The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-09-03
NEWS OF THE DAY
nwsef Summary Of L~ss importan,
Though not the Lcss Interesting
9appeaAngs Of the week. Pre-.
Au Parts 81 the world.

The American Bar association is In
annual convention at Hot Springs, Va.
MA cloudburst at Council Bluffs. Iowa,
has done an immense amount OF dam
age.
Charles r. Flint announces that he
is forming a combine of box board fac
tories.
The Rock Island freight houses at
Chicago have been destroyed by fire.
The loss is half million.
Over 800 Chinese were drowned dur
ing cloudburst near Che Flu, China.
The property loss will reach many mil
lions.
Fraser river Gamers want the Cana
dian government to order closed sea-
con for salmon. owing to the poor run
of sockeyes this season.
Wayne McCloud, aged 26 years, a
copy reader on a San Francisco paper,
shot and killed himself while walking
with his fance at Bereley, Cal.
IetteT has Dtcu lccclNSd al CbO;
Texas, from responsible resident Of
Linares, Mexico, in which he states
that yellow fever exists at that place
and that the death rate is now fourteen
a day.
The Northern Pacific liner Victoria,
from the Orient, brings consignment
of orchid bulbs from Manila, viii h
will be forwarded to st. Lonis to be ex-
ibited at the fair. These bulbs were
sent out from Manila by the govern
ment and are very rare specimen of
the orchid.
The announcer ent was made by a
member of the special board appointed
by the ordnance department to make
rife tests at Buffalo that the United
States government will in few days
Issue formal announcement of the adop.
ton of the improved springfield rife,
and the liscarding of the krag.
The London Daily Nails correspon-
dent at Belgrade says King Peter is de-
termined to suppress the military NAL
contents with an iron hand. Three
army colonels, two captains and a
newspaper editor have been condemned
to death for participation in plot,
which was discovered and rendered
abortive.
Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago,
saws he does not desire another term in
that Office.
James 7. Manning, prominent poll
tician in Western Montana, was acct
dentally killed.
Reports from Tanana say there lie no
shortage of food there. Boats have
brought in plenty.
Menotti Garabaldi, eldest son of the
ia liam patriot, died at Rome Saturday.
de was held in high esteem by the Ital.
ian common people.
Col. A. J. Knight, one of Wiscon-
sins most prominent lumbermen, died
at Watertown, Wis, from an affection
of the throat, aged 65 years.
Pumors are again in circulation OF
the possible abdication of Emperor
Francis Joseph as king of Hungary,
because he is tired OF the continued no
litical struggle.
Samuel j. Parks, the walking dele
gate of New York, charged with de-
handing and receiving money under
threats to call strikes, has been found
guilty of extortion.
The contract for an extension to the
federal building at Portland, Or, has
been awarded. The amount of the con-
tract is $40, 900, the work to be COM
pleted within 81 months.
Two big forest fires are raging above
Hamilton, Mont. One is on Lost Horse
creek and the other ON Hughes creek.
Reports from those sections are to the
effect that much damage is being done.
Extensive prairie fires north of Havre,
Mont, have destroyed 200 square miles
of range pasture, necessitating the re-
movsl of several sheep outfits to other
winter ranges. The damage is estimat-
ed at $4,000.
At Saratoga, n. Y, Afrikander beat
Heno and Waterboy for the Saratoga
Saturday, and in so doing made a new
record for mile and three-quarters.
He set the mark at 2:5S, the previous
record being 2:5S 2-5, held by Latson.
Much Dust at Nome.
Nome, Aug. IA, via Seattle, Aug. 2S
The receipts of gold dust by the bank.