The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-04-24
NEWS OF THE DAY
Interesting Items from Various Parts Of the
World-Resume of the Less Important
Happenings Of the Past Week in Con.
densed Form.

the pope favors Cardinal Sarto, the pat
riarch of Venice, as his successor.
Young Corbett and Dave Sullivan have
been matched to box for the worlds
featherweight championship in Denver
on May %.
Lightning struck the grand stand dur
ing the progress of ball game at Akron,
Ohio, killing two young men and severely
injuring third one. 2
]. Reiff, the American jockey, has
been licensed to ride in England.
Venezuela has ratified the protocol for
the renewal of diplomatic relations with
France.
Charles [. Fuller has been renominat-
ed for congress by Republicans of the
Eighth Illinois district.
The president has nominated Colonies
Charles Bard, Simon Snider and VIM.
Amman to be brigadier generals in the
regular army to fill existing vacancies.
The Holland submarine boat company
has been notified by the British admit
raltv that one of its submarine torpedo
boats has been accepted by the British
navy.
Miss Sybil Clifton, one of the five
flower girls in The Chaperone," is heir
ess to fortune of 100000 in oil lands,
left by her uncle, Huntington Hale, who
died near Beaumont, Texas, only three
days ago.
The senate has confirmed the nomina-
tions of James A. Garfield, of Ohio, to
be United States civil service commits
nf ~
to be commissioner of immigration for
the port of New York. 6
"Wild Bill" Hanrahan, the prize fight
er, is died Friday at the Cook county
hospital, Chicago.
1t is stated on good authority that the
a branch in Havana and other cities in
Cuba.
Hobart Chatfield Taylor, of Chicago,
has, it is stated, disposed OF the dramatic
rights of his novel, "The Crimson Wing"
to Charles Frohman.
Final arrangements have been made
by the automobile club of Long Island
for its l00-mile endurance, hill climbing
and other contests which are to take
place on Saturday, April 20.
James Henry Smith, of New York,
heir to the $50, 900, 900 estate OF the late
George Smith, who amassed his fortune
in Chicago and died not long ago in Lon
don, has purchased Rubens' THE Holy
Family" for $50, 900 and presented it to
the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Another palatial hotel is planned for
Fifth avenue, New York. Ground has
Just been purchased at Forty-fourth
street, opposite Delmonico's, on which
stood the residence of the late Paran
Stevens. The price of the plot was a
trifle under 81 ,OO0, 600, and the cost of the
new hostelry will be in the neighborhood
of 100000. 5
The Norwegian premier, Johannes w.
C. Steen, has resigned and new cabinet
will be formed.
II. M. Whitney, of New York, has re-
signed the presidency of the Dominion
Iron and Steel Company.
The senate committee has reported
the sundry civil bill with additions TO
the amount of nearly 100000.
Preparations are nearly completed for
the installation of DIR. Nicholas Murray
Butler as president of Columbia uni
versity.
An operation has been performed on
Congressman Amos j. Cummings. A
large tumor was removed and the sur
geons expect Mr.. Cummings to recover.
1t is announced that the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks has purchased
the Hotel Bedford, at Bedford City, Va,
and will covert the building into ma
tional Elks home. The price is said to
have been $ll 900. 4
Countess Castellane, formerly Anna
Gould, has given birth to son.
Roads entering St. Joseph, Mo-, will
erect half million dollar terminal depot
The resolution in the House of Com
mons providing for a loan of f32 ,0OO, 900
was adopted by vote of 229 to l03.
The war department has been in.
formed by cable that the cause OF Major
Grsndy's death at Lipa, Philippine Is
lands, last week was apoplexy.
DR.. Mecheam, assistant to Major Maus.
the insular health commissioner, at Ma
nilla, is dead, of heart disease, caused by
over work on the cholera cases.
The transport Thomas has arrived at
San Francisco from the Philippines,
bringing the officers and 6S5 men of the
Third infantry, $50 short term men and
number of prisoners and invalided
soldiers.
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