The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-04-16
NEWS OF 'iHEnAY
Brief Summary of Less Impo. can't,
Though not the Less Interesting,
Happenings of the Week, From
All Parts of the World.

The strike of Chicago tanners has
ended.
Dwight Benson, artist and journal
ist. and formerly United States consul
general to Hawaii, is dead at Rome,
aged 50 years.
Major General Davis, in command of
the division of the Philippines, has ls-
sued an order directing that no troops
be allowed to land at Manila until they
have been vaccinated.
The carpenters strike at Vancouver,
r c.. is over. The settlement of diff
ferences by arbitration has been agreed
upon. and the workmen have returned
to building all over the city.
A dispatch from Manila states that
Governor Taft. who has been lying i'll
for several weeks, has gone to Genguet,
a mountain resort two days from Ma
Mia. The physicians report was that
a two weeks stay there would enable
the governor to recover.
The Turf, Field and Farm, the oldest
paper of its class in existence, having
been published over forty years ago,
discontinued publication Saturday
The Spirit of the Times has purchased
the poporty and 1t will be consolidated
with that paper.
The Idaho supreme court has decided
the famous Seven Devils mining case,
brought by Granville Stuart against
Ex-Governor S. 7. Hauser, of Montana
and others. The decision is IL favor of
the defendants, the judgment OF the
lower court being confirmed.
Alfred Gvynne Vanderbilt had a
narrow escape from serious injury at
the Durland academy horse show at
New York, when he was unseated from
his polo pony in the ring, and for sew
eral seconds hung with his foot in the
stirrup, while groom got the fright
ened pony under control. Only the
quickness of the groom saved him. e
The comptroller has issued a call for
condition of national banks at the close
of business Thursday, April 8.
The Birmingham Mail prints an au
thorzed denial of the report that Sec
cetary Chamberlain will visit the Uni
ted States in the autumn.
Serious rioting of unemployed per-
sons occurred in the streets of st. Pc
tersburg Saturday. Troops were called
30 ha Il tutn ho
The supreme court of Kansas has de-
cided that club in which members
contribute money to steward for liq-
uor for their own use, Is nuisance I'M
der the prohibitory law.
Frank Green, treasurer of the San
Francisco Longshoremen's union, has
been sentenced to three years at San
Quentin Cor the embezzlement of $12,-
600 of the unions finds.
Major General Robert P. Hughes,
having reached the age limit of ga
years has been placed on the retired
lis. He was recently relieved from
duty in connection with the department
of California.
Right Rev. George Montgomery, CO.
adjutor archbishop of San Francisco,
who recently was appointed archbishop
of Manila, has refused that post. He
prefers to stay in San Francisco, where
he expects to become archbishop.
Ex-senator McLaurin, of South Caro-
lima, in an interview printed at Balti-
more, says the Mohawk Valley Steel
company, of which he is vice president,
has let contracts for the building of an
immense iron and steel plant at Bruins
wick, Ca, to cost $40, 000.0 900. l
William S. Smith, the noted Confed-
crate general is dead
Brazil is considering the levy of an
export tax on tobacco.
1t is now stated that reconciliation
OF the crown prince and princess of
Saxony will he effected.
Albert Huntington Chester, curator
OF the geological museum and professor
of chemistry and mineralogy at Reut-
gers college, is dead.
Christians Assassinated.
Coonstantinople, Arpil l3.-Consular
REPORTS from MOnastir show that condi