The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-02
NEWS OF THEDAY
Brief Summary of Less Important
Though not the Less Interesting
Happenings Of the Week, FRoD
All Parts of the World

The German consul at Carupano,
Venezuela. Herr Merger, accidentally
killed himself.
Managua reports claim the Nicar-
aqua government is getting the better
of the revolutionists.
Judge Lacombe, in the United
States circuit court, denied the appll-
cation of Whitaker Wright for bail.
According to hotel records and rail
way authorities, San Francisco is en-
joying the greatest influx OF Eastern
visitors of any winter in her history.
Cassimiro Ciecone, the aged Italian
who was thought to be a principal in
the alleged gigantic insurance frauds
recently perpretrated at New York, is
dead.
The entire Bulgarian cabinet has re-
signed owing to the inability to find
anyone who will accept the portfolio
of war unless the cabinet agreed to the
army appropriations.
If present plans are carried out, the
new American cup defender will be
launched on the afternoon of April II,
and the yacht will be the first to have
a daylight" launching since 1895.
The British House Of Lords has
passed the bill for prevention of cor
ruption, which makes it penal Of
tense to offer or accept gifts or brides
with the view of influencing business.
Under a revision of the civil service
rules, to take effect April /, announced
today, the classified service is extend
ed to all positions which are subject
to classification under the civil SER
vice act.
The Pacific & Dominion Express
company has increased the reward Of
fered for the $4,000 gold bar stolen
last week. The reward Is now $4,000
for the recovery of the bar and 1000
additional for the arrest and convic-
ton of the thief
Frank M. Steinhard is to be ap-
pointed consul general at Havana, sue
ceeding William A. Rublee. Mr..
Steinhart is a resident of Illinois. 1t
is understood that a place has been
found for Mr.. Rublee as United States
consul general at Vienna
At Colorado Springs Judge Seeds
has granted the motion Of the attor-
neys for the executors of w. S. STRAIT
tons will to quash the panel of jur-
ors IN attendance upon the district
court, and ordered new venire, re-
turnable Saturday next, when the Sc
lection Of jury to try the will con-
test will be begun.
Burglars robbed William Jordan OF
$l39 at the Dalles, Or.
A rich deposit of anthracite coal has
been discovered ten miles south OF
Havre, Mont.
Robbers dynamited the safe in the
postoffice at Lake Mills, Iowa, securing
several hundred dollars.
James n. Harlan, attorney general
of Porto Rico, has rendered his resigna.
tion to the president, to take effect
April 30.
Private cablegrams from European
brokers. received by diamond importers
in New York, state that per cent has
been added to the price of all grades of
rough diamonds.
AT the invitation of the German gov
eminent conference with the object of
founding an international seismic asso-
citation will be held at Straussburg
from July "a to July 2S.
Mgr. O'Connell, who was recently
commissioned rector of the Catholic
university at Washington, arrived in
New York Saturday on the Celtic. He
refused to discuss his plans.
1t is stated that John W. Gates in
tends to retire permanently from active
participation in the stock market, and
that In the future he will devote such
of his time as he will SPARE to business
to those concerns in which he is heavily
interested.
Brlgadier General James loft. in
command of the Middle Western divi-
sion OF the Salvation Army, with head
quartes at Omaha, has been assigned to
command the army in Sweden. Briea-
der loft was one of the promoters of
the army in Sweden.
PRIVILEGES to construct salt lake of
foo acres near Cape May for a seaside
resort have been granted to a company,
which proposes to fill 900 acres extend
ing from Madison avenue, Cape May,
TO sewelps Point, and to construct as