The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-06-18
NEWS OF THE DAY
Rrief Summary of Less Important
Though not the Less Interesting,
Happenings of the Week, From
All Parts of the World.

President Roosevelt has created two
new forest reserves in Utah.
The crown prince of Sweden intends
70 visit the St. Louis exposition.
General Funston is DESTROYS of en-
larging the cavalry post at Boise, IDA.
The Great Northern has secured the
great ore docks at West Superior, Wis.
The Pacific squadron will take nor
thern cruise, visiting the Aleutlan ISL
ands.
The Breakers, the famous hotel at
Palm Beach, Florida, has been des-
troyed by fire.
The National Association of Casket-
makers has increased the price OF coffin
boxes 20 per cent.
The famous Humbert family of
swinders have been indicted, and viii
have TO stand trial in Paris.
One officer and six men were injured
by an explosion aboard the British
cruiser Good Hope, at GibraIter.
Bourke Cochran is said to be engaged
to daughter of Lord Chief Justice
Mathew, of the supreme court of Eng
land.
Tie Iowa Masonic library at Cedar
Rapids was robbed Monday night of
coins, stamps and other. relics valued
at 81 900.
An equestrian statue of General Joe
Hooker, by French. is being placed on
Boston Common, and will be unveiled
June %.
Dean Victor Anderson, of the Armour
Institute of Re hnology at Chicago, has
accepted the presidency of the Colorado
state school OF mines and will assume
his duties at Golden on July l.
A stage travelling between Weaver
vile and Redding, California, was held
up and robbed by two masked and heav
lily armed higlwaymen, who secured
about $500 and some valuable watches
from the eight passengers, including a
lady. Is
Helliug, Hungary, has been destroyed
by fire. Seven persons were burned to
death.
The Catholic Order of Foresters met
in annual convention at Everett on
Tuesday.
New York will have a new $4,000
600 ice company. 1t is reorganiza-
tion of the ice trust.
Official Russian reports on the Kis-
chinef outrages state that the Jews
started the trouble.
The Central News Agency announces
that the pope's illness is due to in
hammation of the bowels.
Money is being literally sent to Kan
sas tor the relief of the flood sufferers
from all parts of the country.
Maskedm Ell held up late car on the
Madrona park line, at Seattle, and Sc
cured $50 in cash and several watches.
The miller's convention at Detroit
demands that the freight rates for flour
and wheat be put on the same basis by
the railroads.
Norway and Sweden have decided to
be represented by their own counsel at
The Hague when the Venezuelan cases
are taken up for arbitration.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
London Daily Express learns that a gil
gantic combination representing vari-
Gus interests is projected, with the OBJ
ject of controlling all the mining, in
dustrial and commercial interests in
South Africa.
The experiments which DIR. WILEY,
chief of the chemical division of the
agricultural department, has been con-
Quoting on number of volunteers for
the purpose of testing the effects of bo-
lax and other personalities of food,
will be suspended on June 20. Just
when the results will be made public is
not known.
Judge Henry G.. Caldwell, of the
United States circuit court of the eighth
circuit, has resigned. His home is in
Little Rock, Ark, Judge Caldwell re-
tires under the act of congress which
authorizes retirement of United States
Judges when they have attained the age
OF 20 or have served ten years or more
on the bench .