The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-07-04
EVENTSOF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS or
THE WORLD.

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A Cempsshsasive Review sf the Important
nappsaiass Of the Past Week Prsssated
Ia . Coadenssd fesM Which Is Msst
Likely to Prove Of latersst to Our Many
Readers.
There is no break in the hot wave
in the East.
Oil has been discovered near Baker
City, Oregon.
Fifth thousand steel workers have
gone on strike.
The City National Bank, of Bufia-
10, N. Y, has failed.
The Perry monument at Yokohama
will be dedicated July IA.
South Caronlina is seeking to have
taxes on dispensaries refunded.
General Shafter, in command at
San Francisco, has been retired.
Philippine trade in 1900, showed .
great increase over previous years.
Prince Chuan will return from Ger
many by way of the United States.
There were 600, 600 deaths from the
plague in India during the past five
years.
Four regiments from the Philip
pines have been mustered out at the
PresidiO.
Officials at Washington, d. c., and
Ottawa, Ont, attach no importance
to Skagway flag incident.
The transport Thyra, from the
Philippines, with the Thirty-eighth
volunteer regiment, arrived at Port
land. The troops went by rail tn San
Francisco, where they will be mus
tered out.
Religious riots continue in Spanish
towns.
J. P. Morgan gave over 81, ,0OO, 600
to Harvard university.
General Ludlow returned from the
Philippines on the transport Buford.
Harold NJ. Pitt was acquitted at
Manila of the charge of buying gov
ernment stores.
An immense grain fire is raging in
California by which thousands of dol
lars will be lost.
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Speaker Henderson, who has just
visited Europe, says King Edward is
Americas friend.
Thirteen persons we're killed and
about so injured in the Wabash train
wreck in Indiana.
The transports Thomas and Buford
arrived at San Francisco with four
volunteer regiments.
The loss of life in the northern
part of the West Virginia flood dis
trict was greater than at first re-
ported.
One thousand striking laborers in
Rochester, N. Y, attacked the police
and in the fight which ensued, IL
officers and 20 rioters were injured.
Miners of Alaska have formed a
union.
| Three hundred French converts
were massacred in Corea.
The Forty-fourth volunteers have
tarrived at San Francisco.
The body of Adelbert s. Hay was
bun led at Cleveland, Ohio.
Generals Corbin, Sternberg and Nc
Kibben left San Francisco for Manila.
The Republicans of Ohio have re-
nominated George X. Nash for gov
ernor.
| The United States government is
not in favor of destroying the forts
of China.
A project has been set on foot to
build railroad from Valdes to Eagle
City, Alaska.
By train wreck on the Wabash
railroad in Indiana, 15 persons are
reported killed.
One person was killed and several
severely injured in st. Louis tene.
ment house fire.
There is much Encouragement in
England over the military situation
in South Africa.
AN attempt to raise the transport
ingalls, resulted in her sinking deeper
in the water. than before
| A detachment of 2O2 men and three
officers are on their way to Portland,
Or, from Columbus, O. They will
be assigned to duty at Vancouver
Barracks, Wash.
+, A Chinese company has filed .
claim Of 400. 600 taels against the
United States, claiming that when
our marines were camped at Tien
Tsin, they appropriated furs, rugs
and jewels worth that amount.
There are about q. 900 Chinese in
Hawaii.
Secretary Hay has started another
canal treaty.
/ An American deserter who acted a
Cailles lieutenant has been placed in
irons.
Fire destroyed business buildings
and warehouses in Portland, Or, to
the value Of $50, 600.
Florence Nightingale, who has 90
long been an invalid and confined to
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