanese government prohibits the
emigration of laborers to the United
States and Canada.
Mrs. Carrie n. Walker, supreme
1ommander of the Macca bees, died a,
nef residence in Detroit, Mich.
Ii Hung Chang has officially notified
.iie consuls at Shanghai that the min
'S'ers lett Pekin under escort August 8
Dennis Coghlan, the wealthiest man
N Toledo and Northwestern Ohio, Ii
dead. His fortune amounted to $l5..
100000.
collision occurred on the St. Louis
,ou'hwestern railroad. near Pine Bluff
1fk'' IN which five men were killed
'Hu TWO seriously injured.
Inc count of the population of Buffa
~, ~ T., just completed at the censul
TUna TlIce Is S52,2l9 The population in
ao'o was 255, 5,664. The increase il
0'll per cent.
a destructive forest fire is sweepin1
y" e umber area between the Upper
e!ser Basin and the lake In Yellow
'one National Park. The line of fir,
~ miles long and spreading rapidly
:, ohicago packers have been asked By
government to furnish 1000, ,OO(
lUunus , OF meats within 80 days for the
;"eiican soldiers in the Orient. 1hi,
SAID to be the largest requisirior
1,ei T' Issued by the government of th'
United States.
ron you never begin q task you viii
never finish it.
~ according to Mr.. Wilson, secretary
dost siiculture, the skins of superfluoul
Ing, N Nebraska are tanned and mad,
hls U groves. This might give a valua
OIL ~ unit to many large cities wher'
snn ,"' numbers of stray dogs are killet
dan naliy. Hundreds of thousands o