The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
Minor. Happenings
of fkie Week.

Col. W. C. P. Breckenridge, Of Ken
lucky. died at Lexington. Saturday.
The national civic federation plans
to meet in Newly ork, December ID.
The Canadian parliament has been
summoned to meet on Wednesday, JAN
uary IL.
Cardinal Gibbons has issued a plea
for donations to the Catholic Univer-
sity of America.
Combined exports of breadstuffs,
provisions, cotton and mineral oils in
creased during October.
The annual meeting of the board of
control of the Epworth League of the
world is in session at Pittsburg.
President Roosevelt made an address
at the 10th anniversary of the Bar
racks Catholic Church at Washington.
The German foreign Office authorizes
the Associated Press to say that there
is absolutely no truth in Wednesday g
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trouble had returned.
Timothy E. Byrnes, Of Minneapolis,
formerly president Of the national
League of Repu blican Clubs, has been
appointed assistant to Charles s. Mel
len, president of the New York, Hart
ford & New Haven railway.
On the face of the election returns
it apperas that Cheyenne won the fight
for permanent location Of the capital
of Wyoming. However, the contest
was very close in many sections and
the result will not be known definitely
until the official count is made.
Chief of Police Whitman, of San
Francisco, has inaugurated the finger
print system of Identification in the
SAM rancisco department, to be used
in conjunction with the Bertillon sys.
tenn, 80 that in future there will be
practically no possibility of a mistake
or failure in identicfiation
The Mckinley memorial fund trus-
tees announce the completion Of sub
scriptions.
An Anglo-P Portuguese treaty. of arbi.
tration was signed last week at Wind.
sor Castle.
Fourteen miners are reported killed
in an explosion of coal gas in mine
near Fernie, B. G.
Lord Curzon leaves Novem Der "a fol-
India. Lady Curzon will remain in
England for the winter.
1t is stated that President Roosevelt
has rendered Informally the attorney
generalship to former Governor Frank
s. Black, of New York.
A dispatch to the Paris Temps from
Constantinople says negotiations have
been resumed for raising the tAmeri.
can legation to the rank of an EN- bassy
The government Of the Netherlands
has formally advised Secretary Hay
that it gladly accepts the suggestion
that the peace conference be reconven.
ed at The Hague.
A temporary restraining order to
prevent the issuing of tax sale deeds
ON nonproducing mining properties in
the Cripple Creek district has been is.
sued at Colorado Springs.
d. A. Gwynne, Reuters chief cor.
respondent in the South African, Sou.
dan and Turko-Greek wars, has been
appointed editor Of the London Stand.
ard under the new regime.
+. J. Hecker, of Detroit, has re.
signed as member of the Panama canla
commission, fearing general break
down in health. President Roosevelt
has accepted the resignation with re-
gret.
Letson Ballet, who gained wide no.
toriety two years ago as promoter of
the White Swan Mining Company, of
Oregon, suddenly terminated his sec.
ond trial in the federal court at Des
Moines for fraudulently using the
mails by pleading guilty to the offense.
MISSOURI BUILDING BURNED.